The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science congratulates professor Stefan Steiner as being named the winner of the 2023 ASQ Shewhart Medal. This achievement is awarded for the "outstanding technical contributions and leadership in the field of modern quality control and improvement, especially through the development of theory, principles, techniques, and successful applications in the area of quality." (ASQ)
The citation reads: "For his outstanding leadership in the field of industrial statistics; for his innovation and technical contributions in measurement system analysis, process monitoring, statistical engineering, and variation reduction; and for his dedicated promotion of quality improvement in business, industry, and healthcare."
The medal will be presented in Philadelphia at 2023 ASQ's World Conference on Quality and Improvement.