MANE 6313.90L: Design of Experiments
Syllabus
Spring 2023
Table of Contents
Course Information
Meeting Days, Time, Location:
This class is offered as a synchronous online class. A weekly Zoom meeting will be offered every Wednesday at 7:55 PM with some of these meeting also available for face-to-face attendance in EIEAB 1.207. All weekly Zoom meetings will be recorded and available to all students in Blackboard.
Course Modality: Online Synchronous Courses (OSYNC)
Instructor Information
Instructor Name: Dr. Douglas Timmer UTRGV E-mail: douglas.timmer@utrgv.edu Office Phone: 956-665-2608 Office Location: ENGR 3.258 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:30 - 10:45, or by appointment
Welcome and Teaching Philosophy
Welcome to MANE 6313. This is one of my favorite courses to teach. I hope to bring my industrial experiences as a statistician in a chemical plant and as a technical consultant applying neural networks to manufacturing processes.
I would strongly encourage you to review the additional material on Grit and adopt these principles in your studies. Remember that effort counts twice and adopt a growth mindset.
Course Description, Prerequisites & Course Modality
Course Description
Randomization and blocking, significance tests and confidence intervals, factorial design, applications of factorial designs, modeling building with least squares, and response surface methodologies
COURSE PREREQUISITE
MANE 2332 - Engineering Statistics or MANE 3332 - Engineering Statistics or equivalent
Course Modality
This course is offered as an Online Synchronous Course (OSYNC).
Course Assignments & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
| Program Student Learning Outcome | Major Course Requirement/Major Assignment/Examination |
|---|---|
| A. Analyze simple comparitive experiments and experiments with a single factor | Homework |
| B. Select an appropriate experimental designs for experiments with one or more factor(s) | Homework, Factorial projects, RSM project |
| C. Select an appropriate model for design with one or more factor(s) | Homework, Factorial projects, RSM project |
| D. Evaluate statistical analyses of experimental designs | Homework, Factorial projects, RSM project |
| E. Assess the model adequacy of any experimental design | Homework, Factorial Projects, RSM project |
| F. Interpret model results | Homework, Factorial Projects, RSM project |
Course Assignments
There are three types of assignments that will be utilized in this course: homework, projects, and participation (3-2-1) assignments.
A Typical Week
| Day of Week | Activity |
|---|---|
| Monday Weekly Material posted in Blackboard | |
| Wednesday | Optional Zoom/Face-to-Face Meeting at 7:55 pm |
| Thursday | Previous Week's assignment(s) are due |
Tentative Assignment Dates
Students should expect to submit weekly homework assignments. In addition to the weekly homework assignments, there will be project assignments and 3-2-1 Assignments. The tentative schedule for 3-2-1 Assignments is given in the table below.
| Week | Topic(s) |
|---|---|
| 5 | Chapters 1-3 |
| 9 | Chapters 4-7 |
| 10 | Chapter 8 |
| 12 | Chapters 10-11 |
| 16 | Remainder of course materials |
There will be two major projects: Fractional Factorial Design and Response Surface Methodology. The tentative schedule for the the projects is given in the table below.
| Project Assignment | Assignment Date |
|---|---|
| Fractional Facotrial Design, part 1 | February 6, 2023 |
| Fractional Factorial Design, part 2 | March 27, 2023 |
| Response Surface Methodology | April 10, 2023 |
Assessment of Learning
Your performance in this course will be assessed in the following manner:
| Component | % of Overall Grade |
|---|---|
| Homework | 25% |
| Fractional Factorial Projects | 30% |
| RSM Project | 30% |
| Participation | 15% |
Homework
There is only one method to learn and master engineering material - work problems. The best method to ensure that you excel in this course is to diligently complete all of your homework assignments. There will be representative homework problems assigned each week. Solutions will be posted in Blackboard one week after the due date of each homework assignment.
Fractional Factorial Projects
You will have two individual project assignments that are worth 30% of your overall course grade. The first project is to analyze the current operating condition of a manufacturing plant. The second project is to perform a fractional factorial design. The weighting of the two project grades will be announced during the semester.
RSM Project
In lieu of a final examination, a response surface methodology project will be completed by each student.
Participation
Embedded in the lesson materials will be various assignments such as 3-2-1 assignments that are more reflective in nature.
Letter Grade Assignment
An overall course average will be calculated using the weighting scheme specified above. Your course average will be a value between 0 and 100. Your final letter grade will be assigned using the following definition.
| Course Average | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
| 90 - 100 | A |
| 80 - 89 | B |
| 70 - 79 | C |
| <70 | F |
Late Work
Descriptions of each assignment, including due dates, will be provided throughout the course. All assignments should be submitted on their due date using the provided Blackboard drop box. The course policy for late work is a 10% penalty per day for work submitted after the deadline. After one week, no credit will be given for late work. No late work will be accepted after study days. There mayl be certain assignments where late work will not be accepted. This fact will clearly be stated in the apporpriate assignments.
Students who miss graded assignments will receive a grade of zero. If you are ill or have a serious problem that prevents you from submitting an assignment on the day it is due, please contact me prior to the due date (if possible) and we will arrange an alternative date.
Required Readings, Technology Needs, and Resource Materials
The following textbook is required for completion of Design of Experiments.
Required Textbook
Montgomery, Douglas C. (2019). Design and Analysis of Experiments, 10th edition. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-119-49244-3. E-book cost: $120.00, E-book rental (120 days): $42.00.
Technology
This course will extensively use R Markdown software for the design and analysis of experiments. This is the first semester that R Markdown will be used instead of Minitab. R Markdown will be implemented in the RStudio IDE which is free software. One of the advantages of R Markdown on R Studio is the software works on Windows, Mac OS and Linux systems. The UTRGV vLabs also offers R Studio that can be run online utilizing a virtual machine. Additional information on R Markdown and R Studio will be provided during Week Two.
Tentative Calendar of Activities
Calendar of Lecture Activities
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 - January 16 | Syllabus, Blackboard, Textbook and Chapter 1 |
| 2 - January 23 | R, R Studio, R Markdown |
| 3 - January 30 | Chapter 2 - Simple Comparitive Experiments |
| 4 - February 6 | Chapter 3 - One-way ANOVA |
| 5 - February 13 | Chapter 4 - Randomized Block Design |
| 6 - February 20 | Chapter 5 - Introduction to Factorial Designs |
| 7 - February 27 | Chapter 6 - 2^k Factorial Designs |
| 8 - March 6 | Chapter 7 - Blocking and Confounding |
| March 13-19 | Spring Break Holiday |
| 9 - March 20 | Chapter 8 - Fractional Factorial Designs |
| 10 - March 27 | Chapter 10 - Fitting Regression Models |
| 11 -April 3 | 11.5 - 11.7, 14.4 - 14.5 |
| 12 - April 10 | Chapter 9 - 3level Designs |
| 13 - April 17 | DOE for machine learning and data science |
| 14 - April 24 | DOE in Biomedical applications |
| 15 - May 1 | Minitab |
| 16 - May 8 | May 10 - RSM Project due |
Important University Dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. No classes |
| January 17 | First day of classes |
| January 22 | Last day to add a class or register |
| March 13 - 18 | Spring Break. No classes |
| April 6 | Last day to drop a class or withdraw |
| April 7-8 | Easter Holiday. No classes |
| May 4 | Study Day - No classes |
| May 5-11 | Final Exams |
| May 15 | Grades due at 3 pm |
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