TUCSON, AZ (December 3, 2007) - ReliaSoft announced today a major donation to support the Department of Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The donation of $714,227 will provide computer equipment, software, renovated research space and financial support for students. The donation will help the college’s industrial engineering department establish the ReliaSoft Risk, Reliability, and Maintainability Research Alliance.

"This donation is in line with our corporate philosophy of working closely with educational institutions to provide resources and to promote research that will advance the future of Reliability Engineering," said Pantelis Vassiliou, ReliaSoft President and CEO, who presented a ceremonial check for the gift to Ashok Saxena, dean of the College of Engineering at the Fayetteville campus.

As part of the donation, students and researchers at the ReliaSoft Risk, Reliability, and Maintainability Research Alliance center will utilize ReliaSoft’s extensive suite of software tools for both educational and research purposes.