• Statistics in Engineering, Network Tomography, Spatial Modeling, Quality and Productivity Improvement,
  Reliability and Risk Analysis, Robust Design for Variation Reduction, Process Monitoring.

• Ph.D. (Statistics), 1974-1978 - University of California, Berkeley.
• B. Econ. (First Class Hons.), 1969-1972 - University of Malaya, Malaysia.

• 9/02 to present: Donald A. Darling Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• 7/98 to 6/10: Chair, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• 9/93 to present: Professor, Department of Statistics and Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• 11/81 to 9/93: Research Scientist, Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ.
• 9/78 to 10/81:  Research Scientist, Operations  Research Center, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ.
• 9/72 to 11/73:  Research Officer, Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES  & HONORS:

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
• Fellow of the American Society for Quality.
• President-elect, International Statistical Institute, 2011-13.
• President, International Soceity for Business and Industrial Statistics, 2011-13.
• Chair, Statistics Division, American Society for Quality, 2009-10.
• Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute.
• Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, 2009-12.
• Distinguished Service Award, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, 2009.
• Shayle Searle Visiting Fellow in Statistics, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, September 2009
• National Associate, National Research Council of the National Academies.
• Youden Memorial Lecture, Fall Technical Conference, 2007.
• Brumbaugh Award for best paper in industrial quality control in 2002.
• Jack Youden Prize for best expository paper in Technometrics in 2001.
• Adolphe Quetelet Medal, International Statistical Institute, 1999.
• Excellence in Research Award, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, University of Michigan, 1998.
• Frank Wilcoxon Prize for best practical applications paper in Technometrics in 1986.
• Central Bank of Malaysia Gold Medal, 1972.

• International Statistical Review:  Co-editor-in-Chief, 2010-present, Joint Editor, 1996-1999.
• Technometrics:  Editor, 1990-92.
• Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference:  Coordinating Editor, 1992-94.

•   Member, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, National Academies, 2009-2012.
•   Chair, Board of Trustees, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, 2004-08.
•   Member of Governing Board, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), 2004-08.
•   Co-chair, National Academies' Committee to Evaluate NASA's Survey on National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service, 2008-09.
•   Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies, 2002-2008.
•   Chair, Mational Academies' Panel on Dynamic Testing Strategies for Evolutionary Acquisition in Defense, 2004-06.
•  Chair of Committee on Publications, American Statistical Association, 2001-2002.
•  Chair of Journal Management Committee, American Statistical Association, 1996-2000.
•  Chair of Industrial Statistics Committee, International Statistical Institute, 1995-1999.
•  Chair of Management Committee, Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology, 1993-1996.