CONGRATULATIONS ISTFA 2025 AWARD WINNERS!

2025 Best Paper (First Place)
Towards in situ failure analysis of multi-layer ceramic capacitors using x-ray nano-laminography

Dr. Till Dreier, Dr. Jenny Romell, Dr. Julius Hållstedt

Session: System in Package and 3D Devices
Presenting Author: Dr. Till Dreier, Excillum AB

2025 Outstanding Paper (Second Place)
Advancement Towards FIB Active Auto Thinning (AAT) Process

Dr. Sang Hoon Lee, PhD, Dr. Xue Rui, PhD, Dr. Ning Lu, PhD, Mr. John Pittman, Dr. Qiang Jin, PhD, Mr. Joel Lebret, Mr. Robert Gifford, Mr. Tyler Lenzi, Mr. Jaroslav Stárek, Mr. Viktor Švéda, Mr. Lukáš Hübner, Mr. Jakub Korgo, Dr. Zhen Lian, PhD, Mr. Gabriel Woodworth, Mr. Davin Fast and Ms. Anne Kenslea, Micron Technology, Boise, ID, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Brno, Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, OR

Session: FIB Sample Preparation II
Presenting Author: Dr. Sang Hoon Lee, PhD, Micron Technology

2025 Best Poster (First Place)
Emerging FA Techniques and Concepts – Open Failure LiT Localization Using Radio Frequency and Amplitude Modulation

Mr. Khristopherson C. Cajucom and Mr. Win T. Tun, Failure Analysis, Analog Devices Inc San Jose, California, San Jose, CA

Presenting Author: Mr. Khristopherson C. Cajucom, Analog Devices Inc.

2025 Outstanding Poster (Second Place)
Microscopy Analysis and Material Characterization – ECCI imaging of epitaxial GaN with conventional FE-SEM

Ms. Hyun Hwa Kim, Mr. Greg Johnson and Dr. Thomas Rodgers, Electronics Sector, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Oberkochen, Oberkochen, Germany, Electronics Sector, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Poughkeepsie, OH, Electronics Sector, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Oberkochen, NY, Germany

Presenting Author: Ms. Hyun Hwa Kim, Carl Zeiss Microscopy

2025 Video Contest Winner
ZEISS Crossbeam Automatic TEM Sample Preparation

Dr. Heiko Stegmann, Business Sector Electronics, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Oberkochen, Germany

2025 Student Poster Contest Winner

First Place Winner
Deposit-Induced Corrosion of a Ni-based Superalloy

Billy Li, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA

Second Place Winner
Pack Aluminizing of Selected Austenitic Stainless Steels

Jocasta Do, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA