October 20, 2008: T-Ray Science Inc., an emerging leader in the field of terahertz (THz) research, is pleased to announce that its CTO, Daryoosh Saeedkia, was awarded the prestigious 2008 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence from CMC Microsystems.

This annual award recognizes excellence in research leading to new understanding and novel developments in microsystems and related technologies, such as photonics/optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microelectronics, microfluidics and embedded software, or the application of microsystems and related technologies in Canada.

“T-Ray Science is very fortunate to have Dr. Saeedkia in our management team,” says the company’s president and CEO, Thomas Braun. “His innovative and industry leading research will enable T-Ray to continue towards the commercialization of THz based products for a variety of industry applications.”

Dr. Saeedkia has been CTO for T-Ray Science, Inc. since 2006; a significant focus in his research has been pulse signal and continuous-wave TeraHertz sources and detectors. He has done a comprehensive study of the interaction of lasers with ultra-fast photoconductors and high-temperature superconductors, and provided a deep physical insight into the photomixing phenomenon in these materials.

In addition to being T-Ray’s CTO, Saeedkia is currently an assistant research professor in the RF/microwave and photonics research group at the a href=”http://www.smalltimes.com/display_article/331789/109/ONART/none/RD/1/Ontario-breaks-ground-on-$160-million-nanotech-research-center/” target=”_blank”>U. of Waterloo, where he has developed a teraHertz spectroscopy setup to test and characterize developed TeraHertz devices and systems.

T-Ray’s THz-PCA array chips are fabricated based on an advanced semiconductor and photonics technology.