Theory and Practice of Quality and Reliability Engineering in Asia Industry

Professor Cher Ming Tan is director of the Centre for Reliability Sciences and Technologies (CReST) at Chang Gung University, Taiwan and a professor at the College of Engineering Electronic department. He is also a chair professor at Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan. He was a faculty member of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for more than 19 years before moving to his current position. He started his reliability work in 1984 with Fairchild Semiconductor and later pursued his master's and Ph.D at the University of Toronto, Canada. He then joined Lite-On Power Semiconductor, Taiwan, continuing his work on quality, reliability and failure analysis. In addition he offers training and consultation to companies around the globe. He is an editor of IEEE Transaction on Device and Materials Reliability as well as Scientific Report, and is chief editor of SpringerBrief on Reliability, advisory board member of Microelectronics Reliability, and IEEE distinguished lecturer of EDS in Reliability. He was the course coordinator of the Singapore Quality Institute's Certified Reliability program.