Process Quality Engineering Course Materials

Course Description
This course will expose students to the place of statistical and probabilistic methods in the current TQM culture. Students will learn to apply probability models and statistical tools to engineering problems. The course will provide a laboratory experience in place of some lectures, where students design their own experiments and collect data. Examples will include machining and precision measurements. The course provides a foundation for performing intelligent team-based analyses of manufacturing and measurement processes and systems. The course is for non-Industrial Engineering majors.


Table of Contents

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Module 1 - The Quality Culture: Paper Airplane

  • Table of contents (cntents1.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture1.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab1.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid1.doc)
  • TQM Slide (tqmslide.doc)
  • Glossary of TQM Concepts (glossary.doc)
  • Study Group Formation Sheet (groups.doc)

    Module 2 - Graphical Methods for Descriptive Statistics: Resistor Measurements

  • Table of contents (cntents2.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L2prevu.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture2.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab2.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid2.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw2.doc)

    Module 3 - Probability and Probability Distributions

  • Table of contents (cntents3.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture3.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab3.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid3.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L3prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw3.doc)
  • Chips Tally Sheet for In-class Binomial Experiment (chips.doc)
  • Probability Distributions Handout (probdist.doc)
  • Conditional Probability Workshop (cndwkshp.doc)
  • Continuous Distributions Workshop (cntwkshp.doc)

    Module 4 - Confidence Intervals and Sample Size Determination: Resistors and Nails

  • Table of contents (cntents4.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture4.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab4.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid4.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L4prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw4.doc)
  • Lab 4 Data (resdata.doc)
  • Minitab worksheet containing Lab 4 data (resdata.mtw)

    Module 5 - Hypothesis Tests: Coin Acceptance

  • Table of contents (cntents5.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture5.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab5.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid5.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L5prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw5.doc)
  • Lab 5 Data (coin.doc)
  • Minitab workseet containing Lab 5 data (coin.mtw)
  • Hypothesis Tests for Proportions Workshop (prpwkshp.doc)

    Module 6 - Statistical Process Control: Nail mass and diameter

  • Table of contents (cntents6.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture6.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab6.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid6.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L6prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw6.doc)
  • Lab 6 Data (naildiam.doc) (nailmass.doc)
  • Minitab Data (naildiam.mtw) (nailmass.mtw)
  • SPC Chart Types - Handout (spctypes.doc)

    Module 7 - Linear Regression: Tensile strength of cold rolled steel

  • Table of contents (cntents7.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture7.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab7.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid7.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L7prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw7.doc)
  • Lab 7 Data (tensile.doc)
  • Minitab Worksheet Data for Lab 7 (tensile.mtw)
  • Handout: Example Residual Analysis (rsanlsis.doc)

    Module 8 - Multiple Regression, DOE, and Taguchi: Injection Molding

  • Table of contents (cntents8.doc)
  • Lecture notes (lecture8.doc)
  • Laboratory handout (lab8.doc)
  • Lab Instructor's guide (labguid3.doc)
  • Lab preparation assignment (L3prevu.doc)
  • Homework assignments and solutions, including practice exam questions (hw8a.doc) (hw8b.doc)
  • Lab 8 Data (inject1.doc) (inject2.doc) (inject3.doc)
  • Minitab Data (inject1.mtw) (inject2.mtw) (inject3.mtw)
  • Alternative Lab for Module 8 (altlab8.doc)
  • Data for Alternative Lab 8 (lab8data.doc)
  • Minitab worksheet data for alternative Lab 8 (lab8.mtw)
  • Sample Minitab output showing interaction between factors (interact.doc)
  • Injection Molding Workshop (injwkshp.doc)

    Assessment Tools

  • Assessment Overview (overall.doc)
  • Final Exam (finalxam.doc)
  • Data for Final Exam (Word File) (final.doc) (Minitab file) (final.mtw)
  • Practice Data for Final Exam (Word File) (pracfinl.doc) (Minitab file) (pracfinl.mtw)
  • Assessment Information for each individual Module | (asssmnt1.doc) | (asssmnt2.doc) | (asssmnt3.doc) | (asssmnt4.doc) | (asssmnt5.doc) | (asssmnt6.doc) | (asssmnt7.doc) | (asssmnt8.doc)
  • Quizzes | (quiz#01.doc) | (quiz#02.doc) | (quiz#03.doc) | (quiz#04.doc) | (quiz#05.doc) | (quiz#06.doc) | (quiz#07.doc) | (quiz#08.doc) | (quiz#09.doc) | (quiz#10.doc) | (makeupqz.doc)

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    Course Authors:
    Russell Barton - Penn State (barton@simplex.psu.edu)
    Craig Nowack - Penn State

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    4 March 1998