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Prof. Michael Pecht, Director of the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland, has been named a Highly Cited Researcher for 2025 by Clarivate. This prestigious recognition highlights researchers whose work ranks in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past 11 years, reflecting exceptional influence and broad impact in their discipline. The Highly Cited Researchers list is curated using quantitative metrics and expert analysis, identifying individuals who have authored multiple highly cited papers and shaped the direction of their research communities. Prof. Pecht’s inclusion underscores his leadership in reliability engineering, prognostics, and life cycle management, with research that has advanced both academic and industrial practices worldwide.
This honor reflects not only Prof. Pecht’s individual accomplishments but also the strength and international reputation of CALCE’s research programs. The center continues to foster innovation and collaboration in reliability and life cycle engineering, supporting the next generation of researchers and practitioners.
Prof Michael Pecht (70,000+ citations, 115+ H-Index) has a BS in Physics, an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS and PhD in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. He is a Professional Engineer, an IEEE Fellow, a PHM Society Life Fellow, an ASME Fellow, an ASM Fellow, an SAE Fellow, and an IMAPS Fellow. He served as editor-in-chief of IEEE Access for six years, as editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Reliability for nine years, editor-in-chief of Microelectronics Reliability for sixteen years, and editor of Circuit World. He is currently editor in chief of Elsevier’s ePrime Journal. He served on three U.S. National Academy of Science studies, two US Congressional investigations in automotive safety, and as an expert to the U.S. FDA. He is the Director of CALCE (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering) at the University of Maryland (UMd), which is funded by over 150 of the world’s leading electronics companies at more than US$6M/year. He is a Distinguished University Professor at UMd, where he holds a faculty position in both Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. He has written more than thirty books on product reliability, development, use, and supply chain management. He has also written a series of books on the electronics industry in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and India. He has written over 700 technical articles and has 11 patents. In 2015, he was awarded the IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Award for visionary leadership in the development of physics-of-failure-based and prognostics-based approaches to electronics reliability. He was also awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship. In 2010, he received the IEEE Exceptional Technical Achievement Award for his innovations in the area of prognostics and systems health management. In 2008, he was awarded the highest reliability honor, the IEEE Reliability Society's Lifetime Achievement Award.
University of Maryland is ranked among the top 20 U.S. public universities on Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, with 31 University of Maryland scholars recognized for research that shapes and influences global scholarship.
For more information, contact Prof. Michael Pecht.
November 13, 2025
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