Posted On: September 16th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The Greatest Invention?

Folks, what is mankind's greatest invention? Some argue the wheel, or the printing press... I argue the smelting of copper. ...

Posted On: March 9th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Book Review: Chip War

Folks, It gives me pause to think that I have lived through most of the electronics revolution. One of my first memories is that my family, along with...

Posted On: June 10th, 2023 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

AI Will Not Physically Destroy Civilization

Folks, You have undoubtedly heard in the news that some predict AI will destroy civilization. Even the “Godfather” of AI, Geoffrey Hinton ...

Posted On: February 21st, 2023 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Calculating the p Value from the t Value

Folks, With small sample sizes, say less than 200, the Normal Distribution needs a correction. William Sealy Gossett discovered this correction, while...

Posted On: October 12th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Join Me at SMTA PanPac 2023

Folks, I’ve gone to SMTA PanPac since 2018 and it is a terrific conference. This coming year’s conference, from January 30 to Februar...

Posted On: June 27th, 2022 | By: Indium Corporation®

Celebrating Women in Science at Indium Corporation!

Join us as we’re introducing our latest series, “Celebrating Women in Science.” In the coming weeks, get to know six women at Indium...

Posted On: May 14th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

New Excel Software Tools to Practice for SMTA Certification #1: Line Balancing

Folks, I recently developed some Excel®-based software to help those who are planning to take the SMTA certification exam to practice. Software to...

Posted On: January 28th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The Only Way to Demonstrate Zero Defects is to Sample All of the Product

Folks, Let’s look in on a graduate student of Ivy University…….. John Foster felt very fortunate. Not only did he get his undergra...

Posted On: January 16th, 2022 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Join Me at SMTA's PanPac 2022 - January 31 to February 3

Folks, I will be presenting three papers at PanPac 2022. They are: 1. Low Melt High Remelt Solder Paste, co-authored with Claire Hotvedt of Indium Cor...

Posted On: November 24th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SMTAI: A Big Success

Folks, I just can back from SMTAI in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. To me it was a big success. One of the reasons being that attendance was higher than...