MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Chidinma Imediegwu, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant.

The SMTA grant committee selected Chidinma’s project "Transient Liquid Phase Bonding and the Development of a Cu-Al Binary System Solder Employed for Durable and Thermally Efficient Electronic Packages."

She obtained her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2013 and a master’s in 2015 from Southern University, Baton Rouge. Following completion of her doctoral program at Georgia Tech, Chidinma plans to leverage her technical and research background working in surface mount technology on the fabrication and reliability assessment of electronic packages.

The Charles Hutchins Educational Grant, cosponsored by the SMTA and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, was established in memory of past SMTA president Dr. Charles Hutchins. The $8,000 grant has been presented annually since 1998 to a full-time graduate-level student pursuing a degree and working on thesis research in electronics assembly, electronics packaging, or a related field.

The award will be presented in person at the 2021 SMTA annual meeting during the live SMTA International Conference.

Applications will be accepted for the 2021 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant in early 2021. For more information, visit https://smta.org/page/hutchins-grant.

PCB West Virtual 2020 has more than 125 hours’ worth of technical sessions on printed circuit design and manufacturing available through Oct. 12.  pcbwest.com 

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