David J. Edwards
Assistant
Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistical Sciences &
Operations Research
Virginia
Commonwealth University
4130 Grace E. Harris Hall
Phone: (804) 828-2936
Email: dedwards7 at vcu.edu
Education:
Ph.D.,
Statistics, The
University of Tennessee, 2008
M.S.,
Statistics, The
University of Tennessee, 2004
B.S., Mathematics, Virginia
Tech, 2002
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Research Interests:
Design
and Analysis of Experiments for Quality Improvement
Sequential
Experimentation
Response
Surface Methodology
Unreplicated
Experiments
Multiple
Response Optimization
Reliability
Data Analysis
Current and Past Research Projects:
Fractional
Box-Behnken designs, with Robert Mee
(Univ. of Tennessee)
Permutation
tests for analysis of supersaturated designs, with Robert Mee
(Univ. of Tennessee)
Optimal
foldover and semifoldover
designs for model discrimination, with Paul Brook (VCU)
Follow-up
experiments using Posterior Predictive Distributions
Follow-up
designs for nonlinear models in toxicology experiments, with Ed Boone (VCU)
Methods
for tuning parameters of optimization software, with Paul Brooks (VCU) and
Charles Stewart (VCU)
Projection
properties of three-level optimal designs with minimal aliasing for factor
screening and interaction detection, with David Truong (VCU)
Steepest
ascent for multiple responses, with Jeff Fuerte (VCU)
Selected Publications and Manuscripts:
1. Guess, F.M., Edwards, D.J., Pickrell,
T. and Young, T.M. (2003). “Exploring Graphically and
Statistically the Reliability of Medium Density Fiberboard”. International
Journal of Reliability and Applications, 4(4), 97-110.
2. Edwards, D.J., Guess, F.M. and Young, T.M. (2003).
“Improving and Managing Information Quality in Forest
Products”. Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on Information Quality, Cambridge, MA.
3. Edwards, D.J. and Mee, R.W. (2008). “Empirically Determined
p-values for Lenth t-statistics”. Journal
of Quality Technology, 40(4), 368-380.
4. Steele, J.C., Guess,
F.M, Young, T.M. and Edwards, D.J. (2010). “Mean Residual Life.” International
Encyclopedia of Statistical Science, Part 13, 791-792, Springer, New
York. DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_35.
5. Edwards, D.J., Guess, F.M. and Young, T.M.
(2010). “Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Estimating
Percentiles of Reliability of Modern Engineered Wood”. Wood Science and
Technology. In
Press. DOI 10.1007/s00226-010-0346-2.
6. Edwards, D.J. and
Truong, D.H.Q. (2011). “A Comparison of Designs for One-Step
Screening and Response Surface Estimation.” Quality
and Reliability Engineering International. In
Press. DOI 10.1002/qre.1191.
7. Edwards, D.J. and Fuerte,
J.N. (2011)
“Compromise Ascent Directions for Multiple Response Applications.” Quality and Reliability
Engineering International. In Press. DOI 10.1002/qre.1199.
8. Edwards, D.J. and Mee, R.W. (2011). “Supersaturated Designs: Are Our Results
Significant?” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.
In Press. DOI
10.1016/j.csda.2011.03.015.
9. Edwards, D.J. (2011). “Optimal Semifoldover
Plans for Two-Level Orthogonal Designs”. Technometrics. In Press.
10. Edwards, D.J. and Mee, R.W. (2011). “Fractional Box-Behnken Designs”. Journal of
Quality Technology. In Press.
11. Edwards, D.J. and
Brooks, J.P. (2011). “Alternative Foldover Plans for
Two-Level Nonregular Designs.” Submitted
to Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation.
12. La Rosa, P.S.,
Brooks, J.P, Deych, E., Boone, E.L., Edwards, D.J.,
Wang, Q., Sodergen, E., Weinstock,
G., and Shannon, B. (2011). “Power Calculations for
Taxonomical-Based Analysis of Human Microbiome Data.”
Submitted to Biometrics.
Courses Taught:
STAT 212 – Concepts of Statistics
o
Fall
2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010
STAT 425 – Industrial Statistics
o
Spring
2011
STAT 541 – Applied Statistics for
Engineers and Scientists
o
Summer
2009
STAT 546 – Linear Models Theory
o
Fall
2009, Fall 2011
STAT 642 – Design and Analysis of
Experiments
o
Fall
2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
STAT 650 – Response Surface
Methodology
o
Spring
2009, Spring 2011
STAT 742 – Advanced Design and
Analysis of Experiments
o
Spring
2010
Professional Links:
American Statistical Association
ASA Section on Quality &
Productivity
ASA Section on Physical and
Engineering Sciences
Personal:
Our “child” Chloe under the Christmas tree
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Last Updated: 6-17-2011