Posted On: October 7th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SAC Alloy for RoHS Compliant Solder Paste: Still on Target

Folks, I read with dismay this week, an advertisement in an electronic assembly trade journal touting a “drop in” solder paste. The solder...

Posted On: October 4th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Stowe Boyd Interview

Stowe Boyd is an icon in the blogging world. He is the President of Corante and the editor of Get Real. Stowe describes himself as follows: Stowe Boyd...

Posted On: September 28th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

ATExpo Guest Moblog

Indium’s Marcom Supervisor, Anita Brown, is responsible for leading the team that planned, created, and implemented our exhibit at this weekR...

Posted On: September 25th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

"Putting on the Market" .... Hope Springs Eternal

Folks, Carl has sent many notes Re the definition of “putting on the market.” He is working with a relatively large company that has decid...

Posted On: September 19th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Blogging LIVE From The DEMOfall Show

I am in Huntington Beach, California, attending the DEMOfall show. According to their website, “DEMOfall 2005 is the premier event to make conne...

Posted On: September 16th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Chip Scale Blog Review

Chip Scale Review magazine has just published an editorial on B2B industry blogging. To my knowledge, it is the first such mass media treatment in our...

Posted On: September 15th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The Twin Paradox

Folks, Arguably the most famous thought experiment in relativity theory is the Twin Paradox. In this supposed paradox, one of two twins travels at nea...

Posted On: September 10th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Blogging Policy

If (and I quote), "Your Blog contains proprietary information such as the strategic plan,confidential communications from the legal department, p...

Posted On: September 7th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Six Sigma: Caveat Emptor

I am naturally proud of the Six Sigma Program I helped develop at Dartmouth. In developing the material we evaluated other programs. I was surprised a...

Posted On: September 1st, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Greetings From NEPCON South China

I am in Shenzhen, attending NEPCON South China. The show is full of action. The Indium team has met with several existing and new customers,......

Posted On: August 31st, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

A Layman's Perspective on the Effect of Alloying

Folks, Recent work and teaching has caused me to reflect on several interesting properties of alloys. Alloying typically: 1. Lowers the melting temper...