Youn-Min Chou, Professor Department of Mathematics University of Texas at San Antonio (210) 458-5552, Email: younmin.chou@utsa.edu EDUCATION: Doctor of Philosophy, Statistics, Southern Methodist University Master of Science, Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, National Taiwan University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1991 Present : Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio. 1996 1997: Researcher and Consultant, Manufacturing Science Research Center, Sony Semiconductor Company of America. On faculty development leave in spring 1996. 1985 1991: Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio. 1982 1987: Visiting Research Professor, summer research under ONR contracts, Southern Methodist University. 1980 1985: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS: 2010-2013: Co-PI for "NHLBI UTHSCSA Cardiovascular Proteomics Center". 2003-2005: PI, Implementation of a Professional Master's Degree Program in Industrial Mathematics at UTSA, Sloan Foundation/Council of Graduate Schools 2002: Co-PI, Planning of a Professional Master's Initiative, Sloan Foundation/Council of Graduate Schools 1999-2001: PI, "A Training Program: Methods and Solutions for Quality-Related Problems", HEB and DPT. 1997: PI, "Statistical Applications in Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes", Sony Semiconductor Company of America 1996, PI, "Statistical Research in the Manufacturing Industry: A Competitive Advantage", UTSA 1991-1995: PI, "Capability Analysis for Production Processes", National Science Foundation 1991-1992: PI, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). 1990-1992: PI, "Quality Evaluation Analysis for Manufacturing Processes", THECB. 1984-1987: Co-PI, "Screening Variables", Office of Naval Research 1982-1984: Co-PI, "Tolerance Limits and Sampling Plans", Office of Naval Research PATENT: US5987398: Methods and Apparatus for Statistical Process Control of Machines and Processes Having Nonconstant Mean of a Response Variable, 1999. (With G. D. Halverson) 1
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: 1. Youn-Min Chou, "Additions to the Table of Normal Integrals," Communications in Statistics, B10(5), 1981, 537-538. 2. D.B. Owen, L. Li, and Youn-Min Chou, "Prediction Intervals for Screening Using a Measured Correlated Variate," Technometrics, Vol. 23, May 1981, pp. 165-170. 3. D.B. Owen and Youn-Min Chou, "Effect of Measurement Error and Instrument Bias on Operating Characteristics for Variables Sampling Plans," Journal of Quality Technology, 15(3), 1983, pp.107-117. 4. D.B. Owen and Youn-Min Chou, "Prediction Intervals Using Exceedances for an Additional Third Stage Sample," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, August 1983, V. R-32, 314-316. 5. Youn-Min Chou, "Sample Sizes for -Expectation Tolerance Limits Which Control Both Tails of the Normal Distribution," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, V. 31, No. 4, 1984, pp. 601-607. 6. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "One-sided Confidence Region on the Upper and Lower Tail Areas of the Normal Distribution," Journal of Quality Technology, V. 16, No. 3, 1984, 150-158. 7. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "An Approximation to Percentiles of a Variable of the Bivariate Normal Distribution When the Other Variable is Truncated, with Applications," Communications in Statistics, A13(20), 1984, pp. 2535-2547. 8. Youn-Min Chou and R. W. Mee, "Determination of Sample Sizes for Setting -Content Tolerance Limits Controlling Both Tails of the Normal Distribution," Statistics and Probability Letters, 1984, pp. 311-314. 9. Youn-Min Chou, K.H. Arthur, R. Rosenstein and D.B. Owen, "New Representations of the Noncentral Chisquare Density and Cumulative," Communications in Statistics, A13(21), 1984, 2673-2678. 10. J.P. Keating and Youn-Min Chou, "An Adaptive Estimator Frequently Used in Material Fatigue Testing," Communications in Statistics, Vol. A13(9), 1984, pp. 1047-1061. 11. Youn-Min Chou, K. Arthur, R. Rosenstein and D.B. Owen, "New Representations for the Doubly Noncentral F Distribution and Derived Distributions," Communications in Statistics, A14(3), 1985, 527-534. 12. Youn-Min Chou, "A Remark on Algorithm AS 5: The Integral of the Noncentral t-distribution," Applied Statistics, 1985, Vol. 34, No. 1, p. 102. 13. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "On the Precision of the Coverages of -Content Inner Tolerance Intervals," Statistische Hefte, 1985, Vol. 26, pp. 139-146. 14. Youn-Min Chou, "A Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An Integral Useful in Calculating Noncentral T and Bivariate Normal Probabilities," Applied Statistics, 1985, V. 34, 100-101. 15. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "One-sided Normal Prediction Intervals and Sample Sizes for a Third Stage Sample," Communications in Statistics, 1986, A15(8), 2435-2448. 2
16. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "One-sided Distribution-free Simultaneous Prediction Limits for p Future Samples," Journal of Quality Technology, April 1986, pp. 96-98. 17. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "One-sided Simultaneous Lower Prediction Intervals for L Future Samples from a Normal Distribution," Technometrics, August 1986, V. 28, 247-251. 18. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "Estimating the Accuracy of the Coverages of Outer -Content Tolerance Intervals Which Control Both Tails of the Normal Distribution," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1986, V.33, 789-793. 19. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "The Precision of Limits on Bodily Fluids When Using -Expectation Inner Tolerance Limits," Metron, 1986, XLIV, pp. 409-416. 20. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "On Setting Limits on Bodily Fluids for Classifying Individuals as Pathological," Biometrical Journal, 1987, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 739-745. 21. Youn-Min Chou and Gary M. Johnson, "Sample Sizes for Strong Two-sided Distribution-free Tolerance Limits," Statistische Hefte, 1987, Vol. 28, pp. 117-131. 22. R. E. Odeh, Youn-Min Chou, and D.B. Owen, "The Precision for Coverages and Sample Size Requirements for Normal Tolerance Intervals," Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1987, pp. 969-985. 23. Youn-Min Chou, "One-sided Simultaneous Prediction Intervals for the Order Statistics of L Future Samples from an Exponential Distribution," Communications in Statistics, 17(11), 1988, pp. 3995-4003. 24. R.E. Odeh, Youn-Min Chou, and D.B. Owen, "Sample Sizes and Accuracy for -Expectation Tolerance Intervals for a Normal Distribution," Technometrics, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1989, pp. 461-468. 25. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "Simultaneous Prediction Intervals for a Two-parameter Exponential Distribution Using Complete or Type II Censored Data," Metrika, Vol. 36, 1989, pp. 279-290. 26. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "On the Distributions of the Estimated Process Capability Indices," Communications in Statistics, Vol. 18, 1989, pp. 4549-4560. 27. Youn-Min Chou, D.B. Owen, and Salvador A. Borrego A., "Lower Confidence Limits on Process Capability Indices," Journal of Quality Technology, V. 22, 1990, pp. 223-229. 28. R. L. Fountain and Youn-Min Chou, "Minimum Sample Sizes for Two-sided Tolerance Intervals for Finite Populations," Journal of Quality Technology, V. 23, 1991, pp. 90-95. 29. Youn-Min Chou and D.B. Owen, "A Likelihood Ratio Test for the Equality of Proportions of Two Normal Populations," Communications in Statistics, A20(8), 1991, pp. 2357-2374. 30. Youn-Min Chou, "On the Choice Between Competing Vendors Using Process Capability Indices," Proceedings of the 1992 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, 1992, pp. 843-846, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 31. Youn-Min Chou, "A Bivariate Noncentral T-Distribution with Applications," Communications in Statistics, 3
Vol. 21, No. 12, 1992, pp. 3427-3462. 32. Youn-Min Chou, "Process Control and Evaluation," Proceedings of the 1993 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Conference, Vol. 2, 1993, pp. 993-997, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 33. Youn-Min Chou and Alan Polansky, "Power of Tests for Some Process Capability Indices," Communications in Statistics-Simulations, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1993, pp. 523-544. 34. Youn-Min Chou, "Selecting a Better Supplier by Testing Process Capability Indices," Quality Engineering, Vol. 6, No.3, 1994, pp. 427-438. 35. Youn-Min Chou, S. Turner, S. Henson, D. Meyer, and K. S. Chen, "On Using Percentiles to Fit Data by a Johnson Distribution," Communications in Statistics, 23(2), pp. 341-354, 1994. 36. Youn-Min Chou and M. T. Anderson, "A Sequential Test of Some Process Capability Indices," Statistics for Quality: Dedicated to Don Owen, Chapter 3, pp. 31-48, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1996. Editors: S. Ghosh, W. R. Schucany, and W. B. Smith. 37. K.S. Chen, R.Z. Yeh, and Youn-Min Chou, "On the Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber in Nitrogen Atmosphere," Environmental Engineering Science, 14(3), 175-181, 1997. 38. Youn-Min Chou, "Book Review of Introductory Statistics, Shenton Ross, McGraw-Hill Companies," The American Statistician, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 1997. 39. G. D. Halverson and Youn-Min Chou, "SPC When Every Equipment Use Changes the Expected Results", Future Fab International, Issue 5, pp. 161-167, July 1998. 40. Youn-Min Chou, Alan M. Polansky, and Robert L. Mason, "Transforming Non-Normal Data to Normality in Statistical Process Control," Journal of Quality Technology, 30(2), 133-141, 1998. 41. Youn-Min Chou, Galen D. Halverson, and Steve T. Mandraccia, "Control Charts for Quality Characteristics under Nonnormal Distributions," a book chapter in Statistical Case Studies: A Collaboration Between Academe and Industry, SIAM, Editors: R. Peck, L. Haugh, and A. Goodman, pp. 89-98, 1998. Also in Student Edition, pp. 49-57. 42. A.M. Polansky, Youn-Min Chou, and R.L. Mason, "Estimating Process Capability Indices for a Truncated Normal Distribution," Quality Engineering, 11(1), pp.257-265, 1999. 43. K.S. Chen, H.C. Chen, C. Wu, and Youn-Min Chou, "Kinetics of Thermal and Oxidative Decomposition of Printed Circuit Boards," Journal of Environmental Engineering, a journal published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 277-283, March 1999. 44. Youn-Min Chou and R.L. Mason, Discussion on "Simultaneous Nonparametric Prediction Intervals," Technometrics, Vol. 41, No.2, 102-103, May 1999. 45. A.M. Polansky, Youn-Min Chou, and R.L. Mason, "An Algorithm for Fitting Johnson Transformations to Non-Normal Data," Journal of Quality Technology, v.31, no.4, 345-350, July 1999. Also at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/jqt/31-3 46. Youn-Min Chou, R.L. Mason and J.C. Young, "Power Comparisons for a Hotelling's T 2 Statistic," 4
Communications in Statistics, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 1031-1050, 1999. 47. K.S. Chen, C.F. Lin, and Youn-Min Chou, "Determination of Source Contributions to Ambient PM 2.5 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Using a Receptor Model" Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 51, pp. 489-498, April 2001. 48. Youn-Min Chou, R.L. Mason and J.C. Young, "The Control Chart for Individual Observations from a Multivariate Non-Normal Distribution," Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, 30(8&9), 1937-1949, July 2001. 49. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, "Applying Hotelling's T 2 Statistic to Batch Processes," Journal of Quality Technology, V.33, No.4, pp.466-479, October 2001. 50. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, J.H. Sullivan, Z.G. Stoumbos, and J.C. Young, "Systematic Patterns in T 2 Charts," Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 35, No.1, pp. 47-58, January 2003. 51. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, "Effective Sample Sizes for T 2 Control Charts," Handbook of Statistics/Statistics in Industry edited by R. Khattree and C.R. Rao, Elsevier Science, B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 595-607, 2003. 52. K.S. Chen, Y.T. Ho, C.H. Lai and Youn-Min Chou, Photochemical Modeling and Analysis of Meteorological Parameters during Ozone Episodes in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 37, pp. 1811-1823, 2003. 53. Youn-Min Chou and K.S. Chen, Determination of Optimal Measurement Guardbands, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.65-75, 2005. 54. C. H. Lai, K. S. Chen, Y. T. Ho, Y. P. Peng, and Youn-Min Chou, Receptor modeling of source contributions to atmospheric hydrocarbons in urban Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 39, 4543 4559, 2005. 55. Youn-Min Chou, R. L. Mason, and J. C. Young, The SPRT Control Chart for Standard Deviation Based on Individual Observations, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 335-345, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, 2006. 56. Youn-Min Chou and Alan M. Polansky, Process Capability Indices, Non-normal, in Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, Ruggeri, F., Kenett, R., and Faltin, F. W. (eds). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, Vol. 3, pp.1459-1462, 2007. 57. Qiuxia Dai, Jing Lin, Teresa Craig, Youn-Min Chou, Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, and Merry L. Lindsey. Estrogen Effects on Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-13 and MMP-14 Regulation of Left Ventricular Mass in Dahl Salt-induced Hypertension, Gender Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 74-85, 2008. 58. Youn-Min Chou, R. L. Mason, and J. C. Young, Identifying Variables Contributing to Outliers in Phase I, Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, Vol. 37, pp. 1103-1118, 2008. 59. J. Lin, H. Davis, Q. Dai, Youn-Min Chou, T. Craig, C. Hinojosa-Laborde, and M.L. Lindsey. Effects of Early and Late Chronic Pressure Overload on Extracellular Matrix Remodeling, Hypertension Research, pp. 1225-1231, July 2008. 5
60. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, "Monitoring Variation in a Multivariate Process When the Dimension is Large Relative to the Sample Size," Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, Vol. 38, No.6, pp. 939-951, January 2009. 61. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, Decomposition of Scatter Ratios Used in Monitoring Multivariate Process Variability," Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, 39:12, 2128-2145, 2010. 62. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, Detection and Interpretation of a Multivariate Signal Using Combined Charts, Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, Vol. 40:5, pp.942-957, 2011. 63. Y.A. Chiao, Q Dai, J Zhang, J Lin, EF Lopez, SS Ahuja, Youn-Min Chou, ML Lindsey, and YF Jin, Multi-analyte Profiling Reveals MMP-9 and MCP-1 as Plasma Biomarkers of Cardiac Aging. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 4:455-462 (2011). PMID:21685172. 64. Y.A. Chiao, Q Dai, J Zhang, J Lin, EF Lopez, SS Ahuja, Youn-Min Chou, ML Lindsey, and YF Jin, Response to letter by Lee regarding article, "Multi-analyte Profiling Reveals Matrix Metalloproteinase- 9 and Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 as Plasma Biomarkers of Cardiac Aging". Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. 4(6): e31, (2011) PMID: 22187455. 65. R.L. Mason, Youn-Min Chou, and J.C. Young, Relationship Between the T 2 Statistic and the Influence Function, Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, accepted on 4/2/2012. TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS: 1. "Bivariate Cumulants of a Singly Truncated Bivariate Normal Distribution," Technical Report No. 147, Department of Statistics--ONR Contract, Southern Methodist University, August, 1981. 2. "Development and Analysis of a Modified Screening Procedure to Increase Acceptable Product," Technical Report No. 148, Department of Statistics--ONR Contract, SMU, August, 1981. 3. "One-sided Prediction Intervals for Three-Stage Sampling from a Normal Population," Technical Report No. 174, Department of Statistics--ONR Contract, SMU, 1983. 4. "Sample Sizes for -Expectation and -Content Tolerance Limits for a Normal Distribution," Proceedings of the 1985 Conference on Applied Analysis in Aerospace, Industry, and Medical Sciences, 304-315, Nov. 1985. 5. "Development of Techniques for Assessing Process Capability and Enhancing Product Distribution Efficiency," Proceedings of the 1994 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, 1994, pp. 321-322, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Science Foundation. 6. "Determination of Process Capability When the Mean is Shifted," ISSAT International Conference Proceedings - Reliability and Quality in Design, pp.25-28, Seattle, March 16-18, 1994. (with Fred Pourmehr). 7. "Sequential Tests of Some Process Capability Indices," Proceedings of the 1995 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, 1995, pp. 251-252, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 6
8. "Recent Development in Process Capability Analysis," Proceedings of the 1996 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, pp. 547-548, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 9. "Control Charts for Quality Characteristics under Nonnormal Distributions," a collaborative case study with Sony Semiconductor Company of America, Case Studies of Academe/Industry /Government Collaboration, August 1996. (with Galen D. Halverson and Steve T. Mandraccia) 10. "Control Charts Design Strategies for Skewed Data," Process, Equipment, and Materials Control in Integrated Circuit Manufacturing II, A. Iturralde and T. Lin, Editors, Proc. SPIE Vol. 2876, 1996, pp. 196-205. (with Steven T. Mandraccia and Galen D. Halverson) 11. "Fitting SPC Data Using a Sample Quantile Ratio," ASA Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, 1996, pp.9-16. (with Alan M. Polansky) 12. "Exact Power Determination for Phase I Hotelling's T 2 charts," ASA Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, 1998, pp. 83-85. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young) 13. "Effects of Multivariate Non-Normality on the Control Chart for Individual Observations" ASA Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, 1999, 97-99. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young) 14. "Determination of Sample Sizes for T 2 Charts," ASA Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, 2001. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young) 15. "Multivariate Control Procedures and Process Variation," ASA Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity Research Conference, San Francisco, 2003, pp. 4681-4686. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young). 16. Variation and the T 2 statistic, ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 2005, pp. 1812-1814. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young) 17. The Relationship Between the T 2 Statistics of a Phase I and Phase II Operation, ASA Section on Quality and Productivity Proceedings, 2006, pp. 1824-1826. (with R.L. Mason and J.C. Young) HONORS AND AWARDS: 1984: American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) award for an invited presentation. 1986: Who's Who in Technology and Who's Who in Texas Today. 1986: ASQC award for outstanding service and article in Journal of Quality Technology. 1989: Who's Who in the South and Southwest and Who's Who in America. 1991: Who's Who in the World. 1995: Competitively selected to participate in the NSF Academe/Industry/Government Collaboration Project. The project provides support for travel costs associated with two conferences and site visits. 1996: UTSA Faculty Development Leave Award. 1998&1999: ASQ plaques for outstanding service. 1999: UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Research. 1999: Fellow of the American Society for Quality. 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Quality, Section 1404. 2001: ASQ plaque for outstanding service. 2002: ASQ Certificate of Leadership for outstanding service. 7
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION: Referee for journals and books in statistics, applied mathematics, and production engineering, 1980- present. Consultant for Don-El Associates, Inc., Dallas, Texas, on a wide variety of problems from defense electronics to law cases involving various aspects of discrimination, 1980-1990. Instructor of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) Certified Quality Engineer courses, 1984. Editorial Board member for the book series Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics, 1986-1995 Instructor for the ASQC Certified Quality Engineer Refresher Courses, 1990. Chair of the Don Owen Award Selection Committee, 1990-1992. Vice President of the San Antonio American Statistical Association (ASA) Chapter, 1991-1992. President of the San Antonio ASA Chapter, 1992-1993. Member of the SPES Presentation Award Committee of the ASA, 1992. Chair and organizer of a Session on Quality and Productivity at the 1992 ASA National Meeting. Chair and organizer of five joint meetings of the local Chapters of the ASA and the ASQC, 1992 and 1993. Judge of the Alamo Regional Science Fair, 1993-1995, 1998-1999, and 2008. Chair and organizer of the Quality Control Session at the Operations Research Society of America and The Institute of Management Sciences meeting, 1993. Panel reviewer for NSF grant proposals, 1995. Chair and organizer of the Quality Control Session at the Conference of Texas Statisticians, 1995. Chair of a Session on Quality and Productivity at the ASA Joint Statistical Meetings, 1995. Chair and organizer of industry recruiting meetings for the UTSA and local industry, 4/97, 5/98, and 4/00. Organizer of two meetings for representatives of local industry and faculty of the Management of Technology and Statistics Programs to develop courses for Manufacturing Science curriculum, 10/97. Proctor for the ASQ Certification Program, 1997. Membership Chair, ASQ San Antonio Section, 1997-1999 and 2002-2003. Section Examining Committee Chair, ASQ San Antonio Section, 1998-1999 and 2002-2007. Member of the Don Owen Award Selection Committee, San Antonio Chapter of the ASA, 1999-2000. Established the ASQ San Antonio Section Scholarship Program, 1999. Treasurer, ASQ Section 1404, 1999-2001. Chair, the ASQ San Antonio Section Scholarship Program, 1999-2002 and 2003-2006. Historian, ASQ San Antonio Section, 2001-2002. Established the ASQ San Antonio Section Student Branch, 2002. Chair and Organizer of the meetings for the UTSA and local industry leaders to discuss the feasibility of a Professional Master s Degree Program in Industrial Mathematics at UTSA, and to develop the proposed curriculum for this program, 6/17/02 and 8/21/02. Chair of a meeting for the UTSA and Industry Advisory Board to plan for the implementation of a proposed Science Master s Degree Program in Industrial Mathematics at UTSA, 11/14/03. Reviewer for NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 3/04, 2/05, 3/06, and 2/07. Associate Editor, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, 2002-present. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Society for Quality (Fellow) American Statistical Association Institute of Mathematical Statistics International Chinese Statistical Association Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 8