MINNEAPOLIS – The winner from SMTA International 2011 for Best of Conference was Chrys Shea, Shea Engineering Services, for her presentation entitled “Using Solder Paste Inspection to Improve Print Yields.”
David Hillman, Rockwell Collins, won the Best of Proceedings category for the paper "The Last Will and Testament of the BGA Void."
Matt Kelly, P.Eng, MBA, IBM Corp., won the Best International Paper category for the paper entitled "Lead-Free Vapor Phase Assembly Compatible Materials for a High Performance SMT Daughter Card Connector."
Winners receive $1,000 awards and plaques for their achievements.
The authors will formally be presented their awards at SMTAI on Oct. 15 in Orlando.