Auteur: Bjoern Bartels

Bjoern Bartels is a senior consultant and obsolescence management competence lead with a masters degree in international business and a German diploma in industrial engineering and business management. Ulrich Ermel is Head of Department Materials and Obsolescence Management at TQ Systems Gmb H and Chairman of the Component Obsolescence Group in Germany. Peter Sandborn, Ph D, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland. Michael Pecht, Ph D, is Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland. He is also a visiting Professor in Electronics Engineering at City University in Hong Kong.