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March 11, 2024 | Julia Gumminger, IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The Professional Development Course program at IPC APEX EXPO 2024 will offer attendees a diversity of topics taught by new and returning instructors. Electronics industry professionals at any stage of their career will benefit. Thirty-two courses covering all aspects of the electronics manufacturing supply chain will be offered on Sunday, April 7, and Monday, April 8.
Participants in these courses will gain new knowledge and real-world skills that will equip them to rapidly respond to changing demands for new technologies, materials, and processes. Attendees will find updated content from veteran instructors and innovative courses from new instructors.
The diversity of educational content includes courses about chiplets and heterogenous integration, soldering, AI and machine learning, design for manufacturing principles, and designing for harsh environments. We highlight just a few of the courses you can expect to see.
Paul Cooke of Ventec International will address design and fabrication for high reliability. “Designing printed circuit boards and assemblies is more difficult than ever due to complexity, component availability, thermal requirements, signal integrity, material selection, layer counts, harsh environments, and increased functionality all required in smaller form factors,” Cooke says. “We will look at all the elements to successfully design a PCB that can meet all the designers’ requirements and perform to the customer and industry standards as well as survive in today’s harsh environments. We will look at everything from materials to surface finishes and testing to ensure the product is robust as possible with a high level of confidence that it has been designed for extended life in the field.”
To read this entire article, which appeared in the February 2024 issue of PCB007 Magazine, click here.
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