Indiana Chapter of IMAPS

2011-2012 Meeting Schedule

Date

Location

Speaker/Topic

Thursday, September 22, 2011

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
Tour of the Notre Dame Nanotechnology Center

Technical Presentation by Dr. Gary Bernstein

Dinner at O'Rourke's Public House

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Kokomo, Indiana

Tour, Presentation and Dinner
Foresite Labs

Thursday, February 16, 2012
West Lafayette, IN Tour of Coleman Cable
Technical Presentation and Dinner at the Trails by Omega Micro Technologies

Thursday, March 15, 2012
Muncie, IN
Tour of Brevini Wind
Dinner at Johnny Carinos

Monday, April 30, 2012

Clarion Waterfront Hotel and Conference Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Vendor’s Day and Mini-Symposium

Next Indiana IMAPS Chapter Meeting

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Three Exciting Events!

Tour of Coleman Cable
Lafayette, Indiana
4:00 - 5:30 PM EST

Dinner and Chapter Meeting
The Trails Banquet Facility
West Lafayette, IN
6:00 - 7:00 PM EST

Technical Presentation:

"Lower Cost Plated LTCC Substrates and Advanced Substrate Fabrication for Microwave Frequencies Using DuPont^TM 9K7 and 9K5 Material Sets"

Jacob Smelzer
Omega Micro Technologies
7:00 - 7:30 PM EST

$20.00 for IMAPS Members

$25.00 for Non-members

For reservations and directions contact Ray Fairchild at 765-451-1068 or at m.ray.fairchild@delphi.com.

Reservations will be accepted until close of business on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Archives of Previous Indiana IMAPS Events

Kick-Off Event for Indiana IMAPS 2011-2012 Season

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana

The Indiana Chapter of IMAPS will kick-off its 2011-12 meeting schedule on Thursday, September 22, 2011 by touring The University of Notre Dame’s new Center for Nano Science and Technology. With expert scientists, research facilities and the latest equipment, Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology is one of the leading nanotechnology centers in the world. It promotes collaboration among participating faculty from seven departments, as well as industry, government and university partners. The center features a world-class, 9,000 square foot teaching and research cleanroom that houses a wide array of tools for material and device processing. There is a class 10,000 area that houses CMP, wafer thinning, packaging and assembly, and MBE; and class 1000 and 100 areas that contain capabilities for metal deposition, lithography, oxidation, dielectric deposition, plasma processing, and wet-chemical processing. The Nano Science Center is located in the newly-dedicated Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering.

The tour will also feature some of the other laboratories located in Stinson-Remick Hall, including the imaging lab and biofluids lab. Following the tour there will be a presentation on Nanomagnet Logic by Dr. Gary Bernstein, Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering, and a brief IMAPS business meeting.

The evening will close with dinner at O'Rourke's Public House adjacent to campus. We will be ordering off of the menu; typical entree cost is around $15 not including tax, tip and beverage.

The tour will begin at 4:30 PM.   Attendees are to meet at the Eck Visitors's Center on campus to await the tour guide.

Visitors must park in the designated visitors lot. Take Angela Blvd around the south end of campus. Turn left at Eddy Street and follow the signs to visitors parking. From there it is a short walk to the Eck Center.

Reservations must be received by Tuesday, September 20 at 4:00 PM. No walk-ins are allowed. Reservations can be made by contacting program chair Ray Fairchild at 765-451-1068.   His email is m.ray.fairchild@delphi.com.

                                                                                     Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering

Indiana Chapter of IMAPS

Vendor’s Day & Mini-Symposium

Monday, May 9, 2011

Clarion Waterfront Plaza Hotel and Conference Center

2930 Waterfront Parkway West Drive, Indianapolis, IN

Summary of Events

The Indiana Chapter of IMAPS hosted its annual Vendor’s Day and Technical Symposium at the Clarion Waterfront Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis on Monday, May 9, 2011. The afternoon technical symposium featured two keynote addresses: one by Mitch Roob, Secretary of Commerce for the State of Indiana, and a second by Tim Brooks of SMT Corporation. Tim provided an astonishing look at what goes on behind the scenes to reclaim electronic components and sell them as counterfeits in the open marketplace. He also presented methods that are being deployed for detecting these counterfeit components before they reach our homes and workplaces.

The rest of the symposium included excellent technical presentations from Delphi, Diversified Systems, NSWC Crane, Heraeus, Specialty Coatings, and the RF Alliance Group. Attendees then adjourned to the hotel atrium, where over 20 vendors demonstrated equipment and handed out product information. Sam Stuart of NSWC Crane received the best paper award for his talk, “Energy Storage as an Integral ‘System of Systems.’” Hot hors d’oeuvres and door prizes rounded out the evening.

Regular Indiana IMAPS chapter meetings will resume in September with a plant tour at a location to be determined.

                                                                                                                          Technical Presentation Schedule

Time

Speaker

Company

Presentation Title

1:00 Mitch Roob Indiana Secretary of Commerce Keynote Address 1: Indiana Economic Development Corporation

1:35 Suresh Chengalva Delphi Fuel Economy Study for Vehicles With and Without Side Mirrors

2:00 Stan Bentley DSI Thoughts on Manufacturing in the US Today

2:25 Sam Stuart NSWC Crane Energy Storage as an Integral "System of Systems"

2:50 Break

3:00 Tom Sharpe SMT Corporation Keynote Address 2: National Security and Component Counterfeiters' Techniques

3:50 Tracey Smolinsky Heraeus Comparison of Thermal Performance - Heraeus IAMS and MCPCB Substrates

4:15 Dr. Rakesh Kumar Specialty Coatings Solving Adhesion Challenges for Electronics Packaging

4:40 Mike Gentile RF Alliance Group Transitioning Technology to the Warfighter

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Presentation and IMAPS Business Meeting
The Trails Banquet Facility
West Lafayette, IN

"Catalyzing Research-Based Economic Development"
Dr. Timothy Peoples
Director, Purdue Technology Centers

CTS Microelectronics Reunion Night

Social Hour   5:30 PM
Dinner 6:00 PM
Meeting and Presentation 7:00 PM

IMAPS Members   $20.00
Ex-CTS Employees   $20.00
Non-Members   $25.00
Students   $5.00

For reservations and directions contact Ray Fairchild at 765-451-1068 or at m.ray.fairchild@delphi.com. Reservations will be accepted until close of business on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

Menu:
NY Strip Steak
Baked Potato
Vegetable
Salad and Rolls
Dessert
Iced Tea and Coffee

Abstract:
The Purdue Technology Centers of West Lafayette serve as an anchor to the surrounding 725-acre, award-winning Purdue Research Park. Located just north of Purdue University’s main campus, the centers are home to over 100 technology-based companies.   Under development by the Purdue Research Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation created to assist Purdue University, the Purdue Technology Centers of West Lafayette are considered to be among the largest university-affiliated, business incubation complexes in the country. In addition to the centers’ offering of industry-leading amenities and services, companies benefit from an atmosphere alive with top-notch business plan competitions, job fairs, an internship program and an entrepreneurship academy. Dr. Peoples will discuss both the tools utilized to assist the growth of technology companies in the Purdue Research Park and their impact on the local community.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Indiana IMAPS Members, Non-members and Students

Naval Surface Warfare Center

Crane Division

Crane, Indiana

Command Overview and Tour

Cost is $15.00 per person

Small Arms Weapons Division
Electro-Optic Technology Division
Radar Technology Division
Flight Systems Division
Energy, Power and Interconnect Technologies Division

For reservations and directions contact Ray Fairchild at 765-451-1068 or at m.ray.fairchild@delphi.com. Reservations will be accepted until close of business on Thursday, October 7.

10:00 AM   Command Overview, Tour Begins
11:30 AM    Lunch
4:00 PM    Tour Conclusion

NO CAMERAS ALLOWED


Indiana IMAPS Tour of Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.

September 18, 2008

The Indiana Chapter of IMAPS toured the Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. factory in Lafayette, Indiana prior to its chapter meeting on September 18. A group of 27 Indiana IMAPS members and guests toured the complete factory that assembles automobiles from rolls of bare metal to a complete, drive out the door, consumer product. The tour was from a 1-mile series of catwalks above the factory floor, where every phase of the operation could be observed.

Hoosier pride is built into each vehicle through their team of dedicated associates. They are skilled professionals committed to excellence and zero defects. SIA has the Auto Industry’s lowest OSHA recorded incident rate, their buildings have been smoke-free since 1994, and they are the first automobile maker to be both ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certified.   They are also the first auto manufacturer in the USA to have an on-site solvent recovery system, the first to be designated as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat, and since 2004, the very first auto assembly plant in the USA to reach ZERO Landfill status.

SIA was proud to tell us that, “Last year, 100 percent of the waste steel, plastic and other materials coming out of the plant were reused or recycled. Paint sludge that used to be thrown away, for example, is now dried to a powder and shipped to a plastics manufacturer, ending up eventually as parking lot bumpers and guardrails. What can’t be reused — about 3 percent of the plant’s trash — is shipped to Indianapolis and incinerated to generate electricity.”

This is from a factory that assembles approximately 300,000 automobiles a year in the middle of what was an Indiana cornfield.

In 1998, SIA began assembling the Legacy line of sedans and wagons, and transitioned to the popular Outback series of All-Wheel Drive vehicles. They also produced Subaru’s first-ever SUV. In 2002, they started manufacturing the Subaru 4-cylinder, horizontally opposed engine. Today they produce both the fuel-injected and turbo versions of the Subaru boxer horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine.



Indiana IMAPS Vendor’s Day 2008

The Indiana chapter of IMAPS held its 23^nd annual Vendor’s Day and Technical Symposium in Indianapolis on April 14, 2008. The event was co-sponsored by the Indiana chapter of SMTA and featured 53 attendees, 15 vendor tables, and 8 technical presentations on a variety of topics, including computed tomography, embedded dielectric capacitors in LTCC substrates, component reliability, RoHS compliance, electrically conductive adhesives, and Delphi Electronics’ concept vehicle for information, convenience and protection. Dr. William Chappell of Purdue University won the Best Paper award for his presentation, “Advancements in Tunable Front Ends for Wireless Systems.” The event concluded with the awarding of 18 door prizes that were donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA, IMAPS headquarters and several of the participating vendors.

The event marked the conclusion of a successful 2007-08 meeting schedule in which Indiana IMAPS witnessed the past, present and future of manufacturing in the state of Indiana by touring Haynes International in Kokomo (nickel and cobalt-based alloys), The Studebaker Museum in South Bend, DePuy Orthopaedics in Warsaw, and Wabash National (semi trailers) in Lafayette.   The Indiana chapter will continue to focus on Indiana manufacturing during the meetings and tours that are being planned for 2008-09.

The list of speakers and topics for the joint IMAPS/SMTA technical symposium was as follows:

1:05 PM
Dr. William Chappell
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
1st Keynote: "Advancements in Tunable Front Ends for Wireless Systems"

1:35 PM
Jon Dupree
YXLON Feinfocus
"The Next Level of Computed Tomography for the Production Floor"

2:00 PM
Ray Fairchild
Delphi Electronics and Safety
"Reliability of Embedded Large-Area High-K Dielectric Capacitors in LTCC Substrates"

2:25 PM
Terry Munson
Foresite, Inc.
"Why Are QFN and PQFN Packages Failing Due To Leakage and Stray Voltage Problems?"

3:05 PM
Sam He
Delphi Electronics and Safety
2nd Keynote: "Delphi Concept Vehicle for Information, Convenience and Protection"

3:35 PM
Todd Oman
Delphi Electronics and Safety
"Delphi's Enhanced Remote Vehicle Access for Information, Convenience and Protection"

4:00 PM
Jim Wood
Heraeus
"Performance of a RoHS Compliant Resistor System from 50 mohm/square to 1 Mohm/square"

4:25 PM
Scott Harry
Emerson & Cuming
"Electrically Conductive Adhesives (ECA) for Component Attach in Harsh Environment Applications"

The 2008 Vendor's Day door prize winners were:

Gift Donated By Winner Company

South Bend Chocolate Gift Basket Microscreen Ginzi Mostayo University of Kentucky

Stanley LED Flashlight Stanley Supply Sam He Delphi

Hexacon Soldering Iron Hexacon John Myers Delphi

Signed CD by Becky Archibald John Hart Scott Harry Emerson & Cuming

IMAPS Membership IMAPS HQ Spencer Reese Gentex Corp.

Applebees $50 Gift Card Young Snodgrass William Chappell Purdue University

40th Anniv. Glasses & Bottle Wine Heraeus Ray Fairchild Delphi

Mouse with Retractable Cord Heraeus Sri Krishna University of Kentucky

Insulated Drinking Mug Heraeus Janet Lumpp University of Kentucky

Memory Stick 512M Heraeus Matt Walsh Delphi

Thumb Drive/Pen Neal Thomas/TT Elect. Andy Howat NWSC Crane

$25 BP Gas Card IMAPS/SMTA Chapters Todd Oman Delphi

$25 BP Gas Card IMAPS/SMTA Chapters Mary Rayl Delphi

$25 BP Gas Card IMAPS/SMTA Chapters Yuehin Ouyang Purdue University

$25 BP Gas Card IMAPS/SMTA Chapters Mindy Phelps University of Kentucky

$25 BP Gas Card IMAPS/SMTA Chapters Larry Rexing Heraeus

Memory Stick 1G Foresite Ashwantti Reddy University of Kentucky

Memory Stick 1G Foresite Chris Asberg University of Kentucky

Tour of the Studebaker Museum
South Bend, IN

The Studebaker National Museum has its roots in the Studebaker Corporation’s private collection, which originated in the 1890’s. Studebaker operated its own museum for many years, and by 1920 their collection included: Lafayette’s and President Lincoln’s carriages, the company’s last farm wagon, the first automobile built entirely in South Bend, IN, and a large collection of World War I military vehicles.

The collection continued to grow until Studebaker ceased production in 1966. By that time, the collection numbered 37 vehicles, including the last Studebaker automobiles produced in South Bend and Canada.

Studebaker donated its collection to the City of South Bend in late 1966. The collection was housed at a number of locations before its current building on Chapin Street.

The museum’s Archive Center houses an extensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts and records from the Studebaker Corporation, Packard Motor Car Company, and local South Bend industries. The weight of the Studebaker records alone exceeds 70 tons.

The dinner and business meeting was held at historic Tippecanoe Place Restaurant, a mansion that was originally owned by the Studebaker family. It is the premier landmark in the heart of South Bend’s historic district.

17 IMAPS members and guests toured the Studebaker Museum on October 25, 2007. Here, the
group poses in front of the main automobile collection.

Indiana IMAPS and Indiana SMTA - 2007 Vendor's Day and Mini-Symposium

Monday, April 30, 2007

Larry Wallman, Hi-Tek Sales, Vendor's Day Chair
Ray Fairchild, Delphi Electronics and Safety, Technical Chair

The Indiana chapter of IMAPS held its 22^nd annual Vendor’s Day and Technical Symposium in Indianapolis on April 30, 2007. The event was co-sponsored by the Indiana chapter of SMTA and featured 23 vendor tables and 8 technical presentations on a variety of topics, including LTCC materials and processes, acoustic microscopy, automotive sensors, PC board contamination and nanotechnology. Brian Iverson of Purdue University won the Best Paper award for his presentation on, “Enhanced Electro-Hydrodynamic Micropumping.” Dr. Gary Bernstein of the University of Notre Dame delivered the keynote address and described a novel method for interconnecting IC’s at their peripheries called “Quilt Packaging.” Dr. Bernstein is looking for industry partners to assist in the development in this new technology and can be reached at gary.h.bernstein.1@nd.edu. The event concluded with the awarding of 30 door prizes that were donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA, IMAPS headquarters and several of the participating vendors.

Vendor's Day Chair Larry Wallman would like to offer his sincere thanks to all vendors, speakers, door prize donors and participants for a very successful and enjoyable event this year.

Speakers and Topics - Vendor's Day 2007

Time Speaker Company Presentation Title

1:05 Dean Buzby Heraeus, Inc. Our Next Generation Multilayer Dielectrics for High Reliability Multilayer Circuits

1:30 Phil Fisher CIS Microelectronics New Developments in the LTCC Arena

1:55 Ray Thomas Sonoscan, Inc. Finding Defects using Acoustic Microscopy Imaging

2:20 Brian Iverson Purdue University Enhanced Electro-Hydrodynamic Micropumping

2:45 BREAK

3:00 Dr. Gary Bernstein University of Notre Dame Keynote Address: Quilt Packaging: A Novel Interchip Communications Method

3:30 Manuel J. Solis Foresite, Inc. Spot Extraction of Contamination on Printed Circuit Assemblies

3:55 Eddie Borzabadi Delphi Electronics & Safety Plate Level Packaging / Calibration Alternative for Silicon Based Automotive MAP Sensor

4:20 Dr. Ronald M. Cosby Ball State University Nanotechnology Research at Ball State University

Door Prize and Award Winners - Vendor's Day 2007

Fred King, Delphi, South Bend Chocolate Gift Basket donated by Holly Wise/ MicroScreen

Ray Fairchild, Delphi, Earthmate GPS donated by Dave Skupien/ Action Integrated Resources

Dr. Gary Bernstein, University of Notre Dame, IMAPS Membership donated by IMAPS Headquarters

Chris Coapman, Delphi, Memory stick donated by Eric Camden/Foresite

Mark Rayl, Delphi, Memory stick donated by Eric Camden/Foresite

David Fisher, JBC, Memory stick donated by Eric Camden/Foresite

John Hart, retired, Memory stick donated by Eric Camden/Foresite

Jason Warner, CIS Microelectronics, Box Titleist golf balls donated by Nick Mates/Diversified Systems

Shing Yeh, Delphi, Memory stick donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Matt Walsh, Delphi, Memory stick donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Ben Haffke, Delphi, Memory stick donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Mike Mindel, Total Electronics, Memory stick donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Young Snodgrass, RFM, Leather folio donated by Constant Reyerse

Phil Fisher, CIS Microelectronics, Phoenix soldering iron donated by Hexacon

Phil Wittmer, Delphi, Insulated rolling cooler, donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Terry Bloom, CTS Corp., LED flashlight donated by Neal Thomas/TT Electronics

D.H.R. Sarma, Delphi, LED flashlight donated by Neal Thomas/TT Electronics

Carl Benson, Delphi, Optical mouse donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Eddie Borzabadi, Delphi, Optical mouse donated by Larry Rexing/Heraeus

Fred Binggell, MAPCO, $50 gift card Rathskeller restaurant donated by Larry Wallman, Vendor's Day Chairman

Ray Thomas, Sonoscan, $25 TGI Fridays gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

John Myers, Delphi, $25 Lowes gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Eric Camden, Foresite, $25 Lowes gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Brian Iverson, Purdue University, $25 Olive Garden gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Suresh Chengalva, Delphi, $25 BP gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Patrick Bissonette, Protavic America, $25 BP gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Richard Parker, Delphi, $25 Applebees gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Dean Buzby, Heraeus, $25 Best Buy gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Ben Benson, Electrotek, $25 Best Buy gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Noel Atkinson, Compass Communications, $25 Barnes & Noble gift card donated by Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Chapters

Best Paper Award went to Brian Iverson of Purdue University

Indiana IMAPS Tours Fernandez Racing

On Thursday, February 9, 26 Indiana IMAPS members and guests were treated to a tour of the Fernandez Racing Garage in Indianapolis. The tour was conducted by general manager Steve Miller, who spent over two hours showing the attendees every facet of the operation, from shock absorber and electronic system fabrication to race car design, construction and maintenance. The group was shown two brand new cars that are being built for driver Kosuke Matsuura, and cars for driver Scott Sharp that are in the final stages of body preparation and painting. Also on display was a Grand Am car that had recently been driven by Adrian Fernandez in the 24 Hours of Daytona and was being torn down and inspected for ways to improve performance.

The tour of Fernandez Racings new 32,000 square foot building was arranged through Delphi Electronics, who recently teamed with Sharp and Matsuura to form Super Aguri Fernandez Racing. Indiana IMAPS wishes to thank Steve Miller and Fernandez Racing for their generosity during the tour, and wishes them well during the 2006 IndyCar and Grand Am Series racing season.

Fernandez Racing GM Steve Miller (far left), and the Indiana IMAPS members and guests who attended the Fernandez Racing Garage tour on February 9, 2006.

Photos from October 2005 Indiana IMAPS Chapter Meeting

CTS Microelectronics Farewell Dinner

Terry Baum of L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics, who organized the meeting and presented a brief history of CTS Microelectronics, discusses the meeting agenda with Young Snodgrass of Resources for Microelectronics.

CTS Microelectronics operations manager Don Granitz, and sales and marketing manager Dick Kramer.

Indiana IMAPS treasurer Matt Walsh, along with Holly Wise and Kathy Jenczewski from MicroScreen, Larry Woodling, who sold Indium products to CTS for many years, and Terry Bloom from CTS Automotive in Elkhart.

From left, Vic Larson, Wayne Blom, Larry Rexing, and Phil Fisher. Vic had 40 years of service to CTS before retiring in 2004. Larry is the current IMAPS national secretary. Wayne is the former CTS QA manager, and Phil taught CTS Micro everything there is to know about thick film screening and LTCC processing.

CTS wirebonding engineer Sandy Wilcox reminds Young Snodgrass about the problems she had with those K&S 1419 wirebonders back in 1989.

Three current CTS Microelectronics employees – LTCC manager Jamie McCormick, HR manager Ed Higgins, and LTCC manufacturing engineer Jason Warner.

From left, Ron Hinds, John Menaugh, Jim Elsner, Vic Larson, and Dick Kramer, all current or former CTS employees representing over 100 years of service to CTS.

Group photo of current and former CTS employees at the meeting (left side). The entire group represents over 800 years of service to CTS Corporation.

Group photo of current and former CTS employees at the meeting (center).

Group photo of current and former CTS employees at the meeting (right).