Using AI to Detect and Assess Imminent Failure

By Alexander Bell

March 10, 2026 / 9am Pacific Time

Complex systems, such as automobiles, contain many moving parts that can lead to failure from a variety of causes and failure modes. AI can utilize system data recorded over time to automatically alert us to imminent failure and identify root causes.

Decision Trees are a relatively simple and popular AI tool, that can quickly learn and assess key variables and their interactions which contribute to an outcome such as system failure. They are fast to create, easy to interpret and can help us identify failure modes.

In this webinar, we will look at the basics of decision tree modelling and consider a simple demonstration of its application to assess imminent failure in automobiles.

All Your Failures Could Be Caused By Maintenance

By Chris Jackson

March 24, 2026 /8am Pacific Time

Stating that it is possible (or even more extraordinarily … probable) that all your failures could be caused by maintenance, as opposed to being remedied by maintenance. Most engineers cannot bring themselves to believe this … even when the statistics prove it. This is not a new claim. The fact that maintenance, as a bare minimum, temporarily increases failure rates was identified by British biologist C.H. Waddington during World War II, when he found that failure rates in aircraft in Bomber Command decreased after maintenance. From a statistical perspective, this is a clear ‘fingerprint’ of failures that are entirely dependent on maintenance. The longer the time since an aircraft was last serviced, the more reliable it was – until it was re-serviced, when the failure rate went through the roof. The same things happen today, and the statistics don’t lie. This (from one perspective) is great news, as all you need to do to improve the reliability of your assets is to do less maintenance. This is also (from another perspective) terrible news, as it shows how strong the psychology of so-called objective engineers can be when it comes to maintenance. If you think your assets are being serviced too often … check out this webinar to be convinced (or otherwise)!

Reliability Physics: How to Field Reliable Products

By Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta

March 4, 2026 / 8:30-12:30 Pacific Time

$400

This 4-hr course offers an introductory understanding of some of the key engineering design principles and accelerated test techniques needed to develop reliable electronic products. Participants are presented with various reliability physics methods to design and test for reliability.

Participants will….

• Learn how/why products really fail and understand key methods to make products sufficiently reliable
• Become acquainted with the degradation modes and mechanisms associated with various electronic devices and assemblies
• Determine the stresses associated with the qualification of reliable electronic equipment and examine techniques to address reliability problems
• Investigate the usage and applicability of reliability standards and handbooks

The Platform Evolution: From Maintenance to Asset Operations Management

By Ryan Chan

March 5, 2026 / 10am Pacific Time

The tools you rely on weren’t designed for what you’re being asked to do.

Downtime costs are climbing. Your best technicians are retiring faster than you can hire. You’re managing maintenance in one system, safety in another, and operations in a spreadsheet — and somehow expected to make AI work on top of all of it.

CMMS got you this far. But the mandate has changed. You’re not just maintaining assets anymore. You’re running operations across sites, teams, and functions. And your current software is forcing an impossible tradeoff: standardize OR customize OR integrate. Pick two.

What if you didn’t have to choose?

One platform for maintenance, reliability, safety, and operations — connected, intelligent, and built to adapt.

How to Build an Investigation File as a Report

By Mark Galley

March 6, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

Our updated template in Excel makes it easier to save your entire investigation in easily sharable formats. In this webinar we will walk you through the different ways to compile the results of your investigation into a condensed, easily sharable report – whether you’re looking for Excel, PowerPoint, Word or a Summary PDF, we’ve got you covered.

New Low Pressure Partial Discharge and Electrical Fatigue Capability

By Dhaval Vankhade, Martin Wickham and Meenakshy Ramankutty

March 10, 2026 / 7:30-8:30am Pacific Time

Ensuring long-term reliability in high-voltage systems requires a deep understanding of how environmental stressors impact insulation and material performance. This webinar explores cutting-edge research and testing methodologies designed to address these challenges. Our experts will examine how low-pressure environments influence partial discharge (PD) inception and contribute to electrical fatigue, providing critical insights for aerospace and other harsh-condition applications. Attendees will learn about the capabilities of a new multi-channel system engineered for accelerated ageing tests, enabling faster and more comprehensive reliability assessments. Additionally, we will share findings on material and coating performance under extreme conditions and outline plans for advanced testing strategies and design improvements aimed at enhancing high-voltage system durability.  

Join us to discover:

• how these innovations are shaping the future of electrical reliability in demanding environments
• how low-pressure environments affect PD inception and electrical fatigue
• the capability of a new multi-channel system for accelerated ageing test
• insights into material and coating performance under harsh conditions
• plans for advanced testing methodologies and design improvements for high-voltage reliability.

Changing Paradigms

By Ron Doucet

March 10, 2026 / 9am Pacific Time

Safety Assessment: Application of quantitative reliability techniques in Safety Risk Assessment

By Pravin Kadekodi

March 11, 2026 / 5:30-6:45am Pacific Time

Reliability engineering plays a role in ensuring the proper functioning of systems. Assessing the risk of safety events (failures) can be complex during both product development and failure investigations. This talk outlines practices for applying reliability engineering principles in failure investigations, which support informed decision-making regarding organizational responses.

Safety, reliability, and quality engineers participate in field safety investigations. While an organization’s response to field failure events is determined by business decisions, these engineers contribute quantitative risk assessments that, together with business considerations, inform the final decision-making process.

This webinar will be applicable to Safety, Reliability and Quality Engineers, and others with an interest system Safety & Reliability and failure investigations.

Presenting an Investigation to Management

By Mark Galley

March 13, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

You’ve defined a problem, analyzed it and found solutions using the Cause Mapping® investigation template in Excel. You’ve created your investigation file and now it’s time to present your findings. In this webinar, we’ll explain how to effectively present your Cause Map™ diagram and investigation findings to your colleagues or managers. We’ll address what to include in your summary, what points to emphasize, the order of presenting information as well as what language to use to have the most impact.

Understanding Shock and Vibration

By Dr. Alec Feinberg

March 18, 2026 / 8:30-Noon Pacific Time

$300

This course will start with the basics, defining such terms as “G”, “g”, “GRMS” and “G-Force”. We will explain the physics of shock and vibration in understandable terms. At the end of this course the student will be able to clearly understand shock and vibration, its terms, how tests are specified, and have the capability to apply software as a test aid. This course provides excel based software to aid the student in quickly learning shock and vibration fundamentals. With the DfRSoft Shock and Vibration Software, the student will be able to specify shock tests and perform a number of analyses. Every section below will have many examples to aid the student.

Early Career Professionals Presentation Event

By
Umar Razzaque and Khalid Mohamed,Taylor Adam, and Adam Din

March 18, 2026 / 11am-12:30pm Pacific Time

Hear three early career Safety & Reliability professionals present on interesting safety and reliability topics, followed by a Q&A and a prize for the best presentation.

Our speakers all have less than 10 years’ experience in Safety and Reliability and will be presenting about the interesting projects that they have been working on.

5-Why DOs and DON’Ts

By Mark Galley

March 20, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

A widely known tool that is regularly misused. An accurate 5-Why provides a simple way to start a cause-and-effect analysis. This webinar covers some important DOs and DON’Ts that will explain how the technique is confused and how it should be used. Topics will include 5-Why Basics and Benefits, Drawbacks and Misuse of a 5-Why, Does a 5-Why align with a Cause Map™ diagram?

5S for Operators and Human Error Reduction

By Ginette Collazo

March 24, 2026 /10-11:30am Pacific Time

$150

Although human error is unlikely to be eliminated, many human performance problems can be prevented. One method to improve productivity and reduce human error is the “5S Method.” This webinar is intended to provide you with practical knowledge on how to keep your workplace cleaner, safer, simpler, and organized, helping you achieve the intended goals and successfully execute assigned activities.

This webinar would provide tools to implement and use after this event, including practical tools and recommendations. It presents an overview of the five pillars of 5S: organization (Sort), Orderliness (Set in Order), Cleanliness (Shine), Standardization (Standardize), and Discipline (Sustain). The contents of this course are based on Hiroyuki Hirano’s five Pillars of the visual workplace.

Visual Inspection and Sampling

By Aris Pena

March 25, 2026 / 7-10am Pacific Time

$550

This course reviews the proper and safe procedures needed to obtain a representative sample of dielectric fluids. It covers personal protective equipment, special care transformers, visual inspection, gauges, nameplates, sampling containers, proper methods and techniques, packaging, and applying nitrogen.

Advanced Dissolved Gas Analysis Workshop

By Jason Dennison

March 26, 2026 / 7-10am Pacific Time

$550

This live online course takes a deep dive into the importance of DGA, what industry standards state, how to use test interpretation tools, and how to apply the test results to increase the reliable life of the transformer.  The instructor and class will work through actual test results, apply the different interpretation tools to the data, then work together to make recommendations for solutions for corrective action(s) on the unit.  Attendees are encouraged to send along DGA test results from the transformers in their facility to use in this workshop.

PCB Surface Finish Comparison and Selection

By Ramon Roche

March 26, 2026 / 1-2:30pm Pacific Time

Free for members / $25 non-members

Selecting the right PCB surface finish has a direct impact on solderability, reliability, manufacturability, and overall project cost. This session will provide a practical comparison of commonly used finishes including Hot Air Solder Level (HASL), Organic Solderability Preservatives (OSP), Immersion Tin (ImSn), Immersion Silver (ImAg), and Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG). We will review the relevant IPC and ISO standards and offer straightforward recommendations that can help improve quality and avoid common problems during production. Attendees will learn what to consider during the design stage to support better manufacturability, reduce rework, and control total cost. The session will be led by Ramon Roche, Field Application Engineer and Sustainability Specialist at NCAB Group USA and will conclude with a Q&A for attendees.

How a 5-Why Expands Into a Complete Investigation

By Mark Galley

March 27, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

Every investigation, regardless of its complexity, can begin with a simple 5-Why. Bigger incidents will be broken down into more detail. Even as the investigation expands into a larger analysis it does not contradict the initial 5-Why. Smaller incidents have few parts and bigger incidents have more parts, but the cause-and-effect principle doesn’t change. It can be applied consistently to all incidents.

Decision Making and Human Error

By Ginette Collazo

March 31, 2026 / 10-11:30am Pacific Time

$150

In today’s complex and fast-paced world, the ability to make sound decisions and minimize the risk of human error is crucial across various professional domains.

This course is meticulously crafted to provide participants with a deep understanding of the cognitive processes that govern decision-making and the common pitfalls that lead to human errors. Through a blend of theoretical insights, case studies, and practical exercises, participants will gain valuable tools and strategies to optimize decision-making and create a resilient environment that minimizes the likelihood of errors.