Mr. John Cooper Life Member

El Granada, California , USA  •  IEEE San Francisco Section
Tagline
Ruggedizing Products to Last Longer - analysis, testing, training
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Biography
Reliability Engineer Consultant: Predictions, Circuit Stress Analysis, Silicon Valley. • identify design weaknesses, and verify improvements to give longer product life and robustness • Reliability Test Plans, training for ruggedizing products, including MTBF model, HALT & HASS testing, Reliability Predictions, FMEA / FMECA, Reliability testing with RDT and ALT, Stress & Derating analysis, and Product Quality reviews. Physics of Failure analysis (Sherlock), Weibull. • Developed Quality and Reliability strategies for medical instruments / surgical robots, telecommunications products, networking equipment, power, consumer products, medical instrumentation, artillery, industrial equipment, toys, from concept to production. • Developed compliance, safety and quality strategy for batteries, consumer products and educational toys; battery safety compliance • Implemented overseas Reliability & Quality methods at Contract Manufacturers
Technical Expertise
Consumer Electronics
Electrical Power Quality, Reliability and Safety
Reliability and Availability
Electronic Components
Telecon and Telephone
Fiber Optics
Manufacturing
Product Reliability Analysis
Circuit Stress Analysis
FMEA
MTBF
HALT / HASS
Special Skills
Technical Specialties
Product Reliability - Strategy, Assessment Design Analysis, Circuit Stress Prediction (MTBF) HALT and HASS, Accelerated Life Testing FMEA, FMECA - RDT - Reliability Demonstration Test Weibull Training; Contract and Part Time Engineering services; Training in FMECA and these other topics. Professional Engineer, Electrical, State of California.
Additional Specialties
Relex/Windchill Reliability, Item Software, Agile System (Documentation) Oracle ReliabSoft
Interests
Communication network reliability
Life testing
Reliability
Materials reliability
Green's function methods
Redundancy
Codes
Reliability
Reliability
Aging
Power system reliability
Life testing
Failure analysis
Electron traps
Certification
Preventive maintenance
Quality control
Quality management
Redundancy
Risk analysis
Thermal management
Reliability engineering
Weibull distribution
Reliability theory
Software reliability
System reliability
Thermal management
Reliability
Experience
Other Professional/Technical
Employer Unknown
Publications
John Cooper and Daniel Kwak, "Reliability Testing of Consumer Products," in Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific), 2020
John Cooper and , "Reliability Engineering Techniques for Consumer Products," in 2019 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific), 2019
John Cooper and , "Introduction to HALT - making your product robust," in 2017 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific), 2017
John Cooper and Daniel Kwak, "An overview of reliability," in Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific), 2017