Carolinas Chapter Fall Technical Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Please join us for presentations and lunch at
NC IDEA Campus
Durham, NC

Register On-Line

Meeting program:

12:00   Reception and Lunch

12:45   Introductions – all participants

1:00   “Computed tomography for 3-dimensional analysis.”                   
        Ms. Sheri Martin of Yxlon FeinFocus

1:30   "Embedding high permittivity BaTiO3-based ceramic dielectrics into organic packages
            using the film-on-foil approach."
           Dr. Jon Paul Maria of North Carolina State University.
         
2:00  “Thermal Analysis and its Application to GaN HEMT Amplifiers.”
    Art Prejs of CREE

2:30   15 minutes of non-technical presentations. 

                   A) Riverside High School (Durham) engineering classes.  Tim Velegol.     
                   
                   B) Michael O’Donoghue, IMAPS Executive Director, to discuss 2010 Symposium. 
     
2:45    Refreshment Break in the Vendor Area

3:45     “SMIF – shared resource for materials, device characterization, and fabrication.”
              Dr. Mark Walters, Duke’s Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF)
    
4:15   “Copper pillar, flip-chip technology in a RF Component Application.”
         Ms. Shannon Pan of RF Micro Devices
            
4:45   Closing Statements, Discussion of event and next event

Register On-Line

Registration and Logistics

NC IDEA Campus  (No citizenship or ID requirements) 
3021 E. Cornwallis Rd., Building 1
Durham, NC 27709    919-248-1800

IMAPS members-$20, non-members-$30, and students-$5.00.

Industry vendors may exhibit with table-top displays on-site for just $75.  Please e-mail Dave Seeger at dave.seeger@us.ibm.com soon as orders are first come, first served.

Directions to MCNC/NC IDEA Campus
3021 E. Cornwallis Rd. (Building 1)
Research Triangle Park (Durham), NC 27709
Front Desk Contact: Stephen Rutland (NC IDEA)
Campus Tel: 919-248-1800
Direct Tel: 919-248-1905

Directions to NC IDEA Campus from Raleigh:
Take I-40 West
I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147) (Exit 279-B)
Take the first exit – Cornwallis Road
At the end of the ramp, bear right – cross back over the Freeway
Go through one traffic light – MCNC sign located approximately ¼ mile on the right
Keep straight upon entering the campus
Building one

Directions to NC IDEA Campus from Chapel Hill:

Take I-40 East toward Raleigh

Take 279-B, this puts you on the Durham Freeway North, also known as Highway 147
Take Cornwallis Road Exit
At the end of the ramp, bear right – crossing back over the Freeway
Go through one traffic light
MCNC sign located approximately ¼ mile on the right.
Keep straight upon entering the campus
Building one

Directions to NC IDEA Campus from Charlotte or Greensboro:

Take I-85 North

Right past Efland, Take I-40 East toward Raleigh
Take Exit 279-B Durham Freeway North (Highway 147)
Take the Cornwallis Road Exit
At the end of the ramp, bear right – crossing back over the Freeway
Go through one traffic light
MCNC sign located approximately ¼ mile on the right
Keep straight upon entering the campus
Building one

Directions to NC IDEA Campus from Durham:
Durham Freeway North (Highway 147)
Take the Cornwallis Road Exit
At the end of the ramp, bear right – crossing back over the Freeway
Go through one traffic light
MCNC sign located approximately ¼ mile on the right
Keep straight upon entering the campus