Professor Andrew K S Jardine Dr.

Condition Based Maintenance Laboratory

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto

Andrew K.S. Jardine, Ph.D., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., P.Eng. is Professor and Principal
Investigator at the Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Laboratory at the University of
Toronto where the EXAKT software for CBM optimization and the SMS software for the
optimization for emergency spares have been developed . CBM lab details can be found at
www.mie.utoronto.ca/cbm. Dr. Jardine also serves as an advisor to IBMs Asset Management
Centre of Excellence ( Asset Management Website)
Dr. Jardine is the author of the economic life software AGE/CON and PERDEC that is
licensed to British Airways, Canada Post, the Hong Kong Mass Transit Authority and other
organizations in North America and globally and is author of the OREST software used for
optimizing component preventive replacement decisions and forecasting demand for spare
parts. As well as producing software, Dr. Jardine is a prolific researcher and proselytizer of
advances in maintenance decision making and his views are regularly advocated through
industrial consultation, published papers, and professional seminars and conferences.
Professor Jardine wrote the book, Maintenance, Replacement and Reliability, first
published in 1973 and now in its 6th printing. He is the co-editor with J.D. Campbell of the
2001 published book Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life Cycle Decisions.
His new book Maintenance, Replacement & Reliability: Theory and Applications, coauthored with Dr. A.H.C. Tsang, was published by CRC Press, 2006.
Professor Jardine was the 1993 Eminent Speaker to the Maintenance Engineering Society of
Australia and in 1998 was the first recipient of the Sergio Guy Memorial Award from the
Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the Maintenance profession. He is listed in Whos Who in Canada.