Design for Reliability, from Design Assurance to Test Design and Execution for Field Validation by Dr. Julio Pulido
Design for Reliability, from Design Assurance to Test Design and Execution for Field Validation by Dr. Julio Pulido
Join us for our NEW webinar on June 24, 2026, 8:30-11:30 AM Pacific time (California) Cost $300 per person, Group discounts available! Please note, this webinar will be recorded. If the time is not convenient for you, the webinar recording link can be purchased to view at your leisure. Contact us for details.
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Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Design for Reliability (DfR), guiding participants from early design assurance practices through to test design and execution for real-world field validation. It equips engineers with the essential knowledge to ensure products are robust, durable, and capable of performing reliably under dynamic and demanding operating environments.
At its core, the training focuses on developing the capability to design, justify, and execute vibration and mechanical stress tests that accurately reflect field conditions. Participants will learn how to translate real-world usage, environmental loads, and failure risks into meaningful laboratory test profiles that validate product performance and uncover critical failure mechanisms early in the design cycle.
The course integrates key Design for Reliability principles across three critical areas:
- Probability Distributions & Reliability Modeling – Applying statistical tools such as Weibull and lognormal distributions to characterize variability, quantify failure risk, and support data-driven reliability decisions.
- Life–Stress Relationships – Leveraging physics-of-failure concepts to understand how vibration, mechanical stress, and environmental conditions (including temperature) drive degradation and failure over time.
- Vibration and Thermal Fatigue Testing – Designing and executing combined and accelerated test methods to evaluate damage accumulation from cyclic mechanical and thermal stresses, including resonance behavior and real-world load simulation.
Through practical examples and real-world case studies, the course demonstrates how Design Assurance and DfR methodologies—including requirements definition, risk identification, and validation planning—connect directly to effective test strategies and field performance outcomes.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to develop and defend physics-based, data-driven reliability test plans, ensuring alignment between design intent, validation methods, and actual field conditions—ultimately reducing risk, improving product durability, and strengthening confidence in product performance.
Your Instructor:
Dr. Julio Pulido is a VP of Global Quality and Reliability Engineering at Phononic. He drives Design for Reliability’s capability development and Quality Assurance at Phononic. He holds BS from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, MSc from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, PhD Research at Duke University, MBA from Xavier University, and an MSc in Technology from Chicago University. His specialty is structural analysis, vibration, and Structural Reliability design, and accelerated testing techniques. He has published over eighty works at different peer-reviewed international symposiums.
Cost $300 per person, if you have five or more the cost is $270 per person
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