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Jonny Minder
Washington University in St. Louis
Marshall Space Flight Center
Advisors: Randy Montgomery, Greg Farnsworth, Kelly Love
Abstract
Failure analysis of the dielectric breakdown of circuit boards coated in solithane and the voltage failure of uncoated circuit boards are being tested to challenge the IPC-221A standard. Circuit boards with different trace patterns at varying distances are tested to see at what voltage an arc forms between the traces and/or vias. Testing is done at room temperature, at 125 C, and under a water vapor environment to see the effect the environment might play in the level of voltage at failure.
Jonny Minder was born and raised in Muscatine, Iowa. After graduating from Muscatine High School in 2004 he left home for college at Hawaii Pacific University located in Honolulu, HI. He entered into a program there between Hawaii Pacific and Washington University in St. Louis where he would spend three years in Hawaii studying mathematics and then a further two at Washington studying engineering. At the end of five years he will receive two bachelor's degrees. One from Hawaii Pacific in Applied Mathematics and one from Washington University in St. Louis in Mechanical Engineering. After his first three years at Hawaii Pacific Jonathan was awarded an internship at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from the Hawaii Space Grant. After his internship Jonathan entered Washington University in St. Louis for his final two years of study. After his first year he was again awarded a NASA internship position again at Marshall through the Missouri Space Grant. He will be graduating this May from both his universities. He accepted a job offer from Schlumberger oilfield services and will begin working there immediately following graduation.
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