LAS VEGAS – A Honeywell scientist will take home US best paper honors at IPC Apex Expo next week for his work on bismuth alloys.

Joseph Juarez Jr., Ph.D., of Honeywell Inc. Air Transport Systems, along with colleagues Michael Robinson and Joel Heebink; and Polina Snugovsky, Ph.D., Eva Kosiba, Jeffrey Kennedy, Zohreh Bagheri, Suthakaran Subramaniam and Marianne Romansky of Celestica, won for “Reliability Screening of Lower Melting Point Lead-Free Alloys Containing Bismuth.”

“Advanced Thermal Management Solutions on PCBs for High Power Applications,” by Markus Leitgeb, AT&S, was selected as the best paper in the International category. Coauthors include Gregor Langer, AT&S; Hans Hoschopf, Tridonic Jennersdorf; Johan Nicolics and Michael Unger, Institute of Sensor & Actuator Systems, Vienna University of Technology; and Franz P. Wenzl, Institute for Surface Technologies and Photonics, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesm.

The papers were evaluated on technical content, originality, test procedures and data used to deduce conclusions, quality of illustrations and the clarity and professionalism of writing.

Papers were voted on through a ballot process by members of IPC’s Technical Program Committee. Authors will receive awards Mar. 25, and winning papers will be presented during the conference next week.