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

Nominations for IEEE Medals and Recognitions

The IEEE Awards Program provides peer recognition to technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.

The IEEE Reliability Society members may be particularly interested in the following IEEE Medals and Recognitions, whose nomination deadlines are 1 July 2011. The awards typically consist of a medal, certificate and honorarium and are presented at the distinguished IEEE Honors Ceremony.

  • IEEE Medal of Honor, for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest.
  • IEEE Founders Medal, for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession.
  • IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal, for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE.
  • IEEE John von Neumann Medal, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
  • IEEE Service Awards
  • IEEE Corporate Recognition Awards
  • IEEE Honorary Membership

Awards presented by the IEEE Board of Directors fall into several categories: The Medal of Honor, Medals, Technical Field Awards, Corporate Recognitions, Service Awards, and Prize Papers. The IEEE also recognizes outstanding individuals through a special membership category: IEEE Honorary Member.

Nominations are initiated by members and the public, and then reviewed by a panel of peers. Their recommendations are submitted to the IEEE Awards Board prior to final approval by the IEEE Board of Directors. For nomination guidelines and forms, visit http://www.ieee.org/awards. Questions? Contact IEEE Awards Activities, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA; tel.: +1 732 562 3844; fax: +1 732 981 9019; e-mail: awards@ieee.org.



Complete List of IEEE Medals and Recognitions