BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC last week honored a host of volunteers for time spent drafting industry standards.

For his leadership of the 6-11 Printed Board Coplanarity Subcommittee that developed IPC-9641, High Temperature Printed Board Flatness Guideline, John Davignon, Davignon Consultancy, received a Committee Leadership Award. For their contributions to IPC-9641, Bev Christian, Ph.D., BlackBerry; Steven Ethride, Dell;  Kayleen Helms, Intel; Rahul Joshi, Hewlett-Packard;and Tim Purdie, Akrometrix, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For their leadership of the 2-30 Terms and Definitions Committee that developed IPC-T-50K, Mike Green; and Vicka White, Honeywell Air Transport Systems, earned a Committee Leadership Award. For their contributions to IPC-T-50K, Alisha Amar, Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Steven Bowles, Viasystems Group; Matthew Byrne, BAE Systems Platform Solutions; Mahedra Gandhi, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; Louis Hart, Compunetics; Joseph Kane, BAE Systems Platform Solutions; Karen McConnell, Northrop Grumman; Steven Nolan, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Training; and Paul Reid, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For her leadership of the 2-16 Product Data Description (Laminar View) Subcommittee that developed IPC-2581B,Generic Requirements for Printed Board Assembly Products Manufacturing Description Data and Transfer, Karen McConnell, Northrop Grumman, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award. For their contributions to IPC-2581B, Edward Acheson, Cadence Design Systems; Kjell Asp, Module Supply Center Kumla; Richard Attrill, Polar Instruments; Michael Buetow, UP Media Group; Tony Calitri, Cisco Systems; Gary Carter, Fujitsu Network Communications; Joseph Clark, DownStream Technologies, LLC; Larry Frost, Sanmina; Terry Hoffman, Cisco; Humair Mandavia, Zuken USA; John Milks, Adiva; William Newhard, DownStream Technologies, LLC; Hemant Shah, Cadence; Chris Shaw, Fujitsu; Karel Tavernier, Ucamco; Steve Watt, Zuken; Iain Wilson, Iron Atom; and Jamie Wise, WISE Software Solutions, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For their leadership of the 5-24f Underfill Materials Design, Selection and Process Task Group that developed IPC J-STD-030A, Selection and Application of Board Level Underfill Materials, Brian Toleno, Ph.D., Henkel; Bill Vuono, TriQuint Semiconductor; and Fonda Wu, Raytheon Company, received Committee Leadership Awards. For their contributions to J-STD-030A, Raiyomand Aspandiar, Ph.D., Intel; Beverley Christian, Ph.D., BlackBerry; Laura Cohen, Ph.D., Continental Automotive Systems; Mahendra Gandhi, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; Nate Grinvalds, Rockwell Collins; Ife Hsu, Intel; Jason Keeping, Celestica; Jagadeesh Radhakrishnan, Intel; and Venmathy Rajarathinam, Intel, received a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For their leadership of the A-620 Technical Training Task Group, Debbie Wade, Advanced Rework Technology-A.R.T and Gregg Owens, Space Exploration Technologies, earned a Committee Leadership Award. For their leadership of the A-620 Space Addendum Task Group, Garry McGuire, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Randy McNutt, earned a Committee Leadership Award. For their support of the A-620 space addendum and technical training task groups, Robert Cooke, NASA Johnson Space Center; Daniel Foster, Missile Defense Agency; Robert Humphrey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Garry McGuire, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Richard Rumas, Honeywell Canada; Patricia Scott, STI Electronics, Inc.; and Jonathon Vermillion, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., were recognized with a Special Recognition Award. For their efforts in A-620 training development, the A-620 space addendum, or in many cases both, James Blanche, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Dorothy Cornell, Blackfox Training Institute; Robert Fornefeld, L-3 Communications; Matt Garrett, Phonon Corporation; Shelley Holt, L-3 Communications; Kathy Johnston, Raytheon Missile Systems; Sean Keating, Amphenol Limited (UK); Agnieszka Ozaworski, BAE Systems;  Helena Pasquito, EPTAC Corporation; Pamela Petcosky, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Training; Gregory Rohrbacher, Raytheon Missile Systems; and Zenaida Valianu, Celestica, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For his leadership of the IPC Government Relations Steering Committee, Mikel Williams, JPS Industries, Inc., earned a Committee Leadership Award.

For their service to the IPC APEX EXPO 2014 Technical Program Committee, Eric Bastow, Steve Butkovich, Beverley Christian, Ph.D., BlackBerry; Gary Ferrari, FTG Circuits; Denny Fritz, MacDermid, Inc.; Patty Goldman, P. J. Goldman Consulting; Dave Hoover, TTM Technologies; Wayne Johnson, Ph.D., Tennessee Tech University; Russ Nowland, Alcatel-Lucent; and Alan Rae, Ph.D., Nanomaterials Innovation Center, received Distinguished Committee Service Awards. For his significant contributions to the IPC APEX EXPO 2014 Technical Program Committee, Jeff Schake, DEK International, earned a Special Recognition Award.

For his leadership of the Executive Market and Technology Steering Committee, Don Schroeder, Paradigm Shift Development, earned a Committee Leadership Award.

For their leadership of 7-31j Requirements for Structural Enclosure Task Group that developed IPC-HDBK-630,Guidelines for Design, Manufacture, Inspection and Testing of Electronic Enclosures, E. Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins and Richard Rumas, Honeywell Canada, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award. For their contributions to IPC-HDBK-630, Alisha Amar, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company; Bruce Badger, GE Healthcare; Gerald Leslie Bogert, Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.; Gary Ferrari, FTG Circuits; Joseph Kane, BAE Systems Platform Solutions; Sean Keating, Amphenol Limited (UK); Gregg Owens, Space Exploration Technologies; Douglas Schueller, AbelConn, LLC;  and Michael Zampini, Honeywell Canada, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For her leadership in printed electronics and guidance in creating educational outreach offerings to maximize value to the technology student and educator, Margaret Joyce, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, earned a Special Recognition Award.

For his leadership of the 2-18j Lab Report Declaration Task Group that developed IPC-1753, Laboratory Declaration Standard, William Haas, Seagate Technology LLC, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award. For their contributions to IPC-1753, Gerald Bagnowski, Environmental Monitoring & Technologies Inc.; Vivienne Boogaard, Intel Corporation; Forrest Christian, Innovation Machine Ltd.; Jim Cronin, Environmental Monitoring & Technologies Inc.; Nicole Effenberger, SGS Consumer Testing Services; Mark Frimann, Texas Instruments Inc.; Walter Jager, ECD Technology Ltd.; Kurk Kan, Murata Power Solutions, Inc.; Marcus Khoo, Altera Corporation; John Kuta, PTC; N. Nagaraj, Ph,D., Papros, Inc.; John Sharp, TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.; Aidan Turnbull, Ph.D., ENVIRON UK Ltd; Lee Wilmot, TTM Technologies, Inc.; Kaiwen Yao, ALS Technichem (S) Pte. Ltd.; and Linda Young, Intel Corporation, and earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For his leadership in promoting IPC standards and training in the Korean electronics industry, Yoon Hak Hyun, I-SAC Electronic Co. Ltd., earned a Special Recognition Award.

For his leadership of the 2-1h Conflict Minerals Task Group that developed IPC-1755, Conflict Minerals Data Exchange Standard, John Plyler, BlackBerry, received a Committee Leadership Award. For their contributions to IPC-1755, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), Goran Andersson, Ericsson AB; Michiko Arikawa, Panasonic; Brenda Baney, Delphi Electronics and Safety; David Bender, TE Connectivity; David Carnevale, Dolby Laboratories; Forrest Christian, BlackBerry; Jared Connors, Intel; Amanda Davidson, Freescale Semiconductor; Mark Frimann, Texas Instruments; Kazuya Fijiwara, Toshiba; William Haas, Seagate Technology LLC; Hidetatsu Hanzawa, Yokogawa Electric; Richard Horvath, Visteon Hungary Ltd.; Kazuyuki Ikeda, HITACHI; Hajime Iwata, Panasonic; Wilhelm Janisch, Motorola Mobility, Inc.; Nikki Johnson, Total Parts Plus, Inc.;  Kurk Kan, Murata Power Solutions, Inc.; Marcus Khoo, Altera Corporation; Hiroshi Kobayashi, TDK; Kenneth Manchen, Premier Farnell Corp.; N. Nagaraj, Ph.D., Papros, Inc.; Johji Nakamura, Fujitsu Limited; David Pinsky, Raytheon Company; Tomoko Sasaki, Toshiba Corporation; Hirotaka Satou, NEC Electronics Co.; Andreas Schiffleitner,  Kerp Center of Excellence Electronics & Environment; Achim Schrempp, iPoint-Systems GmbH; John Sharp, TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.; Atsumi Shinobu, Nikon Corp Technology Research Planning; Aimee Siegler, Benchmark Electronics Inc.; Sheldon Tolchinksy, Nielson; Yasunao Takahashi, Elpida Memory, Inc.; Joerg Walden, iPoint-Systems GmbH; Lee Wilmot, TTM Technologies; Timothy Wodrich, John Deere Electronic Solutions, Inc.; Michael Wolf, Chrysler Group; and Akimasa Yamakawa, Murata Manufacturing, received a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For his outstanding contributions to system technology educational outreach, Senol Pekin, Intel, received a Special Recognition Award.

For their leadership of the 6-10d SMT Attachment Reliability Test Methods Task Group that developed IPC-9709, Test Guidelines for Acoustic Emission Measurement during Mechanical Testing, Reza Ghaffarian, Ph.D., Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Vasu Vasudevan, Intel; and Gnyan Ramakrishna, Cisco, earned a Committee Leadership Award. For their contributions to IPC-9709, Elizabeth Benedetto, Hewlett-Packard; Bev Christian, Ph.D., BlackBerry; Jeffrey Lee, Integrated Service Technology – ISTi; Ron Miller, Ph.D., Mistras Group; and Julie Silk, Agilent Technologies, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For their leadership of the 6-10d SMT Attachment Reliability Test Methods Task Group that developed IPC-9706,Mechanical Shock In-situ Electrical Metrology Test Guidelines for FCBGA SMT Component Solder Crack and Pad Crater/Trace Crack Detection, Reza Ghaffarian, Ph.D., Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ramagopal Uppalapati, Intel Corporation; and Vasu Vasudevan, Intel, earned a Committee Leadership Award. For their contributions to IPC-9706, Aileen Allen, Hewlett-Packard Company; Nicole Butel, Avago Technologies; and Ife Hsu, Intel, earned a Distinguished Committee Service Award.