Physical and Engineering Sciences
Message from the Outgoing Chair
Tom Loughin, sPEs Chair, Kansas state university
has engaged in the past year, as well as
… well, it was a blast as always, although
some of what you can expect in 2010.
I still don’t have a dough boy (but you
The Spring Research Conference
should have seen Jen Van Mullekom in
was in a suburb of Vancouver this year
her stripey new overalls).
and attracted a good crowd, despite the
At the Fall Technical Conference
distance and expense for some. Boxin
this year, Cheryl Dingus represented us
Tang superbly organized the confer-
well on the program committee, help-
ence and a special celebration for Jeff
ing to assemble an interesting confer-
Wu, and many participants made time
ence. SPES organized an invited session
to visit some of the scenic wonders in
on variable selection, featuring Hugh
Loughin
the area (something I highly recom-
Chipman and Chris Nachtsheim. We
mend for those going to JSM 2010).
also sponsored a short course by Bobby
I
have mixed feelings as I write this
Mee and hosted a luncheon talk by
note in late September, realizing
Good news for students who want to
ASA President Sally Morton.
my term as chair is almost up.
attend next year’s SRC: Scholarship
In other conference news, SPES
Chairing this section has been a lot of
amounts will increase in 2010 to help
will be cosponsoring the International
work: It seems every week has brought
make the conference more afford-
Society for Business and Industrial
projects to be organized, tasks to be
able for students presenting research.
Statistics (ISBIS) biannual conference,
taken care of, requests to be made or
Additionally, sPes will sponsor stu-
to be held in Slovenia, July 6–9, 2010.
handled, or discussions to lead or fol-
dents’ ASA memberships the year they
see
www.action-m.com/isbis2010 for
low. So, on the one hand, it will be
receive a scholarship.
details. In particular, if you’d like to
nice to not have as many responsibili-
JSM 2009 set an attendance record,
organize a session of invited talks for
ties. On the other hand, I feel as if —
and SPES had a strong presence there.
SPES, let me know before the end of
with apologies to The Carpenters—
Jeff Luner and George Ostrouchov
2009. (Unfortunately, neither SPES
“I’ve Only Just Begun.”
put together an excellent program,
nor ISBIS can provide travel funds for
The section officers worked hard
featuring 14 sessions of talks, a poster
speakers.)
this year, investigating a number of
competition, and six roundtables. Our
Our Marquardt Industrial Speakers
potential initiatives that would provide
Continuing Education entries, assem-
Program continues to be popular.
even more value to SPES members. We
bled by Tena Katsaounis, were well
I highly recommend academic and
have some ideas ready to go and will
received. In particular, John Cornell
industrial statisticians look into it as a
be rolling them out soon. Others need
and Greg Piepel won the Excellence-
way to better educate the next crop of
further development and will take lon-
in-CE Award for JSM 2009 based on
statisticians and to build relationships
ger to get started. I want to highlight
attendee feedback for their course,
some of the activities in which SPES
“Methods for Designing and Analyzing
that may yield future returns. Starting
Mixture Experiments.” And the mixer
in 2010, we will offer a number of
free ASA and SPES memberships
for students at institutions that host
Marquardt speakers. SPES also will
help defray the costs of social func-
ATTenTion SecTion officerS
tions, such as pizza parties, to give stu-
Promote your meetings and events through
dents and the visiting speaker a greater
opportunity to interact.
the ASA’s online Calendar of Events.
This past year saw a rise in non-
conference networking opportunities,
as SPES developed a LinkedIn group
Visit the ASA’s web site:
(thanks to Fred Hulting) and the ASA
rolled out their new social networking
www.amstat.org/dateline
tool, the ASA Community. I encour-
age you to use these tools as you see
fit to develop relationships and discuss
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