Design of Experiments (CHEME B 599)

Graduate level course, University of Washington, Chemical Engineering, 2023

I will be teaching a new course on Design of Experiments in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the winter quarter.

A tentative course description can be found here.

Schedule

Date          Title                Lecture notes  Others  Further reading
Jan 04, WedIntroduction and course logisticsLecture 1in class 
Jan 06, FriBasics : Distributions, Statistics and ProbabilityLecture 2in class 
Jan 09, MonBasics : The Normal distributionLecture 3in class code 
Jan 11, WedBasics : Randomness and random variablesLecture 4in class 
Jan 13, FriRandomization and design : The test of significance and the Null hypothesisLecture 5in class codeChapter 3 from Statistics for experimenters : design, innovation, and discovery / George E.P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter, William G. Hunter.
Jan 18, WedRandomization and design (Continued) in class 
Jan 23, MonRandomization for inference : students paired t-testLecture 7  
Jan 25, WedComapring models : The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)Lecture 8 Chapter 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 from A First Course in Design and Analysis of Experiments by Gary W. Oehlert
Jan 27, FriANOVA example and the factorial design in expeimenationLecture 9code 
Jan 30, MonThe space filling designLecture 10code 
Feb 01, WedMeasures of information : Ideas of Claude E ShanonLecture 11 Wordle example , The Idea Factory by Joe Gartner: Chapter 7, 8
Feb 03, FriCriteria-based designLecture 12dexpy example 
Feb 08, WedExploratory data analysis : PCA, ClusteringLecture 13in class code 
Feb 10, FriModelling : Selection, fitting, and validationLecture 14in class 
Feb 13, MonModelling : Gaussian ProcessesLecture 15in class code 
Feb 15, WedModelling : Gaussian processes and BART (continued) in class 
Feb 17, FriThe sequential design method for modellingLecture 18code 
Feb 22, WedReal word examples of using Active Learning in Materials design and discoveryLecture 19  
Feb 24, FriOptimization : Introduction to Bayesian optimizationNotes from Roman Garnett at WUSTL Distill article
Feb 27, MonExamples of Bayesian optimization for materials design and discoveryLecture 20  
Mar 01, WedRienforcement Learning and Quality diversity examples   
Mar 03, FriSummary of the course and Discussion on final project   

Assignments

  1. Assignment 1 due on 23rd January, 2023 by 11:59 PM
  2. Assignment 2 due on 24th February, 2023 by 11:59 PM
  3. Final project due on 17th March, 2023 by 11:59 PM