Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer

Areas of Practice:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Reliability of Medical Devices
• Reliability Research
• Unintended Vehicular Acceleration

Professional Memberships:

• Fellow – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Fellow – American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Fellow – Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE)
• Fellow – Int’l Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS)
• Senior Member – Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES)
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
• Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC)
• American Society of Materials Int’l (ASM)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)
• Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Standards Committee

Highlights:

• Patent – Electromechanical Device Having a Plurality of Bundles of Fibers for Interconnection of Two Planar Surfaces, U.S. Patent # 7,220,131, May 22, 2007
• Patent – Method for Extracting Load Parameters from Monitored Signals for Electronic Prognostics, Vichare, N., and M. Pecht, Reference # 601195
• University of Maryland Outstanding Faculty Research Award (2009)
• The Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation (2008): awarded to National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers that have had a significant impact on the world. CALCE won the award for its research on physics-of-failure reliability analysis methods and advanced supply chain management concepts for electronic products and systems
• Best Paper Award (2008): for the 62nd Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology. Gu, J., Barker D., and M. Pecht, “Prognostics of Electronics under Vibration Using Acceleration Sensors,” Proceeding for 62nd Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT), Virginia Beach, VA, May 2008, pp. 253-263
• Maurice Simpson Technical Editors Award (2008) for best 2007 article in IEST. Sony Mathew, Diganta Das, Michael Osterman, Michael Pecht, Robin Ferebee, and Joseph Clayton, for their paper, “Virtual Remaining Life Assessment of Electronic Hardware Subjected to Shock and Random Vibration Life Cycle Loads,” Journal of the IEST, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 86-97, April 2007
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2008): for research in prognostics in electronics
• IEEE Reliability Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2007): recognizes Prof. Pecht’s long term contributions to the Reliability Society, reliability research, and reliability education, all benefiting the reliability community
• European Micro and Nano-Reliability Award (2007): for outstanding contributions to reliability research
• Distinguished International Service Award (2006) for significant contributions to the development of international institutional programs at the University of Maryland; and a distinguished international career
• Grand Fellowship of the Mirce Academy, England (2005): the highest award that the Akademy can bestow upon an individual in recognition of their unique contribution to the understanding and/or predicting of the motion of functionability through system life, at the global level of significance
• IEEE Best Paper of the Year (2004) Award: for paper titled “Characterization of Hygroscopic Swelling Behavior of Mold Compounds and Plastic Packages”
• Authored or edited twenty-eight technical books
• Authored or edited thirty-five chapters in technical books and handbooks
• Authored or co-authored over four hundred technical articles