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Mechanical Design of Microelectronic Devices
Thermo-Mechanical Deformation Analysis for EP
Experimental Micromechanics
Optical Methods for Displacement Measurements
Mechanics of Composite Materials
 
Design of electronic packaging products with optimum mechanical reliability and manufacturability. The specific applications of interest include Direct Chip Attachment (DCA) with organic substrate, Small Outline Package (SOP), Ball Grid Array (BGA) Package, etc. Optimization of mechanical design of electronic packaging products are carried out by experimental methods (laser interferometry) and numerical method (FEM).
Develop a reliable low-cycle thermal fatigue failure mode for solder joint reliability prediction. Characterize thermo-mechanical properties of electronic packaging material, including temperature and/or time dependent material properties and constitutive relationships of solder and polymers.
Deformation analyses at material discontinuities, including interfaces in multi-layered electronic subassemblies, grain boundaries in metals and ceramics, and fiber/matrix interfaces in composites. Deformation analyses at geometrical discontinuities, including crack and sharp notches.
The Laboratory is currently equipped with classical and modern interferometric displacement measurement techniques, including moiré and microscopic moiré interferometry, Twyman/Green interferometry, Shadow moiré, Photoelasticity, etc. Continuous development in 3-D displacement measurement system for macro and micromechanics study are being progressed.
Investigations of macro/micro mechanical behavior of composite material, experimental study of failure modes and measurement of smeared engineering properties of composite materials.