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



Links:
Reliability Society Home


RS Newsletter Homepage

Cleveland Chapter

Fall 2010

The Cleveland Chapter had four meetings in this period.

 

PAST MEETINGS

The Fifth Annual Bob Jones Classic was played at Springvale Golf Club. The tournament is played annually in honor of Bob Jones, who was Chief of the Maintenance Branch. Bob was a highly, respected member of the Club. This year's "Classic" was won by Wade Arida. It was a close competition one stroke make the difference. The windy conditions made the round a bit of a challenge for the trophy competition. Bob always enjoyed a Budweiser and popcorn after a round. This tradition is maintained along with pre-round Bratwurst, and post round hamburgers and hot dogs. We thank Dennis Vano and Phil Kall for continuing this special activity for us!

The Fall Roast Installation of Officers was on September 29th this year. It was held at the Picnic Grounds. Ernie Bertone and Jimmy Simek took care of the logistics. The steaks and fish were excellent again this year. There are a few changes in the Officers and Committee Chairs for this year. Please volunteer to help keep this management club active. We need your help. Try to bring new members into the Chapter so they can enjoy the benefits this Chapter offers. We need some young members to pick up responsibility and run the Chapter. It was a great roast with a lot of news; fun, and good cooking for a delicious meal.

The October meeting was a look at "Ascent Commemorating Shuttle."Matt Melis made arrangements for this DVD to be shown Photographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every mission. As the Shuttle Program draws to completion, its launch imagery is more comprehensive and spectacular that ever before. This production is a tribute to the dozens of men and women of the Shuttle Imaging team and the 30 years of achievement of the Space Shuttle Program. It was a good meeting. The meal was very well put together. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for activities or meetings. We will make every effort to act on them.

The November meeting was on an excellent subject "When You Know Better, You Feed Better." Christine McCoy explained that once you know about better nutrition for your pets, you will make a decision to feed the best diets possible. This is very true for us also. They offer many choices for feeding our pets. They provide a forum for discussing our concerns about health issues, nutrition, and any special needs your pet's experience. We can bring our pets when you come and shop, they are always welcome. It was a good meeting. The food was good. Remember- please let us know if you have any suggestions for activities or meetings. We will make every effort to act on them.

 

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

We are supporting meetings and conferences on the Management Committee, with papers, tutorials, and session Chairs and suggestion topics. The Chapter Staff are all working to build our membership. Our golf outing, social events, and technical meetings are working to keep the members active. Each member is trying to bring an associate to meetings when they can.

Two Conferences will be held at the Ohio Aerospace Institute in June and September 2011. There will be presentations, exhibits, training, and splinter meetings in the three and one half day activities. Award for the best presentation is given. These activities provide the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) community and Project personnel with a unique opportunity for interchange and interaction on innovative assurance technologies and tools. It promotes dialog and co-operation with the Project Managers, Contractors, and Safety and Mission Assurance Managers.

Overall, here in Cleveland we are having fun, staying active, and serving the needs of our members.

Regards,

Vince Lalli,
Chair