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Tom Engibous

Thomas (Tom) Engibous (pictured in Figure 1) is the retired chairman of Texas Instruments, one of the world’s leading electronics companies. He was also a member of the TI board of directors from 1996 to 2008. Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer from June 1996 through April 2004, when he helped transform TI from a broad-based conglomerate to a semiconductor company focused on making chips for the signal-processing markets that fed the wireless and Internet revolutions. His strategic focus and ability to quickly organize the elements needed to reconfigure the company laid the foundation for the TI of today – a semiconductor leader in signal-processing technology that has gained widespread recognition among customers, the financial community and the general public.

Tom joined TI in 1976, the same year he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He started as an integrated circuit design engineer, spending his operational career in the company’s semiconductor business, holding management responsibilities in the Analog Products and Application-Specific Products businesses. In 1993, he was elected TI's executive vice president and president of the Semiconductor Group, where he turned in record profitability and growth. He remained in this position until his promotion to president and CEO of the company in June 1996. Tom is a member of the Catalyst board of directors, a nonprofit research and advisory organization working to advance women in business. He serves as a trustee of Southern Methodist University and a member of the Purdue University Engineering Visiting Committee. He is a member of the board of directors of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and serves as a trustee on the Southwest Medical Foundation, the U.S. Japan Business Council and the National Center for Educational Accountability. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In addition to his master’s degree, Tom earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue, and received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Purdue in 1997.

The rules

2012-2013 texas instruments analog design contest official rules

For purposes of these rules, “TI” shall mean Texas Instruments Incorporated and its subsidiaries. TI is also referred to herein as “sponsor.”

Contest description

Eligibility

1. This contest is open to design teams having a minimum of two team members or to single students working on senior design projects who have received permission from their professor and the contest coordinator. To be eligible to compete, each design team member (“entrant”) agrees to read and abide by the contest rules. A completed entry form must be submitted by each design team. The entry form must clearly identify each entrant.
2. This contest is offered to eligible entrants.
3. To be eligible, entrants must be 18 years of age or older and be a registered, undergraduate engineering student at an accredited engineering school in the United States or Canada (excluding schools located in the province of Quebec).
4. Each entrant may participate on only one design team.
5. Employees and agents of the sponsor and such individual’s immediate family (including spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, step-children, step-parents and in-laws) and member of the same household are prohibited from entering this contest.