Design For Reliability

As products and services become increasingly complex, system level failure modes become increasingly challenging. Collaborating with GE Aviation, we are developing advanced dfM methods that combine Life-Cost FMEA and functional modeling in order to help design engineers meet this challenge. Also, design validation and verification are vital to risk reduction. Validation refers to the use of appropriate methods, and verification refers to the correct implementation of those methods. Traditional methods of verification include prototype testing, simulation, analysis, redundancy and cross-checking. The focus of this project is finding ways to move these validation and verification methods earlier in the design process.

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Best practices and lessons learned benchmarking at world class organizations in aerospace, healthcare, consumer appliance, and energy industries.