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April 7, 2016 | Indium CorporationEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Indium Corporation's Dr. Ron Lasky, Senior Technologist, will present at two upcoming SMTA regional forums: SMTA Intermountain Expo & Tech Forum on April 7 in Boise, Idaho; and SMTA Long Island on April 27 in Islandia, New York.
Dr. Lasky's presentation, The Status of Lead-Free Implementation Ten Years into RoHS, will review the impacts that RoHS has had over the past 10 years. Discussion will include new alloys, reliability performance of alloys, process implementation, voiding, and a look at what could happen in the next five to 10 years.
Dr. Lasky, holder of the prestigious SMTA Founder’s Award, is a world-renowned process expert and a Senior Technologist at Indium Corporation. He is also a Professor of Engineering and the Director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth College. He has more than 30 years of experience in electronics and optoelectronic packaging and assembly. Dr. Lasky has authored six books, and contributed to nine more on science, electronics, and optoelectronics. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges, teaching more than 20 different courses on topics ranging from electronics packaging, materials science, physics, mechanical engineering and science, and religion. Dr. Lasky holds numerous patent disclosures and is the developer of several SMT processing software products relating to cost estimating, line balancing, and process optimization. He is the co-creator of engineering certification exams that set standards in the electronics assembly industry, worldwide. Dr. Lasky also authors a technology blog.
SMTA is an international network of professionals who build skills, share practical experience, and develop solutions in electronics assembly technologies, including microsystems, emerging technologies, and related business operations.
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, thermal management, and solar markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil. Founded in 1934, Indium has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
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