TECNUN

TECNUN. Bachelor Industrial Engineering. Teaching: Basic Statistics (from 1992-93 until now)
TECNUN. Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering. Teaching: Basic Statistics (from 2000-01 until now)
TECNUN. Bachelor Industrial Engineering. Teaching: Industrial Statistics (from 1995-96 until now)
TECNUN. Ph. D Programme of Industrial Engineering  (Quality mention accredited by ANECA from 2002). Teaching:  Engineering Applied Statistics for Research (from 96-97 until now).

Advisor of more than 50 Final Degree Projects in Engineering related to Quality, Reliability and Industrial Statistics. 

Academic Responsible of 4 Doctoral Thesis in Ph. D Programme of Industrial Engineering  (Quality mention accredited by ANECA from 2002).

Academic Book: E. Viles. “Estadística básica para universitarios”. Editorial EUNSA, February 2001

Experience in organizing academic events as National Conferences, Post-Doctorate Degrees, Lectures,….

RESEARCH AREAS:

• Quality Improvements
• Design of Experiments
• Reliabity and Safety
• Statistical Consulting
• Teaching Statistics

About 25 scientific papers. Listed some of the most representative papers:

 E. Viles, M. Tanco, L. Ilzarbe, MJ. Alvarez. “Planning Experiments, the First Real Task in Reaching a Goal”. Quality Engineering, vol. 21, pp. 44-51, January 2009
 M. Tanco, E. Viles, L. Ilzarbe, MJ. Alvarez. “Barriers faced by Engineers when applying Design of Experiments”, The TQM Journal, Vol. 5. Agosto 2009
 M. Tanco, N. Costa, E. Viles. “Experimental Design Selection: Guidelines for practitioners” Int. Journal of Productivity and Quality Management. Vol 3(4), pp. 283-301. 2009
 M.J. Alvarez, L. Ilzarbe, E. Viles, M. Tanco. “The use of Genetic Algorithms in Response Surface Methodology”, RSM Special Issue for the Quality Technology and Quantitative Management Journal, V 6 (3), pp.295  - 308.Septiembre 2009
 E. Viles. “Paper clip case: a practical activity to improve statistical thinking for engineering students”. Teaching Statistics, vol. 30, pp. 57-60. 2008
 E. Viles, C. Martin. “Research and teaching is hand-in-hand”. Quality Progress, pp. 45-51. Febrero 2008
 E. Viles, M. Tanco, I. Isasa, U. Arteche, X. Sagarzazu. “Applying Design of Experiments to a lift test rig”. Quality and Reliability Engineering International – Special Issue ENBIS 2008
 L. Ilzarbe, M.J. Alvarez, E. Viles, M. Tanco. "Practical applications of Design of Experiments in the field of engineering. A bibliographical review." Quality and Reliability Engineering International, vol. 24, pp. 417-428, Febrero 2008
 M. Tanco, E. Viles. “Is DoE really used? A survey of basque industries”. Journal of Engineering Design, vol 19(5), pp. 447-460 Septiembre 2008
 E. Viles, D. Puente, MJ. Alvarez, F. Alonso. “Improving the Corrective Maintenance of an Electronic System for Trains”. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering , vol 13 (1), pp. 75-87, 2007
 M. Tanco, E. Viles,  L. Ilzarbe, M.J. Alvarez. “Choosing Design of Experiments Software”. Six Sigma Forum Magazine (may-august, 2007)
 E. Viles. “Didactic analysis of statistical and quality courses in Industrial Engineering Schools”. Tecnura V. 21, pp. 55-62.  Noviembre 2007

International Book Chapter: Chapter 52: Comparing Different Approaches for Design of Experiments, pp. 611-621 (Book: Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science. Springer-Verlag Editorial, 2009)

More than 25 oral presentations in  Nacional and International Conferences

Participation in 6 Regional Research Project, four of them as IP (Research project founded by Basque Government)

Member of ENBIS (European Network of Business and Industrial Statistics) from 2000 until now

Member of Committee on Reliability – Spanish Quality Association (AEC) from 2005 unitl now

Member of Committee on Statistical Methods AEN/CTN 66/SC 3_member  from  AENOR  from 2009 unitl now

Referee of DYNA journal

Member of Scientific Committee of COMADEM 2009

Development  and Others Training Projects:

Statistical Studies to IBERDROLA (April 2000, July2001)
Training on Statistics techniques in  GAMESA  AEREONAUTICA (June-July 2002)
Regular Collaborator of Quality Cathedra “University of Navarra- Volkswagen”

Lecturer (1998,1999) of  “ I and II Quality Management Courses”  organized by University de Navarra and Technische Universität of Berlin
Lecturer (2001-02) of  “I and II Postgraduate in Integrated System of Quality, Safety and Environment” organized by  Guipúzcoa Business Chamber, OTEIC Consulting and University of Navarra.
Lecturer (2002-05) of “I to IV Postgraduate in  Seis Sigma Methodology Implementation: Black Belts Training ” organized by Politechnical University of Catalunya and University of Navarra.
Lecturer (2004-09) of “I to V Specialization Programme in Process Management”, organized by Economic and Business Science from University of Navarra.