Professor Shuichi Fukuda was the president of the International Society for Productivity Enhancement, vice president of the IEEE Reliability Society, chair of ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, and deputy technical group leader of Systems and Design, ASME. He is an honorary member of JSME, fellow of ASME, IEICE (Institute of Electric, Information and Communication Engineers) and ISPE, and honorary member of REAJ (Reliability Engineering Association of Japan).