1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
September 19 - 23, 1999 - Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia USA

INDUSTRY TOURS

Thursday 9:00 to 16:00

Tour 1: Ford and Lucent

Tour 2: GM and Lockheed

RESEARCH LAB TOURS

Tuesday 15:00 to 18:00
Georgia Tech/GCATT
Organized by Gary McMurray (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Chen Zhou (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

The Center of Signal and Image Processing, part of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is at the forefront of research and education in this important field. The laboratory boasts an outstanding, internationally known faculty; a large doctoral education program; an extensive selection of up-to-date courses; a wide-ranging research program in speech and image processing, DSP algorithms, hardware architectures, and DSP software; and excellent modern computer facilities for research and education. Application areas range from digital signal processing has made a significant impact include: telecommunications, man-machine communications, medical technology, radar and sonar, and seismic data analysis.

The Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC) is a research, design, and education center focusing on digital media processing applied to technology, education, and culture. IMTC has grown and adapted to meet the needs of business and industry in the USA and abroad by developing and using multimedia technology for enhancement of their core business. The center also works closely with faculty in a number of other units at Georgia Tech and with numerous other organizations that share and support multimedia technology. For example, IMTC collaborates with The Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology, a joint research effort that includes Georgia Tech, Emory University, the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia State University, and The University of Georgia.

Center for Board Assembly Research (CBAR) is a multidisciplinary research center for greater productivity in circuit board assembly. CBAR lab houses a complete, state-of-the-art, conveyorized SMT/flip chip assembly line with a stencil screen printer, a tool for dispensing underfill material for flip chip attachment, two component placement machines, a post-placement inspection tool, a reflow oven, a post-reflow X-ray inspection station and an in-circuit test station.

Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute (RPMI) is to further the deployment of rapid prototyping and manufacturing through education. RPMI lab has two Stereolithography machines from 3D systems SLA-3500 and SLA-250/50. It also has a Surveyor 3D Laser Digitizer Systems, a fused deposition modeling technology FDM 1650. For process control and measurement, it has a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) PFx-5, a Sanders Modelmaker II System, a MORGAN-PRESS Two-zone, solid state electronic temperature control system for accuracy and wide heat range (0-800 F).

Packaging Research Center (PRC) is dedicated to the development of the packaging technologies for the twenty-first century. During the past 20 years, leadership in packaging technology and manufacturing competency has shifted from the United States to the Far East. PRC labs have equipment to test, assemble, and polymer underfill. The primary goals are to target emerging packaging needs for wireless applications between 1 and 20 GHz.