Daniel W. Apley

Daniel W. Apley is an American statistician and engineer. He is a professor of industrial engineering and management sciences at Northwestern University. He is known for contributing to the fields of statistical modeling, machine learning, and quality engineering, particularly in the diagnosis and control of complex manufacturing systems.

Apley served as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Quality Technology from 2009 to 2012 and of Technometrics from 2017 to 2019. He was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2019.

Education Apley attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.S.) in mechanical engineering in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Then in 1995 he earned a second M.S. in electrical engineering. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in mechanical engineering in 1997 under the supervision of Jianjun Shi and Jun Ni.

Career Following his doctoral studies, Apley served as an assistant professor at Texas A&M University from 1998 to 2003. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 2003 as associate professor and was subsequently promoted to full professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. He also served as the director of the Manufacturing and Design Engineering Program at Northwestern from 2004 to 2008.

Awards and honors 2001: National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Selected Publications