ME 156C (4 units): Measurement and Control of Defects. Introduces modern evaluation of processes leading to improved products and services. Students will use the tools of Six Sigma Process Control including Pareta Charts, Flow Charts, Histograms, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Design of Experiments, Failure mode and Effect Analysis, and Control Charts. Includes analysis of current processes and new hardware design projects.
ME 156A-B; open to ME majors only
The Six Sigma Revolution, Georges Eckes, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001.
This course is a forum for seniors to learn modern tools of customer-based quality enhancement within the framework of a cumulative knowledge base. They will learn by applying these tools to the analysis of an established operation with the objective of improving that operation. A second project will then define a simple product and the students will use these same tools to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the design process.
1. Introduction to Six Sigma
2. Strategy of Six Sigma
3. Project Definition
4. Project Measurements
5. Data Patterns
6. Data and Process Analysis
7. Process Improvement
8. Control Charts
9. Holding the Gains
10. Six Sigma Process Design/Redesign
11. Statistics and Quality
4 units of lecture, 2.5 hr/week plus 1 hr/week discussion
MWF 12:00-12:50 Woodford Chem 1171
ME 156C Disc 1 M 1:00-1:50 pm Phelp 1440
ME 156C Disc 2 T 5:00-5:50 pm Brda 1015
ME 156C Disc 3 W 5:00-5:50 pm Brda 2019B
ME 156C Disc 4 R 5:00-5:50 pm Brda 1019
Weekly homework assignments
Process Improvement Project for midterm
Product Design Project
Oral presentations
Final Exam
4 units engineering topics
1. The understanding of modern quality enhancement tools.
2. The application of these tools to improve established processes.
3. The use of these tools to improve product design.
4. Strengthening professional skills of technical presentations and report writing
1 This course develops new skills in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
2. Introduces the common tools used in Six Sigma analysis.
3. Develops direct experience in working in small groups on tasks ranging from brainstorming to implementation.
4. Improves confidence in making oral presentations develops technical writing abilities.