The Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS) fosters education and communication in the failure analysis community, working for technology advancement and the improved performance and reliability of devices and materials for the electronic industry. Failure analysis and prevention are important functions to all of the engineering disciplines. The materials engineer often plays a lead role in the analysis of failures, whether a component or product fails in service or if failure occurs in manufacturing or during production processing. In any case, one must determine the cause of failure to prevent future occurrence, and/or to improve the performance of the device, component or structure.

EDFAS now offers the last 12 years of ISTFA technical papers available free to EDFAS members ONLINE!!! 

Members can access individual conference papers by first logging in, then using Search. Enter the year of the conference and the name ISTFA.

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34th International Symposium for Testing & Failure Analysis (ISTFA)
November 2-6, 2008
Portland, Oregon

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EDFAS Board of Directors
2008 Election - Call for Nominations

EDFAS is soliciting nominations for candidates for the EDFAS Board of Directors for four-year terms beginning 1 September 2008 through 31 August 2012. There are expected to be four positions with terms expiring in 2008 and any member of EDFAS in good standing is encouraged to nominate themselves or another member for one of these positions. Incumbents may seek re-election.

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Have questions regarding a particular electronic device failure process? Looking for more information about failure analysis in a certain industry? We can help!

Check out our FAQ section for answers to some of our commonly asked questions. Our EDFAS forums are also chock full of EDFA experts from a wide variety of industries.

“State of the Society” presented at General Membership Meeting

 Find out more about EDFAS activities, including our latest developments in education, events and publications, as presented by President Gary Shade and Immediate Past President Richard Ross during ISTFA 2007. 

“We want to thank our EDFAS committees for their work on behalf of the membership,” Ross said. “And we encourage you to seek out the chair of each committee to get involved and participate. We’re only as good as the volunteers and leadership of EDFAS make us. We welcome your continuing interest and your efforts in improving EDFAS and bringing more value to our membership.”

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We’re receiving positive feedback on our new website

Members of the EDFAS Web Committee agree that our new site “will be of great value to our EDFAS community.”

Here are a few of their thoughts:

“I wanted to say thank you for your time and efforts in making the EDFAS website a success….Different vendors have told me that since our site serves as a direct link to their target audience (FIB, SEM, EDX, decap users, etc.), they are highly interested in advertising on the EDFAS website. Thanks again for your help and dedication towards the successful launch of the EDFAS
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Jeremy Walraven  
Sandia National Laboratories  
Chair, EDFAS Website Committee   

“I echo Jerry's positive comments and I
was impressed with ASM's professionalism and support as well.”

David Vallett  
IBM Systems & Technology Group  

“I also agree with the comments. We have launched a product that will be of great value to our EDFAS community.”

Matt Thayer  
AMD  

“Good job to all. The process worked well and the outcome is great.”

Lee Knauss  
Neocera Incorporated  

We appreciate the input of our EDFAS Web Committee and look forward to hearing more from the EDFAS membership!