Each year, The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) welcomes interns from City University of Hong Kong through an ongoing exchange program between the University of Maryland (UMD) and City University. Interns from City University participate in research on a number of CALCE’s industry-sponsored projects in the areas of electronics products and systems reliability. Now in its sixth year, the exchange program has garnered myriad positive results and broadened the avenues of research collaboration between City University and CALCE at UMD.

This summer, CALCE welcomed four interns from City University: Jiaqi Song, Jixiang Chen, Yu Feng Zhou and Jie Chuai. In July, the interns earned the distinct honor of presenting their midterm progress to Prof. Anthony Fong, Associate Professor and Director of the EDA Centre at City University’s Department of Electronic Engineering.

City University of Hong Kong Interns with CALCE TSFA Director Bhanu Sood and Professor Anthony Wong, City University of Hong Kong.

The visiting interns have assisted CALCE investigators, including Bhanu Sood, Director of CALCE’s Test Services and Failure Analysis Laboratory, on work with major FY11 projects, including: Thermal Management Trends in LED Lighting Systems, FMMEA Analysis of Laptop Computer, and Tin Whisker Growth.

After a month of work, the interns shared their findings with Professor Fong and received a glowing response. The exceptional work of City University interns and Prof. Fong’s participation in their midterm progress report stands as a testament to the continued excellence produced by the CALCE-City University Intern Exchange Program. For more information on the CALCE-City university of Hong Kong Intern Exchange Program, please contact Dr. Diganta Das at digudas@calce.umd.edu.