On March 26 and March 27, 2025, the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering will hold its bi-annual Reliability Science symposium and research planning meetings. This meeting will be a Zoom only. 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.

The links to register for the event are provided below:

March 26, 2025 (Wednesday)

9:00 am - Opening Presentations I CALCE Overview

9:30 am - Session I

	Validation of Selection Criteria for Use of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors MLCCs with Ripple Current (Members' Only)
	Fretting of Electrical Contacts Finished with Electroless Gold (Members' Only)
	Rapid Assessment of Electronic Products Using Side-Channel Power Modulation Analysis (Members' Only)

11:00 am - Session II

	Physics of Failure Based Electronic Product Design Review (Members' Only)
	Guidelines for Storage of Printed Board Assemblies and Electronic Equipment (Members' Only)
	Simulation of Die Level Failure Mechanisms (Members' Only)
	Adaptive Prognostics and Health Management of Digital Circuits (Members' Only)

1:15 pm - Session III

	Reliability of Lead-free High-Performance Solder Interconnects (Members' Only)
	Reliability of Low Temperature Solder Interconnects (Members' Only)
	Vibration Durability of Low Temperature Solders (Members' Only)
	Board Factors for Testing Solder Interconnects under Vibration (Members' Only)

3:10 pm - Session IV

	Effect of Aging and Recrystallization on Performance of Oligocrystalline SAC Solder Joints (Members' Only)
	Coating Durability in Electronic Products (Members' Only)
	Evaluation of IEC 60529 as a Standard for Liquid Protection Assessment of Portable Electronics (Members' Only)

9:00 am - FY26 Research Proposals

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