Kania Named President, CEO of FEI Co.

FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., announced today that Don R. Kania has been named president, CEO and a FEI board member by its board of

directors. Kania, PhD, most recently has been president and COO of metrology and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc., where he has worked since 1998. Prior to that he held technical and general management positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is expected to start at FEI in mid-August. Ray Link, FEI's chief financial officer, had served as interim CEO. Fei makes scanning electron microscopes and other tools used in nanobiology, nanoresearch and nanoelectronics.

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Published: July 2006

Glossary

electron: A charged elementary particle of an atom; the term is most commonly used in reference to the negatively charged particle called a negatron. Its mass at rest is me = 9.109558 x 10-31 kg, its charge is 1.6021917 x 10-19 C, and its spin quantum number is 1/2. Its positive counterpart is called a positron, and possesses the same characteristics, except for the reversal of the charge.
link: In data communications, the instrumentation connecting two stations: transmitters, receivers and the cable that runs between them.
metrology: Metrology is the science and practice of measurement. It encompasses the theoretical and practical aspects of measurement, including the development of measurement standards, techniques, and instruments, as well as the application of measurement principles in various fields. The primary objectives of metrology are to ensure accuracy, reliability, and consistency in measurements and to establish traceability to recognized standards. Metrology plays a crucial role in science, industry,...
microscope: An instrument consisting essentially of a tube 160 mm long, with an objective lens at the distant end and an eyepiece at the near end. The objective forms a real aerial image of the object in the focal plane of the eyepiece where it is observed by the eye. The overall magnifying power is equal to the linear magnification of the objective multiplied by the magnifying power of the eyepiece. The eyepiece can be replaced by a film to photograph the primary image, or a positive or negative relay...