Failure Analysis of Electronics

University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), together with the Centre for Electronic Corrosion (CELCORR) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and Buehler are offering a course on failure analysis of electronics at the DTU, Lyngby campus.

Over 100 engineers from leading companies and government organizations from around the world, ranging from NASA to Microsoft, have taken this course. With a combination of classroom instruction, demonstrations, and hands-on laboratory training, this course covers topics ranging from failure mechanisms in electronics to specimen preparation, materials analysis techniques, and analytical tools. Engaging and knowledgeable lecturers from CALCE, DTU, and Buehler will provide practical recommendations with pertinent failure analysis case studies.

A few testimonials from attendees who have attended this course at CALCE, University of Maryland, USA campus:

“Very educational and interesting course. Hands-on demos were excellent. Highly recommended.” – Michael Cascio, Northrop Grumman Corporation

“Wow! Outstanding overview.” – Joshua Sisson, Bose Corporation

“All failure analysis topics that I expected to be covered were covered. ”
– Timothy Kalt, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Lecture topics include:

• Failure mechanisms of electronic products
• Root cause analysis
• Physics of failure
• Chemistry of failures
• Cleanliness issues
• Failure analysis techniques
• Non-destructive analysis techniques
• Destructive analysis

Final programme HERE.

The course is being offered on November 1 to 3, 2011. Act quickly—seats are limited (only max. 20 attendees), so register as soon as possible. Please use the online form for registration.

Submit one sample.

Each attendee is invited to submit one sample to CALCE/DTU at least three weeks before the course starts. Several of the submitted samples will be prepared and analyzed in advance for use during course demonstrations. Some of the other samples will also be used for hands-on training sessions during the course to illustrate specimen preparation procedures and analysis techniques. All unused samples will be returned. However, no guarantee can be offered that any specific sample will be used during the course.
Please contact Rajan Ambat, at ram@mek.dtu.dk, +45-45252181 at your earliest convenience and please describe the kinds of components, failures sites, analysis techniques that are of interest to you.

The course fee is €2000. A 20% discount for CALCE consortium members and ATV-SEMAPP members (Denmark) applies (final cost for CALCE consortium and ATV-SEMAPP members is €1600).

Payment:
International bank transfer of the fee. Invoice will be submitted with payment information included.
Or payment by cheque payable to ATV-SEMAPP and send to the following address: ATV-SEMAPP, Produktionstorvet 427 S, DTU, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

Online form for registration.

Venue for the workshop:
Arrival and registration at the university center building 101 (Entrance A, Meeting room S12), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Anker Engelunds Vej, DK 2800, Lyngby, Denmark. Phone +45 4525 2525.
For Route and campus map, use the following website:
http://www.dtu.dk/English/About_DTU/DTU%20Directory.aspx

Hotels:
Link to booking of accomodation in the Copenhagen area here.
Hotels nearby are Scandic Eremitage (2.5 km to DTU) and Gentofte Hotel (6 km to DTU).
The price for a single room at Scandic Eremitage is DKK 1130,-/night, breakfast included, when you refer to "DTU-price").
The price for a single room at Gentofte Hotel is DKK 825,- /night, excl. breakfast (DKK 95), when you refer to "Birgitte Surtees". Special prices are sometime offered at the hotel website.

For additional information, please contact:
Erling D. Mortensen, ATV-SEMAPP, DTU, Tel: +45-45254630, email : semapp@atv-semapp.dk
Rajan Ambat, CELCORR, DTU, Tel: +45-45252181, email : ram@mek.dtu.dk
Bhanu Sood, CALCE, University of Maryland, Tel:+1 (301) 405-3498, email: bpsood@calce.umd.edu
Patrick Voos, Buehler, Tel: +49-0211-9741018, email: Patrick.voos@buehler-met.de