Factorial designs are very common in industry and they require that all of the factors be changed independently of each other. However, in some situations, the problem involves a mixture of factors or components that are not independent of each other as the overall mixture must be a particular amount, such as 100%. Mixtures are all around us. Baking involves combining ingredients according to a particular recipe to create a product, such as a cake. Gasoline of different octane levels must be combined to create a grade of an intermediate level. A bartender must combine ingredients to make your favorite mixed drink, etc. In this talk, you will be introduced to the topic of mixture experiment designs, and common examples will be used to illustrate the ideas along the way. The mathematics will be kept to a bare minimum as these designs are best designed and analyzed with the computer. A popular mixture design software program, Design Expert, will be used to show how simple designs can be created and analyzed. In the final example, you will introduced to a mixture design for gold jewelry where you will determine the optimal mixture of gold and copper to achieve the lowest melting point for a “solder” to be used artists working to affix gold pieces to jewelry without melting them.

Speaker Biography

Dean is an Engineering Fellow in the Process Engineering Directorate in the Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering (MTE) Division at Corning Incorporated. He has worked for Corning since 1981 and has been involved in projects in every major business over this time. He has twelve U.S. patents for compositional work on a variety of materials. His background includes both a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics from Iowa State University and a Master’s Degree in Statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology. Dean has also been an Adjunct Professor at R.I.T. since 1992 and is the co-author of Process Quality Control, 4th Edition, as well as co-author of Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control, 2nd edition.   

 Please join us Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Tags, 2679 State Route 352, Big Flats, NY‎.

         Registration: 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

                    Dinner:           6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

                    Presentation:      7:00 p.m.

 Cost:       $23.00 for ASQ Members and Non-members            

Reservations: Please contact Scott Drake via e-mail at sdrake3@hotmail.com no later thanMonday January 16 2012.

Recommended Dress:  Business Casual

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