Theresa Utlaut

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Theresa Lynn (Terri) Utlaut is an American statistician, and a principal engineer at the Intel Corporation, where she develops statistical methods for Intel's microprocessor and integrated circuit manufacturing processes, as well as providing statistical consultation and training.[1][2] She is also a user of the JMP statistical software package and its scripting language, and a coauthor of the book JSL Companion: Applications of the JMP® Scripting Language.[3]

Education and career[edit]

Utlaut was an undergraduate at the University of Portland.[3] She completed a Ph.D. in statistics at Oregon State University in 1999, with the dissertation F-Tests in Partially Balanced and Unbalanced Mixed Linear Models supervised by David S. Birkes.[4]

While a student, she worked at Intel as a summer intern for three summers, and she joined Intel permanently after completing her Ph.D.[2]

Service[edit]

Utlaut chaired the Quality and Productivity Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2013.[5] She was elected as chair of the ASA Council of Sections Governing Board in 2016,[6] and in the same year chaired the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality.[7] In 2021-2022 she chaired the ASA Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment.[8]

Recognition[edit]

Utlaut was named a Fellow of the American Society for Quality in 2020, "for outstanding leadership and accomplishments in implementing quality and process improvement projects; for extraordinary commitment to the development and teaching of courses; for exceptional dedication while mentoring others; and for the passionate promotion of quality and statistics".[9] In 2022 she was named as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wasserstein, Ronald L. (2015), "Outlook on Statistics Leadership", in Golbeck, Amanda L.; Olkin, Ingram; Gel, Yulia R. (eds.), Leadership and Women in Statistics, CRC Press, pp. 3–8, ISBN 9781482236453
  2. ^ a b "A statistician at Intel" (PDF), Meta, Oregon State University Department of Statistics, p. 7, Summer 2015, retrieved 2022-07-20
  3. ^ a b "Theresa L. Utlaut", Authors, SAS Institute, retrieved 2022-07-20
  4. ^ Theresa Utlaut at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ "A Message from Q&P Chair, Theresa Utlaut", AmStat News, American Statistical Association, December 1, 2013, retrieved 2022-07-20
  6. ^ "LaVange Elected ASA President; Williamson Elected Vice President", AmStat News, American Statistical Association, July 1, 2016, retrieved 2022-07-20
  7. ^ Utlaut, Theresa L. (October 2016), "Message from the Chair", Statistics Digest: The Newsletter of the ASQ Statistics Division, 35 (3), American Society for Quality: 1–3, retrieved 2022-07-20
  8. ^ "Committee Spotlight: Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment", AmStat News, American Statistical Association, October 1, 2021, retrieved 2022-07-20
  9. ^ "2020 New ASQ Fellows", myASQ, American Society for Quality, July 26, 2021, retrieved 2022-07-20
  10. ^ ASA 2022 Fellows (PDF), American Statistical Association, retrieved 2022-07-20