The structure of SRE society at
the University of Maryland, College Park
is as follows:


Avik Sinha, President
 Phone: (301)-405-6640
email: avik@wam.umd.edu

Kuan J. Chung, Vice-President

Phone: (301)-405-6640
email: kjchung@wam.umd.edu

Hamed Nejad, Secretary

Phone: (301)-405-6640
email: h_nejad@hotmail.com

Richard Youngk, Treasurer

Phone: (202)-781-1276
email: email: youngkrd@navsea.navy.mil

University of Maryland - Calendar of Events
 
2001  
September 21 Ultra-Thin Gate Oxide
Bin Wang:
Bin Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Reliability Engineering Program at University of Maryland.
October 19 U.S. Navy Analysis of Submarine Maintenance Data and the Development of Age and Reliability Profiles
Timothy M. Allen:
Tim Allen is a Reliability Analyst Leader at Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Planning and Procurement (SUBMEPP), a Naval Sea Systems Command field activity located in Portsmouth, NH. He has worked at SUBMEPP for the past sixteen years. As a member of the Reliability Centered Maintenance group, he co-developed SUBMEPP’s Feedback Data Analysis System. Tim trains system engineers in the principles and methodologies of RCM and works collaboratively with them to engineer maintenance plans. He was previously an engineer for submarine atmospheric and seawater systems. Tim received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Maine in 1986. In 1997, Tim received a Master of Business Administration degree at New Hampshire College.

ABSTRACT
In 1961 a U.S. Government sponsored task force reported its findings on the effect of scheduled maintenance and aircraft reliability. They stated “In the past, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on the control of overhaul periods to provide a satisfactory level of reliability. After careful study, the Committee is convinced that reliability and overhaul time control are not necessarily directly associated topics.” Further studies that also supported this precept led to a new discipline known as “Reliability Centered Maintenance”. This RCM discussion focuses on one of the principles of RCM - Hardware may wear out or have random failure - Random is more common - and the U.S. Navy’s findings in regard to this principle. In 1998 Naval Sea Systems Command activity SUBMEPP (Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Planning and Procurement) developed the capability to generate Age and Reliability curves utilizing maintenance feedback data. This provided the organization a new means to objectively measure the effects of planned maintenance to engineer optimal maintenance plans. After three years of generating Age and Reliability curves, SUBMEPP is ready to report that the 1961 finding still holds true. In the majority of cases, there is no relationship between overhaul time and reliability.

November 16 Automatic Generation of Software Functional Architecture from Requirements Specifications
Avik Sinha
Systems models for the reliability assessment of software are an important component of the current software reliability research. One of these models, proposed by Dr. Carol Smidts, uses as its basic modeling component a functional architecture derived from the software specifications. The derivation of the architecture from the specification is currently performed manually by a knowledgeable analyst. This presentation would introduce an approach towards automatic derivation of these models. The approach uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques.
December 21 SRE UMD Christmas Party
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2002

  
January 18 U.S. Patent Application Process
David Lee:
David Lee is a Engineering Project Manager at the Naval Sea Systems Command Submarine Program Office located at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. He has worked at NAVSEA and at the U.S. Patent Office for the past fifteen years. Mr. Lee received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland in 1982.

ABSTRACT
The patent process is a process that can lead to effective uses for major improvements in technology. The U.S. government, by the signing constitution, has supported this process. David will explain the process of applying and administering the patent and its importance in technology and reliability improvements.


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