On March 25, 2026, the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering will hold its bi-annual Reliability Science symposium. This meeting will be held via Zoom. The meeting will include an overview of CALCE research activities, followed by several detailed research project presentations. The meeting will be open to all CALCE members. Non-CALCE organizations interested in attending may also request attendance. Please note that electronic copies of presentations and recordings of the event are available only to CALCE members through a CALCE Web Account.

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March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)

9:00 am - Opening Presentations I CALCE Overview

9:30 am - Session I

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	Ripple Cureent Testing of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) for Correlation with Selection Criteria (Members' Only)
	Modeling and Physical Analysis of Lubrication in Lightly Loaded Contacts Undergoing Fretting (Members' Only)
	Rapid Assessment of Electronic Assemblies Using Side-Channel Power Modulation Analysis (Members' Only)

11:00 am - Session II

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	HDI Laminate Reliability Concerns (Members' Only)
	Feature Size-based Dimensional Data for Component Reliability Assessment (Members' Only)
	Online Diagnostics and Predictive Maintenance for Electronic Products (Members' Only)
	Adaptive Prognostics and Health Management of Digital Circuits (Members' Only)

1:15 pm - Session III

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	Reliability of Lead-free High-Performance Solder Interconnects (Members' Only)
	Reliability of Low Temperature Solder Interconnects (Members' Only)
	Effect of Aging and Recrystallization on Performance of Oligocrystalline SAC Solder Joints (Members' Only)
	Coating Durability in Electronic Products (Members' Only)

3:00 pm - Session IV

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	Strain Based Measures for Identifying Precursor for Thermal Runaway (Members' Only)
	Internal Shorting Conditions Required for Thermal Runaway (Members' Only)
	How to Pick the Right Reliability Prediction Method for your System (Members' Only)
	Reliability and Availability Aware Design of Data Center Thermal Management Systems (Members' Only)