Course Description:
An in-depth coverage of tasks, processes, methods and techniques for achieving & maintaining the required level of system reliability considering operational performance, Customer satisfaction and affordability. Specific topics include: Establishing System Reliability requirements, reliability program planning, system reliability modeling & analysis, system reliability design guidelines & analysis, system reliability test and evaluation, and maintaining inherent system reliability during production & operation.
Course Goals:
To provide students with proven methods and techniques for developing reliable systems utilizing systems engineering principles along with systems analyses as a basis for trade-offs involving systems configurations, component reliability, systems operational requirements, cost and risk applicable for all products and services, as well as to other engineering & design courses.
Recent Instructor:
Dr. Jerrell Stracener
Prerequisites:
EMIS 7300 or permission of instructor
Availability:
Campus, DVD, Video Tape, NTU
Course Textbook:
O'Conner, Patrick D. T., Practical Reliability Engineering, June 2002, Fourth edition, John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0-470-84462-0.
