Engineering Systems Reliability, Safety, and Maintenance: An Integrated Approach

About B.S. Dhillon

Dr. B.S. Dhillon is a professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He has served as a Chairman/Director of Mechanical Engineering Department/Engineering Management Program for over 10 years at the same institution. He is the founder of the probability distribution named Dhillon Distribution/Law/Model by statistical researchers in their publications around the world. He has published over 376 {(i.e. 226( 70 single authored + 156 co-authored) journal and 150 conference proceedings} articles on reliability engineering maintainability safety engineering management etc. He is currently or has been on the editorial boards of 12 international scientific journals. In addition Dr. Dhillon has written 42 books on various aspects of health care engineering management design reliability safety and quality published by Wiley (1981) Van Nostrand (1982) Butterworth (1983) Marcel Dekker (1984) Pergamon (1986) etc. His books are being used in over 100 countries and many of them are translated into languages such as German Russian Chinese and Persian (Iranian). He has served as General Chairman of two international conferences on reliability and quality control held in Los Angeles and Paris in 1987. Prof. Dhillon has also served as a consultant to various organizations and bodies and has many years of experience in the industrial sector. At the University of Ottawa he has been teaching reliability quality engineering management design and related areas for over 34 years. Dr. Dhillon has also lectured in over 50 countries including keynote addresses at various international scientific conferences held in North America Europe Asia and Africa. In March 2004 he was a distinguished speaker at the Conf./Workshop on Surgical Errors (sponsored by White House Health and Safety Committee and Pentagon) held at Capitol Hill (One Constitution Avenue Washington D.C.). Professor Dhillon attended the University of Wales where he received a BS in electrical and electronic engineering and an MS in mechanical engineering. He received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Windsor.