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Andrew K.S. Jardine
Ph.D., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.,
M.I.E.E., P.Eng. is Professor and Director of the Centre for
Maintenance Optimization and Reliability Engineering (C-MORE) at
the University of Toronto where the EXAKT software for CBM
optimization and the SMS software for the optimization for emergency
spares have been developed .
The MORE Centre is funded
by organizations from Canada, the United Kingdom and the Unites
States of America. C- MORE details can be found at
www.mie.utoronto.ca/cmore
Professor Jardine also
serves as a part-time advisory consultant with IBM Global Business
Services. He is the author of the economic life software AGE/CON and
PERDEC that is licensed to organizations including transportation,
mining, electrical utilities, and process industries and is author
of the OREST software used for optimizing component preventive
replacement decisions and forecasting demand for spare parts.
Professor Jardine wrote the book, “Maintenance, Replacement and
Reliability”, first published in 1973 and now in its 6th printing.
He is the co-editor with J.D. Campbell of the 2001 published book
“Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life Cycle Decisions”.
His newest book “Maintenance, Replacement & Reliability: Theory and
Applications”, co-authored with Dr. A.H.C. Tsang, was published by
CRC Press, 2006.
Professor Jardine was the
1993 Eminent Speaker to the Maintenance Engineering Society of
Australia and in 1998 was the first recipient of the Sergio Guy
Memorial Award from the Plant Engineering and Maintenance
Association of Canada in recognition of his outstanding contribution
to the Maintenance profession. He is Honorary Visiting Professor,
Division of Operation and Maintenance
Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden for the
period 2006 - 2008. Professor Jardine is listed in Who’s Who in
Canada.
e-mail:
jardine@mie.utoronto.ca
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