Last weekend, MIT, a famous American science and Technology University, named a building to commemorate one of its alumni: Dr. Su Zifeng, the current CEO and chairman of AMD. Lisa T. Su building, formerly known as building 12, is an open facility for nano science and engineering on campus. It was built in 2018. It has MIT Nano immersion lab is dedicated to "visualization, understanding and interaction", "with large multidimensional data" and prototyping tools for AR and VR.
Dr. Su said in a tweet that she "is honored to be part of such an amazing place where we will discover the future of nano and train the next leaders."
Dr. Su received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in the 1990s. Dr. Su is currently the president of AMD and has become one of the most powerful women in science and technology. Other achievements include becoming the first woman to receive the prestigious IEEE Noyce medal for her work at MIT, IBM and AMD.
In a statement, MIT president L. Rafael reif explained why Dr. Su's name belonged to the building:
"As a visionary leader, Dr. Su is famous, admired and respected for her transformation of AMD. She is helping mit.nano expand the boundaries of research and innovation on the nano scale. Researchers committed to inventing new, science based solutions and the most pressing challenges for mankind are attracted by the dynamic mit.nano collaborative community now owned by Lisa T. Su building."
According to a former professor, the technical formula developed by Dr. Su during his PhD is still used by "students and researchers studying MIT's new nano manufacturing shared tool set".
"MIT has played a very important role in my life," Dr. Su told MIT. "I am honored and happy to influence the next generation of students and researchers. Hands on learning is irreplaceable. I hope mit.nano can cultivate and train the best and smartest technicians and innovators in the future."
Dr. Su shared this honor with other technology heavyweights such as Cecil green, co-founder of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel, and was also the first person to manufacture integrated microchips. According to MIT, Sue was the first alumni to "receive a gift from a building named after herself".
