About the Editors
Michael G. Pecht (pecht@umd.edu) received a BS in physics, an MS in electrical engineering, and an MS and PhD in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. He is a Professional Engineer, and a Fellow of the IEEE, ASME, SAE, and IMAPS. He is Editor‐in‐Chief of IEEE Access, served as chief editor of the IEEE Transactions on Reliability for nine years and chief editor for Microelectronics Reliability for 16 years. He has also served on three US National Academy of Sciences studies, two US Congressional Investigations of automotive safety, and as an expert for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is the Founder and Director of CALCE (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering) at the University of Maryland, which is funded by over 150 of the world's leading electronics companies at more than US$6 million per year. CALCE received the NSF Innovation Award in 2009, and the National Defense Industries Association Award. Dr Pecht is currently a Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a Professor in Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation at the University of Maryland. He has written more than 20 books on product reliability, development, use, and supply chain management. He has also written a series of books on the electronics industry in China, Korea, Japan, and India. He has written over 700 technical articles and has 8 patents. In 2015, he was awarded the IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing ...
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