Dr. Dean De Cock Associate Professor Statistics Truman State University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Outline Background about me Where I’m at now (TSU) Where I’ve worked Where I’ve gone to school How statistics was involved Please ask questions! Statistics in Industry Employment 2

Where is Truman? Kirksville, MO Pop. 17,000 3 hours from everywhere…. 3

Truman State University Public Liberal Arts Institution N=6000 Primarily undergraduate Highly Selective (Average ACT=27) No engineering program (2/3 & 3/2) No statistic major 4

Truman State University STAT190 – Introductory Statistics Required for everyone Statistics Minor (Theoretical) Statistical Methods Minor (Applied) Regression, Design of Experiments, Quality Control, and Non-parametrics 5

Why should you be interested? Where I’m at now Truman State might not be that relevant But how I got there Not your typical statistician….. 6

Iowa State University B.S. Mechanical Engineering Unusual that I am NOT a math major “Real” Engineer  Thermo, Heat/Mass, Statistics/Dynamics, etc.  Machine Design and HVAC  Worked with fluidized bed combustors Almost no statistics!!! Internship at ALCOA after my 4 th year 7

ALCOA Aluminum Company of America They make metal – sheet, plate, shapes Project Engineer (2 years) Rarely used my degree Managed $$, manpower Furnace Gaging (R&R) Took my first Statistical Quality Class Ingot Saw (pre, post, purchase) Economic Downturn($ back to school $) 8

University of Iowa MS in Quality Management and Productivity (Stats, IE, & MBA) Coursework Probability & Statistics, Regression, DOE, Time Series, Multivariate Data Analysis, Quality Control, Reliability, Administration, Linear programming, Quality Engineering, Interned at Maytag 9

Maytag Quality Engineer for Washing Machines Used my training in Engineering & Stats  Day-to-Day Trouble shooting (JAT)  Process improvement  Teams, Teams, & more Teams Statistics  Control charts  Gage R&R’s (Repeatability & Reproducibility)  Incoming Inspection/Dimensional Tolerancing  Supplier Audits 10

Maytag Statistical training Control charting, DOE, Big Red X I’m the statistical expert??!! Consultant  Charting Multi-spindle machines  R&D dryer design (DOE) Team Evaluation (Time Series) Recall issues Back to school 11

Iowa State University Co-major Ph.D in Statistics and Industrial Engineering (5.5 years) Coursework  Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Design of Experiments I & II, Linear Models, Categorical Data, Quality Control, Reliability, Queuing Theory, Game Theory, Simulations, Linear programming, Scheduling Consultant to the engineering college 12

Internships (during Ph.D.) Lennox – Quality Department Furnaces No Sweat Statistics 3M – Optical system (2 summers) Computer Glare Screens Statistics everywhere!! Corning – Ceramics (NY) Catalytic Converter components 13

Statistics in Industry John Deere Boeing ASQ Numerous companies in Midwest Monster Six Sigma (black belt), Quality Engineer, Design of Experiments, SPC, ASQ Cert. 14

Internships – Get one! Hardees-Ames Lab-Terracon Consult. ALCOA (4 th year) – Full time offer Maytag (M.S.) – Full time offer Lennox (Ph.D) – Quit graduate school? 3M (Ph.D.) – Full Time offer Corning (Ph.D.)– Full Time offer 15

Its not about the job! It’s not about the work you do You will not accomplish anything useful in a summer But rather the type of worker you are Are you dependable? Are you self motivated? Do you get things done? Think of it as a 3 month job interview 16

Conclusions Almost every manufacturer collects data Statistics is a tool for understanding data Take what you can here at the U of I Midwest Research Institute (MRI) Self taught Design of Experiments, Quality Control, Quality Management 17

Questions? 18