Jeff Bird (TECnos) - Vice President (email)Jeff Bird is currently a consultant with TECnos Consulting Services, Ottawa, Canada. His present avocations include advancing the art, science and business of prognostics and health management in diverse fields. Specifically, he leads PHM Society board initiatives in Education and Professional Development as well as Standards. He recently completed one career spanning 30 years as a Research Officer at the Gas Turbine Laboratory of the National Research Council Canada. His published research there included gas turbine dynamics and performance, health monitoring and management, adverse environments, and uncertainty. Previously he worked as an Operational Research officer in the Department of National Defence where he enjoyed contributing to airlift and search and recue planning. He studied at the University of Toronto (Engineering Science- Aerospace) and at Carleton University (Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems)
Karl Reichard (Penn State University) - Treasurer (email)Dr. Karl Reichard is a Research Associate at the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University and Deputy Department Head of the Advanced Sensors and Controls Department in the Multisensor Processing Division.
He has more than 15 years of experience in the development of advanced sensors, measurement systems, and signal processing algorithms. An Assistant Professor of Acoustics at Penn State and Head of the Condition-Based Maintenance Department at the University's Applied Research Laboratory, Dr. Reichard leads advanced research and development efforts in embedded systems, electro-optics, intelligent acoustic and vibration sensors, and signal processing and classification algorithms for active noise and vibration control, manufacturing machinery monitoring, and surveillance systems. Prior to joining Penn State ARL in 1991, he was employed by the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, his alma mater. Dr. Reichard has published more than 25 papers in refereed journals, conference publications, and technical reports. Dr. Reichard serves as Associate Editor of the International Journal on Prognostics and Health Management.
Peter Sandborn (University of Maryland) - Secretary (email)Peter Sandborn is a Professor in the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Sandborn’s group develops life-cycle cost models and business case support for long field life systems. This work includes: obsolescence forecasting algorithms, strategic design refresh planning, lifetime buy quantity optimization, and return on investment models for maintenance planning (including the application of PHM to systems). Dr. Sandborn is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, the North American Editor of the International Journal of Performability Engineering, and on the Board of Directors of the International PHM Society. He has authored over 150 technical publications and several books on electronic packaging and electronic systems cost analysis; and was the winner of the 2004 SOLE Proceedings Award; the 2006 Eugene L. Grant Award for best paper in the journal Engineering Economics; and the Best Paper Award at the IEEE PHM Conference in 2011. He has a B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1982, and the M.S. degree in electrical science and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1983 and 1987, respectively.
