IEEE Reliability Society Newsletter Vol. 57, No. 1. February 2011

Table of Content Front page: President's Message From the Editor Messages from VPs: VP Publications Report from Dr. Robert Loomis Society News: 2011 EXCOM and ADCOM Members Prestigious Engineer of the Year Award Best Chapter Awards AdCom Meeting Nominations for IEEE Medals and Recognitions RS seeks Administrative Committee Candidates for 2012/2013/2014 Term Reliability Society Past AdCom Members Obituaries: Former RS President Monshaw Dies At 84 Obituary for Ann Miller Feature Articles: Reliability through the Ages Reliability Overview of Air Traffic Reliability in the National Air Space Regular Articles: Field Based Reliability Calculations (MTBF) – Surmounting Practical Challenges. An outside the box approach. Applying basic and familiar reliability theory to estimating and improving the avialablity of software-intensive systems Fault Tolerance in Web Services PHM Articles: Detection of Multiple Failure-Modes in Electronics using Self-Organized Mapping Book Review : Reliability Engineering Book Review Chapter Activities: Cleveland Chapter Taipei/Tainan Chapter The Denver Chapter awarded a certificate to Hobbs Engineering Announcements: Solicitation for Society Technical Committees UK&RI Workshop on Reliability and Safety WCEAM-IMS 2001 Conference Calendar Links: Reliability Society Home RS Newsletter Homepage

VAL MONSHAW      VAL Monshaw of Haddonfield, NJ died on Sat., Jan. 1, 2011, at the age of 84. Val graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He interrupted College to serve in the United States Army Air Corp from 1945-1947. He received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from The College of the City of New York (CCNY) in 1949 and a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from CCNY in 1954. Upon graduation he was employed by the Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories. In 1956 he joined RCA Government Systems in Camden, NJ working on a number of military and classified programs. In 1962 he transferred to the newly formed RCA Astro Electronics Division in Hightstown, NJ. In 1979, as Director of Product Assurance he was responsible for the development and implementation of design analysis and assembly techniques to assure the reliability, quality and in-orbit functional lifetime of the RCA Astro observation, navigation, communication scientific and classified satellite systems. In 1989 he joined GE Government systems Division in Moorestown, NJ with responsibilities for Radar and Sonar Systems. He retired in 1991.      Elected a Fellow of the IEEE Engineers in 1983 with the citation "for contributions to the reliability of space electronic systems" he was a recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984 and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2001. A member of the Philadelphia Section Executive Committee since 1984, he also served as President of the IEEE Reliability Society, as General Chairman of the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium and as a member of the Hoover Medal Board of Award.      As the United States Representatives to the International Electrotechnical Committee for 12 years, he was Chairman of the committee responsible for the preparation of International Standards on Reliability Analysis Techniques that are now widely used in international commerce.