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Chris and Fred respond to a question asked by one of our listeners … who is wondering about the number of ‘starts’ and ‘stops’ on electrical and mechanical systems when it comes to characterizing reliability.
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Chris and Fred discuss the long-term life of electric vehicles (EVs) and other rechargeable batteries, which tend to be longer than predicted. Why?
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Enrico and Fred discuss the value of using real-world usage data to define mission profiles, advocating for a shift from deterministic to stochastic approaches. They touch on the impact of environmental conditions, the risk of selection bias in data analysis, and weigh the cost-benefit of using connected devices to improve design and reliability decisions.
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Chris and Fred discuss how you analyze the failure data from a test … where failure is sometimes intermittent?
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Chris and Fred discuss the importance (or lack thereof) of having a PhD in reliability engineering. Is it worth it?
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Dianna and Fred discuss long-form reading. Is it in decline?
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Kirk and Fred discuss a simple question of what being a practical and sound reliability engineer means.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the term “confidence” and its use in reliability engineering
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Carl and Fred discuss the difference between the body of knowledge of reliability and safety, and how they work together.
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Carl and Fred discuss the importance of reliability engineering and customer service working together to increase reliability and safety from the customer point of view. It is very important to understand how customers actually use your product, and customer service staff are uniquely positioned to provide that insight.
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Enrico and Fred discuss a couple of ways to approach planning reliability testing.
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Chris and Fred discuss the importance of (trying to) set a reliability goal. Simple … right?
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Chris and Fred discuss the success or otherwise of the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) 2025 … with a focus on AI. What are your thoughts?
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Dianna and Fred discuss building a reliability team.
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