Website of the 8th Annual
Workshop on Accelerated Stress Testing
AST 2002
Held October 2, 3, and 4, 2002
in
MONTRÉAL, Quebec, Canada
Sponsored by the
IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (TC-7)
And Technically Cosponsored by IEEE Reliability Society
In addition to two days of technical presentations, this workshop will include a one-day tutorial from leaders in the field and a two-day exhibition featuring AST related suppliers such as
- Chart Industries
- Envirotronics
- Keithley Instruments
- Screening Systems Inc.
- Thermotron
- CRIQ
- Air Liquide
- Team
- B&K
- VRC
- GHI Systems
- Controlled Environments
. A variety of topics was presented related to Accelerated Stress Testing including the following confirmed presentations. This is only a preliminary list of topics. Tutorials and additional schedules will be available in August of 2002.
Tutorials Presentations
| Subject | Company | Speaker |
| History of Environmental Stress Screening | AcceleRel Engineering | Kirk Gray |
| Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) Overview | San Jose State University | H. Anthony Chan |
| AST Processes and Procedures | Otis Elevator | Mark Morelli |
| Thermal AST | Qualmark | Charles Felkins |
| Vibration Spectrum Tailoring vs. Temperature | CRIQ | Francois Lafleur |
| Generating Random Vibration for Accelerated Stress Testing | Equipment Reliability Institute | Wayne Tustin |
| Cookbook for Using Spectrum Analyzers on 6DOF Machines | GHI Systems | George Henderson |
The Two Days of Presentations will include:
| Presentation Title | Company | Author/Presenter |
| Two-Stress Accelerated Reliability Methodologies for Electronic Components, A Case Study | NAVSEA Dahlgreen Divison, Systems Integration Branch | Nick Strifas, Ryan Staats, and Massimo Ruzzene |
| In-Situ Solder Joint Reliability Analysis Under Thermal Cycling | Nanyang Technological University, School of MPE, Singapore: Singapore Institue of Manufacturing Technology. | John H.L. Pang, X. R. Zhang, Q.J. Liu and T.H. Low, X.Q.Shi, Z.P. Wang and Q.J. Yang |
| Life Estimating Techniques for Failure Mode Identification Testing Methods | Entela, Inc. | Alexander J. Porter |
| Often Overlooked HALT Benefits | Sycamore Networks | Gene Bridgers |
| HALT happens -- A Case History | GHI Systems, Inc. | George Henderson |
| Test Methodology for Impact Testing of Portable Electronic Products | CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center, University of Maryland | Joe Varghese, Abhijit Dasqupta |
| Cost savings in Thermal Shocks. | Angelantoni Industries, SpA - Italy | Marco Perego |
| Economic Justification of Halt Tests: The relationship between operating margin, test costs, and the cost of field returns | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Edmond L. Kyser, Nahum Meadowsong |
| AST for Operating Systems | San Jose State University | Michael Werner, J. Bozoarth, H. Anthony Chan |
| Highly Accelerated Life Testing - Testing With A Different Purpose | Advantage Technical Sales | Neill Doertenbach |
| Sample Size in Highly Accelerated Stress Audit (HASA) | Anritsu | Mekonen Buzuayene and Barry Ma |
| A Mechanical Integrity Approach to Interconnect Design | Teradyne, Inc. | Nathan W. Pascarella |
| A beginners guide to HALT | C. Hanse Industries | Chris Hanse |
| Standard method for Board Level Drop Test of Components for Portable Electronic Applications | Flextronics | Dongji Xie |
To Order Extra copies of the IEEE/CPMT 2002 Workshop on Accelerated Stress Testing Please send the following information and $75.00 Check or Money Order for each copy (no credit card charges) to:
| Francois Lafleur |
| CRIQ |
| 8475, avenue Christophe-Colomb |
| MONTRÉAL (Quebec), Canada H2M 2N9 |
| Please send me ______ copies of the Proceeding of the 2002 IEEE/CPMT Workshop on Accelerated Stress Testing. I have enclosed a check made out to "ASTR 2003" for $75.00 per copy |
| Name_________________________________________ |
| Company______________________________________ |
| Street address__________________________________ Mail Stop_______ |
| City____________________________State___________Postal Code____ |
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email____________________________________(if you would like to be notified of upcoming IEEE/CPMT AST Workshop activities) |
The IEEE /CPMT AST Workshop 2002 Committee - Please contact for any questions regarding the specifics of the Workshop. Contact information is listed in the table below.
| General Chair Kirk Gray AcceleRel Engineering Phone 303-666-8726 k.a.gray@ieee.org | Finance Gene Bridgers Results MA Phone 781-224-1977 GBridgers@resultsMA.com | Publicity Chair Chris Hanse C. Hanse Industries, Inc. 616-673-8638 Chris@chanseind.com |
| Program Chair H. Anthony Chan San Jose Phone 408-924-3656 h.a.chan@ieee.org | Exhibitor Chair Dennis Pachucki Cisco Systems Inc. Phone 408-853-7341 dpachuck@cisco.com | Local Host Francois Lafleur CRIQ Phone 514-383-1550 ext 3519 Flafleur@mtl.criq.qc.ca |
| Program Co-Chair John Proulx GM ATV (310) 257-3714 john.proulx@gm.com |
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