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Dr. Gary S. Wasserman

Dr. Gary S. Wasserman

Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
gwasserm@eng.wayne.edu
(313) 577-3301

Biographical Sketch

Education

  • Ph.D., 1986. Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, GA USA.
    Industrial & Systems Engineering.

  • M.S., 1984. Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, GA USA.
    Information & Computer Science.

  • M.S., 1982. University of Miami. Coral Gables, FL USA.
    Operations Research & Statistics.

  • S.M., 1975. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA USA.
    Chemical Eng..

  • 1973.. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, NY USA.

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    Awards and Honors

  • Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), 1998..

  • Craig Award, Automotive Division of ASQC, for best technical or managerial paper, 1996 and 2003; honorable mention, 1995..

  • Recipient of Fellowship Award by the Education Board of ASQC, 1994..

  • Presented an invited paper at the 36th Annual Fall Technical Conference of ASQC/ASA in the Journal of Quality Technology, Best Papers Session, October 1992..

  • Recipient of The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Award, Jerusalem, Israel, 1994-1995..

  • Nominated for Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans, July 1990..

  • Nominated for Two Thousand Notable American Men, 1st Edition, August 1992..

  • Elected to Tau Beta Pi, 1972..

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    Recent Research & Development Experiences

  • Comprehensive Program for Institutionalization of Failure Analysis at Visteon. 9-1-99 - 8-31-01. Sponsor: Visteon, $ 225,326.

  • Improved Methods for Testing and Analysis: Body Controller Module. 3-15-99 - 12-15-99. Sponsor: Daimler-Chrysler Corp., $ 36,446.

  • Assessment and Development of a Strategy for Funding New Technology Projects (Internship). 5-1-98 - 8-31-98. Sponsor: Chrysler Corp., $ 20,000.

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    Books and Chapters

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 2002. Reliability Verification, Testing, and Analysis in Engineering Design. Marcel Dekker

  • Wasserman, G., and Patel, N., 1987. Instructor's Manual for Modern Methods for Quality Control and Improvement. John Wiley and Sons, New York,

  • Wasserman, G., and Olugbenga Mejabi, 1990. Optimizing Product Design For Manufacturing, pp. 241-270.. In People and Product Management in Manufacturing. Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam, Netherlands,

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1988. The Interface of SQC and Automated Inspection, pp. 79-85. In Automation in Quality Assurance. Executive Sciences Institute, Bruce Brocka

  • Wadsworth, H.M., and Wasserman, G., 1987. A Modified CUSUM Procedure as A Continuous Sampling Scheme. In Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control III, pp. 179-196. GmbH, Co., Heidelberg, W. Germany, Physica, Verlag

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    Journal Publications

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1999-2000. Easy ML Estimation of Normal and Weibull Metrics. Quality Engineering, 12(4), 569-581.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1999-2000. Reliability Validation Via Success-Failure Testing: A Hidden Controversy. Quality Engineering, 12(2), 267-276.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1997-1998. The Use Of Energy-Related Characteristics In Robust Product Design. Quality Engineering, 10(2), 213-222.

  • Lunani, M.; Nair, V.N.; and Wasserman, Gary S., July 1997. Graphical Methods for Robust Design with Dynamic Characteristics. Journal of Quality Technology, 29(1), 327-338.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Lindland, John L., 1997. A Case Study Illustrating The Existence Of Dynamics In Traditional Cost-Of-Quality Models. Quality Engineering, 9(1), 119-128.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1996. Parameter Design with Dynamic Characteristics: A Regression Perspective. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 12(1), 113-117.

  • Sudjianto, Agus and Wasserman, Gary S., 1996. A Nonlinear Extension Of Principal Component Analysis For Clustering And Spatial Differentiation. IIE Transactions, 28(12), 1023-1028.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, Agus, 1996. A Comparison of Three Strategies for Forecasting Warranty Claims. IIE Transactions, 28(12), 967-977.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1996. A Modeling Framework for Relating Robustness Measures With Reliability. Quality Engineering, 8(4), 681-692.

  • Sudjianto, Agus; Wasserman, Gary S.; and Sudarbo, H., Sept. 1996. Genetic Subsets Regression. Computers and Industrial Engineering, special issue on Genetic Algorithms, 38(4), 839-849.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1995. An Adaptation of the EWMA Chart for Short Run SPC. International Journal of Production Research, 33(10), 2821-2833.

  • Franklin, LeRoy A. and Wasserman, Gary S., 1994. Bootstrap Lower Confidence Limits Estimates for Cjkp (The New Flexible Process Capability Index). Pakistan Journal of Statistics, 10(1), 33-45.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, A., 1993. Short Run SPC Based Upon the Second Order Dynamic Linear Model for Trend Detection. Communications in Statistics, Vol. 22(4), 1011-1036.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1993. An Efficient Search Algorithm for Design of a Cusum-Based Procedure for Continuous Process Monitoring. Communications in Statistics, Vol. 22(3), 889-910.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., and Lamberson, L., “,” , ,, winter 1993. Spares Provisioning Under Reliability Growth. Logistics Spectrum, pp. 1-10.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1993. Technical Note: On How to Prioritize Design Requirements During the QFD Planning Process. IIE Transactions, 25(3), 59-65.

  • Franklin, L. and Wasserman, Gary S., 1992. Bootstrap Lower Confidence Limits for Capability Indices. Journal of Quality Technology, 24(4), 196-210.

  • Franklin, L. and Wasserman, Gary S., 1992. A Note on the Conservative Nature of the Tables of Lower Confidence Limits for Cpk with a Suggested Correction. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 21(4), 1165-1169.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Reddy, Isanaka, 1992. Practical Alternatives for Estimating the Failure Probabilities of Censored Life Data. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 8, 61-67.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Franklin, LeRoy, 1992. A Standard Bootstrap Confidence Interval Estimates of Cpk. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 22(2), 171-176.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1992. An Application of Dynamic Linear Models for Predicting Warranty Claims. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 22(1), 37-47.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.; Mohsen, Hassan, and Franklin, LeRoy., 1991. A Program to Calculate Confidence Intervals for the Process Capability Index, Cpk. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, B20 (2&3), 497-510..

  • Franklin, LeRoy and Wasserman, Gary S., 1991. Bootstrap Confidence Interval Estimates of Cpk: An Introduction. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 19(4), 1303-1317.

  • Mejabi, O. and Wasserman, Gary S., 1992. Simulation Constructs for JIT Modeling. International Journal of Production Research, 30(5), 1119-1135.

  • Mejabi, O. and Wasserman, Gary S., 1992. Basic Concepts of JIT Modeling. International Journal of Production Research, 30(1), 141-194.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1990. Matching Performance of Continuous Acceptance Sampling Plans with Single Sampling Plans. Communications in Statistics, B19 (4), 1303-1317.

  • Jung, Won; Wasserman, Gary S., and Lamberson, L., 1990. A Taxonomy of Reliability Growth Models. Logistics Spectrum, 24(1), 9-16.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., 1989. Organizational and Technology Management Issues in a Job Shop Environment. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 12-14.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., and Wadsworth, H.M., 1989. A Modified Beattie Procedure Used for Process Monitoring. Technometrics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp 415-422.

  • Williams, James H.; Lee, Samson S.; and Wasserman, G., 1977. Fiber Intersections in a Planar Randomly Oriented Fiber Composite. Fiber Science and Technology, Vol. 10, pp. 161-177.

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    Refereed Proceedings Papers

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Jayasheela, Vijit. Use Of Q-Q Plots for Comparing Life Data. ASQ Congress. Kansas City, MO, May 2003.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Goktas, Yavuz. Enhanced FMEA. RAMS 2001. Philadelphia, PA, January 22-25, 2001.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. A Suggested Framework for Robust Fatigue Life Testing. 5th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, p. 127-131. Las Vegas, NV (invited), August 11-13, 1999.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. Technical Arguments for Why You May be Putting Too Many Items on Test. 1999 SAE RMSL Workshop. Auburn Hills, MI, May 10-12, 1999.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. Design for Reliability: Megatrends to Look Out For. ASQC 51st Annual Quality Congress, 861-868 (reviewed). Orlando, Florida, May 1997.

  • Price, Barbara; Wasserman, Gary; Price, Kelly; and Portwood, James D.. Perspectives on Robust Design: Globalization and the Future. ASQC 51st Annual Quality Congress, 918-929 (reviewed). Orlando, Florida, May 1997.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. The Use of Energy-Related Characteristics in Robust Design. 5th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, edited by Ronald, Askin, Bopaya Bidanda, and Sanjay Jagdale, IIE Press, 345-350. May 18-20, 1996..

  • Mohsen, Hassan and Wasserman, Gary S.. Application Of Cornish-Fisher Expansion In Estimating Process Capability Indices. 5th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, edited by Ronald, Askin, Bopaya Bidanda, and Sanjay Jagdale, IIE Press, 705-710. May 18-20, 1996.

  • Sudjianto, Agus; Wasserman, Gary S., and Hassoun, Mohammed. Extensions of Principal Component Analysis for Data Intensive Computing. 5th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, edited by Ronald, Askin, Bopaya Bidanda, and Sanjay Jagdale, IIE Press, 711-716. May 18-20, 1996.

  • Sudjianto, Agus; Hassoun, Mohamad H.; and Wasserman, Gary S.. Extensions of Principal Component Analysis for Nonlinear Feature Extraction. International Conference on Neural Networks, pp. 1433-1438. Washington DC, June 1996.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. A Framework for Relating Robustness Measures with Reliability. Proceedings of 2nd ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, 1-5. Orlando, Florida, March 8-10, 1995.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, Agus. All Subsets Regression Using a Genetic Search Algorithm. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 27(1-4), 489-492 , (selected papers from the 16th Annual Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering). 1994.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. Short Run SPC Using Dynamic Control Chart. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 27(1-4), 353-356, (selected papers from the 16th Annual Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering). 1994.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Lindland, John L.. Minimizing the Cost of Quality Over Time: A Dynamic Quality Cost Model. ASQC 48th Annual Quality Congress Proceedings, 73-81. 1994.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. Productivity Measures Adjusted for Product Quality: A Modern Quality Engineering Approach. Productivity & Quality Management Frontiers IV, edited by Sumanth, Edosomwan, Poupart, and Sink, 381-390. 1993.

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, Agus. Neural Networks for Forecasting Warranty Claims. Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 2, Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE ‘92) conference, St. Louis, Dagli, Cihan H.; Burke, Laura I.; and Shin, Yung C., Editors, ASME Press, , 901-906.. New York, November 15-18, 1992.

  • Wasserman, Gary S., and Reddy, Isanaka,. Equivalency of Two Popular Reliability Estimators. ASQC 46th Annual Quality Congress, 863-868, (reviewed). Nashville, Tenn, May 18-20, 1992.

  • Franklin, LeRoy, and Wasserman, Gary S.. Standard Bootstrap Confidence Interval Estimates of Cpk. 13th Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, Vol. 21, Nos. 1-4, pp, 129-33 (reviewed). Orlando, Florida, March 11, 1991.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. Taguchi Methods: A Panacea For Your Quality Woes?. Management of Technology II, 1061-1068. Elsevier-Holland, 1990.

  • Gilbertson, Scott M. and Wasserman, Gary S.. Management Consideration of Productivity and Quality in Local Government. Second International Conference on Productivity Research, , 391-397. Miami, Florida, February 1989.

  • Wasserman, Gary S.. A Procedure for Process Monitoring Based Upon the CUSUM Charting Procedure: A Microcomputer Based Solution Technique for Determining Markov Chain Stationary Properties. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 13(1-4), 83-87 (reviewed). Atlanta, Georgia, 1987.

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    Conference Presentations

  • Wasserman, Gary and Price, Barbara, (Nov. 3, 1997.) Reliability Engineering: Changes & Challenges. Society of Reliability Engineers Dearborn, MI

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (May 13, 1996.) Parameter Design with Dynamic Characteristics: A Regression Perspective. Fifth Industrial Engineering Research Conference

  • Nair, Vijay (with Lunani, Mahesh and Wasserman, Gary), “,” , , ., (October 19, 1995.) Robust Design with Dynamic Characteristics. ASQC Fall Technical Conference St. Louis, MO

  • Mohsen, Hassan and Wasserman, Gary., (June 13, 1995.) Most Accurate Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Process Capability Indices. Second Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology Waterloo, Ontario Canada

  • Sudjianto, A. and Wasserman, Gary S., “,” , ., (November 23, 1994.) All Subset Regression Using GA. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, Agus, “,” , ., (November 23, 1994.) A Neural Network Approach to Forecasting Warranty Claims. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting

  • El-Haik, B.; Wasserman, Gary S.; and Sudjianto, Agus, “,”,, (November 23, 1994.) Optimal Design Using GA. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (May 17, 1993.) Quality Engineering Tools for Product Design. International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Factories of the Future St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Wasserman, Gary S. and Sudjianto, Agus, (August 10, 1992.) Dynamic Linear Models for Short Run SPC. 152nd Annual Joint Statistical Meeting of American Statistical Association Boston, MA

  • Franklin, LeRoy A., and Wasserman, Gary S., (August 11, 1992..) On the Correct Use of Tables of Lower Confidence Limits for Cp and Cpu, with a Correction for Cpk. 152nd Annual Joint Statistical Meeting of American Statistical Association Boston, MA

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (November 4-6, 1991.) Statistical Control Chart Based Upon the Second Order Dynamic Linear Model. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting Anaheim, CA

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (November 4-6, 1991.) A Model for Incorporating Cost Tradeoff Considerations in the QFD Planning Process. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting Anaheim, CA

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (November 4-6, 1991.) An Introduction to three bootstrap confidence interval estimates of the process capability index,. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting Anaheim, CA

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (February 21, 1991.) Applying Quality and Methods Improvement Techniques on an Automotive Business Process - A Case Study. Third International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research Miami, Florida

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (February 12, 1991.) What Can We Do to Shorten the Gap Between Academia Teachings and Industrial Practices?. Society of Reliability Engineers Southeastern Michigan Chapter

  • Wasserman, Gary S., Won Jung, (May 25, 1990.) Reliability Growth Modeling: Model Selection Problem. Workshop on Software Reliability, Statistical Consulting Center, Carleton University

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (October 27, 1989.) High Technology, Simultaneous Engineering, and Teamwork. Fall Conference of Michigan Equity Program, Wayne County Intermediate School District

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (May 8, 1989.) Optimal Design of the Beattie Procedure Using Exact Expressions for Cusum ARL. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (May 9, 1989.) Management of Hospital Admission’s Unit, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (April 12, 1989.) Research Issues in Quality Function Deployment. Detroit Chapter of American Statistical Association

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (March 31, 1989.) Quality of Design Using Taguchi’s Method. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario, Canada

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (August 23, 1988.) Matching Performance of Continuous Acceptance Sampling Plans with Single Sample Plans. 148th Joint Statistical Meeting of American Statistical Association New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (March 1988.) Utilizing a Spreadsheet Interface as a front-end for a Stand Alone Shop Floor Scheduling System. 10th Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference Dallas, TX

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (February 12, 1988.) An Acceptance Sampling Procedure for Continuous Processes That Does Not Require Periods of 100% Inspection. 1988 Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Statistical Association Tallahassee, Florida

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (February 1988.) Technological Issues in the Implementation of a Finite Capacitated, Forward Scheduling Sub-System. International Conference on Technology Management Miami, FL

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (November 19,1987.) Expanding Role of Quality Assurance Professional: Educational Implications. Orlando Chapter of American Society for Quality Control

  • Wasserman, Gary S., (August, 1986.) A Modified CUSUM Procedure as a Continuous Sampling Scheme. 146th Joint Statistical Meeting of American Statistical Association Chicago, IL

  • Wadsworth, H.M., and Wasserman, G.,, (June 1986.) A Modified CUSUM Procedure as a Continuous Sampling Scheme. 3rd Workshop on Statistical Quality Control Copenhagen, Denmark

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    Invited Presentations

  • Wasserman, Gary S., “Robust Life Testing,” Minnesota Consortium of Reliability Engineers,” September 21, 1999

  • Wasserman, Gary S., “A Modeling Framework for Relating Robustness With Reliability,” Integration of Reliability and Robust Design Methods within Product and Process Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, November 17-18, 1994

  • Franklin, L. and Wasserman, Gary S., “Bootstrap Lower Confidence Limits for Capability Indices,” 36th Annual Fall Technical Conference (Chemical & Process Industries Division of ASQC, Section on Physical & Engineering Sciences of ASA, and Statistics Division of ASQC), Philadelphia, PA, October 8, 1992

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