CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2nd Annual Electronics Manufacturing Seminar will take place in
Ridgecrest, California on 25-27 February 1998. The purpose of the Seminar
is to promote the free exchange of electronics manufacturing related
subject areas between Private Industry and the U.S. Government. The Seminar
is sponsored by the Manufacturing Technology Training Center Inc. (MTTC) in
association with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at
China Lake, California.

Suggested subject areas (papers are not limited to these areas) are:
Advanced Assembly Techniques (COB/EPT/BGA/Flip Chip), Acquisition Reform,
Automated Inspection, Cleaning Processes, Components (Mil Spec/Commercial),
Environmental Issues, Non-Governmental Standards/Commercial Standards for
Process Control, Printed Wiring Board/Assembly Materials
(Fluxes/Solder/Adhesives/Conformal Coatings), Material Qualification and
Use, Reliability Issues, Solderability, Solderability Processes. Solder
Alternatives, and Training Issues.

Two presentation formats will be utilized in the Seminar:
        The Technical Paper - approximately 40 minutes in length sharing
objective, non-commercial technical results from electronics manufacturing
process research.
        The Technical Brief - a 5 to 10 minute non-commercial presentation
summarizing initial results of ongoing projects or new processes or
materials that have potential application to the electronics manufacturing
industry.

        Abstracts should be sent before 15 October 1997 to MTTC. For further
information, contact Doug Whitnell, MTTC, or Linda Jones,MTTC.


Douglas J. Whitnell, Acting Manager
We can be reached at: e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Manufacturing Technology Training Center (MTTC), Inc
543 Graaf Street, Ridgecrest CA 93555
Web Site: http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~mttc/mttc.htm
Phone 760 446-5571  Fax  760 446-4337

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