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Dr. Dean De Cock Associate Professor Statistics

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!

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Dr. Dean De Cock Associate Professor Statistics

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

  2. 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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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…..

  7. 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 4th year

  8. 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 $)

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Statistics in Industry • John Deere • http://www.deere.com/en_US/careers/your_career/quality_eng.html • Boeing • http://www.boeingsuppliers.com/supplier/d1-9000-1.pdf • ASQ • Numerous companies in Midwest • Monster • Six Sigma (black belt), Quality Engineer, Design of Experiments, SPC, ASQ Cert.

  15. Internships – Get one! • Hardees-Ames Lab-Terracon Consult. • ALCOA (4th 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

  16. 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 • http://www.deere.com/en_US/careers/college/engineering_intern.html

  17. 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

  18. Questions?

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