Reuel Smith is a faculty specialist at the Center for Risk and Reliability and the Systems, Risk and faculty at the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park. His research areas of study include reliability modeling, data analysis, crack propagation and detection modeling, and the development of learning tools for reliability engineering courses. He received his Ph.D. in reliability engineering in 2017, one M.S. in mechanical engineering in 2011, another M.S. in aerospace engineering in 2007, and a Bachelor’s degree with Honors in aerospace engineering in 2005; all from the University of Maryland College Park.
Reliability modeling, reliability computational tool development, reliability simulation, fatigue crack propagation and detection, accelerated testing, education in engineering sciences
ENRE 620 - Mathematical Techniques in Reliability Engineering
Basic probability and statistics. Application of selected mathematical techniques to the analysis and solution of reliability engineering problems. Applications of matrices, vectors, tensors, differential equations, integral transforms, and probability methods to a wide range of reliability related problems.
ENME 445 - Design for Reliability