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Dr. Eisenberg has over 40 years of experience in the fields of engineering and university teaching.  He has performed much development, research, and academic activities in the areas of electrical utility systems, transportation systems, expert systems, and mathematical applications.  He is an emeritus professor of electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a frequent visiting professor at the Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.  He is the author of many technical papers in a variety of areas.  

 

Dr. Bukowski has over 30 years of experience in the fields of reliability and functional safety. She has been involved in the development of many of the techniques used for probabilistic evaluation of safety and high availability automation systems. She was formerly a faculty member in engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova universities in the United States and has been a frequent visiting faculty member at the Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.  She has published many technical papers.  Dr. Bukowski has a BSEE and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Diploma from Imperial College, University of London.

 

Some Associates are listed in: Who's Who in the East, American Men and Women of Science, Dictionary of International Biography, Community Leaders of America, Two Thousand Men of Achievement, Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in Engineering, and Who's Who in the East.

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

W. M. Goble, J. V. Bukowski, “Development of a Mechanical Component Failure Database,” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 2007, pp. 451-455.
 

Bukowski, J. V., Goble, W. M., "Statistical Analysis of Pressure Relief Valve Proof Test Data:  Findings and Implications," Proceedings 4th Annual Global Congress on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, April 2008.  Selected Best Paper of the Process Plant Safety Symposium for 2008.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, "Validation of a Mechanical Component Constant Failure Rate Database," 2009 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, January 2009, 338-343.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, "Unexpected Results from the Analysis of PERD Test Data & the Implication for Pressure Relief Valve Safety," Proceeding 64th Annual Instrumentation Symposium for the Process Industries, College Station, TX, January 2009.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, "New Insights into Computing PFDavg for Pressure Relief Valves Based on Proof Test Data,"  Proceedings AIChE 5th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, Tampa, FL, April 2009.

 

J. V. Bukowski, R. E. Gross, “Results of Root Cause Analyses of Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valve Failures,” Proceedings AIChE 6th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2010.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, “Using Root Cause Failure Analysis Results to Estimate Failure Rates and PFDavg for Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valves,” Proceedings AIChE 6th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2010.

 

J. V. Bukowski, R. E. Gross, W. M. Goble, “Probability of Initial Failure for Spring Operated Relief Valves,” Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Baltimore, MD, July 2011.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, “Properly Assessing Mechanical Component Failure Rates,” 2012 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Reno, NV, January 2012, pp. 1-7.

 

J. V. Bukowski, R. E. Gross, W. M. Goble, “Investigation of Adhesion Formation in New Stainless Steel Trim Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valves,” Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Pressure Vessels And Piping Division Conference, Paris, France, July 2013.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Gross, and I. van Beurden, “Product Failure Rates vs Total Failure Rates at Specific Sites:  Implications for Safety,”  Proceedings AIChE 11th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, Austin, TX, April 2015.

 

J. V. Bukowski, and L. Stewart, “Understanding the Similarities and Differences of OREDA and FMEDA Data Analysis,” Proceedings AIChE 2nd CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety, Malaysia, November 2015.

 

J. V. Bukowski, and L. Stewart, “FMEDA Predictions and OREDA Estimations for Mechanical Failure Rates:  Explaining the Differences,” Proceedings ISA Process Control and Safety Symposium, Houston, TX, November 2015.

 

J. V. Bukowski, “Using Markov Models to Compute Probability of Failed Dangerous When Repair Times Are Not Exponentially Distributed,” Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, January 2006, pp. 273-277.

 

J. V. Bukowski, “Incorporating Process Demand into Models for Assessment of Safety System Performance,” Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, January 2006, pp. 577-581.

 

J. V. Bukowski, "A Unified Model for Evaluating the Safety Integrity Level of Safety Instrumented Systems," 2008 Proceedings of the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, January 2008, pp. 137-142.

 

J. V. Bukowski, I. van Beurden, "Impact of Proof Test Effectiveness on Safety Instrumented System Performance," 2009 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, January 2009, pp. 157-163.

 

J. V. Bukowski, R. Chalupa, "Calculating an Appropriate Multiplier For βλ When Modeling Common Cause Failure in Triplex Systems," 2010 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 2010, pp. 1-5.

 

J. V. Bukowski, C. O’Brien, "Accurate Modeling of Shared Components in High Reliability Applications," 2010 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 2010, pp. 1-6.

 

J. V. Bukowski, R. E. Gross, W. M. Goble, “The Adhesion Failure Mode in Stainless Steel Trim Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valves,” Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 2012.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, “Predictive Analytics:  Assessing Failure Rate Accuracy & Failure Mode Completeness,” 2013 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 2013, pp. 1-7.

 

L. Stewart, J. V., Bukowski, W. M. Goble, “Improving Reliability & Safety Performance of Solenoid Valves by Stroke Testing,” Proceedings AIChE 9th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, San Antonio, TX, April-May 2013.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, R. E. Gross, S. P. Harris, “The Effects of Maintenance Actions on the PFDavg of Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valves,” Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Pressure Vessels And Piping Division Conference, Anaheim, CA, July 2014.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Goble, R. E. Gross, S. P. Harris, “Effects of Seat Width on Development of Adhesions in Stainless Steel Trim Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valves,” Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Pressure Vessels And Piping Division Conference, Boston, MA, July 2015.

 

J. V. Bukowski, W. M. Gross, D. Johnson, “Software Functional Safety: Possibilities & Limitations of IEC 61508-7 Annex D,” 2016 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Tucson, AZ, January 2016, pp. 1-6.

 

J. V. Bukowski and D. Chastain-Knight, “Assessing Safety Culture via the Site Safety IndexTM,” Proceedings AIChE 12th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, Houston, TX, April 2016.

 

J. V. Bukowski and L. Stewart, “Quantifying the Impacts of Human Factors on Functional Safety,” Proceedings AIChE 12th Annual Global Conf on Process Safety – Process Plant Safety Symposium, Houston, TX, April 2016.

 

L. Eisenberg, An Application of the Economic-Environmental Power Dispatch,  IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. SMC-7, no. 7, July 1977

 

L. Eisenberg, A Framework for Determining Reliability of Service to Electric Energy Consumers, In Tech, Instrumentation Technology, pp. 70-71, June 1979

 

L. Eisenberg, An Analysis of Voltage Stability and Collapse on Transmission Systems, Fourteenth IASTED International Conference and Exhibition-Applied Simulation and Modelling, Vancouver, Canada, June 1986

 

L. Eisenberg, Approximate Roots of nth-Order Polynomials, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. AC-10, no. 2, July 1965, pp. 354-356

 

L. Eisenberg, Stability of Linear Systems with Transport Lag, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. AC-11, no. 2, April 1966, pp. 247-254

 

L. Eisenberg, A Closed Loop Time Domain Method for the Approximation of System Responses, Instrument Society of America Transactions, vol. 8, no. 3, 1969, pp. 203-217

 

L. Eisenberg, A Method for the Determination of s-Plane Realizability Regions, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. AC-15, no. 5, October 1970, pp. 607-611

 

L. Eisenberg, A New Technique for the Synthesis of Distributed-Active RC Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Circuit Theory, vol. CT-19, no. 1, January 1972

 

L. Eisenberg, An Electronic Resuscitation Evaluation System, IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering, vol. BME-19, no. 4, July 1972, pp. 317-320

 

L. Eisenberg, A New Algorithm for Factoring Polynomials,  Proceedings of the IEEE, June 1972, pp. 737-738

 

L. Eisenberg, Simulation of Traffic Flow Using Electric Network Parameters, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 298, nos. 5 and 6, December 1974, pp. 423-432

 

L. Eisenberg, Economic Environmental Power Dispatch," (with J. Zahavi), IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. SMC-5, no. 5, September 1975, pp. 485-569

 

L. Eisenberg, Stability of Linear Systems with Transport Lag, 1966 IEEE Convention Record, vol. 14, part 6, pp. 207-218

 

L. Eisenberg, Control of the Weather-Dependent Electric Load via a Thermal Energy Storage System, Proceedings of the 27th Annual ISA Conference, vol. 27, part 3, October 1972

 

L. Eisenberg, Simulation of Minimum Environmental and Economic Dispatch of Power, Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 1973, pp. 602-610

 

L. Eisenberg, Modelling and Simulation of a New Environmental Power Dispatch Strategy, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Modelling and Simulation Conference, April 1975

 

L. Eisenberg, Air Quality Impact from Electric Generation, Seventh Annual Pittsburgh Modelling and Simulation Conference, April 1976

 

L. Eisenberg, Emissions Management Strategies for Electric Power Systems, IEEE Mexicon 1976 Conference, July 1976, Mexico City, Mexico

 

L. Eisenberg, Evaluation of Electric Utility Load Management Strategies, Eighth Annual Pittsburgh Modelling and Simulation Conference, April 1977

 

L. Eisenberg, Production Costing Models for use in Load Management Studies, Simulation, Modelling and Decision in Energy Systems Symposium, June 1978

 

L. Eisenberg, Recent Approaches to Electric Power System Reliability, 1980 International Symposium on Modelling, Policy and Decision in Energy Systems, Montreal, Canada 1980

 

L. Eisenberg, Impact of Public Energy Policy in the U. S. Electric Utility Industry, Fourth Miami International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources, Miami Beach, Florida, December 1981

 

L. Eisenberg, An Analysis of Voltage Stability and Collapse on Transmission Systems, Fourteenth IASTED International Conference and Exhibition-Applied Simulation and Modelling, Vancouver, Canada, June 1986