COLLEGE PARK, MD – A presentation on understanding and modeling tin whiskers is among several upcoming seminars at a CALCE event here next month.

The two-day event features four Ph.D. dissertation presentations, with topics including Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Telecommunication Equipment under Free Air Cooling Conditions; Prognostics of Ball Bearings based on Vibration and Acoustic Emission Analysis; Evaluation and Modeling of Electrochemical Migration on Printed Circuit Boards, and Assessment of Electrical Shorting and Metal Vapor Arcing Potential of Tin Whiskers.

The mini-conference takes place Aug. 7 and 8 at the University of Maryland.

To reserve a spot for the presentations, contact Joan Lee at joanyuan@calce.umd.edu.

For directions and parking information, visit www.enme.umd.edu/about/directions.html.