He is also the Director of Reliability & Intelligent Systems Engineering (RISE) Laboratory at UofA (http://www.sie.arizona.edu/reliability-intelligent-systems-engineering-laboratory). He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey. His research interests focus on modeling of accelerated testing, probabilistic risk assessment, maintenance models and optimization, service part inventory control, and prognostics. His current research is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and industry. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010. He is a member of IIE, INFORMS, and SRE.