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WELCOMEThe ASQ Reliability Division is the largest group in the world promoting reliability training and education. This newsletter covers professional development opportunities plus division activities information and news.
The Reliability Calendar
Find a wide array of seminars, conferences, classes, webinars and more for your professional development from as many sources around the world as we can find. Visit www.reliabilitycalendar.com
ASQ RD LinkedIn Group
There is a ASQ RD Group within LinkedIn. Another forum to network, stay in touch and engage in professional discussions with your peers. Click here to link in.
ASQ RD webinars
Recorded webinars on topics relevant to reliability engineers delivered by subject matter experts. Visit http://asq.org/reliability/quality-information/webinars-reliability.html
Dear Friends,
Membership continues to grow (year over year), retention is near the top among all divisions, and we're starting more and more programs and services for you, the membership. Hopefully, we are meeting your professional needs.
In the vain, we are setting up Linkedin groups to listen. Let us know what you want, what you need and what is working for you. There are now three new subgroups to the ASQ Reliability Division group. CRE Preparation to help get you ready for the exam; The Reliability Calendar to know about upcoming events; and Tech Briefs to engage with the short article technical journal.
Chair’s Note
Division Activities
NewsletterJuly 2011 Volume 2, Issue 4
Fred Schenkelberg Chair, Reliability Division of ASQ (408) 710-8248 [email protected]
In this edition
Divisionʼs Budget Update " Page 2 " " "Reliability Membership is growing" " " Page 3
ASQ Certification" " Page 4
Challenge your mind - RD Book Review, Puzzle" " Page 6
Call for Articles" " Page 7
Publishing opportunities in Quality Engineering" " " Page 8
Visit the Reliability Store " Page 9
RD Organization Chart" Page 12
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For more information on volunteering opportunities, please see Page 7. If interested, please contact Fred Schenkelberg ([email protected])
Reliability Division Webinar series
Reliability division has been offering free Webinars featuring leading international practitioners, academics, and consultants. Enhance your reliability knowledge. For more information, click here: http://reliabilitycalendar.org/The_Reliability_Calendar/Webinars.html
The Division has closed out the 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 fiscal year in a strong financial position. Our assets include $59,600 in our checking account, 30,200 in our money market account, and 38,800 in our investment account for a total of $128,600. ASQ will be moving to a calendar year fiscal year beginning on 1 January 2012. As a result we have developed a six month budget for the 1 July to 31 December 2011 period. Our next report will be against that new six month budget.
Update provided by RD Treasurer Alfred Stevens.
Division Budget Update
Want to earn RUs toward recertification?
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ActualsACCOUNT DESCRIPTION Budget 6/30 REVENUE
4000 Dues $20,000 $20,2004100 Retail Sales $250 $1,462 4200 Adver8sing $7,500 $4,873 4300 Conference $5,500 $11,2574870 Investments $1,000 $668 4990 Other $0 0
TOTAL REVENUE $34,250 $38,460 EXPENSES
5100 Prin8ng & Produc8on $5,000 $9,8525280 Promo8onal Giveaways $500 $100 5675 Equipment Rentals $0 $0 5400 Postage & Shipping $1,000 $1,650 5500 Contract & Professional $1,000 0 5573 Adver8sing $150 $6435800 Mee8ngs & Banquets $6,000 $2,762 5900 Travel $14,750 $19,157 6000 Supplies $500 $235 6100 Telephone/Webinar $500 $5,145 6200 Partner Payment $3,500 $3,500 6310 Awards & GiUs $1,250 $0 6328 Dona8ons/Scholarships $0 $0 6390 Other $100 $20
TOTAL EXPENSES $34,250 $43,064 Surplus (Deficit) 0 ($4,604)
Membership update
Andre Kleyner is the Vice Chair, Measures and Reporting.
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So far in 2011 the reliability division enjoys continuous membership growth compared to 2010. Figure 1 shows the monthly RD membership comparison chart between 2010 and 2011. It is showing that the monthly pattern of 2010 is somewhat repeated in 2011 with the temporary membership drop during the summer months. On average the membership is up 3.8% compared to 2010.
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Get your leadership and professional achievements recognized by ASQ. Be a senior member and get rewarded with enhanced benefit selections. Learn more here.
Figure 1: 2010 to 2011 monthly RD membership comparison chart
ASQ RD Membership Comparison between 2010 and 2011
2010 2011 DifferenceJanuary 2,471 2,560 +3.6%February 2,453 2,568 +4.7%March 2,497 2,614 +4.7%April 2,521 2,634 +4.5%May 2,527 2,617 +3.6%June 2,523 2,568 +1.8%July 2,331 August 2,427 September 2,430 October 2,448 November 2,485 December 2,522
Average 2,469.6 2,593.5 +3.8%
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Are you considering an ASQ certification ?
When is the next certification exam?
The next exam date for CRE is October 1, 2011; the application deadline for this exam date is August 12, 2011. Contact your local ASQ section for site information.
Please see http://asq.org/certification/dates.html for detailed schedule of exams.
Current CRE Statistics
As of October 2010 the number of individuals holding CRE certification was 4,605.
Volunteer Opportunities for CRE Exam Review
Are you currently certified? Would you like to participate in a workshop to help prepare the CRE exam? If so, please consider volunteering to participate in the next exam review workshop that will be held in Milwaukee on November 18th and 19th, 2011.
Requirements: Must have CRE certification and be a current ASQ member Dates: November 18th and 19th, 2011 Location: ASQ headquarters, Milwaukee, WIActivity: Assist a team in preparing the upcoming CRE exam and receive 2 RUs towards recertification. Some pre-work is required and participants must sign a nondisclosure agreement which limits CRE exam preparation training for a period of two years. ASQ refunds expenses. Workshops are twice a year, so if interested in a future workshop please respond as well. If interested in this workshop or a future workshop please email: [email protected]. Formal invitations for the November workshop will be sent in mid-September.
Get serious. Get recognized. Get Certified!
CRE Preparation
A new sub-group on Linkedin to support your preparation efforts.
http://www.linkedin.com/e/-mpj7v-gq02879n-58/vgh/3997992/
USA
Region 1 Mohammed [email protected]
Region 2 David Auda [email protected]
Region 5 Ronia Char [email protected] Aron Brall [email protected]
Region 6 Fred Schenkelberg [email protected]
Region 10 Guangbin [email protected]
Region 11 Jason Overstreet [email protected]
Region 12 Dan Burrows [email protected] Jim McLinn [email protected]
Region 13 Mitchell [email protected]
Region 15 Alfred Stevens [email protected]
Regional Councilors
Quote “Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.” Harold S. Geneen
Division Activities
Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd edition
Authors: Hiromitsu Kumamoto Ernest J. Henley
Balancing technical risk in the context of societal risk and management priorities requires a thorough understanding of risk concepts, factors and analysis methods. Remembering techniques and analytical methods across a broad range of engineering disciplines can be a challenge for even the most experienced engineers, therefore this book is a handy reference. This book provides good coverage of:
* Probabilistic nature of risk* Qualitative and quantitative risk assessments* System decomposition* Legal and regulatory risks
If you need to conduct a PRA in a complex environment with competing managerial expectations, then this book may prove to be a handy reference and worthy of adding to your technical library. It is in mine.
RR Bookshelf
Puzzle corner You are given three crates of fruit, completely packaged so that you cannot see
inside. You have been told that one has only apples, one has only oranges and
one has a mix of apples and oranges. The crates have labels. One reads
“Apples”, one reads “Oranges”, and one reads “Apples and Oranges”. But
unfortunately, all the labels are wrong. You are allowed to take out and look
only one fruit from just one crate. How will you be able to figure out which label
correctly goes on which crate?
Got an answer? Need a hint? Confused? Email to Maheendra Kasmalkar at [email protected]
Paperback: 480pages
Reviewed by: Peter Stuart
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English Webinars
GD&T and Reliability by Don DayAug 11th, noon - 1pm EDTMore information and to register
Understanding and making better use of Availability by Jorge Luis Romeu, Sept 8th, noon - 1pm EDTMore information and to register
Chinese Webinars
GD&T and Reliability by Don DayAug 10th, 11am - noon Beijing time (8 -9pm, US PDT)More information and to register
Conferences
International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) in Vancouver, BC Aug 4-6, 2011http://www.issatconferences.org/index.html
ASQ is co-sponsoring the Workshop on Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) in San Francisco, CA, Sept 28 - 30, 2011http://www.ieee-astr.org/
Fall Technical Conference (FTC) in Kansas City, KS Oct 13 and 14, 2011http://216.171.160.55/ftc.htm
Reliability short courses
Plastic Package Reliability by Glenn Shirley, webinars Aug 2, 3 & 4th, one hour each, 11am - noon EDTMore information and to register
Professional Development Opportunities around the world
Events
Call for Articles
Articles are solicited for inclusion in the ASQ Reliability Division Tech Briefs series, published online. ASQ members are strongly encouraged to submit quality abstracts for potential inclusion.
The theme of the next series of Tech Briefs is “Reliability and Systems Engineering: Back to Basics”. Articles should be aimed at a wide audience in the private and government sectors. Articles should be kept to 3-4 pages and present best practices, case studies and/or useful methods that support the theme.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
-‐ Design for reliability-‐ Design of experiments for reliability-‐ Warranty analysis-‐ Failure Analysis & Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)-‐ Data Collection, Analysis and Corrective Action Systems
(DCACAS)-‐ Design Reviews-‐ Sub/vendor control-‐ Parts control-‐ Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis-‐ Reliability Testing (including TAFT and Qualification testing)-‐ Reliability Predictions-‐ Reliability Analysis Techniques including thermal analysis-‐ Accelerated testing
Articles discussing software reliability, reliability prediction for optical and nano components are also highly desired.
Abstracts should be limited to 300-400 words and clearly identify the chosen topic and provide insight into the article purpose and scope. The author will be notified 15 days after abstract submission. If an abstract is selected, its author should submit the full article for review in 45 days.
For further information, or to submit an abstract please contact Marc Banghart at [email protected].
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Reliability short courses
What the Quality Engineer needs to know about Vibration Testing by Wayne Tustin, webinars Sept 6, 7 and 8, one hour each, 11am - noon EDTMore information and to register
Reliability Training Material
Slides from Quanterion Solutions Inc Lunchtime Learning series. Topics include Reliability distributions, Weibull analysis, FMEA, DOE.
Slides available at
http://quanterion.com/Training/LunchtimeLearning/index.asp
The ASQ Reliability Discussion Board continues to address member questions and provides a great way to network and discuss a wide range of reliability topics.
Visit http://www.asq.org/discussionBoards/forum.jspa?forumID=32 to join the discussion.
Events
Discussions
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Quality Engineering - Call for Papers
Quality Engineering is a technical journal of ASQ published by Taylor & Francis. It is directed to professionals in all engineering and management fields interested in quality improvement and reliability.
Quality Engineering is published January, April, July, and October.Beginning in 2011, the ASQ Reliability Division will administer a $1000 annual award for the best Reliability focused paper published in Quality Engineering. Published papers will be evaluated for the four issues of the calendar year and the winner will be notified in January of the following year. The first award will be granted in January, 2012.
Note – to be eligible for the award, at least one of the authors for a paper must be a member of the ASQ Reliability Division when their paper is published.
$1000 Annual Award for Best Reliability Paper
For more information: [email protected]
To submit papers for publication: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lqen
Want to advertise in RD newsletter ?
Want to reach the entire Reliability Division community in US and across the globe? Reliability Division newsletter is now accepting advertisements at very reasonable rates. For more information contact Maheendra Kasmalkar ([email protected]) to get more information on advertising space and rates.
Regional Councilors
International
China: [email protected]
UK: Sibson Dalgo [email protected]
India: Anand [email protected]
Brazil: João Luiz Mapel Junior [email protected]
Qatar: Gehadeldin [email protected]
Venezuela: Ernesto [email protected]
Canada - Alberta: Sumit [email protected]
Shipping & Handling: $7.00 first copy, $3.00 each additional copy within U.S.Request quote outside U.S.
Payment by Credit Card or PayPal in US Dollars. Send orders to James McLinn at [email protected]. You will be sent an invoice via PayPal and upon payment your order will be sent to you. You do not need a PayPal account.
Division Store
Mechanical Design Reliability - by James A. McLinn, CRE & Fellow, ASQ
Mechanical design reliability has been a sparsely covered topic. This monograph is instructive to practical engineers desiring to understand and test materials and mechanical systems. It first addresses the concepts of stress, strain, tension, shear and material fatigue. The elastic limits and plastic deformation is modeled as well as creep situations. Accelerated life, Miner’s rule and non-normal material strength and variable load distributions are modeled and illustrated in the 80 pages. Available at $25.00 each, plus postage.
Practical Weibull Analysis - 5th edition by James A. McLinn, CRE & Fellow, ASQThis monograph presents practical discussion and examples of essential Weibull topics. Most textbooks on this subject require extensive statistical background. This book was designed to be direct and to the point. In 75 pages it leads the reader quickly through the principles of Weibull. The useful examples and Weibull graphs illustrate applications such as confidence calculations, non-straight lines, optimum replacement costs, maintainability, and analysis of accelerated life tests and multiple stress tests. Just $30.00 each, plus postage.
Credible Reliability Prediction - by Laurence George, Ph.D., ASQ Fellow
This monograph extends MTBF prediction to predict the age-specific reliability of redundant, stand-by, complex, and life-limited systems. The method uses field reliability data and proportional hazards models. Data are from older, comparable products, because product generations have similar reliability functions despite changes. Price is $25.00 each, plus postage. Electronic version available.
Practical Accelerated Life Testing - by James A McLinn, CRE & Fellow ASQA 125 page book that simply and uniquely delineates the key steps and guidelines for setting-up and administrating accelerated life tests. In eight sections it covers a brief history of accelerated methods, applications of the techniques, guidelines for test selecting test environments, common test methods, practical guidelines for test set-up, key parameters to monitor, sample size decisions, models for analysis and examples of analysis of difficult results. Important guidelines and pitfalls to avoid are given. Examples include multiple level tests and step-stress tests. Just $30.00 each, plus postage.
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Division Store - continued
Develop Reliable Software at Low Life Cycle Cost: With Upgraded Software Reliability Engineering - by Norman F. Schneidewind, Ph.D. and related articles by Samuel J.Keene, Ph.D. The contents of this monograph present for software engineers, reliability engineers and software quality specialists, and managers practical tools and methods which the authors have perfected and applied in a broad range of enterprises. They include strategy and tactics for improvement of the software engineering process , software reliability models, development of trustworthy code, and reliability assessment throughout the product life cycle. Price is $25.00 each, plus postage. Design For Reliability - by Xijin (Bill) Tian, Ph.D., with added chapters by Drs. L.L. George, S.J. Keene, plus T. Craney and J. McLinnThis new monograph contains the entire series of articles written by Dr. Tian plus much more! The authors clearly describe practical methods they employ in effectively ensuring that high reliability goals are achieved. They integrate reliability improvement practices and methods congruent with project design rules. The additional chapters present relevant material by Drs. Larry George and Sam Keene, plus input from Trevor Craney, and James McLinn. The contents offer a practical Benchmark of resource for reliability and maintainability engineers. Price is $30.00 each, plus postage. Homeland Security And Reliability Airport Model - by Norman F. Schneidewind, IEEE Congressional Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Professor Emeritus: Information Sciences, Naval Postgraduate SchoolDr. Schneidewind’s model presented in this monograph addresses the airport security problem. It facilitated his specific recommendations to the U.S. Congress for legislative or management action to close the security loopholes. Model quantitative results are used to delineate the implications for changes in security policy at the nation’s airports. The work presents solutions which maybe extended to many other security settings. Price is $20.00 each, plus postage.
Contact James McLinn at [email protected] to purchase a monograph.
For International Delivery charges contact us via e-mail with complete order and delivery address. We will quote delivery charges . E-mail: [email protected]
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The current leadership team continues to build the organization:
The leadership team commencing 01 January 2012 is taking shape:
Last NoteThe ASQ Reliability Division is a major professional speciality association within the framework of the American Society for Quality. Its members have a particular expertise and interest in reliability and related disciplines. Division activities include professional development opportunities with reliability, maintainability, quality, safety, and effectiveness of products, processes and services and with related topics such as product liability and risk management.
Division Leadership
Chair Fred Schenkelberg (408) 710-8248 [email protected]
Chair Elect David Auda (518) 385-0919 [email protected]
Secretary John Bowles, Ph.D. (803) 777-2689 [email protected]
Treasurer Alfred Stevens (321) 537-3101 [email protected]
Membership Chair Trevor Craney [email protected]
Program Chair Frank Straka [email protected]
Publications Chair Guangbin Yang [email protected]
Vice Chair Education Daniel Conrad [email protected]
Nominating & Past Chair James McLinn (763) 498-8814 [email protected] Audit James (Chris) Deepak (281) 871-7128 [email protected]
CRE Exam Chair: Leslie Shattes [email protected]
Standards Liaison John Healy [email protected]
RAMS Board Liaisons Alfred Stevens [email protected]
Tech Briefs Editor Marc Banghart [email protected] Newsletter Editor Peter Stuart [email protected]
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Links
The Linkedin groups
Reliability Calendar
http://www.linkedin.com/e/-mpj7v-gq000w4o-54/vgh/3997941/
Tech Briefs
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3994573
ASQ Reliability Division
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1875217