Development of a semi-empirical thermal conduction estimation model for dry metal-metal contacts

This thesis aims to investigate the effects of contact pressure and type of deformations on the thermal contact conductance(h’) for dry metal-metal contacts. Also, an attempt is made to develope a thermal contact conductance estimation model for the same. The materials used in this thesis are metals (aluminium and tin). Several experiments are...

Supplier management improvement for remanufacturing: How signature companies can improve supplier collaboration with respect to remanufacturing

This research lays forward a framework where supplier segmentation, supplier collaboration models, and supplier development strategies are integrated, specifically for remanufacturing. As remanufacturing is gaining popularity this pioneering research may serve as a first step towards more research for<br/>companies that are willing to drive...

The optimization of ASML's Training Center regarding efficiency and effectiveness

The objective of this project is to develop a suitable design proposal for the future context of ASML’s Training Center, substantiated by research and stakeholder input. Since training demand will increase also with the introduction of new systems, the company entails the creation of a product that will support this dynamic environment by...

Wafer Backside Surface Modification: Deposition of Hydrophobic Monolayers and Their Impact on Electrical Properties

Microchips are made from circular silicon discs called wafers and are manufactured with photolithography. A critical step of a photolithography process is when a wafer with a photoresist is placed on a wafer table (WT) and exposed to light to form patterns that build up components of an integrated circuit (IC). The dimensions of the IC are in...

Anomaly detection and diagnosis in ASML event log using attentional LSTM network

In the ASML test system, all activity events of the test are continuously recorded in event logs, and these logs are intended to help people diagnose the root cause of a failure. However, due to the large scale of the logs, manual inspection of these logs consumes lots of effort and time, and the lack of expert knowledge of engineers makes the...

Optimizing Packaging Availability for Reverse Logistics: A case study at ASML

Background: The domain of Reverse Logistics, which is lately coming more in the forefront, will serve as the focal point of this project. In the electronics industry, the importance of facilitating safe movements is constantly increasing. In order to prevent escalating the chances of damage, products have to be transported with adequate...

A Practical Application of Topology Optimization for Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics

Topology optimization is widely used within the academic environment. It is however not yet a standard design tool within the commercial industry. My research aims to shorten this gap by applying a topology optimization for an industrial design load. The design load is from a Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA) that requires active cooling in order...

Performance Improvement of Optical Algorithms on Multicore Platforms

ASML is one of the world's largest suppliers of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. ASML designs and develops machines that are used to print circuits on silicon wafers, to produce IC chips. These circuits have to be printed with accuracy of up to 2nm. For this purpose, the machines incorporate several measurement systems. The...