Design of Experiments
2 Days

Course Description and Audience:
This course is required for all employees who actively work on any aspect of product
and process development where the goal is to characterize and optimize product and
process performance.  This course is required for all Product/Process Engineers,
Scientists and their Managers. Topics include design and analysis of experiments for
product and process characterization and optimization. 

 

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:

  1. Apply the principles of robust design.
  2. Design experiments appropriate for the information of interest.
  3. Use and apply the structures of orthogonal arrays for industrial problem solving.
  4. Assure the experimental design is efficient .                   
  5. Use regression techniques in order to analyze the results and make
    process/product improvements.
  6. Use software to design and analyze experiments.

Software:  JMP  .      
Prerequisites:  ESDA is required

Detailed Course Outline:

Introduction to DOE and robust design principles                      
DOE simulation                                                     
Eight Principles of robust design                                                     
Process of experimentation         
           
Experimental preparation                                                     
Selecting factors                                                    
Selecting responses                                               
Selecting levels                                                      
Managing experimental error                                              
Sampling plan                                                        
DOE summary table 

Full factorial designs         
                                                    

Screening designs           
                                                    

Taguchi designs (optional)

Custom designs                                                                          

D-optimal, I-optimal and RSM designs                               
Supersaturated designs                                                    
Blocking                                                             
Fixed covariates                                                   
Analysis with in situ covariates                                          
Augmented designs

Optimization designs                                                          
CCD and Box Behnken designs                                        
Path of steepest assent method 

Mixture designs (optional)                                                             

Evolutionary operations (EVOP) (optional)