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Siemens Dematic Forms Consortium for Advancement of Electronic Manufacturing Education
July 2, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Norcross, Ga. — Siemens Dematic has formed a consortium with major technical universities across the country and in Canada.
This consortium will work together to offer advanced manufacturing education and research, work on joint projects, and focus on offering specialized training for issues directly affecting electronic manufacturing. Issues to be addressed include lean manufacturing, supply chain management, new product introductions, retraining employees and management to create competitiveness in a world economy by identifying and driving out unnecessary production costs.
Manufacturers across the U.S. are facing many new challenges with the threat of more and more manufacturing moving offshore. This consortium will focus on providing systems, process and specialized training.
Members of this consortium include:
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), located in Atlanta, is one of the nation's top universities. Georgia Tech's graduate programs are ranked among the finest in the United States. Georgia Tech offers the nation's largest academic and research program in electronics manufacturing. The research focuses on interconnects for wafer-level gigascale integration conducted in the Microelectronics Research Center, next-generation electronics packaging with the Packaging Research Center (PRC), and printed circuit board assembly pursued by faculty and students associated with the Center for Board Assembly Research (CBAR). Siemens Dematic and Georgia Tech's CBAR have maintained a close working relationship for the past decade. For more information on Georgia CBAR, visit www.cbar.gatech.edu.
- Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) located in Rochester, N.Y. is an internationally recognized leader in professional and career-oriented education enrolling more than 15,000 students. RIT is equipped with a multimillion-dollar microelectronic fabrication and electronics packaging laboratory to support hands-on education and applied research. The Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly (CEMA) offers the Electronics Packaging industry a combination of facilities, equipment, capabilities and technical expertise to help improve process yields and manufacturing productivity, while lowering manufacturing cost. CEMA's business focus is in providing relevant applied research and technology training in key electronics and optoelectronics packaging areas. For more information on RIT, visit smt.rit.edu.
- George Brown College located in Toronto, Canada was formed in 1967 to serve the applied education and training needs of the City of Toronto. In 2003, George Brown was designated an Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning delivering a complete range of programs from apprenticeship to bachelor's degrees, with a key emphasis on applied research. George Brown is a leading provider of applied education for the electronics manufacturing sector, with unique in Canada facilities, highly qualified faculty with industry experience and strong employer partnerships. George Brown's facilities include electronics assembly labs, featuring fully integrated Siemens Dematic technology, and Class 1000 cleanroom studios supporting semiconductor manufacturing processes. These facilities provide a "live" manufacturing environment for use by students and industry engaged in project-based learning, employee training, prototyping and product and process testing. For more information, visit www.georgebrown.ca.
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) is a nationally ranked, comprehensive public university emphasizing a "learn by doing" educational experience for its more than 18,000 students.Cal Poly has been ranked the No. 1 top public largely undergraduate university in the west by U.S. News and World Report for 11 consecutive years. U.S. News also ranked the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) at Cal Poly the No. 1 program in the nation among public universities not offering Ph.D. programs in 2004. For more information, visit www.calpoly.edu/~pan.
- Engent is a provider of advanced electronic manufacturing and technology services. Its services comprise of advanced manufacturing research, and development services for the electronics industry. Engent has provided solutions in advanced electronics production, product design for manufacture and assembly processes as well as analytical, reliability and failure testing. This approach provides a suite of services that compliment advanced manufacturing and allows the customer to ensure quick time to market with the most robust and reliable product. For more information on Engent, visit www.engentaat.com.
The consortium met at the Siemens Dematic offices in Norcross, Ga. at the end of June to discuss the advancement of electronic manufacturing education and devise a roadmap for educational programs to be offered in the future.
Siemens AG is a leading global electronics and engineering company with reported worldwide sales of $80.5 billion in fiscal 2003. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com.Siemens Dematic AG is the world's leading supplier of logistics and factory automation systems. For more information, visit www.siemens-dematic.us.