The San Diego Joint Chapters of IMAPS and ACerS will hold its next lunch meeting at Space Micro on Tuesday, August 24th.

Mark Marshall, Vice President of Engineering at Integra Technologies, will present, "Best Detection Methods for Counterfeit Components." In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the occurrence of counterfeit components creating needs for an efficient method to detect them.

The presentation will describe methods of detecting counterfeit parts and will use actual examples and experiences with counterfeit parts. Cost effective methods of test will be shown that can provide a reasonably high assurance of detecting counterfeit parts.

The meeting will be held at Space Micro, 10237 Flanders Court, in San Diego. Lunch catered by Boston Market will be served atnoon with the presentation to follow.

The cost is $20for IMAPS and ACerSmembers who reserve in advance. The fee for non-members is $25. It's free for students with ID.

To register, please contact Dave Virissimo at dvirissimo@sempck.com or 619-464-5430 by August 20^th.