Part 1 Reliability Basics
- 1.1 – Introduction
- 1.2 – Reliability Fundamentals
Part 2 Component Reliability Analysis
- 2.1 – Lifetime Distributions
- 2.2 – Reliability Data Analysis
Part 3 System Reliability Analysis
- 3.1 – System Reliability Analysis
- 3.2 – Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- 3.3 – Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- 3.4. – Reliability Based Design
- 3.5. – Repairable Systems and Availability
Part 4 Reliability Software
Part 5 Case Studies: Reliability Analysis
Part 6: Maintenance Basics
- 6.1 – Introduction
- 6.2 – Maintenance Concepts
Part 7 Preventive maintenance
- 7.1 – Time-based Preventive Maintenance
- 7.2 – Inspection Optimization
- 7.3 – Spare Parts Management
Part 8 Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
- 8.1 – Predictive Maintenance Program
- 8.2 – Condition Monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics
- 8.3 – CBM optimization
Part 9 Maintenance Software
Part 10 Case Studies and Physical Asset Management
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to reliability engineering, maintenance optimization, and engineering asset management. It includes case studies and demonstrations of related software packages. Group discussions will be conducted.
This course is intended for a broad range of audience, including engineers, technicians, and managers whose work is related to reliability analysis, quality assurance, and maintenance and asset management. Audiences from various industries can benefit from this course, including oil and gas, mining, power, manufacturing, telecommunications, renewable energy, etc.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
Dr. Zhigang (Will) Tian is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He has more than 15 years experience in teaching, research, and development in the areas of reliability engineering, maintenance optimization, and engineering asset management. He received the 2011 Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM). Dr. Tian has worked with many industry partners and government agencies on projects in the field of reliability, maintenance, and asset management. These projects are in collaboration with companies from various industries, such as aerospace, manufacturing, renewable energy, biotechnology, etc. Dr. Tian has developed software tools for component reliability analysis, preventive maintenance optimization, and predictive data analytics. Dr. Tian has published more than 80 articles in refereed journals, conference proceedings and edited books.