| Time: | Wednesday, 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm Room 3102, Engineering Classroom Building |
| Instructor: | G. M. Zhang, 5-6617, 5-3565, zhang@eng.umd.edu, http://www.isr.umd.edu |
| Office Hours: | Wednesday, 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm and by
appointment Room 2259, A. V. Williams Building |
| Text Book: | Guangming Zhang, "Quality Management in Systems," Commercial Press, 1998. |
| 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 Date
| First Day of Class: | January 28, 1999 |
| Last Day Schedule Adjustment: | February 10, 1999 |
| Spring Break: | March 22-28, 1999 | Last Day of Class | May 14, 1999 | Final Exam: | May 17, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |