CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Consortium
One of the major efforts of the CALCE Center is the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Consortium, a successful international industry-government-academic partnership, sponsored by over 100 major international organizations from all sectors of the electronics industry. Consortium research projects are performed on an annual basis and are developed in collaboration with the Consortium members. For more information or to access a complete list of current projects click here. Recent Consortium projects of particular interest to the aerospace and avionics industries are the following:

2003 Consortium Research Projects

• Virtual Qualification of Components at High Temperatures
• Thermal Management Solutions for Low Volume Complex Electronic Systems
• High Performance Cold Plates With Porous Foams and other Micro Structures
• Virtual Qualification of Components Under High G Loads
• Improved Simulation of Vibration Induced Failures
• Software and Failure Models for New Commercial Components
• Embedded Passives Demonstrator ?Embedded Capacitor Reliability
• Assessing Continuous Technology Insertion and Obsolescence Management Capability –An Evaluation of Viability
• Virtual Design of Modular Life Consumption Monitoring Systems
• Uprateability Assessment via Technology Characteristics

2002 Consortium Research Projects

• Parts Obsolescence Driven Design Refresh Planning
• Review and Assessment of Telcordia Reliability Specifications
• Life Consumption Monitoring
• Thermal Management Solutions for Low Volume Complex Electronic Systems (LVCES)
• Radiation Induced Failure Mechanisms and Preventive Shielding of Electronic Parts
• Modeling High Temperature Failures in Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuits
• Guidelines for Assembly and Reliability Assessment of BGAs

2001 Consortium Research Projects

• Guidebook on the Use of PEMs at High Altitudes and in Space
• Design for Reliability of Liquid Crystal Displays
• Investigation of Electrical Parameter Aging due to Environmental Stresses
• Development of Uprating Webbook
• Assessment of Electrical Test Laboratories as Component Source Facilities
• Development and Validation of Electronic Distributor Assessment Methodology
• Electronic Technology Insertion into Low Volume Complex Electronics Systems (LVCES)
• Implementing the Failure Free Operating Period Process
• Life Consumption Monitoring
• Advanced Cooling Concepts for 100 W/cm?and Higher Heat Removal
• Thermal Management of Power Electronics Modules
• Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference Testing Facility

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