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Quarterly Newsletter |
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It is with much excitement the Executive Council is disseminating its first quarterly newsletter. The EDFAS Lone Star Chapter received its Charter in October 2006. We are the second chartered local EDFAS society. Since January, we have been busy planning the monthly technical meetings and moving forward in the growth of the society. We recently submitted the annual report to ASM International which noted our accomplishments to date. We will continue to work towards our goal of growing the society and providing technical information to our members through a variety of forums. Since our inception date, we have held four meetings all of which have been well attended. We are the first EDFAS Chapter to have held a meeting via WebEx, broadening our reach to our members. Other accomplishments this year include the creation and activation of our website and attaining several corporate sustaining sponsors. We also encourage networking amongst our members by having a social hour prior to each meeting. We have found this to be a key aspect of our society and many members tend to stay after the technical presentation to continue conversations. We will continue with our quarterly newsletter and encourage the submission of technical publications. We are well into the planning of the fall schedule which promises to be technically intriguing to us all. We look forward to seeing you all in August for our next meeting. - Executive Council |
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Issue 1, Date: June 2007 |
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We are seeking technical publication for future newsletters. The submission should be a couple pages in length. Please make sure necessary approval has been obtained from your employer prior to submission. The publication will be reviewed by the executive council prior to inclusion. The publication should not include any proprietary information. Please submit entries to: Jodi Roepsch |
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Chair Co-Chair Treasurer Secretary Event Coordinator Membership Chair Members At Large |
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January meeting—We were honored to have Dr. Bruce Gnade from the University of Dallas speak on the topic of “Electrical Characterization of a Single Grain MOS Capacitors”. We thank FEI, our meeting sponsor for providing food and drink for the meeting.. A special thanks to Microtech Analytical Labs (MAL) for allowing use of your facilities for the meeting. March—Dr. Brian Gorman from the University of North Texas spoke on the topic of “Atomic Level Characterization of Semiconductor Devices Using Atom Probe Tomography”. Dr. Gorman also was kind enough to provide a tour of the engineering facilities which was quite impressive. Thank you UNT for hosting the meeting at your facilities. A special thanks to our meeting sponsor Thermo Fisher Scientific (NORAN) for providing food and drink for the meeting. April meeting—This month we were fortunate to have Lawrence Wagner, PhD speak on “Materials Analysis in Electronic Devices”. Dr. Wagner is the past president of EDFAS and the current president of ASM International. We thank our meeting sponsor Hitachi High Technologies America for providing food and drink for the meeting. Kevin Cronyn and Linda Dailey also provided a TM1000 for demo during the meeting. Our April meeting was a joint meeting with the local ASM chapter. May meeting—Thank you Gatan for sponsoring the meeting and providing the technical presentation. Ms. Efrat Raz presented “Computerized Controlled Sample Preparation Platform for Automated Parallel, X-sectioning, Thinning and Shallow Bevel Polishing to Support Failure Analysis of the Latest Semicondutor Devices (Front-end and Backend.)” Our May meeting was a joint meeting with the local IEEE society. |
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June, July—Summer break August—The August meeting will again be a joint meeting with the local IEEE society. The meeting will feature our technical speaker Dr. Craig Hillman, CEO and Managing Partner for DfR Solutions. The technical presentation will feature Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis in Electronic Components. Dr. Hillman is an expert on a variety of topics including Pb Free, design for reliability assessments and supplier assurance. Our August meeting will be held at UTD. Additional information will be sent out by email and will be available on the website. September– The technical presentation will be given by Clarke Fenner and will cover He Ion Microscopy. Our meeting sponsor will be Zeiss. |
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We would like to thank our corporate sustaining members. Through their support we are able to provide quality meetings to our members. Information on... Sustaining Corporate membership |
