Theory and Practice of Quality and Reliability Engineering in Asia Industry (PDF)

Professor Cher Ming Tan is director of the Centre for Reliability Sciences and Technologies (CReST) at Chang Gung University, Taiwan and a professor at the College of Engineering Electronic department. He is also a chair professor at Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan. He was a faculty member of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for more than 19 years before moving to his current position. He started his reliability work in 1984 with Fairchild Semiconductor and later pursued his master's and Ph.D at the University of Toronto, Canada. He then joined Lite-On Power Semiconductor, Taiwan, continuing his work on quality, reliability and failure analysis. In addition he offers training and consultation to companies around the globe. He is an editor of IEEE Transaction on Device and Materials Reliability as well as Scientific Report, and is chief editor of SpringerBrief on Reliability, advisory board member of Microelectronics Reliability, and IEEE distinguished lecturer of EDS in Reliability. He was the course coordinator of the Singapore Quality Institute's Certified Reliability program.



Dr. T. N. Goh holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (1969) and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (1973). He is formerly Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Dean of Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is Honorary Member of the Singapore Quality Institute (SQI), Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, and a registered professional engineer. He is an Academician and a member of the Board of Governors, International Academy for Quality (IAQ) and Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), among other senior professional memberships. Dr. Goh specializes in the application of statistical methodologies to Quality Engineering and Management. He has authored or coauthored some three hundred peer-reviewed technical