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CALCE Webinar - Will Your Product Meet Its Life Requirement? CalceSARA can help! Tuesday, December 9, 2025 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Zoom For More Information: https://web.calce.umd.edu/seminars/cws20251209.htm Register Now! Abstract Electronics have become ubiquitous in our society, with a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smartphones, personal computers, and wearable electronics. Additionally, safety systems such as fire alarms, toxic gas sensors, automatic vehicle braking systems, vehicle stability control systems, and engine control systems have made electronics essential for protecting people from potential injury or death. As our dependence on electronics grows, accurately assessing their useful life becomes increasingly important. Effective life estimation is crucial for product qualification, warranty development, and the establishment of appropriate maintenance schedules. One approach to qualifying the product's life through simulation, referred to as virtual qualification. To address this need, the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) has developed and continuously enhances its Simulation Assisted Reliability Assessment (SARA) software. This webinar will introduce the virtual qualification of electronic devices and the calceSARA Release 8.6.6. Various modules within the calceSARA software will be presented, along with examples of their applications. About Presenter: Michael Osterman is a Research Scientist and the Operations Director for the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland. In addition, he leads the development of the calceSARA software for printed board assembly level reliability assessment. He is also the co-lead for the Solder Performance and Reliability Assurance (SPRA) project (2021-2026), being conducted under the Defense Electronics Consortium (DEC), operated by the United States Partnership for Assured Electronics (USPAE), under CIR CS-20-1302 for Lead Free Defense Electronics. Between 2007 and 2015, Dr. Osterman organized and chaired the International Symposium on Tin Whiskers. He holds a patent for battery health monitoring and has received a Professional Track Faculty award in research from the University of Maryland and the John A. Wagnon Technical Achievement Award from IMAPS. He has written eight book chapters and over 160 articles. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of SMTA. This Event is For: Public • Clark School • Corporate