Response Surface Methods for Process Optimization* (Earn 1.6 CEU's)

Achieve Peak Performance
Response Surface Methods (RSM) can lead you to the peak of process performance. The RSM for Process Optimization workshop teaches you how to produce precise maps based on statistical models.

Learn how to put all your responses together via sophisticated optimization approaches. Find the "sweet spot" where you meet all specifications at minimal cost.

Learn Sophisticated Statistical Methods
During the RSM for Process Optimization workshop you will learn how to:

• Set up central composite designs (CCD), Box-Behnken and other RSM designs
• Select appropriate regression models
• Evaluate design properties
• Generate response and standard error contours
• Find robust operating conditions
• Optimize multiple responses numerically
  

"Clearly presented with emphasis on application." —Dennis Passe, Food Scientist

Use Powerful Software to do Case Studies and Simulations
Design-Expert^® software, used in the RSM for Process Optimization workshop, provides the essential computing power for RSM. Several simulations, interspersed throughout the workshop, test knowledge in a realistic fashion. Myers and Montgomery's text,"Response Surface Methodology," and Anderson and Whitcomb's text, "RSM Simplified," are optional.

"Using software helped me gain confidence." —Bryan Baab, Senior Scientist

*Prior Knowledge of DOE Needed

Note: If you work with formulations, the Mixture Design workshop may be more appropriate. Call 612-378-9449 and ask to speak with an instructor if you are unsure which workshop to take.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of elementary statistics and analysis of variance, covered in the Experiment Design Made Easy workshop or the DOE Simplified book, is a prerequisite.

Before attending class, please download the free 45-day trial of Design-Expert 8 software from our web site and work through the RSM tutorial titled "DX8-04C_Multifactor RSM–Part 1." You will find links to both below.

See the public workshop schedule and the RSM course outline for further information.

Click here to register online.