Home » Articles posted by Jeff Kauppila (Page 2)

Author Archive

Technology Scaling and Soft Error Reliability – IRPS 2012 Invited Talk by Dr. Lloyd Massengill

Dr.  Lloyd Massengill, Director of Engineering at the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (ISDE), will be giving an invited talk on Technology Scaling and Soft Error Reliability at the 2012 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium.  The paper discusses several attributes of integrated circuit scaling in relation to radiation soft error failure modes and vulnerability. The influence of ionizing...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 in News | Tags: , , , , , , Comments Off on Technology Scaling and Soft Error Reliability – IRPS 2012 Invited Talk by Dr. Lloyd Massengill


Galloway is President-Elect of the American Society for Engineering Education

Original Article Source Kenneth F. Galloway has been elected to serve as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education.  Galloway is dean of the School of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering. He will become president-elect at the 2012 Annual Conference June 10-13 in San Antonio, Texas, and will assume the presidency in June...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 in Related News | Tags: , , , , Comments Off on Galloway is President-Elect of the American Society for Engineering Education


Nuclear Ballistic Missile Command and Control Technology Still a Prime Military Concern

A recent special report article in Military and Aerospace Electronics highlights the importance of the command and control electronics in the U.S. arsenal of ballistic missiles, which represent two important legs of the “nuclear triad” of bomber aircraft, ICBMs, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).  The U.S. must have a “reliable command structure for the nuclear...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 in Related News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments Off on Nuclear Ballistic Missile Command and Control Technology Still a Prime Military Concern


An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches

An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches Beginning in 1995 TRIUMF has built up several beam lines that provide low-intensity, energetic proton and neutron beams to simulate natural-radiation exposures either in space or terrestrial environments. Even at low intensity, a few minutes of exposure in these beams can correspond to years of operation in space, air,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 in Related News | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments Off on An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches


US Navy Test Fires Trident II D5 Missile

Original Source: Naval Technology Article – US Navy Test Fires Trident II D5 Missile US Navy Test Fires Trident II D5 Missile The US Navy’s fleet ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin-developed Trident II D5 test missile in the Atlantic Ocean. The unarmed missile was launched as a...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 in News, Related News | Tags: , , , Comments Off on US Navy Test Fires Trident II D5 Missile


Professor Ron Schrimpf Receives Chancellor’s Cup

Original Article – myVU Professor Ron Schrimpf Receives Chancellor’s Cup Posted 10/21/2010 Ron Schrimpf receives the Chancellor’s Cup from the Chancellor. (photo by Vanderbilt University/Susan Urmy.) Ron Schrimpf, Orrin Henry Ingram Professor of Engineering and faculty head of Memorial House, was surprised in the middle of a presentation to a meeting of the Engineering Alumni...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, October 21st, 2010 in Related News | Tags: , , Comments Off on Professor Ron Schrimpf Receives Chancellor’s Cup


VU Space-Defense Institute Growing on Music Row

Original Source Article – Venture Nashville Connections VU Space-Defense Institute Growing on Music Row By: By Milt Capps Posted: Monday, July 6, 2009 8:22 am Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Space and Defense Electronics anticipates further growth after its impending relocation to Music Row. ISDE Director Ron Schrimpf, Ph.D. (at right), told VNC in a recent interview that...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009 in News | Tags: , , , Comments Off on VU Space-Defense Institute Growing on Music Row