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Peter Sandborn is a Professor in the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Sandborn’s group develops obsolescence forecasting algorithms, performs strategic design refresh planning, and lifetime buy quantity optimization. Dr. Sandborn is the developer of the MOCA refresh planning tool. MOCA has been used by over 25 private and government organizations to perform optimized refresh planning for systems subject to technology obsolescence.
Dr. Sandborn has also developed and implemented part selection and management benchmarking and part obsolescence management benchmarking for Nortel, Schlumberger, Microsoft, Motorola, Honeywell, Lucas Aerospace and others. Dr. Sandborn has taught industry short courses on electronic systems cost modeling and obsolescence management to Ericsson, Harris, IBM, StorageTek, Motorola, United Defense, FAA, UK Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Navy and other organizations. Dr. Sandborn is a member of the U.S. Navy TRENT Shareholder Council and is the author of the U.S. DoD’s DMSMS working group’s DMSMS tool/data taxonomy. Dr. Sandborn is currently the principle investigator on obsolescence management programs for the U.S. Navy (SPAWAR and the NAVAIR V-22 program), Defense Logistics Agency, Motorola (CGISS, Supply Chain Operations Group), Argon ST (NAVSEA and UK Ministry of Defense programs), and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (Crane).
Dr. Sandborn is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Performability Engineering. He is the author of over 100 technical publications and several books on electronic packaging and electronic systems cost analysis. He has a B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1982, and the M.S. degree in electrical science and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1983 and 1987, respectively.
