BSE (1962), University of Florida, Mathematics Education
MSTAT (1965), University of Florida, Statistics
Ph.D. (1968), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Statistics
Research Interests:
Experimental designs and the analysis of data for Mixture Experiments.
Response surface methodology.
Designs and models for performing industrial and agricultural experiments.
Honors and Professional Activities:
W.J. Youden Prize (Awarded by the Chemical Division of ASQC for the most outstanding expository paper that appeared in Technometrics in 1973. Title of paper:
“Experiments with Mixtures: A. Review.” ), 1974.
Shewell Award: Co-winner for presentation and paper titled, “Designs, Models, and the Analysis of Mixture Data,” 25th Annual Fall Technical Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 1981.
Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Aug. 1-5, 1983, New Hampton School, N. H.
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1984. American Society for Quality Control, 1989.
Elected to membership in the International Statistical Institute, 1984.
Editor, Journal of Quality Technology, ASQC, 1989-91.
Golden Quill Awards from ASQC for authoring, “How to Run Mixture Experiments for Product Quality” and “How to Apply Response Surface Methodology,” 1991.
Chairman, IFAS Faculty Advisory Committee, 1991-92; Brumbaugh Award Committee, ASQC, 1991-94; SPES of the American Statistical Assoc., 1998.
Testimonial award from ASQC in recognition of Leadership and Distinguished Service as Editor, Journal of Quality Technology, 1994, and as Editor, “How To Series”, 1995.
Brumbaugh Award (Co-winner awarded by ASQC for paper judged to have made the greatest contribution to the development of industrial applications of quality control.), 1995.
The Shewhart Medal awarded by the American Society for Quality. (“For definitive work in the area of mixture component experimentation, for extensive presentations on experimental designs to industrial practitioners, and outstanding editorial contributions in the area of quality control.”), 2001.
Selected publications in mixtures experiments:
Cornell, J. A. and I. J. Good (1970). “The mixture problem for categorized components.” J. American Statistical Association, 65, pp .339-355.
Cornell, J. A. (1973). “Experiments with mixtures: A review.” Technometrics, 15, pp. 437-455.
Cornell, J. A. and L. Ott (1975). “The use of gradients to aid in the interpretation of mixture response surfaces.” Technometrics, 17, pp. 409-424.
Cornell, J. A. and A. I. Khuri (1979). “Obtaining constant prediction variance on concentric triangles for ternary mixture systems.” Technometrics, 21, pp. 147-157.
Cornell, J. A. and J. W. Gorman (1984). “Fractional design plans for process variables in mixture experiments.” J. Quality Technology,16, pp. 20-38.
Piepel, G. F. and J. A. Cornell (1985). “Models for mixture experiments when the response depends on the total amount.” Technometrics, 27, pp.219-227.
Gorman, J.W. and J. A. Cornell (1985). “A note on fitting equations to freezing point data exhibiting eutectics for binary and ternary mixture systems.” Technometrics,
27, pp. 229-239.
Cornell, J.A. (1986). “A comparison between two ten-point designs for studying three-component mixture systems.” J. Quality Technology, 18, pp. 1-15.
Cornell, J.A. (1988). “Analyzing data from mixture experiments containing process variables: A split-plot approach.” J. Quality Technology, 20, pp. 2-23.
Sahrman, H.F., G. F. Piepel and J. A. Cornell (1987). “In search of the optimum Harvey WallBanger recipe via mixture experiment techniques.” The American Statistician, 41, pp. 190-194.
Smith, W.F. Jr. and J. A. Cornell (1993). “Biplot displays for looking at multiple response data in mixture experiments.” Technometrics, 35, pp. 337-350.
Cornell, J. A. (1993). “Saving money with a mixture experiment,” ASQC Stat. Div. Newsletter, 14, No. 1, pp.11-12.
Cornell, J.A. (1995). “Fitting models to data from mixture experiments containing other factors. J. Quality Technology, 27, pp. 13-33.
Piepel, G.F. and J. A. Cornell (1994). “Mixture experiment approaches: examples, discussion, and recommendations.” J. Quality Technology, 26, pp. 177-196.
Cornell, J. A. and P. J. Ramsey (1998). “A generalized mixture model for categorized component problems with an application to a photoresist-coating experiment.” Technometrics, 40, No. 1, pp. 48-61.
Cornell, J. A. and J. W. Gorman (2003). “Two new mixture models: Living with collinearity but removing its influence.” J. Quality Technology, 35, pp. 78-89.
Selected publications in non-mixtures experiments:
Cornell, J. A. (1972). “A note on the equality of least squares estimates using second-order equi-radial rotatable designs.” Biometrika, 59, pp. 686-687.
Cornell, J. A. (1974). “More on extended complete block designs.” Biometrics,30, No. 1, pp. 179-186.
Schreckengost, J. F. and J. A. Cornell (1976). “Extended complete block designs with correlated observations.” Biometrics, 32, No. 3, pp. 505-518.
Shelton, J. T., A. I. Khuri and J. A. Cornell (1983). “Selecting check
points for testing lack of fit in response surface models.” Technometrics, 25, No. 1, pp. 20-38.
Cornell, J. A. and R. D. Berger (1987). “Factors that influence the value of the coefficient of determination in simple linear and nonlinear regression models.”
Phytopathology, 77, No. 1, pp. 63-70.
Cornell, J. A. (1993). “W. J. Youden – The man and his methodology.” ASQC.
Cornell, J. A. and D. C. Montgomery (1996). “ Interaction models as alternatives to low-order polynomials.” J. Quality Technology, 28, No. 2, pp. 163-176.
Textbooks and Booklets:
Experiments with Mistures: Designs, Models, and the Analysis of Mixture Data. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1981. 2nd edition, 1990. 3rd edition, 2002.
Response Surfaces: Designs and Analyses, with A. I. Khuri, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1987. 2nd edition, 1996.
How To Run Mixture, Experiments for Product Quality, Vol 5, The Basic References in Quality Control: Statistical Techniques, Amer. Soc. for Quality Control,
Milwaukee, WI, 1983, pp. 1-71, revised 1990, pp. 1-96. Come Esecuire Esperimenti Di Miscelazione Per Avere Prodotti Di Qualita
(In Italian), 1995, pp. 1-96.
How to Apply Response Surface Methodology, Vol. 8, The Basic References in Quality Control: Statistical Techniques, American Society for Quality Control,
Milwaukee, WI, 1984, pp. 1-49, revised 1990, pp. 1-82. Come Applicare: LA Methodologia Della Superfici Di Risposta (In Italian), 1993, pp. 1-86.
