 Education & Seminars
Schedule of Courses: Spring 2010
Click here for our public Google Calendar at 2010 Calendar of Events.
 Ops A La Carte 2010 Education Schedule (pdf)
The following is a list of all our public seminars for the next few months. Most of our seminars are taught as in-house tailored seminars. To view a list of all our seminars, please go to the Ops A La Carte Course List
In-House courses are customized and combined with other courses as required to meet client's goals. Courses cover principals, theory, and applications with lectures/workshops.
 Topic: Green Technology Reliability Seminar
Date: June 8, 2010, 1-6pm
Location: DLI Labs, Austin, TX and via webinar
Price: Free
About Event: Ops A La Carte's Mike Silverman will be giving a presentation along with several industry speakers, including Paul Parker from Solar Bridge and Nathan Reddy from Polycom.
Event is being sponsored by Ops A La Carte, DLI Labs, and DfR Solutions.
To sign up for live event, go to: http://events.linkedin.com/Austin-Green-Technology-Reliability/pub/317197
To sign up for webinar event, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/726817826
Course: Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Preparation Course
Date(s): August 17 - September 28, 2010
Time: 6pm-10pm one night a week, 7 weeks
Instructor: :Doug Farel and John Cooper, Ops A La Carte
Length: 7 weeks
Cost: $1295
Location: San Jose, CA
(for those out of area, course is now offered via internet)
Description: Becoming certified as a Reliability Engineer (CRE) can be valuable to your employer and your career. We are offering this Exam Preparation Course. Students have found it very valuable in preparing for the exam. Even if you are not planning on taking the exam but need a good, in-depth course in Reliability Engineering, this can benefit you substantially.
Course Webpage: CRE Course by Ops A La Carte
Topic: Design for Excellence (DfX) Symposium
Date: Oct 11-15
Location: Austin, TX
About Event: Ops A La Carte and DfR Solutions are teaming up to give this Design for Excellence (DfX) Symposium. We already gave this symposium earlier in the year in San Jose California.
DFX TRACK ONE - DESIGN
Design for Reliability (DfR): Oct 11: Mike Silverman of Ops & Dr. Craig Hillman of DfR
Design of Environment (DfE): Oct 12 by Dr. Randy Schueller of DfR Solutions
Design for Manufacturability (DfM): Oct 13 by Cheryl Tulkoff of DfR Solutions
Design for Testability (DfT): Oct 14 by Vaughan Carlson, Pres. of Value Engrafting
Design for Components: Oct 15 by David Cavanaugh
DFX TRACK TWO - TESTING
Best Accelerated Life Tests: Oct 11-12 by Mike Silverman of Ops A La Carte
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Oct 13-14: Greg Swartz of Ops & Dr. Craig Hillman of DfR
Design for Mechanical Reliability: Oct 15 by Dr. Kim Parnell of Ops A La Carte
PRICING AND TERMS
Class Prices: Two day=$1195, One day=$695, half day=$395
Group Discounts: Every 5th registrant is FREE
Unemployed/Employees paying themselves=25% off
Full time students=50% off
All are available via webinar for a 25% discount.
Payment: PO, Check, or Credit Card in advance
For more info or to register, please 
All our seminars are offered as in-house tailored seminars. To view a list of all our seminars, go to Ops A La Carte Course List
Events 2010
Here is a list of events for the rest of 2010. More information will be coming on these events at the beginning of the year. Click here for a 2010 Calendar of Events. Below is a list of the events.
JUNE
- June 15-18: Applied Reliability Symposium (ARS): Reno, Nevada. We will present our paper on Estimating Field Failure Rate from the Results of HALT
JULY
- No events planned. Have a nice summer!
AUGUST
- Aug 17: Start of CRE Class (runs from Aug 17 to Sept 28), San Jose CA (also available via webinar)
- Aug 20: Product Realization Group (PRG) Summer Barbeque
SEPTEMBER
- Sep 22: SMP Lunch and Learn on Medical Device Product Design
OCTOBER
- Oct 6-8: Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability (ASTR) Workshop, Denver CO (also available via webinar) We will present our updated HALT Calculator Model.
- Oct 11-15: Reliability Symposium Texas by Ops A La Carte and DfR Solutions, Austin, TX (also available via webinar)
- Oct 19: Start of CQE Class (runs from Oct 19 to Nov 30, one night a week for 7 weeks), San Jose CA (also available via webinar)
NOVEMBER
- Nov 10-11: Biomed Show, San Jose, CA. We will present our paper on Reliability Challenges in the Medical Industry
- Nov 12: Ops Medical Open House, San Jose, CA
DECEMBER
- No events planned. Have a nice holiday!
For more details, click on our events page or contact us.
** For PRG Events we have started offering these lunch and learns via webinar as well. If you cannot attend in person and would like to attend via webinar, please note that on your registration form. To register for any of these lunch and learn sessions, please go to L&L registration form.
Email us at via our contact form for more information on any of these events above.
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