Carol A. Handwerker

Carol A. Handwerker's research focuses on materials used in electronic devices, particularly solder alloys that connect components in circuits, and how these materials behave and fail under heat and mechanical stress over time. Her work also extends to sustainability topics such as recovering valuable materials from electronic waste and rare earth magnets. Students in this area would engage with experimental materials characterization, mechanical testing, and questions relevant to electronics manufacturing and reliability.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with peaks in 2020 and 2023 and a more modest, roughly steady pace of a few papers per year in recent years.

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