Elections for 2007 - 2008 Academic Year

The elections of office bearers for the 2007 - 2008 academic year will be held during the second week of September. Interested students are requested to send in their nominations for the four positions to Justin Sturek (jsturek1@binghamton.edu) or Ashok Viswanathan (aviswan1@binghamton.edu) on or before September 10th 2007.

Presentation on Packaging Technology Trends and Applied Research Opportunities on August 28^th 2007

The fifth meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on April 23rd 2007. Dr. Peter Borgessen (Manager - UNOVIS Technology Laboratory) will give a presentation on ""Urgent" Microelectronics Packaging Research Projects.

Presentation on "Urgent" Microelectronics Packaging Research Projects on April 23^rd 2007

The fifth meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on April 23rd 2007. Dr. Peter Borgessen (Manager - UNOVIS Technology Laboratory) will give a presentation on ""Urgent" Microelectronics Packaging Research Projects.

Presentation on Packaging Technology Trends on March 22^nd 2007

The fourth meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on March 22nd 2007. Mario Bolanos (Director - Semiconductor Packaging R&D, Texas Instruments) will give a presentation on "Packaging Technology Trends" on March 22nd 2007.

Presentation on Experimental Study of Electromigration in Flip Chip Packages on March 16^th 2007

The third meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on March 16th 2007. Mukesh Selvaraj will give a presentation on "Experimental Study of Electromigration in Flip Chip Packages"..

Presentation on Investigation of Parameter Involved Ball Bond Degradation of First Level Interconnect on March 7^th 2007

The second meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on March 7th 2007. Santosh Kudtarkar will give a presentation on "Parameter Involved Ball Bond Degradation of First Level Interconnect". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

First Spring 2007 SMTA Binghamton University Chapter Meeting on February 9^th 2007

The first spring 2007 meeting of the SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on February 9th 2007 at IEEC Conference at 4:00 PM. Justin Sturek, President, SMTA - BU, will give a presentation on "A Systems Approach to Assigning PCB Inner Layers to Product Clusters based on Product Attributes". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

Presentation on Process Development for Flexible Flip Chip Connection on November 20^th 2007

The fifth meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on November 10th 2006. Ta-Hsuan Linwill give a presentation on "Process Development for Flexible Flip Chip Connection". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

Presentation on Conductive Adhesives using Nanometer Sized Particles for Improved Performance on November 6^th 2006

The fourth meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on November 6th 2006. Ashok Pachamuthu will give a presentation on "Conductive Adhesives using Nanometer Sized Particles for Improved Performance". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

Presentation on Very High Density Interconnects on October 16^th 2006

The third meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on October 16th 2006. Davide Fusco will give a presentation on "Very High Density Interconnects". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

Plant Visit to Unovis on October 2^nd 2006

The SMTA Binghamton University Student Chapter is arranging a plant visit to Unovis (formerly Universal Instruments), Binghamton, NY on the October 2nd 2006. The students will get a tour of the assembly process in electronics manufacturing in addition to the various analytic equipments at the SMT lab.

Presentation on Foundations of Electronics Manufacturing on September 25^th 2006

The second meeting of SMTA Binghamton University student chapter will be held on September 25th 2006. Joseph Therriault will give a presentation on "Electronics Packaging: Present Technology and Future Trends". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation.

First Fall 2006 SMTA Binghamton University Chapter Meeting on September 11^th 2006

The first meeting of the SMTA Binghamton University student chapter was held on September 11th 2006 at IEEC Conference at 4:00 PM. The new students were given an introduction of SMTA and the working of the BU student chapter. The 2006 - 2007 office bearers were also be introduced. Justin Sturek, President, SMTA - BU, gave a presentation on "Impact of Leadership on Enterprises". Click here to view the poster advertisement for the presentation. Click here to view the pdf version of the presentation.

Presentations from SUNY, Binghamton at SMTA International Conference 2006, Chicago, IL

1. Characterization of Solder Paste Deposition for 01005 Components
   Ashok Viswanathan and Krishnaswami Srihari, Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton; Jeff Schake, DEK USA, Inc., September 27, 2006, 8.00 - 9.30 AM

2. Impact of Lead Free PCB Surface Finishes on Microvoiding
   Guhan Subbarayan, Purushothaman Damodaran, Ph.D. and Krishnaswami Srihari, Ph.D., State University of New York; Robert Kinyanjui, Ph.D., Mulugeta Abtew and Dana Korf, Sanmina-SCI Corporation – Technology Development Center (TDC)., September 27, 2006, 1.30 - 3.00 PM