In 2009, David Cavanaugh, Director, Corporate Component Engineering at Benchmark Electronics, said it will take four to five more years before we are able to have the confidence in lead-free that we do in tin/lead [2]. If he is correct, that would mean a minimum of at least three more years to go.

David Cavanaugh, Director, Corporate Component Engineering for Benchmark Electronics, discusses the issues surrounding lead-free and military electronics, which will be addressed at an upcoming conference September 16-17, 2009 at the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) Beville center.

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David Cavanaugh, Director, Corporate Component Engineering for Benchmark Electronics, discusses the issues surrounding lead-free and military electronics, which will be addressed at an upcoming conference September 16-17, 2009 at the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) Beville center. Listen to this interview with David Cavanaugh as he talks the issues the industry faces today and the progress being made toward more reliable lead-free electronics for the military and aerospace market. David Cavanaugh Director, Corporate Component Engineering Benchmark Electronics Huntsville Division Office: 256-722-6403

"Molecules of Life: A Simple Probability Study," presented by David Cavanaugh Beginning with a simple discussion of the two basic polymers of life, proteins and DNA, David Cavanaugh will use elementary probability to demonstrate the very, very high improbabilities of biological macromolecules arising by natural processes other than intelligent design. David obtained a BA degree in chemistry from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan with a minor in computer science and has postgraduate education in mathematics and computer science.Upon graduation David worked for 8 years at Parke-Davis as a professional analytical chemist active in the areas of statistical software, computer data acquisition and laboratory automation.Then for 21 years at Benchmark Electronics Incorporated, he held diverse engineering positions, with research interests include statistics, physics and bioinformatics.For the last eight years, David has done research and publishing in bioinformatics in conjunction with the Baraminology Study Group, who's major goal is to produce a Biblically informed scientifically comprehensive alternative to Neo-Darwinian Evolution.