Prof. Dimitri B. Kececioglu , Ph.D., P.E., Director

SCHEDULE THESE DATES! Prof. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, Ph.D., P.E., Director Reliability Engineering and Management Institute The University of Arizona Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Dept. November 2004 1130 N. Mountain Avenue S M T W T F S Building No. 119, P.O. Box 210119, Room N 517, 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0119 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Phone: 520-621-6120; FAX: 520-621-8191 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 E-mail: [email protected] 28 29 30 http://www.u.arizona.edu/~dimitri If you receive more than one of these announcements, please pass the extra copy on to an associate. “IF AN EXPERT PRODUCT ASSURANCE ENGINEER YOU WANT TO BECOME, TO THIS OUTSTANDING AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTE YOU NEED TO COME!” Do Not Spend Months To Learn What You Can Learn In A Few Hours In This Institute The University of Arizona PLEASE ROUTE TO: College of Engineering & Mines PRESENTS The 42nd Annual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute November 15-18, 2004 at THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL AT REID PARK 445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711, Phone: 520-881-4200 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: 1. Monday, November 15, 2004, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Mr. John D. Parr, CPL, Manager RMA/Network Performance Branch, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., “Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) Performance Analysis for the US Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN)”. 2. Monday, November 15, 2004, 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon Dr. Frank Sun, Sr. Principal Engineer and Mr. Steve Lock Sr. Manager, – Advanced Reliability Engineering, Western Digital Corporation, “A Reliability-Based Prediction Model for Customer Integration DPPM Based on the Producer’s Final Quality Audit (FQA) Results.” 3. Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 noon. Mr. Bill Wise, Senior Reliability Engineer and Dr. Raj K. Goel, RMS Technology Council Leader, Honeywell Airframe Systems, “Using Airline Component Removal Data to Measure Field Reliability.” 4. Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Mr. Mike Burkett, Engineering Associate Fellow, Safety and Reliability, Rolls-Royce Corporation, “DMTrade – A Rolls-Royce Tool for Modeling Lifetime Reliability and Maintenance Cost for a Complex Repairable System.” 5. Thursday, November 18, 2004, 8: 00 a.m. – 12:00: noon. Mr. Don Gerstle, V.P. of Quality, C&D Technologies, Inc. Power Electronics Division, “Power Supply Reliability.”

WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT ASSURANCE: THE KEY TO INDUSTRIAL SUCCESS AND WORLD-CLASS COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT; Why Reliability Means Business? Reliability Engineering Implementation Challenges and Solutions; How to Design Probabilistically More Reliable Products at Lower Life Cycle Costs; Design for Six Sigma; Risk Assessment; Reliability Growth; Reliability Prediction Techniques; The Latest Reliability and Maintainability Data Analysis Techniques and Their Unique Software; Cradle-to- Grave Approaches to Implement Reliability Engineering in Industry; Integrated Product Development from Concept to Customer; FAMECA in Action; Accelerated Testing; Burn-in Time Determination, Condition Assessment and Life Prediction Requirements; New Advancements to Minimize Tin Whisker Reliability Risks; Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability Performance Measurement; Challenges in Military Aerospace Microelectronics Reliability; The International Space Station Reliability and Maintainability. The seven (7) Keynote Speakers, Dr. Kececioglu, and six (6) additional speakers will provide in-depth coverage of all aspects of Reliability and Maintainability Engineering. Numerous applications of these methods will be presented and participants’ pertinent questions will be gladly answered.

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- 1 - DATE FIRST SESSION SECOND SESSION 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon A RELIABILITY-BASED BAYESIAN PREDICTION MODEL FOR CUSTOMER INTEGRATION DPPM BASED ON THE WELCOME AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES PRODUCER’S FINAL QUALITY AUDIT (FQA) RESULTS.

REGISTRATION 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 Dr. Frank Sun and Mr. Steve Lock WELCOME 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. MONDAY Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu – Institute Director.  Quality versus reliability: difference and correlation in real world. Dr. J. Brent Hiskey, Associate Dean for Research and Administration, NOVEMBER College of Engineering and Mines, The University of Arizona.  A review of the traditional rectifying inspection program and the outgoing Dr. John G. Williams, Associate Department Head and Professor of quality quantification. 15 Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of  Difference between quality inspection and short-term reliability life Arizona. testing, and its impact on the outgoing quality modeling. KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY, AND SALONS AVAILABILITY (RMA) PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR THE US AIR FORCE SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (AFSCN)  FQA as a tool of sampling screen and outgoing quality control for BONSAI & Mr. John D. Parr, CPL 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. customer shipment and its correlation to customer system integration . BOOJUM  AFSCN Overview.  FQA-based outgoing quality level as an indicator of customer integration quality Defective Parts Per Million (DPPM) – a Conditional Reliability  AFSCN RMA Working Group activities and metrics standardization Model  .  .

 AFSCN failure data sources, problems, and plans for improvement  .  Updating product inherent FQA DPPM by lot using Bayesian approach  AFSCN RMA metrics analysis and reporting. .  New developments vs. legacy systems, opportunities and challenges.  The Way Ahead – RMA performance prediction and condition-based  Applications and conclusions  . 

maintenance . USING AIRLINE COMPONENT REMOVAL DATA THE RELIABILITY OF CONSTANT FAILURE RATE, TO MEASURE FIELD RELIABILITY EXPONENTIAL, UNITS TUESDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 NOVEMBER Mr. Bill Wise and Dr. Raj K. Goel Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu

16  Database that exist as related to airline component removals and flight  The Reliability of exponential or constant failure rate units. hours. SALONS  The database for Aircraft Analysis Systems(ACAS).  The exponential failure rate quantification by calculation and also by  The Mean Time Between Removals (MTBR) quantification. probability plotting.  Real examples using special software to determine the MTBF and the BONSAI & life-cycle cost.  The Reliability characteristics of constant failure rate units. BOOJUM  Validation and improvement of the life cycle cost of products by  The quantification of the mean time between failures (MTBF) of early detection of marginal components and improving their reliability constant failure rate units. to gain customer satisfaction. “DMTrade” – A ROLLS-ROYCE TOOL FOR MODELING LIFETIME RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE COST FOR A RELIABILITY GROWTH TECHNIQUES WEDNESDAY COMPLEX REPAIRABLE SYSTEM KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4 Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu NOVEMBER Mr. Mike Burkett 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.  Use of the Monte Carlo method to simulate a product through its  Why Reliability Growth? 17 lifetime of failures, repairs, and scheduled maintenances.  For a given product design and maintenance strategy, the  The Gompertz model. SALON simulation predicts: When will the product fail? What is the failure mode? What repairs are needed? What proactive repairs  The Modified Gompertz model. are performed? The cost of repairs. COTTON-  Identify design improvement opportunities with highest benefit on  The Lloyd-Lipow model. system level reliability and/or lifetime maintenance cost. WOOD  Determine the optimum balance of reactive, opportunistic, and  The Failure Discounting Growth model. proactive maintenance. APPLICATIONS OF THE BINOMIAL AND POISSON  The Weibull non-homogeneous Poisson process failure rate improvement (AMSAA) growth models. DISTRIBUTIONS IN RELIABILITY ENGINEERING Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 9:05 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  Numerous applications.

 The binomial distribution and its uses in the determination of the Reliability of one-shot units, of units operating for a prescribed period, and of systems where out of n units at least m < n are required to operate for system success.  The Poisson distribution and its uses in the determination of equipment Reliability with spares, and in spares provisioning at a desired assurance level. POWER SUPPLY RELIABILITY

- 2 - THURSDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 5 Mr. Don Gerstle NOVEMBER  Overview C&D Technologies, the Quality System and the link to Reliablity. 18  Reliability definition and four ways to calculate MTBF. SALON  Design / manufacturing for high Reliability.  Critical design / component / process considerations. COTTON-  Critical test considerations: verification, validation, qualification, on-going reliability life, and burn-in.. WOOD  Future Reliability trends.  Numerous charts, graphs, and pictures to support and clarify key points made.  Additional considerations.

THIRD SESSION FOURTH SESSION DATE 1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PLASTIC BALL-GRID-ARRAYS (PBGA): ARE THEY READY RELIASOFT’S RELIABILITY ENGINEERING SOFTWARE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY HARSH AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS APPLICATIONS Mr. David J. Groebel 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. . Mr. Kevin Prodromides 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. . Three ReliaSoft’s Software packages designed for  Understanding the risk of using plastic BGA technology in products Reliability Engineers and Managers by the RELIASOFT Corp.: that are subjected to harsh environments including temperature, vibration and their combination.  Weibull++ 6.0 for “Life Data Analysis”.  Use of DOE for BGA Solder ball interfaces to assess the risk.  ALTA for “Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing”.  Three design parameters identified as being important going forward  BlockSim for “Complex System Reliability, Maintainability and with PBGA usage in aerospace environments; namely, underfilling BGAs, MONDAY Availability Analyses”. pad type, and conformal coating process.  Two environments are used for testing: temperature cycling and vibration. NOVEMBER  Concluding remarks and the results of the study. 15 RELIABILITY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS, AND EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM SALONS AND BENEFITS RELIABILITY PREDICTION Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 2:05 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. BONSAI & . Reasons for Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance: Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 4:05 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Delivering reliable, easy to maintain, high quality and safe to operate BOOJUM products on schedule, at globally competitive prices.  Forty-five (45) applications of and benefits from Reliability . The minimum life-cycle cost Reliability goal that should be Engineering. designed-in. . The five very important Reliability Engineering concepts: (1) Times-  System Effectiveness qualification and its benefits. to- failure distribution; (2) Reliability; (3) Conditional Reliability; (4) Failure  Thirty-eight eight (38) ways to reduce the life-cycle cost of equipment rate; and (5) Mean Life. while increasing their Reliability, Maintainability and Availability. . All about distributions of times to failure and their Reliability Engineering applications. . Case histories of major benefits resulting from the implementation of an Integrated Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance Program. RELIABILITY OF NON-CONSTANT FAILURE RATE GIDEP: A TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TOOL WEIBULLIAN UNITS

Larry Nelson 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. . The GIDEP is a technology management tool for almost every facet TUESDAY of engineering and technical information sharing.  The Weibull distribution and its Reliability Engineering applications. . Provides access to all documents dealing with failure analysis,  Quantification of the Weibull distribution of units that fail with multiple failure rate predictions, mean repair time and replacement rate data. failure modes. NOVEMBER . Ways to join GIDEP and access its extensive data bank.  The “composite” distribution of the “bath-tub” curve. 16 . The benefits from the availability of information through GIDEP.  Quantification of the burn-in time. . Data in GIDEP cover reliability methodology, statistics and . Probability plotting method of determining the Weibull distribution’s predictions. parameters. SALONS UNIQUE METHODS OF EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY BONSAI & QUANTIFICATION RELIABILITY OF MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT BOOJUM Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu 4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Early, chance, and wear-out Reliability.  The quantification of the Reliability of maintained equipment.  Reliability of units with multiple failure modes.  The Markov approach to quantify the Reliability of maintained equipment.  Five bathtub curve models and their quantification.  The Reliability of maintained equipment functioning reliabilitywise in series, parallel and standby.  Illustrated examples. WEDNESDAY HOW TO DESIGN A DESIRED RELIABILITY INTO FAILURE MODES, EFFECTS, AND CRITICALITY ANALYSIS NOVEMBER EQUIPMENT (FAMECA) 17 Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu SALON  Target Reliability determination. Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu COTTON-  Reliability analysis of an accessory power unit system.  A comprehensive FAMECA case history. WOOD  Reliability analysis of a rocket-borne photo flash unit.  Identification of failure modes and effects.  Three-valued Reliability prediction of a product.  Detailed criticality analysis.  Methods of improving equipment Reliability if the goals are not met.  Development of the criticality ranking.

- 3 - PROCESS RELIABILITY AND CYCLE-TIME NEW ADVANCEMENTS TO MINIMIZE TIN WHISKER THURSDAY IMPROVEMENTS USING LEAN6SIGMA TOOLS RELIABILITY RISKS NOVEMBER Mr. Bulent Sener 18 Messrs. Jeff L. Thomas and Bill P. Rollins SALON  Transactional process Reliability model. COTTON-  Applicable “Lean Thinking” toolset.  What are tin whiskers?  Integration of Reliability and Lean events.  When are tin whiskers a risk to a product? WOOD  Effective transactional Reliability optimization approach.  Tin whisker mitigation techniques.  Standardized tasks for achieving 100% process Reliability.  Industry response.  Web based training and communications. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 2004 ENROLLMENT & REGISTRATION RECEPTION Enrollment will be accomplished via the Enrollment Form on page 5. Registration will take SALONS CACTUS/ROSE PATIO/ CACTUS ROSE NORTH place at the Salons Bonsai & Boojum of the Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park at 445 S. Alveron 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Way, Tucson, Arizona, 85711 on Monday, November 15, 2004, from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. THE DOBULETREE HOTEL AT REID PARK Name tags, Dr. Kececioglu’s two-volume Reliability Engineering Handbook, and the Institute’s Proceedings will be given during registration, Extra copies of the Institute’s HOSTED BY ALL INSTITUTE SPONSORS: brochure, information about Tucson and its environs, The University of Arizona, restaurants, PRIME SUPPORTERS CO-SPONSORS sightseeing, and aid to participants and their spouses/guests will be available at the tables in Salons Bonsai & Boojum .

HONEYWELL GE OEC MEDICAL SYSTEMS Please leave word that you may be reached at the Doubletree Hotel by calling (520) 881- AIRFRAME SYSTEMS 4200, and asking for Dr. Kececioglu’s Reliability Institute during the Institute sessions, or by RELIASOFT leaving a message with the operator. HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ROLLS-ROYCE The University of Arizona reserves the right to cancel this Institute. In the event of cancellation all registration fees will be refunded in full. The University of Arizona cannot be WESTERN DIGITAL RAYTHEON held responsible for other costs incurred other than the registration fee.

VIDEOTAPES AND LECTURE NOTES Videotaped minicourses and comprehensive lecture notes are available at cost on IMPORTANT NOTICE the following subjects: Please help us by having all attendees – paying or complimentary – complete the enrollment form and return it to us so that we may have nametags, books and proceedings 1. Applied Reliability Engineering in Action. ready at registration for everyone. 2. Applied Burn-in Testing. 3. Applied Environmental Stress Screening. FEES 4. Modern Engineering Design by Reliability and Mechanical Reliability. The Institute fee of $1,450 includes all lectures, Dr. Kececioglu’s two-volume “RELIABILITY 5. Applied Maintainability Engineering & Preventive Maintenance Scheduling. ENGINEERING HANDBOOK,” comprehensive proceedings, a certificate of completion, 6. Applied Accelerated Reliability & Life Testing. complimentary continental breakfast and luncheons Monday through Thursday, and 7. Sample Size & Test Time Efficient Suspended Items & Sudden Death refreshments throughout this Institute, but not the software packages which are to be paid Testing, & Field Data Analysis Techniques for Reliability Determination. for separately. See the Enrollment Form for modes of payment. For those who do not want 8. Complex Equipment & System Reliability Prediction & Resulting Design the two-volume handbook, the Institute Fee is $1,285. Extra copies of the proceedings will Improvements. be available at a cost of $50.00 each after the Institute. 9. Applied Reliability & MTBF Growth Testing Techniques. 10. The Weibull Distribution & Its Reliability & Maintainability Engineering Fees must be paid in full by November 15, 2004, or indication made that fees will be paid by Applications. government, or other contract. Credit Cards are not accepted. 11. Reliability & Maintainability Engineering in Action. 12. Reliability & Quality Analysis. Refund requests cannot be honored after November 8, 2004; however, substitute enrollees For Dr. Kececioglu’s books, please see page 5. will be honored. For detailed contents, costs and sources of the above items, please write GROUP RATES to: If 3 or 4 members of the same organization, attend the Institute, a 10% enrollment fee Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu discount will be given, which goes up to 15% for 5 to 9 members, and 20% for 10 or more. 7340 N. La Oesta Avenue Tucson, AZ 85704-3119 Or call: 520-621-6120; or FAX: 520-621-8191; or E-mail: [email protected] INSTITUTE LOCATION AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA All Institute meetings will be held in the very comfortable and very attractive Doubletree Hotel at the Reid Park, phone: 520-881-4200. The Doubletree Hotel is holding a block of The University was founded in 1885 and given to Tucson to appease the townfolks' rooms at a special rate of $111.38 all inclusive, single or double occupancy, for attendees of anger for having been bypassed as the site for the territorial capital. Today Tucson this Institute. Reservations must be made by October 22, 2004 in order to guarantee this takes boastful pride in being the home of The University of Arizona and its over rate. Be sure to mention that you are attending THE 42nd RELIABILITY INSTITUTE of Dr. 500-acre campus. The University opened in 1891 with but one building on the Kececioglu when you reserve a room. campus, Old Main, which still stands in the center of the pear-shaped drive at the University Mall. At that time there were 3 colleges with an enrollment of 31 students. TRANSPORTATION Today there are over 119 beautiful buildings and 11 colleges with an enrollment of about 35,000. On campus, and free to the public, are The University The Doubletree Hotel provides a free shuttle service between the airport and the hotel. Take of Arizona Museum of Art. The Arizona State Museum at the main gate at Park advantage of it. Call the Doubletree Hotel at 881-4200 to get the shuttle service. Ave., Center for Creative Photography, for information call 621-7968. The Mineral Museum in the Flandrau Planetarium & Science Center. Pharmacy Museum in the Pharmacy-Microbiology Building, Room 123. Call 621-7827 for performances at the CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION Planetarium. For Main Campus information call 520-621-2211. A certificate of completion with 2.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) will be given to each Institute enrollee upon request. ABOUT TUCSON INSTITUTE GOALS AND BENEFITS By the conclusion of this Institute the enrollees will have a very good understanding of November is a beautiful month in Tucson, Arizona. The skies are sunny daily. Day Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance, and how to determine the reliability of temperatures range between 58º and 89º F with humidity under 40 percent. The equipment; will acquire the ability to apply the principles involved to all types of components elevation is 2,400 feet and very picturesque mountains surround this lovely city. and equipment from design to customer service; plan burn-in, growth, and life testing; Tucson, with a metropolitan population of about 900,000 has kept the charming improve the reliability of equipment; and how to effectively manage all of these efforts. This touches of a Western city. You will be delighted with the pleasant surprises that Institute will help attendees pass the ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Examination. await you in Tucson. Casual attire is recommended while attending the Institute. Bring your swimsuit along! WHO SHOULD ATTEND AND TECHNICAL LEVEL EXTENDED UNIVERSITY The Institute is designed for engineers of all ranks, including reliability engineers and managers, product assurance engineers and managers, test engineers and managers, The University of Arizona has a unique program which provides videotapes of quality control engineers and managers; manufacturing, sales and service engineers and managers; staff engineers; design engineers; all other engineers; statisticians, government - 4 - Reliability Engineering, Maintainability Engineering and Reliability & Life Testing and industry representatives. Knowledge of statistics, probability and undergraduate college videotape sets which cover these topics. They may be rented or purchased. mathematics is desirable to benefit fully from this Institute, but it is not required. Please contact the following for details and costs:

Pam Shack 520-626-4573 FAX: 520-626-1102 TECHNICAL INFORMATION E-mail: [email protected] For information about specific coverage of technical subjects at this Institute, please call Dr. Kececioglu at 520-621-6120, or FAX at 520-621-8191, or E-mail at [email protected] Fae Abshire 520-626-2079 FAX: 520-626-1102 E-mail: [email protected] Marsha Ham 520-626-2071 FAX: 520-626-1102 SPOUSE/GUEST PROGRAM E-mail: [email protected] Depending upon interest, tours and shopping trips of Tucson and its environs may be arranged for at the registration desk Monday morning after 9:00 a.m. www.eu.arizona.edu/dist./ THE 31ST ANNUAL RELIABILITY TESTING INSTITUTE DR. KECECIOGLU’S BOOKS This Institute is scheduled for May 9-12, 2005, in Tucson, Arizona, and will cover  Reliability Engineering Handbook, Vol. 1, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 detailed reliability testing concepts and special small-sample-size and short-test-duration Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2002, 720 pp., $79.50. tests. It will be held at the Doubletree Hotel. The enrollment fee is $1,450. For details please contact Dr. Kececioglu at the address, phones, FAX and E-mail and Website  Reliability Engineering Handbook, Vol. 2, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 addresses at the top left corner of the front page of this brochure. Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2002, 576 pp., $79.50.

 Reliability & Life Testing Handbook, Vol. 1, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 The 43RD Annual Reliability Engineering and Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2002, 944 pp., $89.50. Management Institute

 Reliability & Life Testing Handbook Vol. 2, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2002, 600 pp. $89.50. This institute is scheduled for November 14-17, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona, and will cover everything about  Maintainability, Availability and Operational Readiness Engineering, Vol 1, “Reliability Engineering and Its Management.” DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2003, 816 pp., $69.50. The enrollment fee is $1,500. For details, please contact:  Environmental Stress Screening - Its Quantification, Optimization and Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, P. E. Phone: 520-621-6120 Management, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA Professor of Aerospace and FAX: 520-621-8191 17601-4359, 2003, 544 pp., $89.50. Mechanical Engineering E-mail: [email protected]  Burn-In Testing – Its Quantification and Optimization, 2003, 650 pp., $89.50. The University of Arizona www.u.arizona.edu/~dimitri  Robust Engineering Design-by-Reliability, DEStech Publications, Inc., 1148 1130 N. Mountain Ave. Elizabeth Ave. # 2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 2003, 688 pp, $95.00. Bldg. 119, Room N 517, P.O. Box 210119, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0119

ENROLLMENT FORM THE 42nd ANNUAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (REMI) November 15-18, 2004 THE DOUBLETREE Hotel, 445 S. ALVERNON WAY, Tucson, AZ 85711 Phone: 520-811-4200 4 Easy ways to register! BY PHONE: Call 520-621-6120, from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. BY FAX: Fax this form to 520-621-8191. BY MAIL: Send this form with your payment check to Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, at the address given at the bottom of this page. BY E-MAIL: [email protected] EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED AS SPACE IS LIMITED I hereby apply for enrollment in The 42ndAnnual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute.

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Head of Aerospace and Mechanical JOHN A. HANSEN, Reliability Engineering INSTITUTE DIRECTOR Engineering Department of The University of Manager, GE-OEC Medical Systems, Inc., 861 Arizona, gave Dr. Kececioglu a special plaque West 1800 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. DR. DIMITRI B. KECECIOGLU, P.E. stating “CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION is Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, Professor, Aerospace hereby presented to DR. DIMITRI B. MR. STEVE LOCK, See under Keynote speakers. and Mechanical Engineering Department, and KECECIOGLU, P.E., Institute Director, The 40th Professor-In-Charge, Reliability Engineering Option Annual Reliability Engineering and MR. JOHN D. PARR, CPL, See under Keynote in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Management Institute for advancing Reliability speakers. Department, The University of Arizona, 1130 N. Engineering and Product Assurance excellence Mountain Avenue, Building No. 119, P.O. Box through commitment to research.” MR. STU ROTH, Director of Engineering for 210119, Room N 517, Tucson, Arizona 85721- Missiles, Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Defense 0119. WELCOME ADDRESSES Systems Segment, P.O. Box 11337, Bldg. 807/A7, Tucson, AZ 85734-1337. Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, P. E. is Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The DR. J. BRENT HISKEY, Associate Dean for MR. PANTELIS VASSILIOU, President & CEO, University of Arizona, is a Fulbright scholar and Research & Administration, College of ReliaSoft Corporation, ReliaSoft Plaza, Suite 103, Professor-in-Charge of a unique 10-course Engineering & Mines, The University of Arizona, 115 South Sherwood Village Drive, Tucson, AZ Reliability Engineering program leading to the Civil Engineering Building, R 100, P. O. Box 85710. Master of Science degree in the Reliability 210072, Tucson, AZ 85721-0072. Engineering option. He is the Director of the Annual SPEAKERS Reliability Engineering and Management Institute, DR. JOHN G. WILLIAMS, Associate and the Director of the Annual Reliability Testing Department Head and Professor, Aerospace MR. MIKE BURKETT, See under Keynote Institute, and an internationally renowned Reliability and Mechanical Engineering Dept., The speakers. and Maintainability Engineering consultant. He has University of Arizona, 1130 N. Mountain Ave. conducted more than 403 seminars, Institutes and Bldg. 119, P. O. Box 210119, Tucson, AZ MR. DON GERSTLE, See under Keynote short courses in the United States and abroad in 85721-0119. speakers. reliability engineering, mechanical reliability, reliability testing, reliability data analysis, reliability KEYNOTE SPEAKERS DR. RAJ K. GOEL, See under Keynote speakers. in design, burn-in testing, environmental stress screening, and maintainability engineering. MR. MIKE BURKETT, Engineering Associate MR. DAVID J. GROEBEL, Sr. Product Professor Kececioglu has consulted for over 100 Fellow, Safety and Reliability, Rolls-Royce Development Engineer, ReliaSoft Corp., ReliaSoft companies and government organizations Corp., P. O. Box, 420, Speed Code T24, Plaza, 115 S. Sherwood Village Dr., Tucson, AZ internationally. He has written more than 152 Indianapolis, IN 46206. 85710. papers and articles and has contributed to 14 books on reliability and maintainability engineering, MR. DON GERSTLE, VP of Quality, C&D DR. DIMITRI B. KECECIOGLU, See under the and testing. He has trained over 12,000 engineers Technologies, Inc., Power Electronics Division, Institute Director. from industries, government, and universities in 3400 E. Britannia Drive, Suite 122, Tucson, AZ Reliability, Maintainability and Testing worldwide. 85706. MR. STEVE LOCK, See under Keynote speakers. Dr. Kececioglu is a Fellow of SAE and ASQ, and

the recipient of over 95 awards for his outstanding DR. RAJ K. GOEL, RMS Technology LARRY NELSON, Reliability and Maintainability teaching expertise. He is considered to be the Council Leader, Honeywell Airframe Systems, Manager, GIDEP Operations Center, P. O. Box Deming of Reliability Engineering and Product 2525 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504- 8000, Corona, CA 92878-8000. Assurance. He was given the "Distinguished 6099. Probabilistic Methods Educator Award" of the MR. JOHN D. PARR, CPL, See under Keynote Society of Automotive Engineers for having MR. STEVE LOCK, Sr. Manager, Advanced Speakers. "Demonstrated Excellence in Teaching Reliability Engineering, Western Digital Corp., Probabilistic Methods in Engineering Design-by- 5863 Rue Ferrari, San Jose, CA 95138. MR. KEVIN PRODROMIDES, Principal Engineer, Reliability, Reliability and Maintainability Honeywell Engine Systems and Accessories, Engineering and Life Testing for Reliability", on MR. JOHN D. PARR, CPL, Manager 11100 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85737. October 1997. He was also presented two RMA/Network Performance Branch, Systems Certificates for outstanding service to The Engineering Division, Satellite Control Network MR. WILLIAM P. ROLLINS, Principal Engineer University of Arizona" as a "Faculty Mentor" and a Contract, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., with Honors – Reliability Engineering, Raytheon "Graduate Advisor" by The University of Arizona 1110 Bayfield Dr., Colorado Springs, CO Missile Systems, P. O. Box 11337, Bldg. 801, M/S Graduate and Professional Student Council in 80906. F24, Tucson, AZ 85734-1337. 1999. On May 16, 2002 he was presented a special Certificate by the President of SAE for over DR. FENG-BIN (FRANK) SUN, Sr. Principal MR. BULENT SENER, Master Black Belt, CRE, 25 years of exemplary service to and membership Engineer, Advanced Reliability Engineering, Director, Continuous Improvement, Goodrich in SAE. On April 16, 2003 Dr. Kececioglu was Western Digital Corp., 5863 Rue Ferrari, San Corporation, Optical & Space Systems: Electro- honored by The University of Arizona’s President Jose, CA 95138. Optical Systems, 100 Wooster Heights Rd., Peter Likins and George H. Davis, Senior Vice Danbury, CT 06810. President, Academic Affairs and Provost, at an MR. BILL WISE, Senior Reliability Engineer, Awards luncheon for his 40 years of service to The Honeywell Airframe Systems, 2525 West 190th DR. FRANK SUN, See under Keynote Speakers. University of Arizona as an outstanding professor, Street, Torrance, CA 90504-6099. initiating, developing and directing the world MR. JEFFREY L. THOMAS, Department Manager renowned Reliability Engineering Graduate ASSOCIATE INSTITUTE DIRECTORS of Variability, Reliability, Maintainability & System Program special coursework and research, and Safety, Raytheon Missile Systems, P. O. Box was given a special, very valuable clock imprinted MR. MIKE BURKETT, See under Keynote 11337, Bldg. 805, M/S C-3, Tucson, AZ 85734- with “ THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.” On May 2, speakers 1337. 2003, on the occasion of THE 40TH ANNUAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND DR. RAJ K. GOEL, See under Keynote MR. BILL WISE, See under Keynote speakers. MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Dr. John McGrath, speakers.

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