Several prestigious awards are conferred annually at the Fall Technical Conference to recognize significant and novel contributions to the fields of quality and statistics. A description and history of these awards is summarized below.
Wilcoxon Award
Award Description The Wilcoxon Award recognizes the best practical application paper appearing in Technometrics, a joint publication by the American Society for Quality and the American Statistical Association. The award was named for Frank Wilcoxon, a renowned chemist and statistician who published over seventy papers. The award is presented by the Chemical and Process Industries Division of ASQ.
Recipients of the Wilcoxon Award
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Youden Prize
Award Description The Youden Prize recognizes the best expository paper appearing in Technometrics, a joint publication by the American Society for Quality and the American Statistical Association. The award was named for Jack Youden (1900 – 1971), internationally famous for his contributions to statistics and for his outstanding ability to communicate statistical concepts to experimenters. The award is presented by the Chemical and Process Industries Division of ASQ.
Recipients of the Youden Prize
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Bisgaard Award
Award Description The Statistics Division of ASQ established the Søren Bisgaard award in 2011 to recognize the paper in the ASQ journal, Quality Engineering, with the “greatest potential for advancing the practice of quality improvement.” The award is named in honor of Dr. Søren Bisgaard, Isenberg Professor of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who died in 2009 of mesothelioma. Bisgaard was a renowned expert on quality management and applied statistics.
Recipients of the Bisgaard Award
| Publication
Year |
Authors | Article Title |
| 2023 | R. W. Hoerl, D. Kuonen, and T. C. Redman | Problem framing: Essential to successful statistical engineering applications |
| 2022 | Ronald Snee | An effective strategy for the analysis of response profiles |
| 2021 | Nathaniel T. Stevens, Lu Lu, Christine M. Anderson-Cook, and Steve Rigdon | Bayesian Probability of Agreement for Comparing Survival or Reliability Function with Parametric Lifetime Regression Models |
| 2020 | Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Lu Lu, and Peter Parker | Effective interdisciplinary collaboration between statisticians and other subject matter experts |
| 2019 | John Sall | Scaling-up process characterization |
| 2018 | ||
| 2017 | Murat Kulahci and Anil Menon | Trellis Plots as Visual Aids for Analyzing Split Plot Experiments |
| 2016 | Kymm K. Hockman and Willis A. Jensen | Statisticians as innovation leaders |
| 2015 | R. R. Picard, M. S. Hamada, G. M. Hemphill, and R. E. Hackenberg | Accounting for Nonrandomly Sampled Data in Nonlinear Regression |
| 2014 | Peder Lundkvist and Erik Vanhatalo | Identifying Process Dynamics through a Two-Level Factorial Experiment |
| 2013 | James R. Simpson, Charles M. Listak, and Gregory T. Hutto | Guidelines for Planning and Evidence for Assessing a Well-Designed Experiment |
| 2012 | George E. P. Box and William H. Woodall | Innovation, Quality Engineering |
Nelson Award
Award Description The editorial review board of the ASQ publication Journal of Quality Technology (JQT) instituted this award in honor of Dr. Lloyd S. Nelson, JQT founding editor. The Nelson award recognizes the paper in JQT with the “greatest immediate impact to practitioners.” The following evaluation criteria are used by the award committee to select the winning paper:
- Ease of adoption – could the paper’s contribution be used immediately?
- Applicability – could the paper’s contribution be utilized across a wide variety of disciplines and industries?
- Resources – are code or tables provided to ease implementation?
- Relevance – is the paper readable / accessible to a broad audience?
- Recognition – does the paper continue Nelson’s legacy?
Recipients of the Nelson Award
| Publication Year | Authors | Article Title |
| 2023 | D.A. Cole, R.B. Gramacy, J.E. Warner, G.F. Bomarito, P.E. Leser, and W.P. Leser | Entropy-based adaptive design for contour finding and estimating reliability. |
| 2022 | C. King, B. Thomas, and P. Parker | Estimating pure-error from near replicates in design of experiments. |
| 2021 | B. Smucker, D. Edwards, M. Weese | Response surface models: To reduce or not to reduce? |
| 2020 | V. Roshan Joseph, Gul, E., and Ba, S. | Designing Computer Experiments with Multiple Types of Factors: The MaxPro Approach |
| 2019 | N. T. Stevens and C. M. Anderson-Cook | Design and analysis of confirmation experiments. |
| 2018 | Anh Tuan Bui and Daniel W. Apley | Monitoring for changes in the nature of stochastic textured surfaces |
| 2017 | Peter Goos & Steven G. Gilmour | Testing for Lack of Fit in Blocked, Split-Plot, and Other Multi-Stratum Designs |
| 2016 | Willis A. Jensen | Confirmation runs in design of experiments |
| 2015 | Russel V. Lenth | The case against normal plots of effects |
| 2014 | L. Allison Jones-Farmer, William H. Woodall, Stefan H. Steiner and Charles W. Champ | An overview of phase 1 analysis for process improvement and monitoring |
| 2013 | David H. Collins, Jason K. Freels, Aparna V. Huzurbazar, Richard L. Warr, and Brian P. Weaver | Accelerated test methods for reliability prediction |
| 2012 | John S. Ramberg, Harold G. Parks, and Kristen A. Maanum | Semiconductor contamination: Eliciting a physical model through factorial experimentation |
| 2011 | Bradley Jones and Christopher Nachtsheim | A class of three-level designs for definitive screening in the presence of second order effects |
| 2010 | Eric D. Schoen | Optimum designs versus orthogonal arrays for main Effects and two-factor interactions |
| 2009 | Bradley Jones and Christopher Nachtsheim | Split-plot designs: What, why, and how |
| 2008 | Søren Bisgaard and Xuan Huang | Visualizing principal components analysis for multivariate process data |
| 2007 | Jeroen de Mast and Albert Trip | Exploratory data analysis in quality-improvement projects |
| 2006 | Peter Goos and Alexander Donev | The d-optimal design of blocked experiments with mixture component |
| 2005 | Geoffrey Vining, Scott Kowalski, and Douglas Montgomery | Response surface designs within a split plot structure |
| 2004 | Robert Mee | Efficient two-level designs for estimating all main effects and two-factor interactions |
| 2003 | Harriet Black Nembhard and René Valverde-Ventura | Integrating experimental design and statistical control for quality improvement |
Hunter Award
Award Description Given in honor of the founding chair of the Statistics Division, Dr. William “Bill” G. Hunter, professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Presented annually since 1987 for “excellence in statistics as a communicator, a consultant, an educator, an innovator, an integrator of statistics with other disciplines and an implementer who obtains meaningful results,” i.e., to the person most like Bill Hunter. Nomination forms due June 30th. Awarded annually at the Fall Technical Conference. https://williamghunter.net/award/ . Nomination packages are submitted in the spring for consideration. The form is available here for 2022.
Recipients of the Hunter Award
Youden Address
Youden Address – Given in honor of Dr. William J. “Jack” Youden (1900-1971), internationally recognized as an expert on the statistical aspects of experimentation and for his outstanding ability to communicate and explain statistical tools and techniques to others. The Youden Address is delivered at the Fall Technical Conference by an individual that best exemplifies Dr. Youden’s approach and experimentation methods. No application or nomination package required – please send suggestions to the Examining Chair at examining@asqstatdiv.org.
Presenter of the Youden Address
| Presentation
Year |
Presenter | Title |
| 2023 | Peter Goos | DOE Software: Time for a Revolution? |
| 2022 | Bradley Jones | Latin Squares, Youden Squares, Balanced Incomplete Block Designs (BIBDs) and Extensions for Industrial Application |
| 2021 | Mike Hamada | On Reading Youden: Learning about the Practice of Statistics and Applied Statistical Research from a Master Applied Statistician |
| 2020 | ||
| 2019 | Jim Filliben | The Role of DEX & EDA for Standards and the Role of Standards for DEX & EDA |
| 2018 | L. Allison Jones-Farmer | Leveraging Industrial Statistics in the Data Revolution |
| 2017 | Steven Bailey | There is no “I” in Youden, but there is “You”! |
| 2016 | Joanne Wendelberger | Understanding Today’s Complex World |
| 2015 | William Brenneman | Perfect Makes Practice |
| 2014 | Connie Borror | Quality and Statistics: Now THAT’S Entertainment! |
| 2013 | Russell V. Lenth | The Web of Statistics |
| 2012 | C.F. Jeff Wu | Quality Technology in the High-Tech Age |
| 2011 | William Notz | A Tale of Two Cities |
| 2010 | Dennis Lin | From Youden Square to George Box to Latin Hypercube: The Evolution of Experimental Design |
| 2009 | Greg Piepel | Perspectives on Prediction Variance and Bias in Developing, Assessing, and Comparing Experimental Designs |
| 2008 | Christine Anderson-Cook | Sequential Experimentation for Meta-Analysis |
| 2007 | Vijay Nair | Statistics in Industry: The Gap Between Research & Practice |
| 2006 | John A. Cornell | Remembering Jack Youden |
| 2005 | Soren Bisgaard | The Future of Quality Technology |
| 2004 | William Woodall | The View from an Ivory Tower |
| 2003 | Gerald Hahn | The Embedded Statistician |
| 2002 | William Meeker | Reliability: The Other Dimension of Quality |
| 2001 | Raymond Myers | Industrial Statisticians: Our Reputation As Communicators and Teachers |
| 2000 | G. Geoffrey Vining | The Future of Statistics |
| 1999 | David W. Bacon | Integrity in Statistics |
| 1998 | Douglas C. Montgomery | A Perspective on Models and the Quality Sciences: Some Challenges and Future Directions. |
| 1997 | Gipsie B. Ranney | Contexts of Statistical Practice |
| 1996 | James M. Lucas | System Change and Improvement: Guidelines for Action when the System Resists |
| 1995 | John F. MacGregor | Using On-Line Process Data to Improve Quality |
| 1994 | Roger W. Hoerl | Enhancing the Bottom-Line Impact of Statistical Methods |
| 1993 | Lynne B. Hare | Pedal Faster They’re Gaining on Us |
| 1992 | John A. Cornell | W.J. Youden The Man and His Methodology |
| 1991 | William H. Lawton | Design, Marketing and Quality Management: Parts of a Whole |
| 1990 | William A. Golomski | Synthesis, The Forgotten Methodology |
| 1989 | Donald W. Marquardt | Quality Audits in Relation to International Business Strategy What is Our National Posture? |
| 1988 | A. Blanton Godfrey | Statistics, Quality, and the Bottom Line |
| 1987 | Gerald J. Hahn | Statistically Aided Manufacturing A Look into the Future |
| 1986 | Edward G. Schilling | Communications with Statistics |
| 1985 | Ronald D. Snee | Meeting the Challenge of Total Quality |
| 1984 | Brian L. Joiner | The Key Role of Statisticians in the Transformation of American Industry |
| 1983 | William G. Hunter | Learning About the World Around Us by Using Statistics as an Aid for Listening to and Conversing with It |
| 1982 | Wesley L. Nicholson | The Data Display Revolution |
| 1981 | Harry Smith | Youden‑‑Statistics Lessons Learned and Relearned |
| 1980 | Lloyd Nelson | 1, 2, 3, and Other Random Numbers |
| 1979 | Richard Freund | Some National and International Aspects of Quality |
| 1978 | John Mandel | Measurement Science and the Problem of Outliers |
| 1977 | J. Stuart Hunter | The Measurement Process |
| 1976 | Harry Smith | |
| 1975 | Churchill Eisenhart | Jack Youden at the National Bureau of Standards |
| 1974 | Cuthbert Daniel | Calibration Designs for Machines with Carry Over and Time Drift |
| 1973 | George E. P. Box | Science, Statistics, and Quality |
Shewell Award
Award Description Best combination of presentation and written materials from the previous year’s conference. The winner is determined partially by votes from conference attendees.
Recipients of the Shewell Award