SHORT COURSE

ON

APPLIED MAINTAINABILITY, AVAILABILITY

AND

OPERATIONAL READINESS ENGINEERING

by

PROFESSOR DIMITRI B. KECECIOGLU, Ph.D., P.E.

OVERVIEW

This short course covers all aspects of quantifying the system Effectiveness, Operational Readiness, Maintainability, Availability and Reliability of maintained systems.

Through practical applications, participants learn many valuable techniques, including how to:

  • Quantify and explore design techniques that minimize equipment downtimes and maximize their Maintainability and Availability.
  • Quantify equipment downtime distributions and determine the allowable time to restore equipment to successful function.
  • Determine the optimum Preventive Maintenance Schedules for all types of equipment to minimize their life-cycle cost, increase their Reliability and Availability.
  • Quantify spares provisioning requirements.
  • Determine the minimum-cost, optimum spares kits required for each equipment.
  • Quantify the optimum overhaul/repair/replace/decisions for all types of equipment to minimize their life-cycle cost.
  • Quantify and use the various Instantaneous and Steady-State Availabilities.
  • Apply the various Operational Readiness quantification models.
  • Design Maintainability Demonstration Test Plans, determine test sample sizes and conduct Maintainability data analyses.

In addition, this short course should help participants pass the American Society for Quality’s (ASQC) Certified Reliability Engineering (CRE) exam.

BENEFITS

Learn all about practical applications of Maintainability, Availability, Operational Readiness, Preventive Maintenance Policies, and Spare Parts Provisioning determination techniques illustrated with numerous practical examples.

Participants will receive a copy of Dr. Kececioglu’s very comprehensive book “Maintainability, Availability and Operational Readiness Engineering,” Volume 1, 814 pp., published by Prentice Hall in 1995.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND AND TECHNICAL LEVEL

This course is designed for engineers of all ranks including reliability, maintainability, product assurance, design and test engineers and managers; quality control engineers and managers; manufacturing, sale and service engineers and managers; staff engineers, project engineers, statistical engineers; presidents, vice presidents, directors and supervisors of reliability, maintainability testing; and government and industry representatives.

The knowledge of statistics, probability and undergraduate college mathematics is desirable to better benefit from this short course, but it is not required.

FACULTY
Dimitri B. Kececioglu, Ph.D., P.E., is a Fulbright Scholar and an internationally recognized lecturer and consultant in all aspects of Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, Reliability & Life Testing, and Product Assurance. He is considered to be the Deming of Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance. He has lectured in over 400 Institutes, seminars and short courses, and exposed over 12,000 people to Reliability, Maintainability and Test Engineering, worldwide. He has consulted for over 96 highly rated, and leading companies and government organizations internationally. He has been granted 5 patents. As a Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The University of Arizona, he is in charge of a unique 10-course Reliability Engineering Program, which leads to the Master of Science Degree in the Reliability Engineering Option. He is the Director of the Reliability Testing Institute; the Director of the Reliability Engineering and Management Institute; the Director of The Applied Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance Institute for Engineers and Managers; and the Director of the Tucson, Arizona Chapter of the Society of Reliability Engineers, which he founded.

Dr. Kececioglu has published more than 152 papers and articles. He has contributed to eight (8) books, and has published the following fourteen (14) books:

  1. “Bibliography on Plasticity-Theory and Application,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Engineering Center, New York, 191 pp., 1950.
  1. “Manual of Product Assurance Films on Reliability Engineering and Management, Reliability Testing, Maintainability and Quality Control,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, published by Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, 7340 N. La Oesta Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85704-3119, 178 pp., 1976.
  1. “Manual of Product Assurance Films and Videotapes,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, published by Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, 7340 N. La Oesta Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85704-3119, 327 pp., 1980.
  1. “Reliability Testing Techniques,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, published by Shanghai Institute of Process Automation Instrumentation, 103 Cao Bao Road, Shanghai 201103, China, 115 pp., 1982.
  1. “Reliability-Key to Industrial Success,” Proceedings of the ASM International Conference, Los Angeles, California, Edited by Mr. S. Sundaresan and Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, Metals Park, Ohio 44073, 206 pp. March 24-26, 1987.
  1. “The 1992-1994 Reliability, Maintainability and Availability Software Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri Kececioglu and Pantelis D. Vassiliou, published by Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, 7340 N. La Oesta Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85704-3119, 118 pp., November 1992.
  1. “Reliability Engineering Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, Vol. 1, 720 pp., 2002.
  1. “Reliability Engineering Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, Vol. 2, 568 pp., 2002.
  1. “Reliability & Life Testing Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, Vol. 1, 960 pp., 2002.
  1. “Reliability & Life Testing Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, Vol. 2, 900 pp., 2002.
  1. “Environmental Stress Screening – Its Quantification, Optimization and Management,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu and Dr. Feng-Bin Sun, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 546 pp., 2003.
  1. “Maintainability, Availability and Operational Readiness Engineering Handbook,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, Vol. 1, 814 pp., 2003.
  1. “Burn-in Testing – Its Quantification and Optimization,” Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu and Dr. Feng-Bin Sun, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 650 pp., 2003.
  1. "Robust Engineering Design-By-Reliability," Dr. Dimitri B. Kececioglu, DEStech Publications, 1148 Elizabeth Ave., #2, Lancaster, PA 17601-4359, 919 pp., 2003.

Dr. Kececioglu has been the recipient of over 70 prestigious awards, including the following:

  • The Ralph R. Teetor Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers as “Outstanding Engineering Educator” in 1977.
  • ASQ-Reliability Division “Reliability Education Advancement Award” for his “Outstanding Contributions to the Development and Presentation of Meritorious Reliability Educational Programs,” in 1980.
  • The ASQ Allen Chop Award for his “Outstanding Contributions to Reliability Science and Technology,” in 1981.
  • The University of Arizona, College of Engineering Anderson Prize for “Engineering the Master’s Degree Program in the Reliability Engineering Option,” in 1983.
  • “Five Star Faculty Award” top three nominee at The University of Arizona for “Excellence and Notable Teaching Ability,” in 1983.
  • He was in the top 10% of all lecturers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) short courses during 1990.
  • He was in the top 13% of all faculty at the National Technological University, Fort Collins, Colorado, during 1989-1992.
  • The University of Arizona Foundation’s Scholarship Development Office presented Dr. Kececioglu a beautiful plaque “In Grateful Recognition and Appreciation for the Establishment of the Dr. Dimitri Basil Kececioglu Reliability Engineering Research Fellowships Endowment Fund,” May 9, 1991.
  • The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), an over 60,000 member international organization, bestowed on Dr. Kececioglu their highest “Academy of Achievement Award in Education” in 1992.
  • On the occasion of “The 30th Annual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute,” a milestone, held on November 16-20, 1992, in Tucson, Arizona, Dr. Kececioglu was presented a beautiful plaque by Dr. Ernest T. Smerdon, Dean College of Engineering and Mines and Vice Provost of The University of Arizona, at the Awards Banquet of this Institute on Thursday, November 19, 1992, with a congratulatory letter form Dr. Manuel T. Pacheco, President, The University of Arizona, and inscribed in summary as follows:
“Your reputation as an outstanding teacher and advocate of Reliability and Quality Engineering is well established in the international community. In your capacity as Director of this Institute, as well as the Reliability Testing Institute, you have provided the forum in which many hundreds of our nation’s engineers and students of engineering have received training in Reliability and Quality Engineering.”

“I particularly acknowledge your efforts in establishing and developing the funding for the endowment which bears your name and which will support worthy students in the future. The ‘Dr. Dimitri Basil Kececioglu Reliability Engineering Research Fellowships Endowment Fund’ will help to ensure that The University of Arizona remains in the forefront of engineering education and continues to provide engineering graduates to support our nation’s industries. In this highly competitive world the quality and the reliability of American products are essential to retaining our position of world economic leadership. The University of Arizona is proud to be an important part of that effort and can take justifiable pride in your own very significant contribution.”

  • Was presented a beautiful plaque by The University of Arizona Chapter of the Society of Reliability Engineers at the Awards Banquet of “THE 30TH ANNUAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Institute,” on Thursday, November 19, 1992, inscribed as follows: “In recognition of 30 years of service to the Reliability Community and as the Director of the Reliability Engineering and Management Institute.”

Was presented a 33-page album of testimonial letters form his graduate students and industry executives worldwide at the Awards Banquet of “THE 30TH ANNUAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE,” on Thursday, November 19, 1992, extolling his exemplary achievements and outstanding contributions to the Reliability Engineering and Management Science Community worldwide.

Was presented a plaque by the VIDEOCAMPUS organization of The University of Arizona Extended University on the occasion of the 20-Year Celebration of VIDEOCAMPUS on April 26, 1993, for having taught the most courses on VIDEOCAMPUS, inscribed as follows: “VIDEOCAMPUS Recognizes and Expresses our Sincere Appreciation to Dimitri B. Kececioglu, Ph.D. for Your Enduring Commitment and Dedication to VIDEOCAMPUS and Distance Learning—1972-1993.”

  • He was presented two Certificates for outstanding service to The University of Arizona" as a "Faculty Mentor" and a "Graduate Advisor" by The University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council in 1999.
  • On May 16, 2002 he was presented a special Certificate by the President of SAE for over 25 years of exemplary service to and membership in SAE.
  • On April 16, 2003 Dr. Kececioglu was honored by President Peter Likins and George H. Davis, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost at an Awards luncheon for his 40 years of service to The University of Arizona as an outstanding professor, initiating, developing and directing the world renowned Reliability Engineering Graduate Program special coursework and research, and was given a special, very valuable clock imprinted with “THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.”
  • On May 2, 2003, on the occasion of THE 40TH ANNUAL RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Dr. John McGrath, Head Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department of The University of Arizona, gave Dr. Kececioglu a special plaque stating “ CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION is hereby presented to DR. DIMITRI B. KECECIOGLU, P.E., Institute Director, The 40th Annual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute for advancing Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance excellence through commitment to research and education."
  • Dr. Kececioglu is listed in Who’s Who in America, American Men of Science and Engineering, Who’s Who of the West, Who’s Who of Greek Origin in the United States and Canada, Who’s Who of Greece, American Hellenic Who’s Who in Business and Professions, Who’s Who in Engineering, American men and Women in Science, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering biographical directories.
  • Dr. Kececioglu was elected a FELLOW of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 1997 and of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 1999.
  • Dr. Kececioglu was given the Society of Automotive Engineers’ “Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award for having demonstrated Excellence in Teaching Probabilistic Methods in Engineering Design by Reliability, Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, and Life Testing for Reliability,” in 1997.
  • He is an honorary member of the Golden Key National Honor Society, an Honorary Professor of Shanghai University of Technology; an Honorary Member of the Operations Research Society of Greece, and an Honorary Professor of Phi Kappa Phi. He is a member of SRE, IEEE – Reliability Society, ASQ – Reliability Division, ASME, SAE, SESA, IES, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and others.
  • He is a registered Professional Quality Engineer.
  • Dr. Kececioglu received his M.S. in Industrial Engineering and his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

AGENDA

This short course meets from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.

MONDAY

Morning

Comprehensive definitions of Operational Readiness, Design Adequacy, Maintainability, Reliability, Availability and System Effectiveness of maintained equipment and systems.

Types of Maintenance: Corrective and Preventive Maintenance.

Downtime categories of equipment and systems.

Maintenance personnel factors, maintenance support facilities and equipment.

Fifteen (15) major equipment designing techniques for increased Maintainability, decreased downtime, and increased Availability.

  • Times-to-restore-equipment-to-successful-function distributions’ determination for equipment and systems, including the exponential, lognormal and Weibull distributions.
  • A-priori versus a-posteriori Maintainability determination.
  • Applications and examples.

Afternoon

Analytical Maintainability Engineering functions analogous to those in Reliability Engineering.

Series system time to restore.

Maintenance man-hours needed to restore and/or repair equipment per operating hour (MMH/OH).

Determination of the times to restore and/or repair complex systems using the central limit theorem, the moments method, and the Monte Carlo simulation method.

Applications and examples.

TUESDAY

Morning

Sixteen (16) major and very cost-effective Preventive Maintenance Policies; including the Preventive replacement of critical units by (1) age or by (2) block replacement. Selection of the best preventive maintenance policy based on the decision criteria which can be minimum total life-cycle cost, minimum downtime, maximum equipment availability and maximum profit.

Corrective and Preventive Replacement Rates, and corresponding spares requirements for Integrated Logistic Support.

Optimization of Preventive Maintenance Schedules to minimize downtime and the cost of operating equipment and systems.

Spare parts provisioning for Corrective and Preventive Maintenance with a specified assurance or confidence level.

Overhaul Policies; their quantification and optimization using dynamic programming.

Applications and examples.

Afternoon

Optimization of Maintenance Spares Requirements for a specified assurance level and minimum cost.

Inputs into Life-Cycle Costing.

Inputs into Integrated Logistic Support.

Quantification of the Reliability of maintained equipment and systems.

  • The Markov Process method of quantifying the Reliability of Maintained Equipment and Systems.
  • Reliability of Maintained Units: two, three and four units in parallel.
  • Reliability of a Generalized Two-Unit System.

Applications and examples.

WEDNESDAY

Morning

Reliability of Maintained Units: two, three and four units in standby.

  • Expected time to system failure.
  • Improvement in the mean time between failures (MTBF) due to repairs and checkouts during a mission.
  • Applications and examples.

Afternoon

Availability of maintained equipment and systems.

Availability of series systems.

Availability of maintained units: Single unit, and two, three and four units in parallel.

Availability of three units, one active and two in standby with multiple repairs.

Availability of one active and three standby units with equal failure and repair rates.

Availability of systems with redundancy when repairs cannot be made until complete system failure.

  • Availability of complex systems: Instantaneous, Mission and Steady State Availabilities.

THURSDAY

Morning

Renewal theory.

Steady State Availabilities: Intrinsic Availability, Operational Availability, Use Availability, General Availability and Achieved Availability.

An exact analytical solution for Steady State Availability of Asymmetric Systems.

Availability improvement considerations.

Maintainability demonstration methods and their implementation.

  • System Effectiveness models of the Air Force, ARINC, WESIAC and the Navy.
  • Applications and examples.

Afternoon

Five Operational Readiness models and their applications.

Consultation workshop to solve participants’ problems.

Course review and summary.

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