 Alan Rae is VP of Market
and Business Development at NanoDynamics Inc., developers of practical
and commercial applications for nanotechnology. From 1999 to 2004 he
was VP of Technology for Cookson Electronics, involved in developing
business opportunities for materials systems and equipment in silicon
wafer fabrication, packaging, circuit board manufacture, circuit board
assembly and recycling. He is Director of Research for iNEMI Inc. (the
International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative), Chair of the JISSO
North America Committee (facilitating electronics business worldwide by
harmonizing technology roadmaps and standards), and a member of the
Industrial Advisory Board of SMTA (the Surface Mount Technology
Association). Dr. Rae holds an Honors Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry
from the University of Aberdeen and a Ph.D. in Engineering Materials
and M.B.A. in Business Administration from t! he University of
Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Written by Alan Rae
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Thursday, 01 June 2006 |
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I still can’t escape from lead–free! Having spent 5 intense years at Cookson Electronics on the key materials transitions I now find myself coming at it from another direction – how can we use nanomaterials to improve some of the processing issues? |
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Written by Alan Rae
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Wednesday, 01 February 2006 |
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Roadmaps are a really good tool for pacing the evolution of a well–developed technology into the future and identifying gaps and challenges to its future development. |
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