Soren Bisgaard

Eugene M. Isenberg Professor in Integrative Studies; Professor of Technology Management

Telephone: 413-545-5621
Email: bisgaard@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 307C
Syllabus: SCH-MGMT 597B

Ph.D., Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

Selected Publications:

With Freiesleben, J. “Six Sigma and the Bottom Line.” Quality Progress. (2004).

With Vivacqua, C. “Strip-Block Experiments for Process Improvement and Robustness.” Quality Engineering. (2004).

With Box, G., Graves, S., Van Gilder, J., Marko, K., James, F. “The Waterfall Chart,” Quality Engineering. (2003).

With Box, G., Graves, S., Van Gilder, J., Marko, K., James, J., Seifer, M, Poublon, M., and Fodale, F. “Detecting Malfunctions in Dynamic Systems,” Transactions of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic Engine Controls 2000. SAE Technical Paper Series 2000-01-0363, (2000), pp. 1-11.

“The Design and Analysis of 2k-p ´ 2q-r Split Plot Experiments,” Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 32, No. 1, (2000), pp. 39-56.

“Designing Experiments for Tolerancing Assembled Products,” Technometrics, Vol. 39, No. 2, (1997) pp. 142-152.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Interim Dean, Isenberg School of Management, 2006-2007.
Founding Chair of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS).
Conference Chair to the First, Second, and Third Annual European Conference for Business and Industrial Statistics. 2001, 2002, 2003. Key note speaker, 2004.
Key note speaker and presenter at the European Conference on Mathematics in Industry (ECMI), 2004.
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Quality Technology, Quality Engineering and Applied Statistics
Column editor for Quality Engineering.
Member of on the Management Board of Technometrics.

Consulting Activities:

Has consulted for companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Bell Labs, General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, S. C. Johnson, Mercury Marine, Philips and Samsung-Corning.

Awards:

Cecil C. Craig Award, 2006, Automotive Division, American Society for Quality
Elected to the rank of Academician, International Academy of Quality, 2006
Box Medal Award 2004, European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics.
Shewhart Medal and William G. Hunter Award, American Society for Quality, 2002.
Literati Club Award for Excellence in Publications, 1999, MCB University Press, UK.
Fellow, American Society for Quality
Fellow (1997), Wilcoxon Prize Winner (1998), American Statistical Association.
Ellis R. Ott Award, 1990, Ellis R. Ott Foundation
Brumbaugh Award 1988, 1996 American Society for Quality Control
Shewell Award 1981, 1987, 1995, American Society for Quality Control