Encouraging New Engineers
Abstract
Dianna and Fred discussing why and how to encourage new engineers and foster younger generations to consider engineering as a profession.
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SOR 761 Encouraging New Engineers
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 760 Dealing with Suppliers
Dealing with Suppliers
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Kirk and Fred discussing dealing with suppliers in dealing with failures in complex interconnected systems.
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SOR 759 Talking about HALT
Talking about HALT
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Kirk and Fred discussing a basic subject that Kirk has been speaking about for over three decades, Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and carrying the ideas of Gregg Hobbs, Ph.D. who termed the acronym and methodology
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SOR 758 Incomplete Data
Incomplete Data
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Chris and Fred discuss what it means to have incomplete data. Isn’t data just data?
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SOR 757 No Such Thing as Safe
No Such Thing as Safe
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Chris and Fred discuss this term we call ‘safe.’ What is ‘safe?’ How can we use the term ‘safe’ in industries that involve a lot of risk? Perhaps there is no such thing as ‘safe?’
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SOR 756 Fitting into a Risk Program
Fitting into a Risk Program
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Greg and Fred discussing how risk assessment must be tailored to the context of the organization.
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SOR 755 Risk Assessments
Risk Assessments
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Greg and Fred discussing how and why to conduct risk assessments.
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SOR 754 What Software Are You Using?
What Software Are You Using?
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Dianna and Fred discussing software tools used by reliability engineers: the good, the bad, and pitfalls.
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SOR 753 Catching Up with Questions
Catching Up with Questions
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Carl and Fred summarizing and discussing the latest questions received from readers and listeners.
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SOR 752 Bringing Back Old Plant Equipment
Bringing Back Old Plant Equipment
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about the use of FMEA when ramping up equipment in a plant. In this case, the equipment had been sitting dormant for a number of years.
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SOR 751 The Best Reliability Training
The Best Reliability Training
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discussing their views on how to best learn the discipline of reliability engineering.
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SOR 750 Decisions and Safety
Decisions and Safety
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Kirk and Fred discussing whether to ship a product that may or may not be safe and reliable.
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SOR 749 Hierarchy of Engineering
Hierarchy of Engineering
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Chris and Fred discuss the ‘hierarchy’ of reliability engineering. Which is the hierarchy of the knowledge and terms we need to follow when we learn about reliability engineering. Is it possible to organize our thoughts in a better way?
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SOR 748 Accuracy and Intervals
Accuracy and Intervals
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Chris and Fred discuss the terms ‘accuracy’ and ‘intervals’ … which are used a lot by reliability engineers. And how they relate to ‘confidence.’ So what to do any of these terms mean?
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SOR 747 Celebrating Reliability Success
Celebrating Reliability Success
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about when it is OK to celebrate reliability successes. Specifically, how long you have to wait to feel comfortable you have a successful product when nothing bad happens.
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