Keynote Speakers

Off-Line and On-Line Volumetric Error Compensation of Machine Tools and Industrial Robots

Prof. Robert G. Landers
Advanced Manufacturing Collegiate Professor,
University of Notre Dame (USA)
E-mail: rlanders@nd.edu

Bio-brief:
Dr. Robert G. Landers is the Advanced Manufacturing Collegiate Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously a Curators’ Distinguished Professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and served for three years as a program manager at the National Science Foundation working in the Dynamics, Controls, and System Diagnostics, Foundational Research in Robotics, Cyber Physical Systems, Future Manufacturing, and Leading Engineering for America’s Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) programs. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1997. His research interests are in the areas of modeling, analysis, monitoring, and control of manufacturing processes, and in the estimation and control of lithium ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. He received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award in 2004, the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering’s Best Paper Award in 2014, and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Best Paper Award in 2020. He is a Fellow of ASME, and a senior member of IEEE and SME.

First-and-Every-Print-Correct Metal Additive Manufacturing

Prof. Steven Y. Liang
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems,
Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
E-mail: steven.liang@me.gatech.edu

Bio-brief:
Prof. Steven Y. Liang is a Morris M. Bryan Jr. Professor in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced manufacturing Systems at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987. His research interests are in the areas of modeling, monitoring, and control of precision machining and the additive manufacturing processes and systems. His research work has been disseminated in over 650 archival articles, 5 books, and 40+ international conference keynotes. He served as the President of NAMRI/SME, the Chair of MED/ASME, and the President of publicly traded company of $6B revenue with global footprints. Presently, he is the Technical Editor of International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Robert B. Douglas Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award of SME, Ralph R. Teetor Education Award of SAE, Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award of ASME, Outstanding Service Award of ASME, Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal of ASME, Most Influential Professor in Smart Manufacturing of SME, Outstanding Lifelong Service Award of SME, and Gold Medal of SME. He is a Fellow of ASME, SME, and AET.

Reconfigurable Assembly Systems and The Transition to Electric Vehicles

Dr. J. Patrick Spicer
Chief Technologist,
Reconfigurable Assembly Research,
General Motors Research and Development (USA)
E-mail: patrick.spicer@gm.com

Bio-brief:
Dr. J. Patrick Spicer is Chief Technologist of Reconfigurable Assembly in the Manufacturing Systems Research Lab at General Motors Research and Development. He has been at GM Research and Development for 15 years. While at GM R&D, he has made important contributions in the areas of technical cost modeling, ultrasonic weld process monitoring for batteries, additive manufacturing, and has also invented 30 granted patents. He serves as a project manager for high-profile research initiatives focused on the development of reconfigurable assembly systems including advanced automated robotic systems for vehicle body manufacturing. He is an inventor with 30 granted patents. He has received doctorate in manufacturing engineering, a master’s in mechanical engineering, and a bachelor’s in industrial and operations engineering, from the University of Michigan.