The 57th Fall Technical Conference, co-sponsored by the ASA and American Society for Quality, was held October 17–18 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Fall Technical Conference Call for Papers
The Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences invites you to submit papers for presentation at the 58th Fall Technical Conference, to be held October 2-3, 2014, in Richmond, Virginia.
SPES Congratulates Contributed Paper Award Winners
The Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences is pleased to announce the results of its annual competition for contributed papers presented at the JSM conference in Montréal, Canada.
SPES Outlines Fall Technical Conference, JSM Programs
The Fall Technical Conference will take place October 17–18 in San Antonio, Texas, and consist of sessions covering a range of topics based on the theme “Spurring Innovation,” including statistical process control, reliability, and applied statistics. Read about what SPES has planned for this conference and JSM 2013.
SPES Outlines JSM Program, Requests Volunteers
Officers of the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES) are seeking volunteers to help with the data collection for their awards program at JSM 2013.
SPES to Sponsor Four Roundtables at JSM
This year, the ASA Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences will sponsor four roundtables. Read on to find out what’s planned.
Message from Outgoing Chair, Angela Dean
SPES Chair Angela Dean summarizes 2012 and introduces the new officers for 2013. She also invites submissions for the 57th Annual Fall Technical Conference.
Statistics in Chemistry Award Given for Developing Catalysts Used to Sequester CO2
The 2012 Statistics in Chemistry Award was presented to Scott Allen of Novomer, Inc. and Bradley Jones of SAS Institute, JMP Division, for their work developing novel catalysts used to sequester CO2 by incorporating it into new thermoplastics that are up to 50% by weight CO2.
SPES Offers Short Courses at JSM, FTC
SPES will offer the short course “Generalized Additive Models and Their Extensions: The Penalized Regression Spline” at JSM this year and “Optimal Design of Experiments: A Case-Study Approach” at the Fall Technical Conference. Read on for details.
SPES Seeks Nominations for Chemistry Award
The Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences is seeking nominations for the 2012 Statistics in Chemistry Award. Past award winners have addressed a wide range of topics, including calibration methods, recursive partitioning, and forensics.