Professor Bernd Bertsche earned his degree and doctorate in mechanical engineering at the Universitaet Stuttgart. Afterwards, he worked for Mercedes-Benz AG in the passenger car development unit followed by a position as professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Albstadt-Sigmaringen. Later, he was appointed at the Universitaet Stuttgart. Since 2001 Professor Bertsche is the ordinary and head for the Institute of Machine Components at the Universitaet Stuttgart.

• Fundamentals of Statistics and Probability Theory.- Reliability Analysis of a Transmission.- FMEA #x02013; Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.- Fault Tree Analysis, FTA.- Assessment of Lifetime Tests and Failure Statistics.- Weibull Parameters for Specifically selected Machine Components.- Methods for Reliability Test Planning.- Lifetime Calculations for Machine Components.- Maintenance and Reliability.- Reliability Assurance Program.- Solutions.