The Certified Reliability Engineer Handbook

This handbook by Benbow (principal, Iowa Quality Systems) and Broome (engineering technology, East Tennessee State U.) describes the theory and tools found in the Body of Knowledge for the Reliability Engineer certification of ASQ (the American Society for Quality). The material covers reliability management, including strategic management, reliability program management, and product safety and liability; probability and statistics for reliability; reliability design techniques and parts and systems management; reliability modeling and predictions; reliability test planning, development testing, and product testing; maintainability and availability strategies and analyses; and data collection and use, including failure analysis tools. The accompanying CD-ROM includes study questions and a simulated exam.