Dr. Ron Claims "Largest" Exam in History of Dartmouth Summer Program
Folks, I gave a mid-term exam for all 193 of my students taking my course, Materials: The Substance of Civilization a short time ago. I believe it is ...
Dr. Ron Lasky's Blog
Tin Pest: Still a Forgotten Concern in Lead Free Assembly
Folks, I am still surprised that so few people are concerned about tin pest in lead-free assembly. Below is an excerpt from a paper I wrote on the top...
SMTA Webinar Wednesday August 10, 2005 on RoHS WEEE Compliance
Folks, I am giving a webinar on developing a plan for RoHS/WEEE compliance for SMTA on Wednesday August 10 at 1PM EDT. a......
Dr. Ron's Student Sean Furey Wins Scholar Athlete Award
Folks, One of my favorite students at Dartmouth’s engineering school is Sean Furey. He is a great student and athlete and is the only person s...
Status of WEEE Implementation by Country
Folks, Many are struggling with the “How To’s” of WEEE registration in the almost 30 EU countries. Buy USA has come to the rescue ...
China RoHS: The Snowball is Growing
Folks, Many of us are so busy focusing on WEEE/RoHS in Europe, that we forget that China has a WEEE/RoHS program of its own. While clearly......
Dr. Ron's Student interviewed by "The Dartmouth", ESPN
Folks, Elise Morrison, from my July 8 posting was recently interviewed for The Dartmouth, the nation’s oldest college newspaper. I thought som...
Some still Unaware of WEEE/RoHS
Wu writes: I saw your article in SMT, Hoping for WEEE and RoHS Exemptions . What are WEEE and RoHS?br......
Mike K says Dr. Ron's RoHS opinion is "vague, probably inaccurate, not too "educated", and not all too helpful"
Mike K, President of a Consulting Firm writes: Ron, Your response to “George” in SMT is vague, probably inaccurate, not too “educ...
Sophie Morvan's "Little Tikes" Tricycle is Likely Exempt from RoHS
Folks, This weekend, my 18 month old grandaughter Sophie Morvan, visited my wife and I for a long weekend. My son, Jonathan, 27 years old, a Divinit...
Electronic Teddy Bears Exempted from WEEE/RoHS
Folks, The following is a letter from Steven, my responses are in bold Dear Dr. Ron, I work in testing lab in Hong Kong. Recently we have received man...
Charles Kettering IV and Elise Morrison
Folks, I try to take my students to dinner 3 or 4 at a time, two times a week or so. This term it will be a challenge to......