C. Glenn Shirley

Research Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
IC Design and Test Laboratory
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR  97207-0751

Office: FAB 100-01B
Mobile: (503) 799 6452
Email: cshirley@pdx.edu

ECE Profile

Dr. Shirley is a  Research Professor with the Integrated Circuit Design and Test Laboratory in the ECE department at Portland State University (Oregon).  He retired in 2007 after 23 years at Intel, and a prior 10 years at Motorola, U.S. Steel and Carnegie-Mellon University (post-doc).  At Intel Dr. Shirley worked and published on package reliability, moisture reliability of silicon, accelerated moisture test hardware (HAST), and industry standards.  He also led the development of Intel’s burn-in methodology, founded a manufacturing test technology development Q&R group, and started a Q&R statistical modeling group.  Subsequently he co-directed, as Intel’s Q&R Systems Architect, a department responsible for Intel’s quality systems.  Dr. Shirley’s current interests include yield/quality/reliability statistical modeling of manufacturing test.  Dr. Shirley holds a PhD in Physics from Arizona State University, and an MSc in Physics from the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Writings

Current Research

Copula Methods

Popcorn Cavity Pressure

Teaching

DRAM Case Study (Copula Methods), ECE 507 February 22 2013

Quality and Reliability Engineering, ECE 510 Winter 2013

Plastic Package Reliability, ECE 414/514 Spring 2011

Applied Reliability, ECE 510 Spring 2009

CPMT_CAS Workshop December 3, 2015

Semiconductor Reliability, ECE416/516 Winter 2021

Demonstrations