(March 2008) Environmentally Responsible Engineering

UCSC Extension Silicon Valley announces the first Green Manufacturing course for the electronic industry. It is part of our Embedded Systems certificate program under Hardware Systems and VLSI Engineering area. The course title is ’Designing and Building environmentally Sound Electronics’ (X400.087).

Today’s ’high-tech trash’ often ends up in landfills that may present harm to the people and the environment for generations to come. To combat this situation, most electronic companies have developed alternative materials or processes to become RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) or JIG (Joint Industry Guide) compliant, even though the reliability and economic impact of these new processes are still under intense debate in the industry.

This new course guides the manufacturing and operations professionals through the selection and certification process required for products to be RoHS and JIG compliant. This course enables the project team to pinpoint the right questions to ask of component and materials suppliers and provides a toolbox that will, when followed, enable fast introduction of RoHS and other compliance standards.