2025 Program

Cane II

Half-Day Short Course:

A Practitioner’s Guide to Optimal Design
Jon Stallrich, North Carolina State University

Lunch

Half-Day Short Course:

Practical Experimentation: Improving the Logistics of Experiment Management
Mindy Hotchkiss, Enquery Research

Fall Technical Conference Opening Reception

Sugar Land Foyer

Welcome & Plenary Session
Gerald J. Hahn Achievement Award

Enthusiastic Collaboration and Mentoring
Scott Vander Wiel, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sugar Land VI

Sugar Land VII

Sugar Land VIII

Cane I & II

1A:
 Assessing Predictive Capability for Binary Classification Models
Mindy Hotchkiss, Enquery Research LLC

Moderator: Qiong Zang

1B:
Optimal Design of Experiments for Powerful Equivalence Testing
Peter Goos and Ying Chen, KU Leuven

Moderator: Byran Smucker

1C: 
Can ChatGPT Think Like a Quality and Productivity Professional?
Jennifer Van Mullekom and Anne Driscoll, Virginia Tech

Moderator:Daksha Chokshi

2A: Quality Control

Monitoring Parametric, Nonparametric, and Semiparametric Linear Regression Models using a Multivariate CUSUM Bayesian Control Chart
Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam, Qatar University

To Drive Improvement: Act on Every Count
James Lucas, J. M. Lucas and Associates

Moderator:Di Michelson

2B: Modeling

Vecchia Approximated Bayesian Heteroscedastic Gaussian Processes
Parul Vijay Patil, Virginia Tech

Impact of the Choice of Hyper-parameters on Statistical Inference of SGD Estimates
Yeng Saanchi, JMP

Moderator: Steven Barnett

2C: Technometrics
Invited Session

Screening Designs for Continuous and Categorical Factors
Ryan Lekivetz, JMP

Rerandomization Algorithms for Optimal Designs of Network A/B Tests 
Qiong Zhang, Clemson

Moderator: Maria Weese

Luncheon

History and Happenings of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Samantha-Anne Horwitch Nadolny, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Speakers Committee

Sugar Land VI

3A: STAT Invited Session

Bayesian calibration of material properties for shape memory alloys from nanoindentation data
Oksana Chkrebtii, The Ohio State University

Robust Panel Set Definition for RS-25 FPI POD Demonstration Testing and Investigations into the Mechanics of Model Convergence
Mindy Hotchkiss, Enquery Research LLC

Moderator: Karen Hulting

3B: JQT Invited Session

A scalable algorithm for generating non-uniform space
Xiankui Yang, Univ. of South Florida

A critique of neutrosophic statistical analysis illustrated with interval data from designed experiments

William Woodall, Virginia Tech

Moderator: Rong Pan

3C: DOE

Large Row-Constrained Supersaturated Designs for High-throughput Screening
Byran Smucker,
Henry Ford Health

Optimizing User Experience in Statistical Tools through Experimental Design
Jacob Rhyne and Mark Bailey, JMP

Moderator: Peter Goos

W. J. Youden Address

Design of experiments: The key to the cause-and-effect kingdom
Christopher Nachtsheim, University of Minnesota

Sugar Land VI

Reception and Poster Session

Sugar Land VI

Introducing Continuous Restrictions into Spatial Models via Gaussian Random Fields with Linear Boundary Constraints
Yue Ma, The Ohio State University

Scale-Location-Truncated Beta Regression: Expanding Beta Regression to Accommodate 0 and 1
Mingang Kim, Virginia Tech

Pitfalls and Remedies for Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Gaussian Processes
Ayumi Mutoh, North Carolina State University

Monitoring Functional Anomalies in a Water Treatment Process
Hunter Privett, Baylor University

Optimal Experimental Designs Robust to Missing Observations
Jace Ritchie, Sandia National Laboratories

Sugar Land VII

4A: CPID Invited Session

Predictive Model Monitoring and Assessment in the Lubrizol Q.LIFE® Formulation Optimization System
Anja Zgodic, Lubrizol

A Case Study in Image Analysis for Engine Cleanliness
Quinn Frank, Lubrizol

Moderator: Annie Booth

4B: Strategic Design

The Power of Foldover Designs
Jonathan Stallrich, North Carolina State University

Applications of Weibull Based Parametric Regression for Survival Data
Chad Foster and Sarah Burke, GE Aerospace

Moderator: Yingfu Li

4C: Health Applications

Identifying Prognostic Variables across Multiple Historical Clinical Trials
Xueying Liu, Virginia Tech

Moderator: Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam

5A: SPES Invited Session

Designing Experiments to Identify Optimal Operation Conditions for a Dynamic Cloth Media Primary Wastewater Treatment System
Madison De Boer, Baylor University

Microstructure-based Statistical Tests for Material State Comparison
Simon Mason, The Ohio State University

Moderator: Oksana Chkrebtii

5B: Optimal Design

Optimal Robust Designs with both centered and baseline factors
Xietao Zhou, King’s College London

Robust Parameter Designs Constructed from Hadamard Matrices
Yingfu Li,
University of Houston – Clear Lake

Moderator:Xiankui Yang

5C: QE Invited Session

Exploratory Image Data Analysis for Quality Improvement Hypothesis Generation
Theodore T. Allen, The Ohio State University

Boundary Peeling: An Outlier Detection Method
Maria L. Weese, Miami University of Ohio

Moderator: Bill Woodall

Luncheon

Advancing Science Together: The Quiet Power of Everyday Statisticians
Ji-Hyun Lee, University of Florida

Sugar Land VI

6A: Q&P Invited Session

Integrating SPC, DOE, and AI/ML for Enhanced Quality and Productivity
Daksha Chokshi, StatQualTech

Using Input-Varying Weights to Determine a Soft Changepoint in Mixture distributions
Di Michelson and Don McCormack, JMP

Moderator:Lauren Wilson

6B: Surrogates

Monotonic Warpings for Additive and Deep Gaussian Processes
Steven D. Barnett,
Virginia Tech

Deep Gaussian Processes for Estimation of Failure Probabilities in Complex Systems
Annie S. Booth, Virginia Tech

Moderator: Yu Ma

6C: Critical Questions

Dealing with Sample Bias — Alternative Approaches and the Fundamental Questions They Raise
Frederick W. Faltin, Virginia Tech

Generalization Problems in Machine Learning with Case Studies
Jay Chen, Shell

Moderator: Sarah Burke

Reception, followed by SPES Special Session:

Digital Twins in Industry and Academia
Panelists: Annie S. Booth, Virginia Tech; Wei Chen, Northwestern; Quinn Frank, Lubrizol

Sugar Land VI

Moderator: Oksana Chkrebtii