lt gives us great pleasure to acknowledge the assistance of the following
colleagues in the preparation and publication of this edition of the book:
Komel F. Ehmann, Northwestern University; Klaus J.Weinmann, University
of California at Berkeley; Timotius Pasang, AUT University; Miguel Sellés
Canto, Escola Politecnica Superior d’Alcoi, Universitat Politécnica de
Valencia, Spain; and Kevin Wilson, Michael Giordano and Megan McGann,
University of Notre Dame.We also acknowledge Kent M. Kalpakjian as the
original author ofthe chapter on Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices.
We would like to thank our editor, Holly Stark, at Prentice Hall for her
enthusiastic support and guidance; and Clare Romeo, Production Editor, for
her meticulous editorial and production supervision. We would also like to
acknowledge the help of the following in the production of this edition of
the book: Greg Dulles, A/V Project Manager; Daniel Sandin, Media Editor;
William Opaluch, Editorial Assistant; and Kenny Beck, Cover Design.
We are happy to present below a cumulative list of all those individuals who
generously have made numerous contributions to various editions of our two
books.