Innovation and Optimization using TRIZ and Taguchi Methods ...

Completed registration forms should be
sent to the course coordinator at the
following address:
Prof. Prakash R. Apte
Course Coordinator
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai – 400 076.
Phone: +91-98204 26774
Fax: 022-2572 3707
022-2572 3480
e-mail: apte@ee.iitb.ac.in or apte@iitb.ac.in
IMPORTANT DATES
Last date for receipt of registration: October 24
Notification of acceptance: November 14
Course dates: December 19-23, 2011
Note:
• Incomplete application forms will not be
entertained.
• For additional copies of the registration form,
please use a photocopy or type in the format
given.
TEACHING FACULTY
The teaching faculty consists of expert
professors from IIT Bombay.
VENUE FOR CLASSES
Course will be held at the Victor Menezes
Convention Centre, IIT Bombay.
LECTURE NOTES
PowerPoint presentation slides and a standard
textbook on Taguchi Method will be given as part
of the course
REGISTRATION
Interested candidates should send the
completed registration form, along with a
(caution deposit), Demand Draft for Rs.1000/-
(Rupees One Thousand Only), to the course
coordinator by post/courier. The Demand Draft
should be drawn in favor of “The Registrar, IIT
Bombay”. The caution deposit will be refunded
to the non-selected applicants. For the selected
candidates who participate in the course, the
caution deposit will be refunded at the end of
the course. Selection of eligible candidates for
the course will be based on qualification and
experience. A maximum of 30 candidates will
be accommodated in this course.
For any further information regarding QIP
programmes at IIT Bombay, please contact:
PROF-IN-CHARGE (CE & QIP)
Office of Continuing Education & Quality
Improvement Programmes, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076.
Tel. No. : 2572 6199 (D), 2576 7060.
Email : qip@iitb.ac.in
Or visit the URL: http://www.iitb.ac.in/~qip
QIP Short Term Course
on
Innovation and Optimization
using TRIZ and Taguchi Methods
December 19-23, 2011
Coordinator
Prof. Prakash R Apte
Department of Electrical Engineering
Office of
Continuing Education &
Quality Improvement Programmes
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai – 400 076.

INTRODUCTION
ME or Ph.D. theses (in Experimental Sciences and
Engineering) ought to address 'difficult problems'
and offer 'new/novel' solutions to the same. The
measurements must be repeatable so that
controlled experiments give clear results that
support a new/novel prediction based on your
new/proposed model/analysis.
This course consists of a tandem of techniques
called "TRIZ - Innovative Problem Solving" and
"Taguchi Method" to improve the chances of getting
"novel results to difficult problems". These 2
techniques are,
(1)TRIZ: define the "difficult problem" and propose
several inventive solution concepts
(2)TAGUCHI Method: experimentally optimize one
of the solution concepts, by working on the
"existing" experimental setup/measurement
system to get the "best" results
BROAD OBJECTIVES
This course introduces all the main tools of “TRIZ
INNOVATION” so that the inventive problem is
identified and then several innovative/inventive
solutions are found for the same. One of the
inventive solution concepts is chosen for
implementation.
The course teaches "Taguchi method", which is
aimed at optimizing a process through
experimentation over a range of process control
parameter settings. It determines the 'best' settings
of parameters that will make the process 'robust' in
spite of unavoidable variations in control
parameters and noise.
COURSE CONTENTS
• TRIZ : Innovative Problem Solving
• Formulating the problem using TRIZ
• Various Tools of TRIZ
• Solution Concepts using TRIZ Tools
• Design of Experiments/Taguchi Method
• Orthogonal Arrays
• Experiments using L8, L9 and L18
• Analysis of Mean and ANOVA
• Determination of Best Parameter settings
• Prediction and Verification
Detailed contents can be browsed at :
http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apte/QIP_2011/
ELIGIBILITY
Faculty members of degree level engineering
colleges recognized by AICTE, working in any
area of science or engineering, are eligible to
attend this course.
BOARDING & LODGING
Participants are entitled for Sleeper Class
(Second class) or III AC railway fare to and fro by
the shortest route from college to IIT Bombay
and in addition, boarding and lodging will be
provided to all participants. Accommodation will
be provided in Hostel. All participants will be
given auto fare from Kanjurmarg/Andheri to IIT
Bombay on the dates of arrival and departure.
Local participants will be given TA charges as
per institute rules.
QIP Short Term Course on
Innovation and Optimization
using TRIZ and Taguchi Methods
December 19-23, 2011
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