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valuable mentoring for graduate stu- dents.


This support ultimately ensures


a more complete, practical education- al experience to equip students for positions of leadership in the elec- tronics community. Dr. S. Manian Ramkumar, dean


of RIT’s college of engineering tech- nology, notes that it is board-level in- volvement, along with the guidance of Dr. Martin K. Anselm, director of the MMSI graduate program and CEMA lab and the presence of Schake, is integral to setting the di- rection of instruction. “Among our distinguished


dean’s advisory council is ASM Americas managing director Jeff Timms. The council, which focuses on the curriculum and higher-level direction of the college, requires in- put from people like Jeff who, with his 35-plus years of industry experi-


The lab has performed veteran training on SMT equipment for SMT Tech-A positions in the Rochester area with an 80 percent fulfillment rate. The New York State funded


trainings include IPC-610 and J-STD-003 certification.


ence, lends an industry-based per- spective that broadens the scope of the program,” says Ramkumar. “This is immensely important for our stu- dents as they prepare for influential roles at top electronics companies.”


Technology Research According to Timms, ASM’s


partnership with RIT has led to re- search benefitting the entire indus- try. It has provided indispensable hands-on experience for future engi- neers, facilitated training for ASM customers and staff, and has gener- ated important data that is applied to ASM research and development efforts across the product spectrum — from industry 4.0 initiatives to new platform capability. “We are incredibly proud of our


longstanding involvement, the out- comes the partnership has achieved, and we look forward to future shared strategic successes,” says Timms. The partnership has developed


a wealth of research, facilitating process improvements, technology development and workforce training. Projects include: OEM ultra-fine pitch process road mapping testing; low-temperature solder process and reliability research for telecom; printing and placement quality ex- periments; conductive trace printing on flexible substrates, photonic inte- gration reliability testing and assem- bly; anisotropic conductive adhesive assembly and reliability; and numer- ous builds for industry research col- laborators in the areas of cleaning, component development and product design.


The lab was also used for DEK


VectorGuard™ high-tension stencil printing research, which was pre- sented at SMTAI 2019, as well as a total of six student-led research pa- pers at the 2018 and 2019 confer- ences.


In addition, the lab has per-


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formed veteran training on SMT equipment for SMT Tech-A positions in the Rochester area with an 80 per- cent fulfillment rate. The New York State funded trainings include IPC- 610 and J-STD-003 certification. CE- MA has also trained ASM employees in C++ programming. The CEMA lab has many future


projects planned, including becoming a pilot installation for Industry 4.0 and factory software projects, IPC evaluation as a possible CFX demo location, hiring a printed electronics professor to enhance research. Spe- cific future areas of research include materials and processes for ultra- fine-pitch processing and laser sol- dering rework.


Preparing Industry Leaders In addition to its research work,


the CEMA lab has also served as an


important demonstration site for sev- eral local customers considering up- grades to existing printing or place- ment equipment. In cooperation with RIT staff,


ASM engineers have run several suc- cessful demonstrations over the past year, resulting in the sale of ASM machines to customers in the north- eastern U.S. Continuing to expand the


RIT’s Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly (CEMA) lab, in Rochester, New York.


knowledge base for academic cus- tomers — the students — and recog- nizing the increasing role of robotics in electronics assembly, RIT recently renamed its manufacturing engi- neering technology degree program to robotics and engineering manufac-


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