Boston Chapter Activities
Boston IEEE/CPMT Meeting Notes for 2004 and 2005
by Dan Bauks Chapter Chair (dzbauks@aol.com) (978-692-1559)

The Boston CPMT chapter usually has 6 to 8 meetings a year with meetings held the third Tuesday of the month at the Sun Computer's
East Coast Campus complex in Burlington, MA. See (www.ieeeboston.org) for monthly meeting details. For 2003 meetings please see the CPMT December 2003 Newsletter.

Recent 2004 meetings have included:
2/17/04 "LCP - Liquid Crystal Polymer Packaging" by Michael Zimmerman, PhD CTO - Quantum Leap Packaging, Wilmington, MA (www.qlpkg.com)
3/23/04 "Laser Micro-Electronic Machining" by Ron Schaeffer, PhD President, Photomachining Inc., Pelham, NH (www.photomachining.com)
4/20/04 "Ultra Dense MCM Packaging Technology" by Tom Marinis, PhD Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, MA (www.draper.com)
9/21/04 "Flexible Automation Systems for Optical/Electronic Assembly" by Andre By, Chief Technology Officer, Automation Engineering Inc., Wilmington, MA (www.aeiboston.com)
11/30/04 "Laser Diode Heat Spreaders" by Robert Quagan, President, Ion Beam Milling Inc., Manchester, NH (www.ionbeammilling.com)
12/21/04 "Plastic Photovoltaic Solar Cells" by Daniel McGahn, Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Konarka, Lowell, MA. (www.konarka.com)

The Boston CPMT local chapter will also again be presenting a free "Educational Program" at the IEEE ELECTRO 2005 Conference to be held Wednesday May 4th during the Nepcon-East Show at the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in South Boston. (See www.nepconeast.com and click on the free IEEE-Electro Program). The Boston CPMT chapter will also sponsor an Introduction to Flexible Circuitry one day paid course by Ken Gilleo, PhD and one day paid seminar on "POF" (Plastic Optical Fibers) by Paul Polishuk, PhD.

CPMT Educational Program Topics to include Flip-Chip Assembly, Laser Micro-Electronic Machining, LCP Packaging, Laser Diodes, Plastic Solar Cells, & Aero-Flexible Circuit Packaging.

Picture Captions:
Dan Bauks & Robert Quagan of Ion Milling (11/30/04 meeting) [Photos 2004 002]

Dan Bauks & Andre By of Automation Engineering (9/21/04 meeting) [Photos 2004 003]