CALCE Hosts IMAPS Chesapeake Chapter Spring Technical Symposium 2018

The IMAPS Chesapeake Chapter held its annual Spring Technical Symposium on April 18^th, 2018, at the University of Maryland, College Park. The event was held in association with the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE). The symposium included a poster and 3 Minute Thesis competition for all graduate and undergraduate students and a peek inside the research and testing that goes on within CALCE.

The evening began with the 3 Minute Thesis Competition during which time the participants briefly presented their research work and were evaluated by all members of the audience. The judged criteria included presenter performance, enthusiasm, thesis topic, creativity, presentation skills, and depth of knowledge. M.S. student Jose Romero won the competition and the $50 award.

The student poster competition followed. Of the submissions received, eleven finalists were chosen to present at the event. The competition judge based on five topics, including clarity of work, creativity of research, merit of research, presentation skills, and overall depth of knowledge.

The winner of the event and the top prize of $200 was Subramani Manoharan, Ph.D. candidate, who presented on bond pad effects on shear strength of copper wire bonds. Saurabh Saxena, Ph.D. candidate, was awarded second place for his presentation on accelerated life testing of lithium ion batteries and Mehdi Kohani, Ph.D. candidate, received the third place prize for his work on electrostatic discharge events in wearable medical devices.

Additional presenters include:

Nripendra Patel, Reliability Assessment of Strontium based Perovskite Electrodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Yi Wu, Analysis of Manufacturing-Induced Defects in Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Computed Tomography
Lingxi Kong, Interaction of Lithium Dendrite Growth with Separator
Weiping Diao, Electrical Current Distribution in Lithium-ion Battery Packs with Parallel Connections
Chaobo Shen, Reliability Assessment for 1200V/450A Dual Channel IGBT Module under Power Cycling and Thermal Cycling
Lovlesh Kaushik, Selection of Lubricants for Electronic Connectors Based on Contact Resistance Behavior
Masuma Khatoon Ema, Characterization of Thermal Runaway Behavior of Commercial Lithium ion Battery
Jose Romero, Life Model for Tantalum Capacitors with Conductive Polymers

For more information on current CALCE research, contact Prof. Michael Pecht or Dr. Diganta Das.

Published April 25, 2018