IEEE Boston Reliability Chapter - Networking and Training Initiatives

1. Boston Reliability ChapterJoint with New Hampshire and Providence, RI Reliability Chapters Congress Denver, Colorado Daniel J. Weidman, Ph.D. IEEE Senior Member Chapter Chair Boston Reliability Chapter, Joint with New Hampshire and Providence, RI Sunday, June 17, 2012 DanWeidman@ieee.org

2. Boston Chapter- History & local professional technical activities • Boston Reliability Chapter • Located in IEEE Geographic Region 01 • Established as a chapter in 1960, we are starting our 53rd year! • Now joint with New Hampshire and Providence, Rhode Island • Monthly technical meetings: 8 held from September to May, including: • Annual Past Chairs Dinner Meeting: December • Joint meetings 2x per year with NE-ESDA (Northeast ESD Assoc.) … & SMTA • Open to members & guests! (~ half of those attending are IEEE members) • Advisory Committee(AdCom) • Develop meeting material, coordinate meeting & facility arrangements • Report into the Boston Section, Reliability Society & IEEE • Currently have 10 active members

3. Boston Chapter- professional activities http://www.ieee.org/bostonrel • Monthly meeting locations: • (Local area company support, all in MA) MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Lexington EMC Corporation: Hopkinton, Franklin • RSA Security, (Div of EMC Corp.): Bedford Teradyne, Inc.: North Reading Thermo-Fisher Scientific: Wilmington

4. Joint with NH and Providence http://www.ieee.org/bostonrel

5. 2012 AdCom members Years of experience & Dedication

6. Chapter Meetings Sep 2010--Jun 2012 For months shown: Avg Guests attending: 17 Avg IEEE member attending: 20.

7. Boston Reliability Chapter-Meeting Communications • E-Notices • > 430 chapter members & guests on distribution • Notices include a section highlighting local area technical events • Chapter Website- Contents • Upcoming chapter meeting notices • Suggest monthly meeting topics • Archived presentations • Meeting Announcments and Registration • Semi-automated on-line meeting registration tool, via email & web site • Registered attendees receive confirmation e-mail & meeting reminder the day before the meeting • vTool meetings (at IEEE.org) • Hardcopy IEEE Boston Section monthly Newsletter: "The Reflector" • Electronic IEEE Boston Section monthly Newsletter: “e-Reflector" http://www.ieee.org/bostonrel

8. Chapter Initiatives-Training & Knowledgebase • Training Credit (Non-CEU) • Signed CRE meeting attendance forms for all ASQ-CRE Certified Reliability Engineers • Attendance confirmation offered for local company training credit hours for those that track continuous education • Technical expertise knowledgebase • AdCom members have many years of experience & expertise in a wide range of technical fields • Core chapter members with areas of focused expertise! • Active local chapter members who share experiences

9. Chapter Initiatives-Networking & Resources • Local technical chapter networking • Various IEEE Chapters in the Boston Section Non-IEEE local chapters: • ESDA: Electro-Static Discharge Association NE Chapter • SMTA: Surface Mount Technology Assoc., Boston Chapter • ASQ (NEQC): American Society of Quality (NE Quality Council) Several AdCom & chapter members are also ASQ Members & CRE's • SPIN- Boston: Software Process Improvement Network • iMAPS: International Electronics and Packaging Society • Networking benefits • Exposure to a diverse technical professional audience • Networking opportunities with colleagues & peers • Access to area technical professionals & potential presenters • Publicity for our monthly meeting series, workshops, lecture series • Professional awareness of our chapter & promotes membership

10. Thoughts for meeting success • Meeting planning & logistics • Choose any good speaker, for reliability • Manage the speaker • Get the abstract, then assign the date; Tell 5pm or 5:30pm, not 6pm • Keep all times the same: presentations & AdCom • Require registration • Advertise to individuals: at work, personal contacts, local colleges • Make meetings accessible • Provide “refreshments” (food, beverages, dessert)

11. Thoughts for meeting success (cont) • During the meeting • Greet and meet each person • Boilerplate slides • Title • Thank host • Summary of IEEE • Upcoming meetings and events • Sign attendance sheet, volunteer, join IEEE • Jobs • Posting past presentations • “This day in history,” CRE, laser pointer, letter • Keep presentation short: networking time before and after • After, post info: past talks, all contact info, next talk with all info incl directions and times and speaker’s bio and abstract

12. Meetings of the past academic year • 2011 • Sep 14: Utilizing Risk Management to minimize cost, schedule & performance problems", Liz Markewicz- Raytheon Company • October 12: Enhanced Reliability through Automated Design Analysis software for the electronics Industry (Sherlock 2.0 Overview)", Dr. Gregg Kittlesen- DfR Solutions • November 10: Failure Modes & Effects Analysis, Angelo Scangas, President, Quality Support Group, Inc. • December 14: Past Chairs, Counterfeit Components, Donald Trenholm, President of Custom Analytical Services, Inc. • 2012 • Feb 8: ESD Class 0 Protocols, Andrew Kopanski, MIT LL • March 14: UV Sources, Vlad Liberman, Ph.D., MIT Lincoln Lab • April 11: IEEE 730 Software Standard, David Heimann, Ph.D. • May 2: Conformal Electronics, David Icke, CEO, mc10

13. In Closing… Thank you for your time! Questions? Comments? Dan Weidman, Ph.D. Chair, Boston Reliability Chapter Joint with New Hampshire and Providence MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Staff Mission Assurance Office DanWeidman@ieee.org 781-981-6434