290-What Every Engineer Should Know About Reliability I
William Thomas
03/22/2020
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The title is misleading; the course is not set up for engineers; it is more for skilled reliability engineers who already have a high level of reliability understanding. Much of the course documentation is mathematical derivations (think Calculus class back in college). Many test questions cannot be answered using the course material only. I do not recommend this course.
The course author wrote the following response:
Every single exam question was based on the course materials, and in some cases word for word from the materials. The course is self contained as it should be. No outside material is needed to successfully earn a passing grade of 70. A look at the exam key shows that each question was based exactly on the material with exact pages in the course material identified. The numerical questions are only slight variants from the examples in the course materials and in most cases they are word for word.
This course material was taken from the basic undergraduate course in Reliability meant for undergraduates in mechanical, civil, electrical and industrial engineering. The actual course had more rigor. There is little or no calculus involved. All the equations in course materials were derived from basic principles right in the course materials. . No equation was ported. An engineer is a scientist and should understand a bit of arithmetic to be able to function as an engineer. If engineers can no longer do basic arithmetic and simple calculations than we are no longer engineers and that would be very unfortunate for what was once (and I still believe is) a noble profession.
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Professor O. Geoffrey Okogbaa, PE
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290-What Every Engineer Should Know About Reliability I
Mark Milacek
07/18/2019
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You better know this material before taking this course.
It provided no value. Just frustration. Over all save your $$ and take something else.
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290-What Every Engineer Should Know About Reliability I
J. Hutchins
09/27/2017
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Very technical and contains much information. I found it difficult to link the material presented to the test questions. A strong background in math is required to understand the way the material is presented and in my opinion a working knowledge of reliability engineering is needed also. This is not a basic knowledge course and again in my opinion is misnamed. Should be 'What Every RELIABILITY Engineer Should Know....." Also, some test questions were trick questions. The course was much more difficult than I imagined. Not practical for for someone not working in the field (again in my opinion).
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290-What Every Engineer Should Know About Reliability I
J Hutchins
09/26/2017
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Very difficult as a continuing Ed. course. (and I have a MS in Statistics albeit in multivariate statistics and Doctorate in Chem. Eng.) Course is good however but very theoretical. In my opinion would be difficult for a novices engineer to get a basic understanding in designing reliability systems without prior working in the reliability field. I would not recommend this as an introductory course for general knowledge.
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