1. Reliability Society Overview
RS Chapter Congress
Reliability Society Overview
Dennis R. Hoffman
RS President
June 17, 2012

2. IEEE Mission Statement
Foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity
IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology
416,000 members, including 107,000 students
Members living and working in over 160 countries
333 Sections in 10 geographic regions worldwide
38 Societies and 7 Councils representing a wide range of technical interests
More than 2000 Technical Chapters that unite local members with similar
technical interests
Sponsors more than 1,300 annual conferences and meetings worldwide
Publishes 155 Transactions, Journals, and Magazines
Over 2 million documents in the IEEE / IET Electronic Library (Xplore)
Nearly 1,000 Standards with projects under development

3. Real Value in Membership
Reliability Society Overview
One of the focused technical societies within the IEEE
Focused on the broad aspects of Reliability, allowing our Society
to be viewed as the “IEEE Specialty Engineering” organization
Develops and provides technical information via:
Publications
Training
Conferences
Standards
Technical Library (IEEE Xplore) Data
Technical Committees
Broad membership / great contacts
Real Value in Membership

4. Reliability Society Overview
Vision / Goal
To be the recognized leader for the broad aspects of reliability
Mission Statement
Promote recognition of the Reliability and related professions, develop and disseminate Best Practices for effective reliability, and be a resource for collaboration among Reliability and its related professionals
Purpose / Objective
To be the organization of choice to bring Reliability professionals together by providing value-added benefits, technically and professionally

5. Reliability Society Field of Interest
The Reliability Society is concerned with strategies and best practices for attaining, assessing, and assuring system reliability, in the broadest sense, and maintaining it throughout its life cycle.
Reliability is a design attribute of a system (encompassing service and process). Even though reliability is intangible physically, it is a true system performance measure.
The Society membership encompasses engineers who are designing, analyzing, producing and assessing some portion or level of a system, be it hardware, software, devices, processes, or materials.

6. Broad Reliability Aspects Reliability – Availability – Dependability
Specifications – Requirements – Development – Testing – Monitoring
System of Systems to Devices / Processes
Hardware – Software – Specifics

7. Broad Reliability Aspects Reliability – Availability – Dependability
Maintainability
Testability
Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)
Human Interface
Integrity
System Safety
Supportability
System Security
Privacy / Trust

8. Reliability Society Purpose
Founded for practicing engineers, scientists, system analysts, and engineering managers to:
Become more competent in reliability disciplines and updated in state-of-the-art reliability activities
Provide a medium for technical exchange in reliability and related fields
Advance the reliability discipline
Mold the body of specialists in reliability and related fields into a more effective force dedicated to product improvement

9. 2012 RS Leadership President Dennis Hoffman Jr. Past President
Jeff Voas
Sr. Past President
N/A
Membership VP
Lon Chase
Publication VP
Bob Loomis
Technical Activities VP
Eric Wong
Meetings & Conference VP
Marsha Abramo
Secretary
Alfred Stevens
Treasurer
Christian Hansen

10. 2012 RS AdCom Members Elected: Marsha Abramo Scott Abrams
Loretta Arellano
Lon Chase
Joe Childs
Pierre Dersin (France)
Irving Engelson
Carole Graas
Lou Gullo
Christian Hansen
Dennis Hoffman
Samuel Keene
Phil LaPlante
Bob Loomis
Todd Weatherford
Eric Wong
Appointed:
Way Kuo (Hong Kong)
Pradeep Lall
Rex Sallade
Shiuhpyng Shieh (Taiwan)
Alfred Stevens

11. Reliability Society Chapters
North America Europe / UK / Russia
15 chapters chapters
MidEast / India
0 chapters
South America Africa Asia / Japan / Australia / China
0 chapters 0 chapters chapters

12. Reliability Society Chapters
Baltimore
Binghamton
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Croatia
Dallas
Denver / Pikes Peak
France
Italy
Japan Council
Mohawk Valley
Ottawa
Philadelphia
San Diego
Santa Clara Valley
Singapore
South Plains
Switzerland
Taipei / Tinan (Taiwan)
Toronto
Twin Cities
UK & RI
A Chapter is a technical sub-unit
that serves the needs of Reliability
Society members at the local level
There are 23 Reliability Society
Chapters worldwide

13. Reliability Society Desires of RS Chapters
Assure RS members understand & appreciate the Reliability Society
Present IEEE and RS overviews periodically
Convince non-IEEE / RS Chapter participants to join IEEE & RS
Gain membership participation in your Chapter and the RS
Chapter Leadership
Chapter presenters
RS Technical Committees
Webinar / Training presenters
Publication Associate Editors / Leadership
Conference Team members / presenters
Standards Working Group members
RS VP Team members

14. Reliability Society Offers to RS Chapters
RS membership expansion appreciations ($/new membership)
RS AdCom members if on travel to your location to offer
to meet with your Chapter leaders
to present at your Chapter meeting
If the Chapter leaders have questions / requests, ask
Reliability Society Thanks the RS Chapters
The RS appreciates your involvement / support / leadership
Thanks for maintaining your Chapter
Thanks for the technical meetings for your local Reliability engineers

15. Real Value in Membership
Reliability Society Goals
Increase member awareness of our Society and its benefits
Continued dissemination of technical material to members
Increased focus on Reliability of emerging technologies
Increase membership participation, globally
Continued collaboration with other IEEE Societies
Real Value in Membership

16. Membership = Great opportunities for professional growth!
Reliability Society Member Benefits
Free Access through IEEE Xplore:
Publications
Proceedings
Newsletter, available via RS Web site
Web and CD-based low-cost time-of-need training modules
Discount registration fees to sponsored conferences
Numerous focused topic Technical Committees available for participation
Opportunities to interact with discipline "movers and shakers”
Membership = Great opportunities for professional growth!

17. Reliable Operation Is A User Must Aspect
Future Focuses For Reliability
All Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Power Generation and Storage
Smart Grid for Enhanced Power Availability
System Security / Privacy / Trust
Life Sciences Systems
In the future, we need to think about the reliability, availability and dependability issues associated with these expanding major items.
Thank you.
Reliable Operation Is A User Must Aspect

18. Reliability Techniques applicable to all Product Businesses
Broad Product Business Involvements
Manufacturing Equipment
Power Generation Systems
Fuel & Electric Autos
Industrial / Agricultural /
Defense / Space Systems
Generation Battery Support
Commercial Products
Reliability Techniques applicable to all Product Businesses

19. Greatly Appreciate Your Involvement, Support, and Leadership
Thanks
to each of you, our
RS Chapter Chairs We
Greatly Appreciate Your
Involvement, Support, and Leadership