Tuesday, 09 April 2013
Registration: 05:30 PM
Workshop / Dinner: 06:30 PM – 08:00 PM
Location: University of Indianapolis, 1400 Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN Schwitzer Student Center (map)
Topic
Andre Kleyner, the author of two books on reliability and warranty, will talk about Product Reliability, how it is different from Quality and what it takes to build reliable products.
The presentation will address reliability as an integration of two disciplines:
- Physics of Failure
- Statistical Methods
Andre will also cover Design for Reliability and system reliability testing and as it commonly applied in the industry.
Our Speaker:
Andre Kleyner has over 25 years of engineering, research, consulting, and managerial experience specializing in reliability of electronic and mechanical systems designed to operate in severe environments. He received the doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland, and Master of Business Administration from Ball State University. Dr. Kleyner is a Global Reliability Engineering Leader with Delphi Electronics & Safety and an adjunct professor at Purdue University. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), a Certified Reliability Engineer, Certified Quality Engineer, and a Six Sigma Black Belt. He also holds several US and foreign patents and authored multiple professional publications including two books on the topics of reliability, statistics, warranty management, and lifecycle cost analysis. Based on his accomplishments, Andre Kleyner also was the subject of the “Who’s Who in Quality” column in the February 2013 issue of Quality Progress.
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