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Best Technical Paper at IPC APEX EXPO 2019 Selected
December 18, 2018 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The best technical conference paper of IPC APEX EXPO 2019 has been selected. Voted on through a ballot process by members of the IPC APEX EXPO Technical Program Committee, the paper authors will receive their awards during the opening keynote session on Tuesday, January 29, 2019.
Taking top honors, the winning paper is, “Reducing Dust Deposition on Electronic Equipment by Optimizing Cooling Air Flow Patterns” by Chen Xu, Nokia. His co-author was: Jason Stafford, Imperial College London. This paper will be presented during Technical Conference Session 36 (Surface Finish Reliability/ Gold Brush Plating Repair/ Creep Corrosion) on Thursday, January 31.
This year, two papers were selected in the honorable mention category. Honorable mention went to, “Head-on-Pillow Defect Detection – X-ray Inspection Limitations” by Lars Bruno, Ericsson AB. His co-author was: Benny Gustafson, Ericsson AB. This paper will be presented during Technical Conference Session 3 (Assembly/Inspection -- BTC/ BGA) on Tuesday, January 29.
Honorable mention also goes to “Analyzing a Printed Circuit Board with Oxide Residue Contamination” by Wade Goldman, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. His co-authors were: Andrew Dineen; Hailey Jordan; Curtis Leonard, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; and Edward Arthur, Raytheon Company, Space and Airborne Systems. This paper will be presented during Technical Conference Session 25 (Failure Analysis) on Wednesday, January 30.
The papers were evaluated on their technical content, originality, test procedures and data used to deduce conclusions, quality of illustrations and the clarity and professionalism of writing as well as value to the industry.
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