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edfas.org ELECTRONIC DEV ICE FA I LURE ANALYSIS | VOLUME 23 NO . 4 46 math from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in engineering physics from the University of Virginia. Grosjean first got involved with ISTFA starting as a technical reviewer and session chair, and then later joined the organizational committee performing a variety of roles until 2020when he served as the general chair of the 2020 EDFAS Virtual Workshop. Vision Statement “I went tomy first ISTFA in 2007 and have been attend- ing ever since. The sense of community and shared endeavor is what I so enjoy about ISTFA, and for our par- ticular field of electronic failure analysis, ISTFA and EDFAS are the tops. For EDFAS, ISTFA is just one aspect of how the FA community is built, and as 2020 showed us, the surety of having an in-person conference ismoredelicate thanwe thought. While I far prefer in-person events, social engage- ment and community have been moving online for years now, and EDFAS is impacted by this wider trend. EDFAS now has an opportunity to serve its members better by increasing its online content and engagement. Howwould this go? What would be useful? We are working on this with ASMConnect and it is something wemust figure out. “That is but one example of the work that the EDFAS board is undertaking for itsmembers. The ultimate goal, of course, is to help its members in failure analysis. I believe that EDFAS is the best source of such support for failure analysts, and I am committed to pushing and continuing that tradition.” IN MEMORIAM Theodore “Ted” Ralph Lundquist, 74, of Fremont, Calif., died on June 9. He was chief tech- nology officer of DCG Systems Inc. Lundquist grew up in Woburn, Mass., and graduated from high school in 1965. He went on to earn three degrees in physics: his bachelor’s degree fromMIT, master’s from the University of Massachusetts, and doctorate from the University of Maryland. Lundquist acquired more than 30 years of experience in ion, electron, and photon optics and instrumentation throughhis senior technologypositions atNASA, Gatan, Schlumberger, Credence, DCG Systems, and Zeiss. He traveled throughout Asia, Europe, and the U.S. connecting with customers, speaking at conferences, and collaborating with peers. Over the course of his life, he acquired at least 18 patents in his field. Lundquist was very active in the EDFAS/ISTFA community, and always a supportive presence as an exhibitor at ISTFA events. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER EDFAS BOARD WELCOMES MELIS The EDFAS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of new student boardmember, TommasoMelis, for a one-year term beginning in 2021. Tommaso Melis, of Grenoble Cedex, France, received a master of science degree in electronic engineering at the University of Cagliari, Italy. He started his career as an internship student at STMicroelectronics in 2017, as a failure analysis engineer within the Automotive DiscreteGroup (ADG). He has been a Ph.D. student at University of Grenoble Alpes in the TIMA laboratory since 2018. His Ph.D. is in collaboration with STMicroelectronics working with his failure analysis team within ADG. His work currently focuses on the development of simulation solutions and automatic diagnostic tools for failure analysis of analog and mixed-signal circuits. In his role on the Board, Melis will strive to bring innovative and fresh ideas. He also plans to share the knowledge he’s gaining specifically related to analog circuit failure analysis and simulation.