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54th Annual Fall Technical Conference Statistics & Quality: The Engines of Success October 7-8, 2010 - Birmingham, Alabama      View the 37th W. J. Youden Memorial Address presented at the 53rd Annual Fall Technical Conference on October 8, 2009, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Co-sponsored by:    American Society for Quality:     Chemical and Process Industry Division     Statistics Division    American Statistical Association:     Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences     Quality & Productivity Section

Interested in presenting an applied or expository paper for the 2010 Fall Technical Conference? 2010 Call for Papers PDF | MS Word

2009 Fall Technical Conference Student Grants

The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is offering 5 grants to cover the cost of registration, meals (up to $50) and lodging for students who wish to attend the 53rd Annual Fall Technical Conference (FTC). Complete information regarding the grant can be found in the 2009 FTC Grant Announcement.

This year’s FTC will be held at the (remove and replace this link) Hilton Indianapolis  Hotel,  October 8-9, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Room discounts are available through the provided web site link.

Official website: TBA. The theme for this year’s conference is “Quality & Statistics: Accelerating to Higher Performance”. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Chemical and Process Industries Division and the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and the Section of Physical and Engineering Sciences and the Section on Quality and Productivity of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

The 2009 FTC Program is available online at: http://www.indyasq.org/stats/

Short Courses will be offered at the conference. Short Course registration fees ($250 each) are in addition to the FTC registration fee, and are not included in the value of the FTC Student Grant.

Grants are available for currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students of statistics and quality management. Travel costs are not covered. Recipients may be asked to serve as room monitors for a session at the Conference and will be required to write a brief article about their conference experience for the Statistics Division Newsletter.

Applicants should send a letter of interest together with a letter of recommendation from a major professor. Submissions should be sent by April 1 to:

FTC Student Grant Awards Chair
Paul Prew
Ecolab Research Center
Mail Stop ESC-F4316
655 Lone Oak Drive
Eagan, MN 55121-1560

paul.prew@ecolab.com

Letters can either be sent by e-mail or regular mail. Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by September 1.