Dr. Enrique del Castillo
Distinguished Professor
357 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-6408 / Fax: 814-863-4745
E-mail: exd13@psu.edu
Profile
Dr. Castillo is a Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering. This title is only honorary and does not carry any endowment or extra compensation. Dr. Castillo also holds a joint appointment with the Department of Statistics in the Eberly College of Science. An author of over 85 journal papers and 2 textbooks, he is a former NSF CAREER awardee, Fulbright Scholar, and is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Quality Technology (2006-2009).
Education
Ph.D. , Industrial Engineering (Statistics Concentration), Arizona State University
M.S. , Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
B.S. , Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City)
Honors and Awards
Fulbright Scholar to conduct research and lecturship in The Netherlands, 2005.
National Science Foundation Early CAREER Faculty Development Award, 1996-2001.
IIE Transactions Best Paper of the Year Award (2000).
National Council of Science of Technology of Mexico Scholarship (1989-1992)
Research Interests
Engineering Statistics
Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methods (process optimization)
Functional data analysis, statistical shape analysis
Time Series Control
Bayesian Statistics
Memberships
Editor in Chief, Journal of Quality Technology, 2006-2009
Selected Publications
Vanli, O.A., and Del Castillo, E., "Closed-loop system identification for small samples with constraints" Technometrics, 49(4), pp. 382-394 (2007).
Vanli, O.A., Patel, N.S., Janakiram, M., and del Castillo, E., "Model context selection for run-to-run control" IEEE Transactions on Semicondcutor Manufacturing, 20(4), pp. 506-516, (2007).
Lian, Z., Colosimo, B.M., and Del Castillo, E., "Setup Adjustment of Multiple Lots Using a Sequential Monte Carlo Method", Technometrics, 48(3), pp 373-385, (2006).
Lian, Z., and Del Castillo, E., "Setup Adjustment Under Unknown Process Parameters and Fixed Adjustment Cost", Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 136, 1039-1060, (2006).
Del Castillo, E. Process Optimization: a Statistical Approach. NY: Springer, 2007. ISBN 978-0-387-71434-9
Rajagopal, R., and Del Castillo, E., "Model Robust Process Optimization using Bayesian Model Averaging", Technometrics, 47,2, 152-163, (2005)
Peterson, J.J., Cahya, S., and Del Castillo, E., "A comment on "Confidence regions around the ridge of an optimal response on fitted second order polynomials", Technometrics, 46(3), pp. 355-357, (2004).
Miro, G., and Del Castillo, E., "A Dual Response Approach to the Multivariate Robust Parameter Design Problem", Technometrics, 46(2) 176-187 (2004).
Peterson, J.J., Cahya, S., and Del Castillo, E., "A General Approach to Confidence Regions for Optimal Factor Levels of Response Surfaces", Biometrics, 58, pp. 422-431, (2002).
Del Castillo, E., Statistical Process Adjustment for Quality Control, John Wiley & Sons (Probability and Statistics Series), 2002. ISBN 0-471-43574-0.