CALCE Electronic Products and Sytems Center

CALCE

The Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland, College Park is dedicated to providing a knowledge and resource base to support the development of competitive electronic components, products and systems.

Industry Focus:

For over 15 years, CALCE EPSC has been developing tools and methodologies to help engineers assess, mitigate, and manage risks in electronic products. We have been working with companies from all sectors of the electronics industry, representing complete supply chains in the telecommunications, automotive, and avionics industries.

• Automotive
• Avionics & Aerospace
• Consumer & Computer
• Flat Panel Display
• Gas and Oil Well Application
• Defense Electronics
• Telecommunications
• Southeast Asian Electronics
• Lead Free and Green Electronics Forum

Areas of Expertise:

The Center offers an extensive set of resources to help industry assess mitigate and manage risks in electronic products. These include web-based documents and tools to conduct.

• Lead Free Forum
• Supply Chain Management
• Parts and Components
• Printed Wiring Boards
• Ball Grid Arrays
• Permanent Interconnects
• Photonics and Telecommunications
• Contacts and Connectors
• Accelerated Testing
• Failure Analysis
• Thermal Management
• Electromagetic Compatibility
• Electronic Systems Cost Modeling
• Accelerated Testing 

What's New at CALCE:

• Prognostics and Health Management for Electronic Systems Workshop
• CALCE Initiates Long-Term Reliability Study for Pb-free Assemblies
• CALCE Introduces Monthly Distance Seminars
• CALCE Develops New Model for Predicting Flex Cracking Failures of Ceramic Capacitors 
• Sudden Acceleration - The Myth of Driver Error

Web update:

• Web update report for the period of 07/02 - 07/22
• Web update report for the period of 06/18 - 07/01
• Web update report for the period of 06/11 - 06/17
• Web update report for the period of 06/04 - 06/10

Public Information:

• 2004 Spring/Summer Issue (February 20, 2004)
• Articles (Full texts for members only)
• Books

CALCE Consortium Members Only:

• Feedback of 2003 projects
• Feedback of 2004 proposals
• CALCE Technical Review Meeting (Spring Review) (March 22 - 24, 2005) 
• Open Forum
• FY05 Research Agenda

CALCE Projects and Papers

• CALCE Consortium Research Projects 2004
• CALCE Consortium Research Projects 2003
• CALCE Consortium Research Projects 2002
• CALCE Consortium Research Projects 2001 

Software: 

• Software Product Information 

Upcoming Events:

• Distributor/Supply Chain Assessment (Teleconference and Webex) 11:00 am EST, February 14, 2005
• Virtual Qualification Software Workshop (March 21, 2005)
• CALCE Long-term Pb-free Reliability Study- Phase I Review Meeting Monday, March 21, 2005
• CALCE Technical Review Meeting - Spring Review (March 22-24, 2005 (Tue-Thur))
• 2005 International Conference on Asian Green Electronics (March 15-18, 2005) 
• Durability of Package to Board Interconnects Under Impact Loading (Teleconference and Webex) (May 12, 2005)
• The 2005 International Applied Reliability Symposium (May 18 - 20, 2005) 
• CALCE Technical Review Meeting (October 18-20, 2005 ) 

Contacts: 

• Cindy Wang: cwang@calce.umd.edu
• Joan Lee: joanyuan@calce.umd.edu
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