Plastics in Electronics 2020

Jeffrey Gotro

President
Innocentrix

Polymers Hard at Work in Your Smart Phone

Abstract

Polymers play a key part of the manufacturing of electronic devices. The presentation will provide an overview of the polymers used in in smart phones including epoxies, acrylics, bismaleimides, cyanate esters and UV cured thermosets. Emphasis will be placed on the structure-property-processing relationships required to make mobile devices highly reliable.

About the Speaker

Jeff Gotro, Ph.D., is the President and Founder of InnoCentrix, LLC. InnoCentrix provides a wide range of consulting services to the polymer industry. Jeff has over thirty-five years of experience in polymers having held scientific and leadership positions at IBM, AlliedSignal, Honeywell International, National Starch Electronic Materials and InnoCentrix. Jeff co-authored a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology on Thermosets in 2017. He is an expert in thermosetting polymers including chemistry, processing and applications. Jeff holds 15 issued US Patents and has 5 patent applications currently filed and pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Jeff has published over 50 papers and four book chapters in technical journals and conference proceedings. Jeff has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Marquette University and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Northwestern University with a specialty in polymer science (polymer chemistry, physics, and characterization). 


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