Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)

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SES #	TOPICS	ASSIGNMENTS
1	Introduction — processes and variation framework
2	Semiconductor process variation	Assignment 1 out
3	Mechanical process variation — physical causes and interpreting data
4	Probability models of manufacturing processes	Assignment 1 due, assignment 2 out
5	Probability models, parameter estimation, and sampling
6	Sampling distributions and statistical hypotheses	Assignment 2 due, assignment 3 out
7	Shewhart SPC and process capability
8	Process capability and alternative SPC methods	Assignment 3 due, assignment 4 out
9	Advanced and multivariate SPC
10	Yield modeling	Assignment 4 due, assignment 5 out
Quiz 1 (covers through Ses #9)
11	Introduction to analysis of variance
12	Full factorial models	Assignment 5 due, assignment 6 out
13	Modeling testing and fractional factorial models
14	Aliasing and higher order models	Assignment 6 due, assignment 7 out
15	Response surface modeling and process optimization
16	Process robustness	Assignment 7 due, assignment 8 out
17	Nested variance components
18	Sequential experimentation: “Experimentation and Robust Design and Engineering Systems.”	Assignment 8 due
Quiz 2
19	Case study 1: tungsten CVD DOE/RSM	Project proposal due
20	Case study 2: cycle to cycle control
21	Case study 3: spatial modeling	Project meeting due
22	Case study 4: “Modeling the Embossing/Imprinting of Thermoplastic Layers.”
23	Project presentations 1
24	Project presentations 2