Education is the cornerstone of CALCE, and we are dedicated to providing a knowledge and resource base for the development of competitive electronic products and systems. CALCE is please announce some of the recently recognized innovative work:

• Failure analysis is can be a difficult process and destructive analysis may destroy evidence of root cause, CALCE has recently be recognized for its work on non-destructive evaluation approach for identifying defective microvias. In November 2009, Cholmin Choi, a research assistant working with Prof. Dasgupta, won the 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Best Student Poster award for his work in non-destructive evaluation of defective microvias.
• CALCE research is assisting clients to develop robust portable electronic products. Under the direction of Prof. Abjijit Dasgupta, Farbod Askari received the 2009 University of Maryland Department of Mechanical Engineering M.S. Thesis Award for his work on drop testing and simulation of complex electronic systems.
• Assessment of vibration and combined temperature cycling and vibration loading is critical for automotive and avionic systems, Dr. Osterman and Prof. Abhjit Dasgutpa are pleased to announce that collaboration with two recently graduated research assistances, Yuxun Zhou and Gustavo Plaza, has resulted in a 2010 Maurice Simpson Award for Best Paper in the Journal for the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology.
• Solder is not the only way that electrical interconnects are formed. CALCE researchers have recently be recognized for work on adhesively bonded flip chip interconnects. Koustav Sinha and Dan Farley were awarded Best Poster at the 2010 University of Maryland Mechanical Engineering Research Review Day.

For more information on CALCE student achievement, please contact Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta at dasgupta@calce.umd.edu.