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Otiaba, Kenny C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S. and Ekpu, M. (2012) Finite element analysis of the effect of silver content for Sn–Ag–Cu alloy compositions on thermal cycling reliability of solder die attach. Engineering Failure Analysis, 28. pp. 192-207. ISSN 1350-6307 (doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.10.008)

Otiaba, Kenny C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S., Alam, M.O., Amalu, E.H. and Ekpu, M. (2012) Numerical study on thermal impacts of different void patterns on performance of chip-scale packaged power device. Microelectronics Reliability, 52 (7). pp. 1409-1419. ISSN 0026-2714 (doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2012.01.015)

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Amalu, E.H., Bhatti, R.S. and Mallik, S. (2012) Thermal management materials for electronic control unit: trends, processing technology and R and D challenges. Advanced Materials Research, 367. pp. 301-307. ISSN 1022-6680 (Print), 1662-8985 (Online) (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.367.301)

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S., Alam, M.O. and Amalu, E.H. (2011) Thermal interface materials for automotive electronic control unit: Trends, technology and R&D challenges. Microelectronics Reliability, 51 (12). pp. 2031-2043. ISSN 0026-2714 (doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2011.05.001)

Amalu, E.H., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S., Takyi, G. and Ibhadode, A.O.A. (2011) Numerical investigation of thermo-mechanical behaviour of ball grid array solder joint at high temperature excursion. Advanced Materials Research, 367. pp. 287-292. ISSN 1662-8985 (Print), 1022-6680 (Online) (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.367.287)

Amalu, E.H., Lau, W.K., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S., Otiaba, K.C. and Takyi, G. (2011) A study of SnAgCu solder paste transfer efficiency and effects of optimal reflow profile on solder deposits. Microelectronic Engineering, 88 (7). pp. 1610-1617. ISSN 0167-9317 (doi:10.1016/j.mee.2011.02.104)

Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N. and Bhatti, R. (2010) Empirical modeling of the time-dependent structural build-up of lead-free solder pastes used in the electronics assembly applications. Journal of ASTM International, 7 (9). ISSN 1546-962X (doi:10.1520/JAI103043)

Durairaj, R., Man, Lam Wai, Ekere, N.N. and Mallik, S. (2010) The effect of wall-slip formation on the rheological behaviour of lead-free solder pastes. Materials and Design, 31 (3). pp. 1056-1062. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.051)

Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Marks, A.E., Seman, A. and Durairaj, R. (2010) Modeling the structural breakdown of solder paste using the structural kinetic model. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 19 (1). pp. 40-45. ISSN 1059-9495 (Print), 1544-1024 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s11665-009-9448-0)

Mallik, S., Schmidt, M., Bauer, R. and Ekere, N.N. (2010) Evaluating solder paste behaviours through rheological test methods and their correlation to the printing performance. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 22 (4). pp. 42-49. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/09540911011076871)

Takyi, G. and Ekere, N.N. (2010) Investigation of the effect of nitrogen and air atmospheres on solder wettability of plasma-treated HASL finish PCBs. Soldering and Surface Mount Technology, 22 (3). pp. 17-21. ISSN 0954 0911 (doi:10.1108/09540911011054154)

Takyi, G. and Ekere, N.N. (2010) Study of the effects of PCB surface finish on plasma process time for lead-free wave soldering. Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 22 (2). pp. 37-42. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/09540911011036271)

Durairaj, R., Mallik, S., Seman, A. and Ekere, N.N. (2009) Investigation of wall-slip behaviour in lead-free solder pastes and isotropic conductive adhesives. Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 34 (5). pp. 799-810. ISSN 0256-2499 (Print), 0973-7677 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s12046-009-0046-5)

Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Durairaj, R., Marks, A.E. and Seman, A. (2009) Wall-slip effects in SnAgCu solder pastes used in electronics assembly applications. Materials & Design, 30 (10). pp. 4502-4506. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.028)

Durairaj, R., Mallik, S., Seman, A., Marks, A. and Ekere, N.N. (2009) Rheological characterisation of solder pastes and isotropic conductive adhesives used for flip-chip assembly. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 209 (8). pp. 3923-3930. ISSN 0924-0136 (doi:10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.09.013)

Durairaj, R., Jackson, G.J., Ekere, N.N., Glinski, G. and Bailey, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-3879 (2002) Correlation of solder paste rheology with computational simulations of the stencil printing process. Soldering and Surface Mount Technology, 14 (1). pp. 11-17. ISSN 0954-0911 (doi:10.1108/09540910210416422)

Book Section

Marks, A.E., Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N. and Seman, A. (2008) Effect of temperature on slumping behaviour of lead-free solder paste and its rheological simulation. 2008 2nd Electronics System-Integration Technology Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, USA, pp. 829-832. ISBN 97814244-28137 (Print), 978-1-4244-2814-4 (Electronic) (doi:10.1109/ESTC.2008.4684459)

Conference Proceedings

Otiaba, K.C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Ekpu, M. and Adeyemi, J. (2011) Comparative study of the effects of coalesced and distributed solder die attach voids on thermal resistance of packaged semiconductor device. In: Collection of Papers Presented at the 17th International Workshop on THERMal INvestigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC' 2011). EDA Publishing Association, Grenoble, France, pp. 115-119. ISBN 9782355000188

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Bhatti, R.S., Mallik, S. and Amalu, E.H. (2011) Emerging nanotechnology-based thermal interface materials for automotive electronic control unit application. In: Microelectronics and Packaging. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-1-4673-0694-2 (print)

Amalu, E.H, Ekere, N.N. and Aminu, G. (2011) Effects of inter-metallic compound on high temperature reliability of flip chip interconnects for fine pitch applications. In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011): Proceedings. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 208-213. ISBN 9781467307581 (doi:10.1109/ICASTech.2011.6145173)

Mallik, S., Bauer, R., Hübner, F. and Ekere, N.N. (2011) Evaluating print performance of Sn-Ag-Cu leadfree solder pastes used in electronics assembly process. In: International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT2010). AIP Conference Proceedings (1315/1). American Institute of Physics (AIP), Melville, NY, USA, pp. 33-38. ISBN 978-0-7354-0871-5 ISSN 0094-243X (doi:10.1063/1.3552465)

Otiaba, K.C., Bhatti, R.S., Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S., Amalu, E.H. and Ekpu, M. (2011) Thermal effects of die-attach voids location and style on performance of chip level package. In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011): Proceedings. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 231-236. ISBN 9781467307581 (doi:10.1109/ICASTech.2011.6145176)

Bernasko, P.K., Mallik, S., Ekere, N.N., Seman, A. and Tayki, G. (2010) Effect of reflow profile and thermal cycle ageing on the intermetallic formation and growth in lead-free soldering. In: Electronics Packaging Technology. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 986-990. ISBN 978-1-4244-5100-5 (electronic), 978-1-4244-5099-2 (print) (doi:10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416398)

Amalu, E.H., Ekere, N.N. and Bhatti, R.S. (2010) High temperature electronics: R&D challenges and trends in materials, packaging and interconnection technology. In: 2nd International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology, 2009. (ICAST 2009). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 146-153. ISBN 978-1-4244-3522-7 ISSN 0855-8906 (doi:10.1109/ICASTECH.2009.5409731)

Durairaj, R., Man, Lam Wai, Ramesh, S., Wea, Lim Chia, Leng, Eu Poh, Ekere, N.N., Mallik, S. and Seman, A. (2009) Investigation of wall-slip effect on lead-free solder paste and isotropic conductive adhesives. In: Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, 2009. EPTC '09. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 422-426. ISBN 978-1-4244-5099-2 (print), 978-1-4244-5100-5 (e-ISBN) (doi:10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416511)

Wang, W., Liu, Z.D., Tian, Z.J., Huang, Y.H., Liu, Z.X. and Ekere, N.N. (2008) Study of wire electrolytic-spark hybrid machining of silicon solar wafer and surface characteristics. In: 2nd Electronics System Integration Technology Conference, Greenwich, UK. IEEE Conference Publications . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 593-596. ISBN 978-1-4244-2813-7 (Print), 978-1-4244-2814-4 (Electronic) (doi:10.1109/ESTC.2008.4684417)

Durairaj, R., Mallik, S., Seman, A., Marks, A. and Ekere, N.N. (2008) Viscoelastic properties of solder paste and isotropic conductive adhesives used for flip-chip assembly. In: Electronic Manufacturing Technology Symposium (IEMT), 2008 33rd IEEE/CPMT International. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, N.J., USA, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781424433926 (print), 9781424433933 (electronic) ISSN 1089-8190 (doi:10.1109/IEMT.2008.5507801)

Conference or Conference Paper

Otiaba, K.C., Ekere, N.N., Amalu, E.H., Bhatti, R.S. and Mallik, S. (2010) Thermal management materials for electronic control unit: trends, processing technology and R&D challenges. In: International Conference on Engineering Research & Development: Advances in Engineering Science & Technology, 7-9 September 2010, Benin City, Africa.

Glinski, G.P., Bailey, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-3879, Durairaj, R. and Ekere, N.N. (2002) Rheological characterization and multi-scale computational simulations of electrically conductive adhesive flows. In: IMAPS - Europe Cracow 2002, 16-18 June 2002, Cracow, Poland.