ME 488 is a required course for the BSME program, and it is typically taken in the fourth year. The primary goal is to provide mechanical engineering majors with an exposure to the use of statistics design and analysis of experiments. This is not a class about experimental measurements, sensors, calibration, or laboratory methods. Design of Experiments refers to the organized selection of experimental conditions (treatments) so that maximum information can be gained with a minimum number of trials. This course builds on a basic understanding of probability theory, descriptive statistics, and hypothesis testing. Hence the requirement that students first complete STAT 451 CM.
As a result of taking this course students will be able to
Gerald Recktenwald, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Engineering Building, Suite 400, 725-4290,
D.M. Levine, P.P. Ramsey and R.K. Smidt, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists Using Microsoft Excel and MINITAB 2001, Prentice-Hall
Mondays, 4:00 - 5:50 PM, Engineering Building, Room 103
If you have a disability and are in need of academic accommodations, please notify me (G. Recktenwald) immediately to arrange needed supports. If you need information about disabilities, please contact the Disability Resource Center on campus at 503-725-4150.
Students are expected to turn in homework problems that are substantially the result of their own work. Study groups, discussion of assignments among students, collective brainstorming for solutions, and sharing of advice is encouraged. Copying of assignments, computer files, graphs, or other means of duplicating material that is turned in for grading is expressly forbidden. Cheating on exams will result in a zero grade for the exam.
This course uses MINITAB for analysis of data. Registered students will be able to use MINITAB in CECS computing laboratories. Students are also exposed to solutions using MATLAB and R.