Charles
Annis, P.E. is a registered Professional Engineer, and a
graduate of the University of
Florida and the Florida Institute of Technology. He is a member of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American
Statistical Association, and has more than four decades experience
in probabilistics and statistical engineering. He has published more
than 60 articles and technical papers on statistical engineering,
fracture mechanics, Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), probabilistic
design, and methods for assessing - and improving - the reliability
of complex mechanical systems. In the early '80s he developed the
first probabilistic life assessment software for flight propulsion
systems. Two decades ago he led an industry-government team to
establish the first MIL-HDBK for measuring NDE Reliability, and
recently (2007) completed its update, including software.
(MIL-HDBK-1823A was approved for public release 7 April, 2009.) He
has lectured on statistical engineering in the US, Canada, Europe,
the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Far East. Before establishing
Statistical Engineering he was a Pratt & Whitney Technical Fellow,
and before that ran the P&W fracture mechanics laboratory for 20
years.
Statistical Engineering clients include
the U.S. Air Force, Navy, national laboratories, NASA, universities,
research institutions, power system and flight propulsion system
manufacturers, nuclear facilities, and others.