Time:	Wednesday, 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm Room 3102, Engineering Classroom Building
Instructor:	G. M. Zhang, 5-6617, 5-3565
Office Hours:	Wednesday, 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm and by appointment Room 2259, A. V. Williams Building
Text Book:	Instructor's Notes: "Quality Management in Systems"
References:	Statistical Quality Design and Control, R. DeVor, et al., Macmillan, 1992 Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building, Box, et al., John Wiley & Sons, 1978

Grading:

Two Tests	..............................	30%
Homework	..............................	20%
Course Project	..............................	20%
Final Exam	..............................	30%

Topics:

This course is intended to acquire the student with the latest trends of developing quality management systems. Fundamentals of qualify management systems will be discussed. Special attentions will be given to applications of engineering statistics, statistical process control, national standards on acceptance sampling, design of experimentation, total quality management with Deming 14 points, the Baldrige Award, and ISO 9000 systems. Lectures in the classroom, team projects, homework assignments, and examinations are the four main formats in the learning process. Class attendance is extremely important.

• Introduction to Quality Management in Systems
• Fundamentals of Engineering Statistics
• Methods of Statistical Process Control
• Acceptance Sampling
• Design of Experimentation and Taguchi Method
• Three Quality Management Systems

Important Dates:

01/30/96	First Day of Class
03/24-03/30	Spring Break
04/10/96	Last Day to Adjust Schedule
05/13/96	Last Day of Class
05/14/96	Final Examination, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

OUTLINE OF ENSE 627

Email: zhang@eng.umd.edu