Pete Singer is the Group Editorial Director for PennWell’s Electronics Manufacturing Group, overseeing the editorial operations of Solid State Technology, Advanced Packaging, Photovoltaics World, Small Times and the ElectroIQ.com portal web site. He has been involved in technical journalism for more than 27 years, primarily covering the semiconductor and related industries. He has written over 150 articles on all aspects of semiconductor manufacturing and related industries, including semiconductors, photovoltaics, displays, MEMS, nanotechnology and optoelectronics. Mr. Singer holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Uni versity of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and is a member of the IEEE, Electrochemical Society, American Vacuum Society and Materials Research Society.