Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Now is the time for planning 2011. I have to say that things definitely appear ‘up.’ I remember at the end of 2009 watching book sales a little down around the holidays. Definitely not the case this year! Not to mention consulting work which I do along with my other duties at Dreisilker. Definitely on the rise. Our techs have spent quite a bit of time visiting locations internationally and have been working with a significant increase in electrical forensic analysis. Which means, by the way, we have been expanding and growing.

My main resolution this year is to get back into more writing. I have been doing a lot of hands-on research this year, in addition to everything else, along with co-workers and co-conspiritors (alright, researchers) on a large number of projects. It is about time to start releasing the findings. It has also been more than a year since I put out my last book. So, this year my intention is to get out another book expanding on the topics of the MotorDoc series. I will discuss more as we get closer to a publishing date and it will be another textbook. The project has been very exciting!

The Reliability Gives Voice to Autism program has been our way of giving back to the community. This year we are including a book awards program and some of the entries are outstanding and all are great! We plan on releasing the contenders list about 30 days ahead of the RGVA 2011 and will announce the winners and special categories during the event. The whole program has been given a fair amount of attention within the autism community and by other autism support organizations.

I am happy to say, also, that the Autism Society, Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, and IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society memberships are up a lot and growing, all at historical levels! Another sign that all things are on the rise.

Again, Happy New Year! It is our wish that you have a great new year and that our industry continues to grow!