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What an amazing experience so far! I am a little more than half way through my ten-week internship here at Indium Corporation, and I have learned so much. Coming from a heavy academia background at

If I were asked to describe working in Human Resources (HR) at Indium Corporation in one word, I would choose “teamwork.” Well, I might also be inclined to say "fun",

A word of advice – if you’re planning on competing in a local scavenger hunt, you might want to find some teammates who know the area. And have an action plan. And maybe don’t walk

I still remember my first interview; it was for a part-time job at Olympia Sports when I was 16, and I was absolutely terrified. I have always been somewhat of a strong writer because writing gives

“When the year 2000 was upon us, books were written and people were philosophizing on what the greatest invention was of the last 1,000 years. And almost all people agreed that the greatest

Saying I graduate in the spring of 2023 use to sound so far away, but now, it’s less than a year away. I was hoping to get some experience in the workplace before I graduated and Indium

Folks, I was surprised to see the wrong formula for metal alloy density calculations on YouTube. The wrong (Eq. 1) and correct (Eq. 2) formulas are shown in Figure 1. In many cases, Equation 1 will

As discussed in my previous blog post (Power Grids in a Changing World – Introduction), our power grid is encountering a massive amount of stress. Between climate change, physical interference,

It is every little kid’s dream to grow up and change the world. At least that was my big dream. How exactly I would change the world I did not know. As I am now going into my third year of

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” – Dale

Last week I was introduced to a new area of human resources: recruiting! Indium Corporation hosted a job fair on Wednesday, and I got to attend. I have attended job fairs in the past while at

Day 1 Takeaways: bring a notebook. On orientation day of Indium Corporation's Not Your Average InternshipTM, a lot of information is thrown (in a kind and gentle manner) at you. It can seem

The United States’ power grid is something that is incredibly important in the modern

Orientation began at 8am on my first day as an intern at Indium Corporation. The first thing I remember hearing about was The Indium Way. While I enjoyed learning about The Indium Way and the values

Folks, In my last post, I shared about an Excel®-based software toolcalled Line Balancer™to help candidates for SMTA Certification prepare for the line balancing part of the program. They

SIR testing—Surface and Insulation Resistance testing—has been around for a

Reflow oven profiling can be a slow, costly and painstaking endeavor.Reflow profiles using thermal couples (TCs) can be asusefulasion-chromotography (IC) and strain gauge (SG) testing.However, the

Folks, Some years ago I created a software tool, StencilCoachTM to calculate the stencil parameters to provide for an adequate amount of solder paste for the pin-in-paste

Being green is an ongoing challenge when you're part of a massive interconnected global supply chain. We experience that ourselves at Indium Corporation, with our own manufacturing and while

Often with the high focus on void reduction on QFN packages, the focus on the actual volume of solder on the center ground slug and its effect on the signal leads is

Folks, Chris Nash and I (supported by an army of Indium Corporation’s outstanding engineers) wrote a booklet on eliminating solder defects. The title is The Printed Circuit Assembler's