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James Grant (Jim) Fleming, 47, died on February 13, 2007, in Albuquerque, due to cancer. Fleming was born in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii on November 28, 1959. His family moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1966, where Jim lived until moving back to the United States to attend university. Fleming received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1982 and his masters and doctorate degrees from Stanford University, in materials science and engineering in 1984 and 1987, respectively. His thesis work concentrated on thermodynamic and kinetic studies of mercury cadmium telluride. During his graduate work he was an Office of Naval Research fellow. After graduation, Fleming was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and worked at the Hahn-Meitner Institut in Berlin from 1986 to 1988. His work there involved solar energy conversion. In 1988, Fleming began working at Sandia National Laboratories where he was actively involved in micromachining process development, chemical vapor deposition processes, CMOS process integration, and 3-D photonic lattice design and fabrication. Fleming was the author or co-author of dozens of publications and held more than 20 patents. In 1998, the work undertaken in the area of photonic lattices was selected as one of the top 25 new technologies of the year by Industry Week magazine, which also identified Fleming as one of the 50 R&D stars to watch. His articles appeared in numerous academic journals, including Nature, and articles about his work appeared in several popular publications, such as Wired and the Wall Street Journal. He was promoted to Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in recognition of his many contributions at Sandia and was the recipient of two R&D 100 awards and a Lockheed Martin Nova award. Jim's interests included playing soccer and coaching youth soccer teams (in the AYSO and Duke City leagues), hiking, cycling, woodworking, and gardening. Jim is survived by his wife, Cearlwyn Fleming; his children, Jesse, Keila, and Brighid; his parents, John and Nancy Fleming; and his sister, Ann Fleming McMahon. A Memorial Service will be held at the Howard Johnson Inn, I-40 and Eubank Blvd., Albuquerque, at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2007. Remembrances may be made in the name of Jim Fleming to the Keshet Dance Company, 214 Coal Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
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