BANNOCKBURN, IL — Glenn Oliver of DuPont’s paper on high-frequency test methods has been selected as the best technical conference paper of IPC Apex Expo 2016. The paper will be presented Mar. 16.

Coauthors of “Round Robin of High Frequency Test Methods by IPC-D24C Task Group” include John Andresakis, Park Electrochemical; Chudy Nwachukwu, Isola; John Coonrod, Rogers; David L. Wynants, Sr., Taconic Advanced Dielectric Division; and Don DeGroot, Connected Community Networks.

Voted on through a ballot process by members of the IPC Apex Expo Technical Program Committee, authors will receive their awards during the opening keynote session on Mar. 15.

An honorable mention went to “Optimizing Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Components with Flat Gull Wing Leads,” by Simon Wolfangel, Robert Bosch. Coauthors include Udo Welzel, Stefan Scheller, Marc Nikolussi and Dietmar Schlenker, all of Robert Bosch. This paper will be presented Mar. 15.

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