DfR Solutions asked to give keynote at DSO National Laboratories Reliability Seminar

Craig Hillman was recently invited to give the keynote address at the 2011 Reliability Technical Seminar at Singapore's DSO National Laboratories. In his presentation on "Understanding Commercial Best Practices for Ensuring Quality, Reliability, and Durability," Dr. Hillman detailed how leaders in the commercial electronics marketplace have developed effective and methodical processes for ensuring product by laying a foundation of knowledge, early engagement, quality control, and trust-but-verify techniques. For a copy of the presentation, please contact Ed Dodd.

DfR Solutions Supports NSF-funded Energy Research Program with Best Practices in Solar Technology

Greg Caswell will provide a guiding hand on Solar Packaging and Manufacturability.

DfR Solutions, a leader in quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) solutions for the electronics industry, is very proud to announce that Greg Caswell, Senior Member of the Technical Staff, has been nominated to the Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Vertically Integrated Center for Transformative Energy Research (VICTER), a multi-campus center consisting of the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), Arkansas State University, and University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.

Greg Caswell has been a leading figure in electronics packaging and manufacturing for over 25 years, from being the primary author of the first book on manufacturing of surface mount electronics to his more recent role as President of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS).

“It is a distinct pleasure to support the students and faculty as they develop their implementation strategies and further the leading edge of solar energy,” said Mr. Caswell. “There are a number of synergies between traditional electronics and newer technologies, such as solar and light emitting diodes (LEDs), that will allow me to use my background in electronic packaging, particularly from a reliability perspective, to help provide insight into their advanced development activities. I look forward to working with such a talented group of individuals.”

“Mr. Caswell is a packaging expert and a long acquaintance of mine through IMAPS,” explained Professor Ajay Malshe, the Executive Director of Materials and Manufacturing Research Laboratories and coordinator of VICTER’s research activities at the University of Arkansas.” VICTER is honored to welcome Greg Caswell as a member of our advisory board who will bring an industrial perspective to this strategic area for success of the center, as packaging of solar devices connects the sun to a reliable energy grid. His extensive experience in electronics packaging will make him a valuable asset to our mission.” “Mr. Caswell and our entire External Advisory Board serve an invaluable role for our center in that they have a broad perspective on the field and can help ensure that VICTER’s research efforts are relevant and focused and that we are aware of other opportunities for collaborations and partnering,” said Alan Mantooth, VICTER’s Executive Director.

DfR's Walt Tomczykowski will be in Boston, MA March 8th and 9th

Walt Tomczykowski, Vice President at DfR Solutions, will be in Boston, MA Tuesday, March 8th and Wednesday, March 9th.

While Walt is in the area, he will be available to visit interested companies to make presentations on a variety of topics including system level reliability and availability analysis, root cause analysis, corrective action, test and evaluation (including environmental testing), reliability improvement, supply chain management (proactive obsolescence management), life cycle cost analysis, life cycle management, readiness based spares, supplier benchmarking, counterfeit parts mitigation and our brand new Expert Reliability Analysis Software. He would be more than happy to include your company in his visit.

As you may know, DfR Solutions can lend a guiding hand regarding quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) issues. DfR not only helps you solve your problems — we can prevent them from happening in the first place! Find out how to reduce development costs and time to market while creating a more reliable product.

If you are interested in arranging an onsite complimentary presentation, please contact June Caswell at jcaswell@dftsolutions.com. If you would like more information regarding DfR’s services, please contact Walt at wtomczykowski@dfrsolutions.com.