Moving US Electronics Forward
The Center of Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland (UMd), College Park was established over 40 years ago as a National Science Foundation center of excellence in semiconductor and electronics systems reliability, safety, sustainment, and security. CALCE has been supported by over 300 companies and agencies in electronics application areas ranging from energy generation, high-performance computing, medical, automotive, aerospace, and military. CALCE is currently one of the world’s leading academic laboratories conducting research and implementing practical solutions for companies, including Intel, AMD, Nvidia, NXP, ASML, and companies and government organizations that require sophisticated electronics in their products and systems. CALCE is also the innovation hub for physics of failure methods; accelerated testing and qualification; and the application of AI and deep learning methods for electronics health monitoring, sustainment, anomaly detection, failure diagnosis and prognostics, and reliability, safety, and security.
A Center of Excellence
CALCE houses a powerful combination of test and analytical capabilities which includes a large set of equipment for the assessment of electronic products and materials, root cause failure analysis, and supporting research. This powerful combination of feature engineering with existing campus facilities will launch UMd into the forefront of academic institutions. CALCE plans to add additional advanced analytical tools to its laboratories for supporting the industry better.
Work Force Development
CALCE has an unparalleled reputation for graduate and undergraduate programs and has graduated hundreds of students in the last four decades. CALCE Alumni are working in industry, academia, and government all across the globe. CALCE also offers professional development courses to the industry, and several thousand people have taken such courses. CALCE is seeking additional support from the CHIPS Act to enhance its workforce development.
For more information about CALCE and the ongoing research, please contact Prof. Pecht
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