About the Detroit Research Institute
The Detroit Research Institute is an educational and training organization for serving the continuing development needs of industrial and business personnel. The Institute was organized in 1958 by Dr. Arvid W. Jacobson, Chairman of Mathematics Department and Director of the Computing Laboratories, WSU. The Institute in the past offered short courses and seminars in various disciplines such as system engineering, mathematical models in biomedical field, computers, management, banking automation, reliability statistics, and as well as other educational activities calculated to promote industrial progress. These seminars have been offered with consistent success for more than 40 years, especially the Product Reliability courses, participants have come from major industries across the country and abroad. A partial list of companies and government agencies who have participated in our educational programs is shown below:
Allied-Signal; Bendix; Breeds Technologies; Borg-Warner; Boeing; Burroughs; Caterpillar; Chrysler; Cummins Engine; Dana Corp.; Deere & Co.; Detroit Diesel, Eaton; EDS; Firestone Tire & Rubber Co/; Ford Motor Co.; GE; All divisions of General Motors; Hill-Rom; Honda of America; J. I. Case Co.; Johnson & Johnson; Mack Trucks; Medtronics; Motorola; Nissan; Nordson; NSK; Orschein; Outboard Marine Corp.; RCA; Rockwell International.; Sunstrand Aviation; 3M Co.; Tenneco Corp.; Timken Co.; VW of America; Volvo of America; Zenith; US Dept. of Defense; US National Hwy. Traffic Safety Administration; and others.
It is a fact that our seminars in reliability and applied statistics have gained wide acceptance among major industries. We want to encourage all organizations and industries concerned with reliability and compliance problems to take advantage of our services.
What DRI Has to Offer
The Detroit Research Institute has built up a reputation for training engineers and industrial professionals in the techniques of Weibull Analysis of test data, sample size determination, "Sudden Death" testing, mixture analysis, Comparison testing, sequential analysis, reliability and confidence growth questions, test time reduction, compliance testing to government standards, and problems of product reliability and consumer product requirements in general. We have the experience and capability to effectively help your company to cope with these questions and problems of product quality, reliability, and compliance.
The techniques for handling the above mentioned are all contained in our software collection and in our publications .
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For information on obtaining our software system and publications, please contact Detroit Research Institute - 389 Moross Road - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 - info@detroitreseach.com - Telephone : (313) 820-4459
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