2009 Program of Presentation and Tutorials

This matrix presents the program of results-oriented presentations and tutorials that will be offered at the 2009 International Applied Reliability Symposium, North America. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, attendees will have a choice of 39 results-oriented presentations and 6 expert tutorials. On Friday, the Symposium offers 5 presentations and a round table discussion intended to showcase current university research that may be of interest to practitioners in government and industry.

A print-ready brochure (*.pdf, 4710 KB) is also available.

	Tuesday - June 9th			Wednesday - June 10th			Thursday - June 11th
2009	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
7:00-8:00	Registration (coffee and pastries served)			Registration (coffee and pastries served)			Attendance Certificates Distributed (coffee and pastries served)
8:00-8:30	Registration (coffee and pastries served)			Keynote (in Track 1 Room) Glenn Baker Director of Engineering, Technology and Quality Services Deere & Company			T1-S9 Tools, Tips and Techniques for Making the Most Positive Impact Throughout Your Organization (Even with a Reliability Department of One) Marty Fox Hologic, Inc.	T2-S9 Reliability Design of Pressurized Structural Devices Under Cycling Load Julio Pulido Ingersoll-Rand	T3-S9 High Reliability System COTS Integration: Failure Case Studies and Risk Assessment Strategies Aaron C. DerMarderosian Jr. Raytheon Company
8:30-9:00	Welcome (in Track 1 Room)
9:00-9:10	10 Minute Break
9:10-10:10	T1-S1 Selecting the Correct Accelerated Life Model Dave Olwell Naval Postgraduate School	T2-S1 COTS Parts and HALT as Applied to the Tactical Tomahawk Missile Terry Tracy Raytheon Missile Systems	T3-S1 Complex System Reliability with Imperfect Fault Coverage Albert Myers Myers Consulting Northrop Grumman (Retired)	T1-S5 Experiment Design for Engineers and Scientists: Additional Support Tools for Accurate Decisions Larry Gonzales Raytheon Corporation	T2-S5 How Statistical Modeling of Field Reliability Failures Guided Efforts on Problem Resolution David C. Trindade Sun Microsystems, Inc.	T3-S5 Reliability and Availability Analysis of a Fielded Photovoltaic System Michael Mundt Sandia National Laboratories	T1-S10 Sub-Tier Supplier Management: Notebook Hinge Case Study Nathan Drees Dell, Inc.	T2-S10 Making Conservative Estimates of Demonstrable Reliability When Model Parameters Are Unknown Shawn P. Capser AVL Powertrain Engineering	T3-S10 A Methodology for Predicting Operational Reliability Growth for a Complex Multi-stage System Jennifer L. Nicholls United States Navy
10:10-10:30	20 Minute Break
10:30-11:30	T1-S2 Design for Reliability: Workbench Enterprise Solution and Collaborative Portal Kaizad P. Sunavala Chevron Global Manufacturing	T2-S2 Improving Organization Competitiveness: How Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Can Present a Value Proposition Mark Turner Flextronics Medical Systems	T3-S2 Successful Application of Reliability Centered Maintenance to Semiconductor Equipment John Mao Intel Corporation	T1-S6 Calibrated Accelerated Life Test with Time Varying Stress Profiles to Verify Product Reliability Requirements John J. Paschkewitz Watlow	T2-S6 Reliability Performance and Metrics of Repairable Systems Wendai Wang Applied Materials	T3-S6 An Effective Reliability Program to Successfully Fulfill Contractual Reliability Requirements Richard Coronado Lockheed Martin	T1-S11 This session has been cancelled. The scheduled presenters were unable to attend the Symposium.	T2-S11 The Application of a Residual Risk Evaluation Technique Used for Expendable Launch Vehicles John A. Latimer Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Kennedy Space Center	T3-S11 Solder-Joint Reliability…Requirements, Predictions, and Qualification Tom Clifford TJB Associates Lockheed Martin (Retired)
11:30-1:00	1 Hour 30 Minute Lunch Break
1:00-2:00	T1-S3 Air Force Flight Test Center Coding and Characterization of R&M Data David C. Witteried United States Air Force Flight Test Center	T2-S3 A Maintenance Data-Driven Reliability Analysis and Knowledge Discovery Approach Assaad Krichene Impact Technologies	T3-S3 Implementing the Materiel Availability KPP in DoD Acquisition Programs: Balancing Life-Cycle Costs with Warfighter Needs Grant Schmieder Department of Defense	T1-S7 Developing a Better Reliability Test Program Mike Silverman Ops A La Carte	T2-S7 Reliability Assessment of a New Aircraft Belt Loader Jose Oviedo JBT AeroTech	T3-S7 Predicting and Managing the Safety and Reliability of Modern Technological Systems Romney B. Duffey Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)	T1-S12 Software Reliability Assessment: Achievements and Challenges William H. Farr Naval Surface Warfare Center	T2-S12 Integrated Hardware, Software and Procedures System Availability Model Philip L. Scarff Alcatel-Lucent	T3-S12 Reducing Warranty Costs Through Customer-Triggered Product Evolution John A. Kolb Proliance International, Inc.
2:00-2:20	20 Minute Break
2:20-3:20	T1-S4 Reliability Goal Setting and Validation at John Deere Chuck Noel Deere & Company	T2-S4 Reliability Plan for Medical Devices Kenneth B. Schmidt OPTIM Associates, Inc.	T3-S4 Process Flow Diagram: The Foundation of PFMEA James Davis General Dynamics Amphibious Systems	T1-S8 Design For Reliability Methodology to Achieve Reliability Growth that Meets New Guidelines Dmitry Tananko General Dynamics Land Systems	T2-S8 Reliability Maturity Assessment Lessons Learned Andrew Foote Alion Science and Technology Corporation	T3-S8 Estimating Probabilities of Rare Events Using Limited Data Paul Franklin Arup	T1-S13 Reliability of Complex Electronic Systems for Space Exploration Vehicles Vladimir Crk Hamilton Sunstrand	T2-S13 Determining Optimum Times for Running Standby Equipment Lynn Long Chevron Energy Technology Company	T3-S13 Collection, Analysis and Use of Fielded Systems Reliability Information in Development of Next Generation Products Robert A. Merrill Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (a Johnson & Johnson Company)
3:20-3:30	10 Minute Break
3:30-5:00	T1-T1 An Introduction to Design for Reliability Pantelis Vassiliou ReliaSoft Corporation	T2-T1 Building Blocks of an Accelerated Life Testing Program Harland MacKenzie Dana - Thermal Products Canada		T1-T2 Fundamentals of Life Data Analysis Concepts and Applications Adamantios Mettas ReliaSoft Corporation	T2-T2 DOE for Reliability Prediction and Product Performance Optimization Allise Wachs Integral Concepts, Inc.			T2-T3 Recent Advances in HALT and HASS Techniques and Equipment Gregg K. Hobbs Hobbs Engineering Corporation	T3-T3 Application Lessons for Effective FMEAs Carl Carlson ReliaSoft Corporation
5:00-6:30
6:30-9:00							Hosted Awards Dinner (for attendee and a guest)

Friday - June 12th
	Showcase of University Research
7:00-8:00	(coffee and pastries served)
8:00-9:00	U-1 Adaptive Prognostics: Overview and Recent Developments Nagi Gebraeel H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
9:00-9:15	15 Minute Break
9:15-10:15	U-2 Reliability Growth Planning for Fast Time-to-Market Products Tongdan Jin Department of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, Texas A&M International University
10:15-10:30	15 Minute Break
10:30-11:30	U-3 Assessing the Potential Impact of Prognostics for Improving System Performance C. Richard Cassady Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas
11:30-1:00	Lunch Break
1:00-2:00	U-4 Optimizing Spare Parts Inventory Using Genetic Algorithms Lance Luttrell Graduate Student in the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas
2:00-2:15	15 Minute Break
2:15-3:15	U-5 Condition-Based Maintenance Models for Civil Infrastructure Subject to Cracking Thomas Yeung L’Ecole de Mine, Nantes, France
3:15-3:30	15 Minute Break
3:30-5:00	Round Table Discussion

Continuing Education Credit: 2.5 CEUs and 1 CRP Credit

	North America