Overview

The PHM Society offers this updated 14 hour intensive short course titled PHM Fundamentals and Case Studies— From Monitoring/Sensing to Fault Diagnosis/Failure Prognosis and Case Studies, on PHM tools, methods, applications and case studies. This follows from the first offering at the PHM14 conference in Fort Worth, TX with 48 attendees and regular ratings of 4/5.   It was also run in 2015 in San Diego, 2016 in both Bilbao, Spain and Denver USA, in St. Petersburg, USA in 2017 and Philadelphia in 2018. And Utrecht, Netherlands in July 2018, Scottsdale at PHM19 and virtually in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and back live in 2023, 2024 and now renewed for 2025.

As in the previous offerings, the course will be taught by recognized international experts in the PHM field and will cover the current state of the art in PHM technologies, sensors and sensing strategies, data mining tools, CBM+ technologies, novel diagnostic and prognostic algorithms as well as a diverse array of application examples/case studies. It is addressed to engineers, scientists, operations managers, educators, small business principals and system designers interested to learn how these emerging technologies can impact their work environment. 

With a lecture (with Q&A), networking and workshop format with specialist experts, participants will:

1. Establish a baseline for defining the capabilities of PHM, specifically needs and organization
2. Identify specific details of PHM Applications (metrics, sensors, cost benefits, reliability) and PHM Methods (diagnostics, prognostics, data driven methods and uncertainty)
3. Identify issues, needs and a way forward including Continuing Professional Development
4. Examine case studies of PHM applications in several domains to identify solutions and impacts
5. Plan a PHM application in two mini workshop settings with expert group leaders

Note:  A PHM Society Certificate can be provided for 1.4 Continuing Professional Development Units to each participant completing the course, on request.

1. Background education and standards portal reading and references:
   1. https://phmsociety.org/phm-education-and-professional-development-portal/
   2. https://phmsociety.org/phm-standards-portal/
2. Free journal articles: https://papers.phmsociety.org/index.php/ijphm 
3. Free conference proceedings: PHM, PHME PHMAP: https://papers.phmsociety.org/ 

Workshop topic: We will work in small groups on small realistic problems: Segment one: developing PHM requirements- needs, stakeholders and metrics and Segment 2- data and modeling approaches, operational issues.  Participants are asked to bring a problem statement from their organization: Problem definition, asset of interest, health management objectives, and customer(s).

Dress Code: Business Casual

Course Outline