The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering

CALCE

The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering has conducted research and practical work with over 500 companies for more than 30 years. Providing a knowledge and resource base for the development and sustainment of competitive electronic products and systems.

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Consortium

The CALCE Electronics and System Consortium provides a forum for defining fundamental research needs, conducting research, and sharing research findings among participating organizations.

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Education

CALCE's educational strategy is to pioneer a multi-faceted approach for the dissemination of ideas and knowledge to all students through test-bed-development learning projects, multimedia, and courses.

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Software

Simulation Assisted Reliability Assessment (SARA) uses physics-of-failure based principles and software to assess whether a part or system can meet defined life cycle requirements based on its materials, geometry, and operating characteristics.

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We provide assistance and research in advanced electronic systems through private consulting.

Lab Services

Research areas include, reliability analysis, accelerated testing, risk mitigation and management, life cycle analysis, and electronic systems design and analysis.

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International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society

IMAPS

The IMAPS student chapter at the University of Maryland is composed of several graduate students whose focus is in the field of microelectronics and electronics packaging. Many members are involved in microelectronics reliability through their graduate research at CALCE.

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The mechanical engineering graduate program at the University of Maryland is ranked 16th in the nation.

Among the Best

The A. James Clark School of Engineering is ranked 22nd in the nation with Mechanical Engineering at #16 and three other programs in the top 25 (U.S. News & World Report).

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News & Events

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Oct 21, 2019

Professor Sandborn Honored as PHM Society Fellow

Prof. Sandborn (fourth from the right) holding the PHM Society Award.

Oct 18, 2019

ASME Awards Prof. Dasgupta InterPACK Achievement Award

Oct 15, 2019

PHM Society Awards Professor Michael Pecht Life Fellow

Oct 1, 2019

John Deere Electronic Solutions Visited CALCE

Sep 26, 2019

Professor Pecht gives Keynote address at Machine Learning for...

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