In this presentation, I will present a state-of-the-art overview of the resiliency and reliability of electronics materials and components, focusing on aging and degradation as exposed to humid and corrosive environments. Heterogeneous integration of electronics requires a convergence between the semiconductor industry and the assembly industry to provide a unified reliability approach across the entire lifecycles from the device level to package, boards/modules, and systems. This presentation lays out the scope, challenges, disruptive opportunities, and potential approaches for achieving resilience and reliability for electronics in tropical marine environments.
In this presentation, I will present a state-of-the-art overview of the resiliency and reliability of electronics materials and components, focusing on aging and degradation as exposed to humid and corrosive environments. Heterogeneous integration of electronics requires a convergence between the semiconductor industry and the assembly industry to provide a unified reliability approach across the entire lifecycles from the device level to package, boards/modules, and systems. This presentation lays out the scope, challenges, disruptive opportunities, and potential approaches for achieving resilience and reliability for electronics in tropical marine environments.
The pipeline is the primary means of transporting oil and gas. There are currently 2.8 million miles of pipeline networks in the U.S. alone. Lack of pipeline maintenance can result in pipeline leakages, significant environmental damage, and a substantial economic loss for cleanup and restoration. Many root causes contribute to developing pipeline damage, such as cracks or fractures, on pipes and pipe joints, resulting in oil and gas leakage. Such defects broadly include corrosion, structural deterioration, and misalignment of pipes and support structures. Pipeline failures due to such issues typically result in fatal injuries or deaths, property damages, environmental pollution, and economic loss. The U.S. alone experienced 11,000 pipeline incidents resulting in 400 fatalities, 1,500 injuries, and $6.5 billion in property damages between 1996-2016. Currently, the typical inspection practice is a visual inspection conducted by third-party inspection agencies. Inspectors walk through the pre-established areas to find leaks and defects in pipes and pipe support systems, which is usually time-consuming and frequently error-prone. Inspection relying on human visual observation is greatly limited to handle the demand for monitoring and assessing the vast aging pipeline networks. The limitation presents the midstream industry difficulties in performing proper level of pipeline maintenance. This research focuses on detecting defects of small parts in the support design systems such as pipe shoes, guides, and U-bolts. Moreover, soil movements near the pipelines can further deteriorate the supporting structure by adding additional load to the pipeline design and eventually degrading individual pipes and pipe connections. This research suggests using ArcGIS data to predict soil movement near the pipelines, classify the tolerance loss level, and quantify the resiliency framework for missing, broken and cracked components.