Reliability and Maintainability Symposium: ARS, North America North America

2012 ARS, North America

Program of Presentations and Tutorials

This matrix presents the program of the presentations, tutorials and other events planned for the 2012 International Applied Reliability Symposium, North America. A print-ready brochure (*.pdf, 1,710 KB) also is available.

Wednesday - June 13th Thursday - June 14th
2012 Track 1 Track 2 Track 1 Track 2
7:00-8:00 Check-in and Registration
(coffee and pastries served)
Check-in and Registration
(coffee and pastries served)
8:00-8:30 T1-S5
Integrated Reliability Improvement Framework for an Enterprise

Girish S. Kshirsagar
BE Aerospace, Inc.
T2-S5
Application of General Electric's Design for Reliability (DFR) 10-Step Process for Healthcare Equipment

Robert A. Belinski
General Electric Healthcare
8:30-9:00 Welcome
(in Track 1 Room)
9:00-9:10 10 Minute Break
9:10-10:10 T1-S1
The Problem with Probability

Elizabeth Lay
Siemens Energy
T2-S1
Reliability Simulation of an Expandable Liner Hanger

Ganesh Nanaware
Baker Hughes
T1-S6
Pitfalls in Conducting and Interpreting the Results of an Accelerated Test

Georgios Sarakakis
Tesla Motors
T2-S6
ATIRCM Lessons Learned – Implementation of a Successful FRACAS Program

Craig Shevlin
BAE Systems
10:10-10:30 20 Minute Break
10:30-11:30 T1-S2
Material Availability: Meeting the Requirement Through Proper Integration of Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability Analyses

Marc Banghart
Wyle
T2-S2
Benchmarking Your Reliability Program: Are You Just Doing Things Right or Doing the Right Things?

Stan Stephenson
Halliburton
T1-S7
Strategic Implementation of Reliability Management: Its Impact on Industrial Lift Trucks

Harold (Bud) Johnson
NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG)
T2-S7
The Transition from MTTF Reliability Predictions into Physics of Failure Reliability Assessments

James McLeish
DfR Solutions
11:30-1:00 1 Hour 30 Minute Lunch Break
1:00-2:00 T1-S3
Using Reliability Tools to Improve a Business' Bottom Line

Aron Brall
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
T2-S3
Successful Implementation of Design for Reliability and Execution of Reliability Growth Testing on the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

Matthew Morningstar
United States Marine Corps

 

T1-S8
Developing an Effective Reliability Program Plan and Basic Required Reliability Analyses During Engineering, Manufacturing and Development Phase

Muhammad S. Anwar
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD)
T2-S8
Effectively Analyzing and Communicating Testing Data

Harland MacKenzie
Dana Power Technology Group
2:00-2:20 20 Minute Break
2:20-3:20 T1-S4
Reliability Growth Program for 3D Printers – Lessons Learned

Daniel Yin
Stratasys Inc.

 

T2-S4
DFROI – Calculating ROI When Implementing a Design for Reliability Program

Mike Silverman
Ops A La Carte

 

T1-S9
Avoiding Common Reliability Mistakes

Andrew Foote
Alion Science and Technology Corporation
T2-S9
Test Laboratory Management: The Glue That Binds Reliability Together

G. Michael Smith
Magna Powertrain of America
3:20-3:30 10 Minute Break
3:30-4:30 T1-T1
Application Lessons for Effective FMEAs

Carl S. Carlson
ReliaSoft Corporation
T1-S10
The Role of Function Analysis in Design for Reliability and Design for Six Sigma

Mohammad Hijawi
Chrysler Group LLC
T2-S10
ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009 Within the Current DoD Acquisition Framework

Andrew J. Miller
Northrop Grumman
4:30-5:00    
5:00-5:30    
5:30-6:30 Welcome Reception
Hosted Dinner
(for attendee and a guest)
Keynote
Driving Product Reliability and Service Quality in the Oil Services Industry

Randolph G. Phillips
Baker Hughes
6:30-9:00  
  Friday - June 15th
  Track 1 Track 2
7:00-8:00 (coffee and pastries served)
8:00-9:00 T1-S11
Reliability Growth as a Function of Engineering Investment

Thomas M. Ryan
Rolls-Royce Corporation
T2-S11
Design for Reliability: A Roadmap for Design Robustness

Moataz Elheddeny
Ingersoll Rand

 

9:00-9:15 15 Minute Break
9:15-10:15 T1-S12
Dynamic Reliability Modeling of Ameren Missouri Fossil Fleet - A Success Story

S. Rao Palakodeti
Alstom Power
T2-S12
Automatic Identification of Parts with Degrading Reliability Performance

Shawn McKay
The RAND Corporation
10:15-10:30 15 Minute Break
10:30-12:00 T1-T2
Reliability Growth Planning, Analysis and Management

Larry H. Crow
Crow Reliability Resources

12:00-12:30 Closing and Awards Presentation

Continuing Education Credit: 1.5 CEUs and 1 CRP Credit