Course # 102   Design of Experiments I & II 

This course - Design of Experiments I & II - combines the best of the original DOE I and DOE II courses.  This combined Design of Experiments course will focus on 2-level designs.  Such designs are multifactor designs where the factors are fixed at low and at high levels.  2-level designs will identify those vital few factors which have the biggest impact on the process output.

The course will provide the practitioner ample opportunity to conduct actual experiments in class, analyze them and report out the results. Beginning with a 4-run design matrix (L4), the practitioner will learn how to develop the proper design matrix as well as a method of analysis which will define the relationship between the factors studied and the process performance.  The analysis method will include t-tests, the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and the creation of a mathematical model which allows the practitioner to predict the outcome.

Design of Experiments can be an integral part of Six Sigma, or Lean Six Sigma, or a Kaizen event.  Since DOE makes the most efficient use of resources, it will generate a positive Return on Investment.  One of the most valuable tools a quality practitioner can have in the toolbox is Design of Experiments, and this course will show you how to do it.

Instructor: Dan Glab, ASQ - CQE

From student to instructor - Dan took his first Design of Experiments class at the Training Institute in the fall of 2003 with Associate Director Wayne Tollefsen.  Two years later in 2005 he began helping Wayne with the DOE courses as a homework assistant.  Dan became a TI Instructor in 2006, and went solo for the first time in the fall of 2008 teaching DOE I.  “One way to learn more about a subject is to teach it, so that’s what I set-out to do”.

Dan is a Validation Engineer in product development in the Automotive Division of Littelfuse, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.  He is a lifetime Chicagoan and earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.

 Continuing Education Units 3.0                 Recognition: Chicago Section Certificate by Examination                  Fees: ASQ Members $525, Non-Members $660

Contact Associate Director Wayne Tollefsen for more information on this course: wayne.tollefsen@omron.com or 630-443-6800 or