On October 15 and October 16, 2025, the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering will hold its bi-annual Reliability Science for Electronics symposium and FY2026 project kickoff meetings. This meeting will be an held inperson at the University of Maryland and available through Zoom.

Meeting Location: Kim Engineering Building, College Park, MD
8228 Paint Branch Dr, College Park, MD 20742
Room: Room 1107 Kay Boardroom

The meeting will include an overview of CALCE research activities with several detailed research project presentations. The meeting will open to all CALCE members. For non-CALCE organizations interested in attending, please contact Dr. Osterman.

October 15, 2025 (Wednesday)

9:00 am - Opening Presentations I CALCE Overview

9:30 am - Session I

	Rapid Assessment of Electronic Products Using Side-Channel Power Modulation Analysis (Members' Only)
	Fretting of Electrical Contacts Finished with Electroless Gold (Members' Only)
	Coating Durability in Electronic Products (Members' Only)

10:45 am - Session II

	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)

1:15 pm - Session III

	Physics of Failure Based Electronic Product Design Review (Members' Only)
	Guidelines for Storage of Printed Board Assemblies and Electronic Equipment (Members' Only)
	Reliability Analysis of Thermal Management of an Edge Data Center (Members' Only)
	Continued Concerns with the Use of Mil-Hdbk-217, Telcordia and FIDES (Members' Only)

3:00 pm - Session IV

	Validation of Selection Criteria for Use of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors MLCCs with Ripple Current (Members' Only)
	Adaptive Prognostics and Health Management of Digital Circuits (Members' Only)
	Strain Sensors for Early Detection of Gas Generation from Thermal Runaway in Cylindrical Lithium-ion Batteries (Members' Only)
	Minimum Conductive Particle Size Required to Cause Thermal Runaway in Lithium-ion Battery Separators (Members' Only)

9:00 am - FY26 Research Projects Kickoff

Project Development Process

FY26 Projects and Feedback