IE 472: Design of

Experiments

Rehman Akhtar
rehman_akhtar@nwfpuet.edu.pk
Industrial Engineering Department
UET Peshawar
 Agenda
INTRODUCTION

SYLLABUS

OVERVIEW OF COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE OUTLINE

GRADING

COURSE EXPECTATIONS
 Introduction: About me
▪ Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering
-UET Peshawar 2001-2005

▪ M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Controls)

-UET Peshawar 2006-2007

▪ M.S. degree in Engineering Management (ETM)

- The George Washington University 2008-2009

▪ Ph.D. in Engineering Management (Focus area Systems

Engineering)
- The George Washington University, 2010-2014
 SE-related experience
▪ NSF: Interdependent economic systems modeling

▪ VDOT: Hurricane disruptions to critical systems

▪ LMI: Probability model to estimate workforce uncertainties in

Hurricane disruptions
INTRODUCTION (YOURSELF)
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OVERVIEW/ COURSE INFORMATION

IE 472: Design of Experiments

Instructor: Rehman Akhtar

Office: Workshops, Industrial Engineering Department.

Office Hours: Mondays, 10:00 am – 12:30pm

Tuesdays, 11:30 am – 1:30pm

Main Textbook:
Douglas C. Montgomery (2001), Design and Analysis of Experiments,
5th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation.
 COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction, Strategy, Applications, Principles, Guidelines
2 Statistical Concepts, Sampling distributions
3 Comparison of means, Hypothesis Testing
4 Experiments with a single factor, ANOVA, Balanced and Unbalanced Models
5 Fixed Effect Vs. Random Effect Models
6 Experiments with more than one factor, Randomized Blocks
7 Fractional factorial experiments at two levels
8 Full factorial and fractional factorial experiments at three levels
9 Design and analysis techniques for experiments at more than two levels
10 Non Regular deigns
11 Regression Analysis
12 Minitab Application
13 Minitab Application
14 Minitab Application
15-16 Presentations
 GRADING POLICY
 Quizzes (6 in total) 10%

 Assignments (6 in total) 05%

 Mid-term Examination 25%

 Final Examination 50%

 Group Term Project 10%

 Course Expectations
 What to expect:
– Discussion of lecture materials
– Spreadsheet-based exercises
– Demonstration of software tools (Excel and Minitab)

 Students Engagement:
– Term projects
– Classroom participation rate

 Feed Back:
– Quality of lecture materials (Feed back via email or office hours)
– Questions are welcome.