Selected presentations from previous ASTR workshops

 "How Modular Designs for Fixturing and Test Equipment Can Reduce Cost and Increase Speed to Market", by Larry Choate, Ensign Power Systems, Inc

"Accelerated Environmental Stress Testing in the PV World", by David Dumbleton, Atlas Material Testing

"Accelerated Stress Testing of Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverters", by Mike Fife, PV Powered

"Telecom Requirements for the Validation of Pb-Free Solder" by Gary Hazard, Tellabs, Inc.

"System Health Management: Predicting Failure in Fielded Products", by Dr. Kai Goebel, NASA-Ames Center

"Field Return Rate Estimation in R&D Stage with an Indicator", by Gurmen Kahramanoglu, Vestel Electronics

"Interconnect Metal Damage Mechanisms and Reliability: Current Practice,
Recent Research on Accelerated Stress Testing, and Future Needs", by
D.T. Read, Physicist (Contractor), Materials Reliability Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

"Acceleration Factors for Neutron Beam Soft Error Testing in Commercial and Avionic Environments", by Charlie Slayman, Ops A La Carte

"Design of Electric-Drive Vehicle Batteries for Long Life and Low Cost: Robustness to Geographic and Consumer-Usage Variation" by Kandler Smith, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

"Advanced Modeling for Photovoltaic Durability" by Dirk Jordan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

"Improving Production Screening by Moving From Mil Std 2164A ESS to HASS" by Neill Doertenbach, Qualmark

"A Methodology for Comparing Efficacy of Burn-In with HASA" by Tom Peters, Qualmark