Michael Pecht (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the first M.S. degree in electrical engineering and the second M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is the Founder and the Director of the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, which is funded by over 150 of the world’s leading electronics companies at more than US$6M/year. He is currently a Distinguished Professor in mechanical engineering and a professor in applied mathematics with the University of Maryland. He is a world-renowned expert in strategic planning, supply chain management, design, testing, IP, and risk assessment of electronic products and systems. He has written more than 40 books on product reliability, development, and supply chain management. He has also written over 900 technical articles and has ten patents. He is a Professional Engineer, an IEEE Fellow, an ASME Fellow, an SAE Fellow, and an IMAPS Fellow. In 2010, he received the IEEE Exceptional Technical Achievement Award for his prognostics and systems health management innovations. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief for Circuit World. He served as a Chief Editor for Microelectronics Reliability, for 16 years, and IEEE Transactions on Reliability, for nine years.