Thomas Murphy - Industrial Statistical Consultant

Work History

Education

Professional and Honorary Society Memberships:

1. American Society for Testing and Materials - Fellow 1997
• Officer of E11 Committee on Quality & Statistics
• Chair, (2002-2003), Vice Chair (1996-2001, 2004-2005), Secretary (1992-1996)
• Chair of E11.03 Subcommittee on Stat. Analysis and Control Tech. (1987-1997)
• C hair of E11.70 Subcommittee on Editorial/Terminology (2002-2008)
• Chair of E11.30 Subcommittee on Statistical Quality Control (2008-2009)
• Chair of E11.20 Subcommittee on Test Method Evaluation and Quality Control (2010-present)
• Committee E02 on Terminology – Member (2004-2007)
• Committee E55 on Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products – Member (2004 – present)
• Award of Merit 1997
• Frank W. Reinhardt Award (Terminology) 2008
2. American Society for Quality - Fellow 1987
• US TAG to ISO/TC 69 / Z1 Statistics – member (2003-present), Vice Chair 2007-2008
• Chemical Division, Chair (1982-83), other offices (1978-82)
• Editorial Review Board Quality Progress (1983-89)
• Technometrics Management Committee (1984-86)
• Publications Review Board (1983-91)
• Ellis R. Ott Award (Metro Section ASQ) 2001
3. American Statistical Association - Member
• Member, Youden Award Committee (1991-93, 1997-2003)
• New Jersey Chapter Symposium Committee (1995-98)
4. American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member
• Chair of New Jersey Section, (1969-70)
5. Sigma Xi , national research society - Member
6. Alpha Chi Sigma, national chemistry fraternity - Professional Member.

Publications:

• "Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments", Chemical Engineering, 48, 168-182 (1977).

• "Experimental Design and Analysis", Chapter 13,  Applied Techniques in Statistics for Selected Industries, H. E. Hill and J. W. Prane, eds., Wiley, (1984).

• "Experimental Design for Process Variability", with K. Sears, Transactions of the 39th Annual Quality Congress, American Society for Quality Control, 374-384 (1985). 

• "Long and Short Range Precision in HPSEC", with L. Papazian, Journal of Liquid Chromatography, 13:1, 25-49 (1990).

• "Analysis of Antiperspirant Efficacy Test Results", with M. Levine, Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, 42:3, 167-197 (1991).
  

• "The Application of Response Surface Methodology to Sterilization Process Development and Validation of a Water Cascade Autoclave", with J. Hokes, T. Green and A. Cundell, PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, 53:2, 83-94(1999).
• "Statistical Process Control and Process Capability", with M. Utter and S. Singh, Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, (2003)
• "Response Surface Methodology for Validation of Oral Dosage Forms", Chapter 6, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Validation by Experimental Design, L. Torbeck, ed., Informa Healthcare, (2007)
• "Reporting Test Results – Determining Significant Digits and Rounding Properly", with P. Fortini, ASTM Standardization News, September/October 2008.
• "Dealing with Outliers", with A. Lau, ASTM Standardization News, November/December 2008.

Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings

• "Ratio Estimation", 29th All Day Conference on QC and Statistics in Industry, (Metropolitan Section, ASQC), Edison, NJ, September, 1977.
• "Applications in Industrial Experimentation", 6th Annual ASQC Seminar on QC, (Delaware Section, ASQC), Newark, DE, March, 1979.
• "Factorial Design Tutorial", 31st All Day Conference on QC and Stat in Industry, (Metropolitan Section, ASQC), Edison, NJ, September, 1979.
• "Test Methodology in the Routine Control Laboratory", 23rd Annual Fall Technical Conference (Chemical Division, ASQC),  Minneapolis, MN, November, 1979.
• "Experimental Design in Practice", 33rd All Day Conference on QC and Stat in Industry, (Metropolitan Section, ASQC), Newark, NJ, September, 1981.
• "Experimental Design", ASQC Tappan Zee Section Meeting, January, 1983.
• "Applications of Experimental Design", 5th Annual Conference on Quality in the Health Care Industries, (Biomedical Division, ASQC), New Brunswick, NJ, April, 1983.
• "Clinical Testing of Consumer Products", 12th Annual Symposium on Quality Control, (Delaware Section, ASQC), Newark, DE, March, 1985.
• "Controlling Process Variability", The Second Ellis R. Ott Conference on Quality Management and Statistics in Industry, New Brunswick, NJ March, 1985.
• "Experimental Design for Process Variability", 39th Annual Quality Congress, ASQC, Baltimore, MD, May, 1985.
• "Consumer Clinical Testing", 30th Annual Fall Technical Conference, (Chemical Division, ASQC), Charlotte, NC, October, 1986.
• "Statistical Methods for Clinical Testing", Dermal Clinical Evaluation Society, Newark, NJ, February, 1987.
• "Using ASTM Standard Practice E 691 for Conducting an Interlaboratory Test Program", Meeting of ASTM Committee C 16 on Thermal Insulation, Hartford, CT, October, 1989.
• "The Uses and Misuses of Taguchi Methods", Spring Conference, (North Jersey Section, ASQC), May, 1990.
• "Using ASTM Standard Practice E 691 for Conducting an Interlaboratory Test Program", Meeting of ASTM Committee C 37 on Thermal Analysis, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1992.
•  "The Application of Response Surface Methodology to Sterilization Process Development and Validation of a Water Cascade Autoclave", WORLDPHARM99, 1999. FTC
• "The Application of Response Surface Methodology to Sterilization Process Development and Validation of a Water Cascade Autoclave", 48th Annual Fall Technical Conference, (ASQC/ASA), Roanoke, VA, October, 2004.

Company Presentatons:

• "Ridge Regression Explained", American Cyanamid Statistics Seminar, May, 1979.
• "What's Happening in Quality in the Chemical Process Industry", American Cyanamid Chemical Group SPC Seminar, Newark, NJ, February, 1987.
• "Design of Experiments Workshop", American Cyanamid Process Development Symposiums, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1991.
• "Design of Experiments", Presentation and Workshop, American Cyanamid Formulations Symposium, 1982.
• "Measurement Assurance Workshop", American Cyanamid Analytical Symposium, 1990.
• "Animal Drug Stability Testing", American Cyanamid Analytical Symposium, 1992.

Company publications:

• "Statistical Manual for Analytical Chemists", American Cyanamid Publication,
  First Edition (1982), Third Edition (2000).