Dr. Lott: I am an Electrical Engineering student at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, Florida, where I am presently taking a DFM class. My class project is a paper titled "DFM Considerations for Rigid PCBs in Medical Applications" and I am currently looking for material on this topic. I am finding out that because DFM is a philosophy that encompasses things like DFT, DFF, DFA, DFS, and lately Design for the Environment (DFE), information on any of these topics is scattered around. I have found some sources of information, mainly EDN and Printed Circuit Design magazines; however, I didn't know of the existence of the IPC/EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Project Technical Committee. I am going to cover DFE because the push for green PCBs is forcing designers to use new materials which have different characteristics than they're used to - new materials are also being developed. - What is the IPC/EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Project Technical Committee? - How do I obtain information about this effort? Any related publications? - Are there any online sources of information for DFE related issues? - Does any one of the standards organizations, US and abroad, provide a reference DFE document or is this something that is left up to the individual companies to develop? - How do certification programs, like ISO 9000, affect DFE? Any help or sources of info you or anyone else out there can provide will be greatly appreciated. -- Jose' P.S. If there is enough interest I could post a compendium of references, Internet sites, and other materials after I finish my project. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Jose' E. Korneluk voice: 407.434.7749 Florida Atlantic University [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Sentido comun es el MENOS COMUN de todos los sentidos" "Common sense is the LEAST COMMON of all the senses" ... Spanish proverb +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+