About Dr. Penrose

Dr Penrose is the President of SUCCESS by DESIGN, a reliability and maintenance services consultant and publisher who's clients include General Motors, US Steel, Monsanto and numerous businesses, large and small, worldwide.  He has 25 years in the reliability and maintenance industry with experience from the shop floor to academia and manufacturing to military.  Dr. Penrose was an adjunct professor of engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1997-1999 and a Senior Research Engineer at the UIC Energy Resources Center.  He is a past Chair of the Chicago Section IEEE, past Vice Chair of the Connecticut Section IEEE and has held numerous other elected and appointed positions within IEEE as well as membership in the Vibration Institute, Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, International Maintenance Institute and MENSA.  He is well published in trade magazines and is frequently invited to speak at industrial reliability events.  He is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, NAVAIR and NAVSEA RCM specialist as well as numerous other industry certifications.  Dr. Penrose received both the 2005 and 2006 UAW and GM People Make Quality Happen Award for business improvements through reliability and maintenance best practices of GM's physical assets.

He is a regular author for a number of publications including UPTIME Magazine and the MDMH Newsletter and a member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981).  He is a frequent speaker at a number of conferences and professional organizations on technical, workforce and other topics related to the reliability and maintenance organization and business strategy.

Published Technical Books:

• Electrical Motor Diagnostics: 2nd Edition (June, 2008)
• Physical Asset Management for the Executive (February, 2008)
• Electrical Motor Diagnostics (2004)
• Motor Circuit Analysis (2001)
• A Novel Approach to Industrial Assessments for Energy, Waste Stream, Production and Reliability Improvements (2000)
• A Novel Approach to Motor System Maintenance and Management For Improved Commercial and Industrial Uptime and Energy Costs (1997)
• Repair Specification for Three Phase Induction Motors Used in Inverter Duty Environments (1995)

Coming In 2008:

• Electric Motor Rewind (Working Title)
• Practical Best Practice Development (Working Title)
• Physical Asset Management Corporate Strategies (Working Title)

Industrial Studies:

• Maintenance and Management Communication Series (2007)
• Skilled Workforce in the 21st Century (2006)
• Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health Study (2003)

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