The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) is proud to announce the induction of Andrea J. Goldsmith, PhD and R. Fabian Pease, PhD into the 2026 Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. These distinguished engineering leaders will be honored at the 2026 SVEC Hall of Fame Ceremony and Banquet on Friday, March 6, 2026, at The Delta Hotels – Silicon Valley.
The Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame recognizes individuals whose professional achievements, leadership, and lasting impact have significantly advanced engineering, technology, and innovation—both within Silicon Valley and around the world. Dr. Goldsmith and Dr. Pease exemplify these ideals through decades of pioneering contributions, mentorship, and service to the engineering community.
Andrea J. Goldsmith, PhD is an educator, academic leader and innovator. She began her service as the seventh president of Stony Brook University, SUNY’s flagship and New York State’s number one public university, in August 2025. Prior to Stony Brook she served as Princeton’s dean of engineering for five years and spent 21 years on Stanford’s engineering faculty. As a researcher and entrepreneur, she developed core technology underpinning WiFi and cellular communications, and co-founded two startups based on her academic research. She authored or co-authored four books, hundreds of research papers, and 38 patents, and proudly mentored generations of students and postdocs.
R. Fabian Pease, PhD started his professional career as a PhD student at Cambridge University by building a better scanning electron microscope which he demonstrated what we would now call nanoscale 3-D printing. His career, at U.C. Berkeley, Bell Labs and Stanford University, centered on making things, primarily silicon chips, denser, faster and more energy efficient. He fashioned new ways for ever smaller structures, but also devised ways of managing the resultant increased power density, and exploiting the third (vertical) dimension. Pease appreciates the gifted people in his Stanford research group, with more than 50 PhD’s awarded to these members.
The SVEC Hall of Fame Ceremony and Banquet brings together leaders from industry, academia, and government to celebrate engineering excellence and the innovators who shape our future. Additional details regarding the event program, registration, and sponsorship opportunities can be found at luma.com/SVECBanquet