Art Dobie has 43 years’ experience in the industrial, technical, electronic and microelectronic screen printing industry since receiving his BS in Graphic Communications specializing in Screen Printing Technology in 1980 from California University of Pennsylvania. He is a Life Member and Fellow of the Society of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), and was the 2006 recipient of the IMAPS John A. Wagnon Technical Achievement Award for outstanding technical contributions to screen printing technology as related to microelectronics. Art was inducted into the SGIA’s Academy of Screen Printing Technology (ASPT) in 1998, and was the 2010 and 2018 recipient of the SGIA David Swormstedt, Sr. Memorial Award, recognizing the best published article or technical paper written for any aspect of the screen printing industry.
PUBLISHED TECHNICAL ARTICLES:
- 2018 IMAPS Symposium Proceedings
- 2015 Specialist Printing Magazine Q3 issue
- 2015 Specialist Printing Magazine Q4 issue
- 2012 Screen Printing Magazine Aug-Sept Issue
- 2012 "Manufacturing The Solar Future - The 2012 Production Annual” book
- 2011 SGIA Journal March-April issue
- 2008 IMAPS Symposium Proceedings
- 1988 Proceedings of the Expo SMT Conference
- 1987 Proceedings of the 25th ISHM-Nordic Conference
- 1986 Proceedings of the Midwest Electronics Exposition
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Internationally recognized expert in screen-making technology and screen-printing for industrial, technical, electronic, and microelectronic screen-printing applications
- Instructor of IMAPS' "Technology of Screen Printing" Professional Development Course at the annual IMAPS Symposium continuously from 1991 through 2015.- Recipient of the 2006 "John A. Wagnon Technical Achievement Award" from the International Microelectronics Packaging Society (IMAPS) for continued advancements in screen printing for fabrication of microelectronic circuitry.
- Fellow of the Society and Life Member of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS)
- Frequent invited presenter at monthly and quarterly IMAPS Chapter meetings 1986 through 2005
- Inducted into the SGIA's Academy of Screen Printing Technology (ASPT) in 1998
- Invited Instructor of IMAPS' annual "Technology of Screen Printing" Professional Development Course 1991 - 2015
- Invited instructor of SGIA's Professional Screen-Making Workshop 2001 - 2018.
- Recipient of the ASPT's 2010 David Swormstedt, Sr. Memorial Award, recognizing the best published technical paper or article concerning any aspect of the entire screen printing industry.
- Recipient of the ASPT's 2018 “David Swormstedt, Sr. Memorial Award”, recognizing the best published technical paper or article concerning any aspect of the entire screen printing industry.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Wire cloth and synthetic mesh screen-making and screen printing applications for:
- Solar Cell fabrication
- Thick Film / Hybrid Microelectronics
- Multilayer circuitry
- Membrane Switches
- LTCC, HTCC
- MLCC
- Resistors
- all electronics related screen-printing
- plastic tubes and bottles
- containers
- all industrial applications
- all graphic and textile printing applications