Jennie Hwang

Jennie Hwang (Jennie S. Hwang) is an international businesswoman, entrepreneur, engineer, scientist, author and speaker. She is the National President of the Surface Mount Technology Association, head of H-Technologies Group and the first woman to receive a PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Materials Science and Engineering.[1]

Her formal education includes four academic degrees (Ph.D., M.S., M.A., B.S.), the Harvard Business School Executive Program and the Columbia University Corporate Governance Program. She has held senior executive positions with Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sherwin-Williams Company, and SCM Corporation (Hanson PLC). She was the CEO and co-founder of International Electronic Materials Corporation and the interim CEO of Asahi America, Inc.

She has served on a number of boards and committees. Currently, she is Chairman of the Assessment Board of the U.S. Army Research Laboratories and Chairman of the Review Committee on Army Engineering Centers. She has been a member of professional and non-profit organizations including the Economic Club of New York, American Chemical Society, Great Lakes Science Center and Council on World Affairs. She is a featured lecturer across the U.S. and in over twenty-eight countries on four continents. She was the commencement speaker for Kent State University in 2001 and the commencement speaker for Ohio University in 2007.[2]

Hwang is listed as inventor on several U.S. patents.[3] She is the author of 600+ publications and several books, including two on environmentally-friendly lead-free electronics which were published by Electrochemical Publications, LTD, U.K. and McGraw-Hill, U.S.A., respectively.[4][5]

She is an inductee of the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame[6] and the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame,[7] as well as the recipient of the YWCA Achievement Award and Distinguished Alumni Award from, respectively, Case Western Reserve University and Kent State University. She has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering[8] and was named one of the R&D Stars-to-Watch by Industry Week.[9]

In 2019, the Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Endeavor Fund[10] was established at the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The endowment funds programs that support high school and college students, with a preference for women and under-represented minorities. A YWCA award in Cleveland recognizing outstanding women college students who study in STEM disciplines is also named after her.[11]