Rosenkrantz: IME 499 Spring 1996

Spring 1996

IME 499 Engineering Colloquium

"Ideas That Work"

Thursdays, 5:00 - 5:50 PM, Building 13 - Room 208

Students, faculty, alumni, and industry friends of Cal Poly Engineering are invited to attend any or all sessions of a weekly colloquium featuring topics of interest to engineers. Engineers and executives from both on and off campus have been invited to speak on the general subject of "Ideas That Work".

Students may enroll in IME Engineering Colloquium for one unit of credit. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering students may use the credit toward IE or MFE electives. Students from other majors may use the credit for electives only if their major department approves (via General Academic Petition).

Speaker schedule (subject to change):

Date Speaker Topic

April 4, 1996 Dr. Michael Shelton, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department. Faculty Advisor for Cal Poly Solar Energy Team (CaPSET). What Did We Learn - After years of designing, building, and racing solar cars...what did we learn?

April 11, 1996 Mr. Craig Miller. Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, Northrop-Grumman (Cal Poly Alumnus) Dimensional Management at Northrop. The positive impact of variability reduction programs on dimensional control.

April 18, 1996 No colloquium because of conflict with the Eleventh Annual Industry- University Banquet (Keynote speaker: Dr. Genichi Taguchi).

April 25, 1996 Mr. Mike White. President of Quality Improvement International. Quality Function Deployment - a case study.

May 2, 1996 Mr. Julian Blosiu, Division Staff Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS) - Application of TRIZ, the new Russian inventiveness technique.

May 9, 1996 Prof. Phil Rosenkrantz, Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Statistical Analysis of Weight Variation in Three Ounce Fish Fillets - A case study (or a "fish story")

May 16, 1996 Prof. Phil Rosenkrantz, Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Use of TQM Techniques to Develop the Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum - Presentation of paper presented at the 50th Annual Quality Congress, Chicago, May 13, 1996

May 23, 1996 Dr. Jack ReVelle, Manager, Continuous Improvement Programs, Hughes, Tucson Design of Experiments - a case study

May 30, 1996 Mr. Charles James III, President, North American Produce Effective Use of Teams - The journey to developing high achieving teams and a team oriented culture.

Date	Speaker	Topic
April 4, 1996	Dr. Michael Shelton, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department. Faculty Advisor for Cal Poly Solar Energy Team (CaPSET).	*What Did We Learn* - After years of designing, building, and racing solar cars...what did we learn?
April 11, 1996	Mr. Craig Miller. Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, Northrop-Grumman (Cal Poly Alumnus)	*Dimensional Management at Northrop*. The positive impact of variability reduction programs on dimensional control.
April 18, 1996	No colloquium because of conflict with the Eleventh Annual Industry- University Banquet (Keynote speaker: Dr. Genichi Taguchi).
April 25, 1996	Mr. Mike White. President of Quality Improvement International.	*Quality Function Deployment* - a case study.
May 2, 1996	Mr. Julian Blosiu, Division Staff Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory	*Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS*) - Application of TRIZ, the new Russian inventiveness technique.
May 9, 1996	Prof. Phil Rosenkrantz, Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	*Statistical Analysis of Weight Variation in Three Ounce Fish Fillets* - A case study (or a "fish story")
May 16, 1996	Prof. Phil Rosenkrantz, Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	*Use of TQM Techniques to Develop the Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum* - Presentation of paper presented at the 50th Annual Quality Congress, Chicago, May 13, 1996
May 23, 1996	Dr. Jack ReVelle, Manager, Continuous Improvement Programs, Hughes, Tucson	*Design of Experiments* - a case study
May 30, 1996	Mr. Charles James III, President, North American Produce	*Effective Use of Teams* - The journey to developing high achieving teams and a team oriented culture.