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Over the past few years, I have been forced to come to terms with my current (and ever-growing) knowledge of “things”.It is easy to become overwhelmed by the engineering veterans who have

I've been reading more and more articles about the use of new nanomaterials as a thermal interface material to replace either epoxy or standard soldering

Folks, The adventuresofPatty and Rob continue…….. “No way Rob. I can’t buy this one,” shouted Phil. “I’m telling you I did all of the calculations. I know it

Assumptions can help speed things along – when they don't kill you, that is. CASE1:Ireceived an email (a B2B-type message, a stranger trying to sell me something) today. The person was

Folks, Patty and Rob return from their honeymoon……. Patty had just finished some emails and was ready to head off to meet Rob and some of their buddies for

As many of you know, I’m focused on applications for the solar industry and the semiconductor industry. In fact, many of the readers of this blog have spent a good amount of time working in

My oldest son, Allen, walked into the house, heard a noise, and asked, "What is that?Bees?" My youngest son, André, and his buddy laughed – they were watchingThe World Cupon TV

Folks, Tin Whiskers (TW) continue to generate considerable interest.People often suggest that their risk is great and yet unknowable.RPN may help to clarify the TW risk. What is RPN?It is the risk

I’ve been pulling some products together for the InterSolar tradeshow in July, and a thought occurred to me: “these tabbing ribbon kits for solar panel assembly are so interesting, I know

I’m really excited about a new option for those of us who are prototyping solar assemblies or evaluating new tabbing ribbon materials. I’ve been waiting for something like this –

Indium Corporation has won the Innova Award for Best Technology for its Heat-Spring® metallic thermal interface material (TIM). Heat-Spring is a clean, high-performance thermal solution for the

Patty, Rob, and The Professor finished their tasks in Shenzen and were flying to Shanghai for their last set of challenges in electronics assembly. Then they would head back to the US, Rob and Patty

My readers have heard meespouse the value of telling a story in B2B Marcom previously. Some people firmly believe that business is SUPPOSEDto be stodgy, and that business customers aren't the

My friend and colleague, Eric Bastow, got back last month from an IPC standards meeting with some interesting news for those of us who supply and use solder

Andy's 10 Rules for Presentations I spent this morning discussing presentations with a younger colleague, and realized that I may have some pointers to give the rest of you. This time I managed

Folks, Ken writes: Dr. Ron, Thanks for your helpful post. I get close (-1.1%) with your formulas for an alloy I am working with. I think the crystal lattice packing factor for some of the individual

Wandering through the references to indium metalon the internet, I sometimes see it referred to as, "that 'rare'

Iwill be participating in awebinarhosted by the good people atwww.SocialMediaToday.comwhich featuresShel Holtz,Robin Fray Carey, and me,Rick Short. The topic is:Leveraging Your Social Media Assets

I should take a minute a publicly thank our solar tabbing ribbon engineers for doing an excellent job today.We needed 6 different tabbing ribbon and bus ribbon spools for a project- soI contacted

Folks, After a bit of a break, the adventures of Patty, Rob, and The Professor continue: The plane droned on as it made its slow march from Detroit to Tokyo. Patty looked down at Rob as he slumbered

The week before Mothers Day…an excellent time to talk about bonding! Indium metal really shines when it comes tobonding a wide variety of surfaces together. Indium has several characteristics