S-born, netease and other reports, local time, on May 19, 2016, U.S. President barack Obama in the White House for the 2015 U.S. supreme prize award of science and technology, including nine nations prizewinners and eight technology and innovation award winner. Two Chinese faces stands out, including the 80 - year - old He Na ms shi (Nancy ho), was born in nanjing, graduated from Taiwan university in 1957.

Her in 1993 to create a kind of yeast, in addition to xylose fermentation, also can let fructose into ethanol, can therefore use straw non-food materials, such as a large number of ethanol, help reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Another is a professor at chenming hu, he was born in 1947 in Beijing purchase hutong, grew up in Taiwan, then was admitted to the university of California, Berkeley, a former chief technology officer at TSMC.

Chinese American highest award: chenming hu FinFET invention

Professor chenming hu

Professor chenming hu is the inventor of the fin type field-effect transistors (FinFET), 2010 years later, the Bulk CMOS technology in 20 nm come to an end, professor hu FinFET and FD - 14 nm SOI technology inventions make / 16 nm Moore's law in the continuation of legend today.

Summary of background data.

The national technology and innovation legislation to set up in 1980, by the federal government, ministry of commerce patent and trademark office management. An independent committee is responsible for the recipient to the us presidential nomination, the recognition of those who provide us competitive ability, the national quality of life, labor force and technological qualities to make a lasting contribution to people.

The national science prize is the highest honor to science, established in 1959, is managed by the national science foundation, by another independent committee to the party's presidential nomination, recognition in chemistry, engineering, computing, mathematics, biology, behavior and social as well as other natural science made outstanding contributions.