Meet Idowu a fifth year PhD student.
Year in Program: 5th
Advisor: Dr. Dasgupta
Research interests: Electronic Package Reliability
Dissertation Topic: Compound degradation modes and reliability of ball grid array (BGA) interconnects subjected to sequential loadings of vibration and thermal cycling.
What drew you to engineering? From childhood, I enjoy solving challenging problems. I was also inspired and encouraged by people I looked up to while growing up with the prestige and recognition they received in the society and also their personal achievements
What made you choose UMD and the ENRE Reliability Program? Based on my reliability/safety work experience, I was fascinated with the opportunity to join UMD and specifically the ENRE program at the Ph.D. level which has been my target for a few years prior to joining the program. It was an easy decision to choose this reputable program being one of the very few that offer Reliability Engineering program at the Ph.D. level in the country.
What do you want people to know about Reliability Engineering that they may not be aware of? Reliability Engineering is more than just maintenance. It’s about preventing failures and ensuring things/products/systems perform their intended functions over a given period of time by being proactive and not reactive. It is best to think of reliability during the design stage of a product/system. The cost of unreliability can be very significant and sometimes fatal.
Fun fact about yourself? I am a good team player. I function well collaborating with others to achieve results and can effectively work independently.
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