Upcoming Events
IEEE CVT: Growing RFID Businesses: Transforming Supply Chains (Feb. 21)
The next meeting of the IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Group will be held at 11am on Tuesday, Feb 21 at the Holiday Inn Select, located at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. Hemant K. Sabat, the general manager of Telecom & High-Technology Unit at Perot Systems will be the speaker. This is a free technical program for IEEE members and the public. Lunch is limited to the first 150 people and there is a $5 meal charge for IEEE member and a $10 charge for non-members. For more information, please visit IEEE CVT Dallas Chapter website.
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Dallas IEEE Reliability Society: Bond Failures Related to the Plating Rework Process (Feb 21)
The Dallas IEEE Reliability Society is hosting a meeting at 6:30pm on February 21 in the UTD Engineering and Computer Science Building, Room 3.503. The topic, “ Bond Failures Related to the Plating Rework Process” will be presented by Jodi Roepsch of the Raytheon Failure Analysis Lab.
An investigation of non-stick gold bonds was carried out to determine root failure cause. During thermasonic bonding of a gold bond wire to a gold pad, non-sticks were occurring. This resulted in the gold plating pulling up, exposing the underlying electroless nickel plating. The plating stack-up is electroless nickel, immersion gold followed by electroless gold. The immersion gold provides a good surface on which the electroless gold can plate. During this study, two vendors of similar boards were compared. The techniques used for this investigation include Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Raman Microscopy, and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy (GCMS).
Jodi Roepsch is a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer with honors for Raytheon NCS Shared Services Failure Analysis Lab. She has been with Raytheon, formerly Texas Instruments, since 1996. She has a Masters Degree in Materials Science from the University of North Texas and a BS degree in Chemistry. She has also been certified as a Six Sigma Specialist. In recent years, Jodi has contributed to many publications/presentations pertaining to the preparation and characterization of aerogels for use in the semiconductor industry, failure analysis of components, solder joints, PWB’s and materials. Jodi’s main job function is to support internal projects within Raytheon by performing failure analysis for production and field returns as well as analyses for research and development. The main tool used for these analyses is SEM/EDS. Jodi also holds the position of Safety Coordinator/Chemical Hygiene Officer. She holds memberships to ASM, EDFAS, SMTA, MSA and TSM. She currently is Program Chair for the Texas Society for Microscopy .
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Lon Chase at 972-952-3138.
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Society of Women Engineers Meeting: Salary Negotiation (Feb. 21)
The February meeting of the Society of Women Engineers will be at 6:15pm on February 21 at Nedley’s Restaurant, located at 1801 North Plano Road (between Campbell and Collins). Laura Aguilar and Keats Moeller of Texas Instruments will be discussing “ Salary Negotiation”. For more information, contact Kennifer Ray at jray@ppoinc.net or 214-226-6967.
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Bridging the Gap 2006: Invention, Innovation and Commercialization (Feb. 22)
How to successfully manage the complex process of introducing a new product or capitalizing on a novel idea, from conception to delivery, will be the focus of the first in a series of presentations to be featured in The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Project Management Focused Lecture Series.
The event, titled “Bridging the Gap 2006: Invention, Innovation and Commercialization,” will be held in the Davidson Auditorium in the School of Management Building on the UTD campus on Feb. 22 from 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Speakers will include Bob Armbruster of Network Centric Systems and Raytheon Company, Jim Joiner of UTD’s Project Management Program, Paul Westbrook of Texas Instruments, Bill Sproull and Meredith Dowling of the Richardson and Dallas Chamber, respectively, and Mike McCoy, Terry Dalton, and Steve Penson of PageSoutherlandPage. Topics will include managing sustainable design issues, facilitating private and public collaborative efforts, workforce availability and resource allocation.
UTD’s program in project management, part of the university’s School of Management, a sponsor of the event, is one of a few such programs in the world to be accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Students in the graduate-level program receive a broad management education as well as sound preparation for PMI’s certifying exam.
The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required for lunch. To make a reservation, please call Mary Miano of PageSoutherlandPage at 214-522-3900, ext. 114.
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From Concept to Seed Money to Venture Money: A Case Study in Launching and Growing Business (Feb. 22)
The Technology Entrepreneurs' eXchange is hosting a presentation by Bob Gruebel of StarTech Early Ventures and Ed Cantwell of InnerWireless at 6:00pm on February 22 at Maggiano’s Northpark, located at 205 Northpark Center in Dallas. The presentation will focus on what it took to launch InnerWireless, from concept to seed money to venture capital. It was tricky, with major challenges: not only the bursting of the telecom bubble in 2000, but also the closing of an “A Round” on September 10, 2001. The “lessons learned” constitute a valuable education on what works and what doesn’t. This will be an excellent opportunity to get specific advice on what the critical success factors are with regard to launching and funding a company. There is a $40 charge for TEX members and a $60 charge for non-members which will increase the day of the event.
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North Texas Seminar on Health Policy Research (Feb. 23)
Three North Texas public universities, including The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), will shortly begin sponsoring monthly seminars about health policy research – related projects and issues that will rotate among the three campuses.
The first North Texas Seminar on Health Policy Research will be held at UTD at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in Green Hall, Room 3.606. Dr. Jeffrey Talbert, associate professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center School of Public Health, will give a presentation titled, “Should State Medicaid Programs Prior-Authorize Atypical Antipsychotics?”
Sponsors of the monthly seminars are UTD’s School of Social Sciences, the UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Community Medicine. The seminars will focus on health policy research projects and related issues, and are intended for faculty, doctoral students, research professionals and policy practitioners from universities, medical centers and other institutions engaged in health policy research in the North Texas region. Interested members of the public may also attend free of charge.
Plans are to hold the seminars on the last Thursday of each month through May, then resume the presentations in Sept. 2006. Those wishing to attend the Feb. 23 event should RSVP no later than Tuesday, Feb. 21, via e-mail to UTD’s Dr. Richard Scotch at richard.scotch@utdallas.edu. For additional information, please call Scotch at 972-883-2922.
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A Closer Look At The SEC (March 2)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation by Paul Atkins of the Securities and Exchange at 11:45am on March 2 at the Richardson Hotel, located at 701 E. Campbell Road in Richardson. There is a $30 charge for members and a $35 for non-members. There is a $10 surcharge after Feb. 27. For more information or to register, email RSVP@telecomcorridor.com or call 972-792-2800.
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Society of Women Engineering: Play With the Boys and Still Be a Girl (March 21)
The March meeting of the Society of Women Engineers will be held at 6:15pm on March 21, 2006 at the Nedley’s Restaurant at 1801 North Plano Road. Pamela Christy of Your Coaching Connection will be the speaker. For more information, contact Jennifer Ray at jray@ppoinc.net or 214-226-6967.
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Republic of Taiwan Push for First Rate Universities
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Taiwan announced its plans to focus on making two universities “internationally first rate”. Those schools, The National Taiwan University and the National Cheng Kung University will receive 1.7 Billon Taiwan New Dollars (US$52.5 million) per year for the next four years. There is the potential that this funding would be renewed for another five years.
