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Reliability Matters — 204 episodes
Good Adhesive, Bad Bond: David Dworak on the Hidden Causes of Adhesion Failure - Episode 199
Why Your Al Training Isn't Sticking: Sean Patterson on Making Al Useful in Manufacturing - Ep. 198
Closing the Gap Between Validation and Reality with Dr. Nishith Kumar Reddy Gorla - Episode 197
If We Don't Shape Al, Al Will Shape Us - Dr. James Maisiri on Responsible Technology Adoption # 196
The Return of Cleaning: Why Post-Reflow Cleaning Is Becoming Mainstream Again (Part 2) - Episode 194
The Return of Cleaning: Why Post-Reflow Cleaning Is Becoming Mainstream Again - Episode 193
Why PCB Revision Errors Are a Hidden Reliability Risk With Mehdi Nahali - Episode 192
Why Maintenance Is Finally Getting a Seat at the Table With Limble's Paul Ross - Episode 191
Predict, Prevent, Produce: RoviSys' Bryan DeBois on Manufacturing's Al Future Episode 190
From the Factory Floor to System Design: Why Women in STEM Matter with Kristen Eckart - Episode 189
An Academic Look at Al in Electronics Manufacturing: Where It Works, Fails, & Why It Matters - # 187
Readiness Through Repair: How the U.S Military is Strengthening Capabilities with Right to Repair - Episode 186
Electronics Manufacturing Today: Pressures, Priorities, and the Path Forward With Trevor Galbraith - Episode 186
How Accuracy & Force Compliance Contribute to Better Quality & Reliability with Michael Sivigny
Advances in Dispensing Automation and Thermal Management with PVA’s Jon Urquhart - Episode 184
Preserving Knowledge,Advancing Reliability: A Reliability Matters Podcast Year-End Reflection - #183
Getting it Right: How to Work Effectively with your CM - With Daniel Stanphill & Sean Kincaid
What Every OEM Should Know About Working with Contract Manufacturers - With Raymond Novara
Cooler Connections: Low Temp Soldering for a High-Reliability World With Indium’s Dr. Hongwen Zhang
Building Reliability from the Inside Out: Indium's CEO’s on Innovation & Reliability with Ross Berntson
Behind the Alloy: Soldering Materials, Process Control, & Reliability Shantanu Joshi & Greg Starrett
SMTAI 2025 Conference & Event Preview - Special Episode
The Chemistry of Reliability: Choosing the Right Solder and Flux: A Conversation with Chris Ward
Humidity: Small Cause, Huge Reliability Risk with Viktoria Rawinski - Episode 177
War Stories from the Line: Phil Zarrow & Jim Hall Talk Reliability - Episode 175
AI in PCB Design - It's Already Here! With David Wiens & Stephen Chavez, Siemens EDA. Episode 174
Improving the Reliability of Public EV Chargers with ChargerHelp! Co-Founder & CEO, Kamale Terry
Episode 172: From Chaos to Control: Steering ERP Projects Back on Track with Chintan Sutaria
Pick & Place Machine Selection and Optimization with Hanwha Semitech Americas CEO, Tim Kang - Episode #171
Episode 170: Reliability, Safety, and Human Impact: The DMR Approach with Dheeraj Narang
Reliability Matters on the Road in Anaheim California at the IPC APEX Expo - Episode 169
Reliability Matters on the Road in Anaheim California at the IPC APEX Expo - Episode 168
Episode 167: Meet the Press: A Conversation with Journalist and PCEA President, Mike Buetow
Electronics: Down Memory Lane and a Vision for the Future - Episode 166
Stencil Design and Manufacturing Best Practices with Elias Malfavon Jr.
AI Integrated Supply Chain Management Software with Sebastian Schaal
Battery Selection and Safety Best Practices with Alex Norman
Electronics Testing Best Practices with Robert Boguski- Episode 162
AI-Based Inspection Technologies with Priyansha Bagaria - Episode 161
Opportunities and Challenges within the EV Industry - Episode 160
2024 Season Wrap-Up of the Reliability Matters Podcast - Episode 159
Episode 158: The New Kids in Town - The Cast of the D-Code Podcast
Episode 157: What's On Your Workbench? Critical Steps to Avoid Contamination of PCA's During the Rework Process
Episode 156: An Introduction to Flexible Circuits with Joseph Fjelstad
Episode 155: Ultra HDI Panel Discussion - Recorded Live at SMTAI
Episode 154: Thermal Profiling Best Practices
Episode 153: Contract Manufacturing Best Practices with Adrian Leal
Episode 152: High-Reliability Solder Paste Selection Best Practices
Episode 151: Optical Inspection System Best Practices
Episode 150: The Truth Behind Statistics
Episode 149: AOI and X-Ray Best Practices
Special episode: Surface Mount Technology International - 2024
Episode 148: IPC Apex Special
Episode 147: IPC Apex Special
Episode 146: IPC Apex Special (part 1 of 3)
Episode 145: Designing Electronics to be Reliable in Harsh Environments
Episode 144: A Conversation with Indium's Rick Short about Education-Based Marketing
Episode 143: A Candid Conversation with Industry Icon Doug Pauls
Episode 142: Live from SMTA's Pan Pacific Strategic Electronics Symposium (PanPac)
Episode 141: Component Tape Splicing Best Practices with Larry (The Professor) Welk
Episode 140: Circuit Board Design and Acquisition Best Practices
Episode 139: Environmentally Responsible Alternatives to Traditional PCB Fabrication
Episode 138: Hand Soldering and Rework Best Practices with Debbie Wade
Episode 137: Building a Sustainable Career with a Sustainable Impact
Episode 136: Environmentally Responsible/Sustainable Conformal Coating with Dr. Cassandra Zentner
Episode 135: A Conversation with Dr. Zach Peterson about Board Design Best Practices
Episode 134 - 2023 Podcast Season Wrap-Up
Episode 133: Novel Wireless / Wearable ESD Monitoring
Episode 132: A Conversation about Ultra-Thin Conformal Coating with HZO's Lisa Rizzo
Episode 131: A Conversation with Industry Icon Bob Willis
Episode 130: Human-Centered Approaches to Innovation with Dr. Alexis Abramson
Episode 129: Network Reliability - Avoiding Cyber-Security Threats
Episode 128: Industry Standards Explained with Leo Lambert
Episode 127: Ask the Experts - A Conversation with Phil Zarrow & Jim Hall
Episode 126: Moisture Mitigation Strategies with Dan Jenkins and Rob Lowery
Episode 125: DFM Best Practices with Pride Industries' Engineering Manager Andrew Williams
Episode 124: Industry Icon Dave Hillman's Amazing 3,600 Mile Kayak Journey Down the Missouri River
Episode #123: Introduction to HALT – Highly Accelerated Life Testing with Dr. Christopher Jackson
Episode 122: The Integration of AI Into Inspection Systems
Episode 121: Dr. John Mitchell discusses his new book "Fire Your Hiring Habits"
Episode 120: Making Reliability Training Entertaining and Effective
Episode 119: Quantum Mechanics Explained
Episode 118: Making "Big Data" Useful with Intraratio's Ryan Gamble
Episode 117: When Residues Cause Circuit Assemblies to Fail
Episode 116: Supply Chain Musings
Episode 115: Making Sense of "Big Data"
Episode 114: The Remarkable Return of the Post-Reflow Cleaning Process
Episode 113: A Conversation about Counterfeit Component Detection with Dr. Eyal Weiss
Special Episode: A Conversation about Business Challenges with STI Electronics' President David Raby
Episode 112: A Conversation about ESD Mitigation with ESD Expert Christopher Almeras
Episode 111: Liquid Metal’s Potential Future in Electronics
Episode 110: A Wrap-Up of the Reliability Matters 2022 Season
Episode 109: A Decade of Industry 4.0 - What it Was - What it Wasn't
Episode 108: A Preview of the Upcoming SMTA Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium
Episode 107: IPC Validation Services & the Trusted Supplier Program
Episode 106: A Conversation about Production Automation
Episode 105: Conformal Coating Material Selection Best Practices
Special Episode: A Sneak Peak at the SMTAI Technical Conference with the Technical Committee
Episode 104: A Conversation about ESD Flooring with Thomas Ricciardelli
Episode 103: SMT Assembly Equipment for Low Volume Applications
Episode 102: Contract Manufacturer Selection Process Best Practices
Episode 101: Forging the Future of US Manufacturing with IPC's Matt Kelly
Episode 100: A 100th Episode Special (Recorded Live)
Episode 99: A Conversation about the IPC Cleanliness Standard & How to Comply with Graham Naisbitt
Episode 98: A Conversation with AIM Solder's Jen Fijalkowski About Advances in Solder Pastes
Episode 97: Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment
Episode 96: A Conversation with Industry Gurus Phil Zarrow af Jim Hall about their New Book
Episode 95: A Conversation with SMTA SMT Certification Course Authors Dr. Ron Lasky and Jim Hall
Episode 94: A Conversation with Author Dr. Ron Lasky About His Many Books.
Episode 93: A Conversation with Dr. Kunal Shah about Ni-Less ENIG & the Improvements in Reliability.
Episode 92: Conversations from IPC APEX Expo - Reflow Thermal Control - Automated Device Programming
Episode 91: Conversations from IPC APEX Expo - Inspection Systems - Contract Assembly - and Pirates!
Episode 90: A Conversation with Component Storage Expert Mike Adamson
Episode 89: A Conversation About Tombstoning Mitigation with Tony Lentz
Episode 88: A Conversation about Electric Vehicles with Indium's Brian O'Leary
Episode 87: A Conversation with SPI and AOI Inspection Expert Joel Scutchfield
Episode 86: A Conversation with IPC Training Expert Bob Doetzer
Episode 85: 2021 Reliability Matters Episode Wrap-Up
Episode 84: A Conversation about Solder Paste Inspection with Christopher Frederickson
Episode 83: A Conversation with Thermal Management Expert Miles Moreau
Episode 82: A Conversation with Solder Paste Expert Paul Salerno
Episode 81: IPC APEX Expo 2022 Technical Program
Episode 80: Cheryl Tulkoff & Greg Caswell's Book "DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING"
Episode 79: A Conversation with Arch Systems' Dave Trail about Industry 4.0
Episode 78: SMTAI is Back LIVE!
Episode 77: A Conversation with James Kovacevic about Maintenance Reliability Training
Episode 76 - Meet the Press
Episode 75: Matric Group's Patrick Stimpert on Lean Manufacturing with a "Lean-In" Philosophy
Episode 74: A Conversation about Contract Manufacturing with Worthington Assembly's Chris Denney
Episode 73: A Conversation with Solder Paste Expert Tim Jensen of Indium
Episode 72: A Conversation About Thermal Profiling with ECD's Mark Waterman
Episode 71: A Conversation with Manufacturer's Representatives About Sales and Support Post Covid 19
Episode 70: A Conversation with Nano Dimension's Co-Founder Amit Dror
Episode 69: Part 2 of an Interview with Me (Mike Konrad) on the Pick-Place Podcast with Chris Denney and Melissa Hough
Episode 68: An Interview with Me (Mike Konrad) on the Pick-Place Podcast with Chris Denney and Melissa Hough
Episode 67: A Conversation with Rework/Repair Expert Norman Mier of Best Inc.
Episode 66: A Conservation with Dr. Ron Lasky and His Students Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan
Episode 65: Part 2 of our Conversation with Tim O'Neill and Fred Dimock on Oven Profiling
Episode 64: A Conservation with Tim O'Neill and Fred Dimock about Voiding, Vacuum Reflow, and Oven Profiling
Episode 63: A Conversation with and a Presentation by Reliability Expert Dock Brown
Episode 62: A Conversation with Cogiscan's Co-Founder François Monette
Special Edition: A Conversation with IPC's Chief Technologist Matt Kelly about IPC APEX Expo 2021
Episode 61: A Conversation with Flex Circuit and Additive Electronics Expert Tara Dunn
Episode 60: A Conversation with Rockwell Collins' Dave Hillman about Solder Voiding
Episode 59: A Conversation with CMOS Inventor Dr. Eric Fossum
Episode 58: 2020 Round-Up
Episode 57: A Conversation with CAF Expert Graham Naisbitt
Episode 56: A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning Experts
Episode 55- A Conversation with SMTA President Dr. Martin Anselm
Episode 54: A Conversation with Michael Ford about Digital Twin
Episode 53: Meet the Press - A Conversation with Industry Journalists about the State of the EMS Industry
Episode 52: A Conversation with Conformal Coating Expert Dr. Sean Clancy of HZO
Episode 51: A Conversation with X-Ray Expert and Entrepreneur Dr. Bill Cardoso
Episode 50 - A Conversation with IPC's Matt Kelly on IPC Technology Focus & Investment
Episode 49 - A Conversation with SMTA's Tanya Martin and Greg Vance about SMTAI 2020
Episode 48: A Conversation with a China Supply Chain Expert about Importing from and Exporting to China
Episode 47: A Conversation with Environmental Sustainability Expert Matthew Chalkley
Episode 46: "The Experts" - A Special Episode Featuring a Conversation with Four Industry Experts
Episode 45: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Jackson About Reliability
Episode 44: A Conversation with Dr. Jennie Hwang About Reliability
Episode 43: A Conversation with Cal State University's Dr. Mike Stull about Entrepreneurship and Today's Challenging Times
Episode 42: A Conversation with X-Ray Expert Keith Bryant
Episode 41: A Conversation with Better Board Buying's Greg Papandrew About Ways to Buy Boards Better
Episode 40: A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis
Episode 39: A Conversation with Advanced Assembly's Mark Hughes and Greg Ziraldo About Producing Reliable Assemblies Within a CM Environment
Episode 38: A Special COVID-19 Episode - Conversation with Circuits Assembly Magazine's Editor in Chief Mike Buetow
Episode 37: A Conversation with IPC's President and CEO Dr. John Mitchell
Episode 36: A Conversation with "Board Talk" hosts Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall
Episode 35: A Conversation with Dr. Darren Williams of Sam Houston State University
Episode 34: A Conversation with "The Cleaning Lady and the Rocket Scientist" Barbara and Ed Kanegsberg
Episode 33: Altium's Judy Warner Interviews Reliability Matter's Host Mike Konrad on the Subject of Cleaning for Reliability
Episode 32: A Conversation with Greg Smith and Tony Lentz About Stencil Design and Void Reduction
Episode 31: A Conversation with Scoop's Phil Stoten
Episode 30: A Conversation About Reflow Technology with Guest David Heller
Episode 29: A Return Conversation with Foresite's Lead Investigator Eric Camden
Episode 28: Part 2 - A Conversation with IPC's Brook Sandy about IPC APEX EXPO’s Technical Program
Episode 27: Part 1 - A Conversation with IPC's Brook Sandy about the IPC APEX EXPO
Episode 26- An Interview with Ventec's Technology Ambassador Alun Morgan
Episode 25 - An interview with Indium's Kay Parker about SMT Printing and Being New in the Electronics Assembly Industry
Episode 24 - A Conversation with Teradyne's Reliability Experts Mark Levin and Jon Rodin
Episode 23 - A Conversation About Testing Circuit Assemblies with Datest Founder Robert Boguski Jr.
Episode 22 - A Conversation About Adhesion Testing with BTG Lab's Materials Scientist Elizabeth Kidd
Episode 21- A Conversation with Manuel Schöllig - There's More to Clean than just Assemblies
Episode 20- A Conversation with Conformal Coating Expert Phil Kinner
Episode 19- A Conversation about Display Technologies and Reliability-Improving Production Methods
Episode 18 - A Conversation with Saturn Electronics' Yash Sutariya about PCB Fabrication
Episode 17 - A conversation with Brian D'Amico about AOI and SPI best practices.
Episode 16 - SMT-WARS- Lessons Learned from a Contract Manufacturer & Their Customer Who Sued Them
Episode 15 - Scoop TV Interviews Mike Konrad
Episode 14- An Interview with Reliability Expert Fred Schenkelberg
Episode 13 - A Conversation with KIC's MB Allen About Thermal Management and Reliability
Episode 12 - An Interview with FLITE's Michelle Ogihara and Sherry Stepp on Women in Electronics
Episode 11 - Tips and Tricks for Successfully Cleaning Circuit Assemblies
Episode 10 - An Interview with Dr. David Bernard - All About X-Ray Inspection
Episode 9 - An Interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman about Cleaning Challenges, Chemicals, Components, and Cleanliness Testing
Episode 8 - Cleaning Roundtable
Episode 7 - A Conversation with ITM Consulting's Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall
Episode 6 - An Interview with Collins Aerospace's Doug Pauls
Episode 5 - An Interview with Dr. Craig Hillman - Design for Reliability
Episode 4: Improving Reliability of Circuit Assemblies in Harsh Environments
Episode 3 - An Interview with Johns Hopkins' APL Engineer, Wendy Casker
Episode 2- When Failure Happens - An interview with Failure Analysis Investigators
Episode 1 - An Interview with SMT Guru Bob Willis
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