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Fowlkes, William Yurich was born on May 3, 1954 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of Vinson Graham and Faith (Yurich) Fowlkes.
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With practical techniques, real-life examples, and special software, this hands-on book/disk package teaches practicing engineers and students how to use Taguchi Methods and other robust design techniques that focus on engineering processes in optimizing technology and products for better performance under the imperfect conditions of the real world. The unique WinRobust Lite software included with the book, together with a number of practice problems, enables you to conduct and analyze Taguchi experiments by simplifying the tedious process of performing the many necessary computations. The book contains complete information on the process of engineering robust products that are insensitive to sources of variability in manufacturing and customer use. You will find detailed instructions for planning, designing, conducting, and analyzing the experiments that are used to optimize a product's performance under a variety of "stressed" conditions. An entire section focuses on designing products that achieve additivity, the property that reduces negative interactions. In addition, the book offers a systematic method for optimizing cost, quality, and cycle time. It even discusses the relationship of robust design to such other quality processes as Quality Function Deployment and Six Sigma. Numerous case studies, taken from the authors' extensive practical experience, illustrate how robust design theories and techniques actually work in the real world of product engineering. With the techniques described in this book as well as the WinRobust Lite software, you will be better able to design robust products that are high-quality, durable, and able to perform well in the marketplace.
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educator researcher chemical physicist
Fowlkes, William Yurich was born on May 3, 1954 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of Vinson Graham and Faith (Yurich) Fowlkes.
Bachelor of Science in Physics magna cum laude, Fairleigh Dickinson U., 1976; Master of Science in Physics, New York University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics, New York University, 1986.
Research science, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1982-1990; research manager, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, since 1991; laboratory head thermal print equipment, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, since 1994. Member industrial advisory board Rochester Institute Technology, 1992-1994, adjunct faculty in robust design.
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Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member electrostatic processes committee 1987-1989), American Statistical Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Maria Salvatore (divorced). Children: William Junior, Carolyn. Married Susan Carol Baruch.
Children: Hannah, Helen, Aaron.