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David Locker is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and General Materials Science.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to materials and electronic systems, with a particular emphasis on Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies. Other important themes in their work include 3D IC and TSV technologies, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis, Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties, Radiation Effects in Electronics, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, and Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials.

David Locker has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in the Journal of Electronic Packaging, the 2022 21st IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (iTherm), and the 2022 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP).

Their recent papers include:

  • Evolution of Anand Parameters for Thermally Aged Sn-Ag-Cu Lead-Free Alloys at Low Operating Temperature (2022), Journal of Electronic Packaging
  • High Strain Rate Mechanical Properties of SAC-Q With Sustained Elevated Temperature Storage at 100 °C (2020), Journal of Electronic Packaging
  • Evolution of Anand Parameters With Elevated Temperature Aging for SnAgCu Lead-free Alloys (2020), Journal of Electronic Packaging
  • Low temperature interconnects in 1st level packaging and its challenges (2022), 2022 International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP)
  • High Strain Rate Materials Characterization at Low Test Temperatures for Thermally Aged SAC-Q Solder Alloys (2022), 2022 21st IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (iTherm)

Collaborations feature prominently in their work, with frequent co-authors including Pradeep Lall, Jeff Suhling, Vikas Yadav, Charles Arvin, and Sze Pei Lim.

Best Publications

  • Measuring oral health: a conceptual framework.

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  • Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire for Measuring Child Oral-health-related Quality of Life

    A. Jokovic;D. Locker;M. Stephens;D. Kenny

  • What do measures of ‘oral health-related quality of life’ measure?

    David Locker;Finbarr Allen

  • Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current evidence

    E. J. Kay;D. Locker

  • Age of Onset of Dental Anxiety

    David Locker;A Liddell;L Dempster;D Shapiro

  • Oral health status and treatment satisfaction with mandibular implant overdentures and conventional dentures: a randomized clinical trial in a senior population.

    Manal A Awad;James P Lund;Stanley H Shapiro;David Locker

  • Oral and general health‐related quality of life with conventional and implant dentures

    Guido Heydecke;David Locker;Manal A. Awad;James P. Lund;James P. Lund

  • Quality of life: a dynamic construct.

    P.J. Allison;D. Locker;J.S. Feine

  • A systematic review of the effectiveness of health promotion aimed at improving oral health.

    E Kay;D Locker

  • Deprivation and oral health: a review.

    D. Locker

  • Measuring the Effect of Intra-oral Implant Rehabilitation on Health-related Quality of Life in a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

    M.A. Awad;D. Locker;N. Korner-Bitensky;J.S. Feine

  • A modified short version of the oral health impact profile for assessing health-related quality of life in edentulous adults.

    Finbarr Allen;David Locker

  • Questionnaire for measuring oral health-related quality of life in eight- to ten-year-old children.

    Aleksandra Jokovic;D Locker;B Tompson;G Guyatt

  • Self-perceived Oral Health Status, Psychological Well-being, and Life Satisfaction in an Older Adult Population

    D. Locker;M. Clarke;B. Payne

  • Assessing the responsiveness of measures of oral health‐related quality of life

    David Locker;Aleksandra Jokovic;Martha Clarke

  • Comparison of the GOHAI and OHIP-14 as measures of the oral health-related quality of life of the elderly.

    David Locker;David Matear;Marlene Stephens;Herenia Lawrence

  • Short forms of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire for 11–14-year-old children (CPQ11–14): Development and initial evaluation

    Aleksandra Jokovic;David Locker;Gordan Guyatt

  • Variations in the Social Impact of Oral Conditions Among Older Adults in South Australia, Ontario, and North Carolina

    G.D. Slade;A.J. Spencer;D. Locker;R.J. Hunt

  • Validation of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ 11-14).

    L.A. Foster Page;W.M. Thomson;A. Jokovic;D. Locker

  • Association between clinical and subjective indicators of oral health status in an older adult population

    David Locker;Gary Slade

Frequent Co-Authors

Richie Poulton
Richie Poulton University of Otago
Gary D. Slade
Gary D. Slade University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
Nancy R. Kressin
Nancy R. Kressin Boston University
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
James D. Beck
James D. Beck University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul B. Pencharz
Paul B. Pencharz University of Toronto
Michael Glogauer
Michael Glogauer University of Toronto
Karen E. Waldie
Karen E. Waldie University of Auckland
Sheila M. Williams
Sheila M. Williams University of Otago

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