INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tomas Velasco

112C Engineering Building D

(618) 453-7842
 

TEXT: TEXTBOOKS
· Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  Any statistics book.  AUDIOVISUALS · Against all Odds: Inside Statistics Series, 1988

CLASS: Fall Semester
Monday - Wednesday - Friday
9:00 - 9:50 am.
AG 220

OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an overview of new technologies and management theories in the field of quality assurance emphasizing in specific applications to manufacturing environments.

REQUIREMENTS:
Major emphasis will be placed on reading and understanding the material from the class, suggested books and reference material prior to class, and in homework assigned. Although I do not require class attendance, I will give occasional quizzes, the frequency of which will be inversely proportional to class attendance. Excused absences require prior approval of the instructor.

GRADING:
· 4 Examinations, each of which counts 15% of your grade.

· Homework and Quizzes which counts 20% of your grade.

· Project which counts 20% of your grade.

OFFICE HOURS:
9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday; other hours by appointment.

ACADEMIC CONDUCT:
Cheating on examinations, submitting work of other students as your own, or plagiarism in any form will result in penalties ranging from an F on the assignment to expulsion from the university , depending on the seriousness of the offense.

SCHEDULE:

WEEK    TOPIC
1 Introduction
2 Quality Control in a Manufacturing Framework
3 Advanced Quality Control Charts
4 Pre-Control Quality Control Charts
5 Process Capability Analysis
6,7 Overlook of Quality Assurance - Single Factor Experiments
8,9 Blocked Designs
10 Taguchi Methods
11,12 Reliability Analysis in Manufacturing
13 New Technologies in Quality Assurance
14,15 Management of Quality Assurance, Quality Function Deployment
16 Artificial Intelligence, Other Topics