Bhanu Sood (bpsood@calce.umd.edu) of CALCE will be the moderator for Counterfeit Electronics Detection Techniques at the CALCE SMTA conference at College Park, Maryland on June 24th.

Bio:

Bhanu Sood is the Director of the Test Services and Failure Analysis (TSFA) Laboratory at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering. He holds Masters Degrees in Advance Materials Processing and Materials Science, and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research areas include electronic materials characterization, failure analysis of electronic components and assemblies, printed circuit board materials and conductive filament formation. Prior to joining CALCE in 2005 he worked at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the areas of embedded electronics, micro-power sources, Laser assisted micro-fabrication, characterization of electrically conductive polymeric formulations and advanced materials. His technical publications include papers on embedded electronics, energy storage systems and instrumentation for fatigue studies.