Welcome to WMED 2006

The 2006 Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices will be held at The Boise Centre on the Grove on April 14^th from 9:00 am – 6:30 pm.

The Technical Program Schedule encompasses talks from industry leaders of high technology companies and institutions.

DOOR REGISTRATION (8:30 AM - 9:00 AM)

TUTORIALS (9:15 AM - 11:00 AM)
Christopher L. Henderson		Nozad Karim
President, Semitracks, Inc.		VP, App. Engrg. & Characterization
"Current Reliability and Failure Analysis Issues for High Volume Memory Products”		Amkor Technology Inc
		"3D Memory Packaging Technologies & Trends"


LUNCH (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM)



WELCOME/MAIN SESSION (12:30 PM – 4:00 PM)
Keynote
Al Fazio; Director, Memory Technology Development, Intel
"Future Directions of Non-Volatile Memory Technologies"
Invited Talk
Dennis Hess; William W. LaRoche, Jr. Chair, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
"Preserving Low-k Dielectrics During Photoresist and Etch Residue Removal"
Break
Invited Talk
Karl Strauss; Senior Engineer, Flight Avionics Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Lest We Never Forget: A Historical Perspective of Space Data Recorders; A Prediction for the Future"
Invited Talk
Neil Goldsman; Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering; Univ. Of Maryland at College Park
"Physics Based Modeling and Design of Chips, Devices, and Nanostructures: Present and Future"
Break
3 PARALLEL SESSIONS (4:15 PM - 5:30 PM))




POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL (5:30 PM – 6:00 PM)

AWARDS & CONFERENCE CLOSING (6:00 PM - 6:30 PM)

Questions concerning the Technical Program can be directed to: David Hwang (Technical Program Chair):

This workshop is receiving technical cosponsorship support from the IEEE Electron Devices Society.