Presentations are sought but are not limited to the following “Bridging the Gap” topics

§ ASTR in Energy Efficient Hardware/Systems

§ Low power semiconductor devices, photovoltaics and LEDs

§ Durability assessment of Pb free solder & ROHS compliant packages, printed wiring boards

§ Energy storage systems: batteries, fuel cells and capacitor technology.

§ Electrical machines and actuators

§ Avionics and aerospace systems

§ Military and commercial ground and marine transportation systems

§ Power plants, distributed energy systems, and utility interfaces in smart grid.

§ Solar, geothermal, wind, ocean, and biomass power

§ Green buildings and energy efficient constructions

§ Telecommunications and networked computation

§ Portable consumer electronics and biomedical devices

§ Cradle to cradle design framework



§ Between Accelerated Stress Testing & Field Failures

§ Improvements in test equipment and methodology for optimized test duration.

§ Acceleration factors

§ Latent failures screening methodology

§ No fault found issues-location and elimination

§ Failure Analysis (FA) & Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)

§ Physics and chemistry of degradation and failure mechanisms

§ Physics of failure modeling in durability prediction

§ Fault isolation principles using specific degradation mechanisms

§ Failure analysis tool development

§ Sensors in PHM

§ PHM Standards and Methodologies

§ Data driven and model-based prognostics

§ Case studies



§ Mathematics & Field Failures

§ Systems level reliability and maintainability

§ Life data analysis, field data use in repairable systems

§ Modeling and analysis of ageing systems

§ Risk assessments at product conception phase

§ Modeling and simulation using probabilistic methods



§ Product Robustness & Cost Control

§ Design for Reliability (DFR) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

§ Product qualification and quality control

§ Material procurement and supplier quality Issues

§ Customer satisfaction management

§ Software systems in health care management