MANE 6313 - Design of Experiments

Spring 2026

Welcome

Welcome to MANE 6313 - Design of Experiments! This is one of my favorite courses teach! I have extensive industrial experience in the application of design of experiments to manufacturing operations. I will try to bring that experience into the academic world. We will utilize R and R Markdown as our analysis tools for this course.

Personal Information

This is an old picture that I have included in my Welcome page for years. It was created using a neural network that transferred the style from van Gogh's Starry Night painting (shown below my picture) to a picture that I took in my office.

There are several personal facts that can be found by examining the picture on top. Pennants from my two Alma Maters: Pan American University and Texas A&M are on the bulletin board on the left side of the picture. Above my head to the right, is a stained glass planter that I created. It does not contain a plant but a minion. Unfortunately, plants have a nasty and frequent habit of dying when they are in my care :)

I have created a newer picture of myself as an action figure shown below using ChatGPT. This was a popular fad for a while to create a picture of yourself as an action figure using ChatGPT.

This picture displays a lot of person information about me. First of all, I am holding a fly rod and reel. Unfortunately, I do not get to spend as much time fly fishing or tying flies as I would like. The top compartment on the right-hand side contains a pen. I am an avid pen maker and made about 85 pens and pencils last year. The second compartment contains an image of a Can-am Ryker. I own a Ryker and try to drive to campus as frequently as possible. My wife and I also own a Can-am Spyder and we hope to take motorcycle trips/tours soon. There is kayak below the Ryker. My wife and I own three kayaks. Once again, we do not get to take them out as often as I would like.