Applied Materials Inc. announced that Dan Maydan, president

emeritus and member of the company’s board of directors, has been elected to the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame for his outstanding professional achievements in engineering

and technology and his significant contributions to the community.

The Los Altos resident was among five inductees honored by the Silicon Valley Engineering Council.

Maydan has been a leader in the innovation and commercialization of manufacturing technology that has made a lasting impact on the semiconductor industry and the chips used in everyday life. His legacy at Applied Materials includes breakthrough systems that help semiconductor manufacturers produce advanced integrated circuits.

Maydan led the development of the Precision 5000, a revolutionary single-wafer processing system that the Smithsonian Institution includes as part of its collection of technologies that have helped shape society and the modern world.

“Dan Maydan successfully created advanced technology, but, more importantly, was able to commercialize the results of scientific discovery into quality products that customers could use in volume production lines,” said Mike Splinter, president and chief executive officer of Applied Materials. “We congratulate Dan on this recognition of his pivotal role in propelling the semiconductor equipment industry to the stature it holds today.”

Maydan joined Applied Materials in 1980 as the director of technology. He holds 188 patents related to laser application and semiconductor processing.