Invited Speakers

Toward Next Generation of Machine Tools: Perspectives on Smart Machine Tools and Artificial Intelligence   Prof. Simon Park Professor, University of Calgary (Canada) E-mail: sipark@ucalgary.ca

Bio-brief: Dr. Park is a professor at the Schulich School of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. He was an AITF iCORE Chair in sensing and monitoring. He is a professional engineer in Alberta and is an associate member of CIRP (Int. Academy of Production Engineers) from Canada. Dr. Park received bachelor and master’s degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada. He then continued his PhD at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has worked in several companies including IBM manufacturing where he was a procurement engineer for printed circuit boards and Mass Prototyping Inc. dealing with rapid prototyping systems. His research interests include nanocomposites, printed electronics, sensors, IoTs, batteries and advanced manufacturing. He has also founded three start-up companies in sensing, batteries, advanced manufacturing and partial upgrading of bitumen. He is also serving as associate editors of several journals. Currently, he is directly supervising over 30 students and scholars at Multifunctional Engineering, Dynamics and Automation Lab (MEDAL, www.ucalgary.ca/medal).

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing   Prof. Sachin Salunkhe Associate Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology (India) E-mail: drsalunkhesachin@veltech.edu.in

Bio-brief: Dr. Sachin Salunkhe is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. His main research interests include press tool design, metal additive manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing applications, die design expert systems, sheet metal forming, wear analysis, fatigue analysis and high strain rate. Dr. Sachin has published more than 85 research papers in reputed journals, conferences and 11 books/chapters. Further, Dr. Sachin is the editor of various journals such as Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (IF-2.014), International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and MDPI Lubricants. He has completed more than $1.2 million in research projects from various national and international research funding agencies. Dr Sachin is a visiting professor at the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Technology, Navajo Technical University, USA.

Manufacturing Process Innovation through Digital Transformation based on Additive Manufacturing and its Applications   Dr. Kuk-Hyun Han President and CTO, Samyoung Machinery Co., Ltd. (Korea) E-mail: khhan@sym.co.kr

Bio-brief: Dr. Han is the head of R&D Center and the president of Samyoung, and is focusing on innovating manufacturing process technology by combining 3D printing. In particular, he has developed a hybrid process solution incorporating sand 3D printing technology into the metal casting process in order to advance root technology, and is actively applying it to mass production of key engine parts of Samyoung. He also succeeded in launching 3D printers optimized for manufacturing industry by developing binder jetting sand 3D printers and binder systems. Recently, Samyoung has been selected as one of the 100 Hidden Champions in Materials·Components·Equipment by the Ministry of SMEs, Korea. Dr. Han was a principal engineer at Samsung Electronics from 2003 to 2013, and a director at Samsung UX Center America & Think Tank Team from 2010 to 2013. Dr. Han has served as a director of the National Research Council of Science and Technology for the past 3 years and serves as a director of the Korea Foundry Society. Dr. Han was the recipient of the Minister Award from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Minister Award from the Ministry of Science and ICT, in recognition of his contribution to the 3D printing industry, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. His team also won the Prime Minister Award for being the number one organization in the National Root Technology Competition and the Minister Award at the 3D Printing Innovation Challenge Competition from the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2020. Dr. Han received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, in 1997, 1999, and 2003, respectively. He was a visiting scientist at MIT Media Lab from 2006 to 2007.

A Development of Sustainable Digital 3D Laser Micro Additive Manufacturing   Prof. Ming-Tsang Lee Associate Professor, Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) E-mail: mtlee@pme.nthu.edu.tw

Bio-brief: Dr. Ming-Tsang Lee received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley, in 2008. After graduated, he had been a Postdoctoral Researcher in the University of California at Berkeley and as a Visiting Scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Dr. Lee is specialized in energy and mass transport phenomena in micro- and nanoscales, solarthermal hydrogen productions, and laser assisted micro- and nanoscale fabrications. Since August 2018 Dr. Lee joined the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering in National Tsing Hua University as an associate professor. His current research interests include: Transport phenomena in micro/nanoscale complex opto-heat-mass multiphase flow systems, Laser assisted micro/nanoscale hybrid and green manufacturing and material processing, and Multiphysics analysis encompassing thermal-fluid-solid mechanics for renewable energy systems, advanced manufacturing processes as well as ultra-precision machinery systems. Dr. Lee is currently a committee member of the Committee on Nanoscale Heat Transport (K-9) in ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Heat Transfer Division. He is a recipient of Distinguished Young Scholar of Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 2018, and Outstanding Young Scholar Research Grant by MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology) of Taiwan in 2017.

Challenge of System Development for Condition Monitoring in Intelligent Manufacturing   Prof. Ming-Chyuan Lu Associate Professor, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) E-mail: mclu@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Bio-brief: Dr. Ming-Chyuan Lu is currently an associate professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. His current research interests focus on the condition monitoring in manufacturing, metal additive manufacturing and micro machining. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Dr. Lu was as an associate engineer of Opto-Electronics and System lab. of ITRI in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from 1993-1996 for the inkjet printer system design. During his Ph.D. study at Ann Arbor, Dr. Lu joined ERC/RMS center at University of Michigan for the research focusing on the multi-sensor applications for tool condition monitoring. Prior to joining NCHU as an assistant professor at 2006, Dr. Lu joined Nano-Architect Research Corporation in Hsinchu, Taiwan from 2001 to 2005 as a project manager/manager for the plasma equipment development, and was as a researcher of Mechanical and System Lab. of ITRI in Taichung, Taiwan for the machine tool system development.

Hybrid Tertiary Bio-based Composites for High Performance Applications   Prof. Chung-Hae PARK Professor, Center for Materials & Processes, IMT Nord Europe (France) E-mail: chung-hae.park@imt-nord-europe.fr

Bio-brief: Prof. Chung-Hae PARK has been working on different fields of composite materials, such as manufacturing processes, materials characterization, numerical modeling and simulation, and design and optimization. In particular, he is in close collaboration through a number of projects with many different industries covering a wide span of sectors such as petrochemical, automotive, railway and aeronautics, etc. He has served as a member of scientific evaluation board for ONERA (the French aerospace lab) and a member of evaluation panel for HECERS (Haut conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur) in France. Prof. Chung-Hae PARK received BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering at Seoul National University, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He obtained dual PhD degrees from Seoul National University and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France) in 2003. Subsequently, he joined as a senior research engineer, LG Chem where he has worked until 2005. From 2005 to 2013, he has been a contractual professor, an assistant professor and an associate professor, at University of Le Havre, Normandy (France). In particular, he obtained the diploma of Habilitation (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in 2011. In 2013, he moved to Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Douai (currently called IMT Nord Europe) and has been working as a full professor so far.

Overview and Case Studies of Smart Manufacturing in the Metal Industries of Taiwan   Dr. Chorng-Tyan Lin Director, Micro/Meso Mechanical Manufacturing R&D Department; Metal Industries R&D Centre (Taiwan)

Bio-brief: Dr. Chorng-Tyan Lin has earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Kaohsiung University of Applied Science and Technology, and his expertise includes: automatic control, machine vision, intelligent manufacturing, precision manufacturing. He has joined the Metal Industries R&D Centre, Taiwan, since 1987, and he is now the Director of Micro/Meso Mechanical Manufacturing R&D Department. Dr. Lin owns 31 patents, and he has won numerous domestic and international awards. He and his team won the “Outstanding Engineer Award” of the Chinese Society of Engineers in 2011, the Silver Medal Award of the National Invention and Creation Award in 2011, the Silver Medal Award of the Taipei International Invention and Technology Fair, the Doctoral Thesis Award of the Automatic Control Society in 2018, and the Edison Awards in 2021. Dr. Lin has made lots of efforts to contribute his expertise to serve the industries of Taiwan. In 1999, he and his team assisted a local manufacturer to develop the first plasma welding machine in Taiwan. He also led the team to assist the industry to successfully develop the IC packaging wafer bump automatic exposure machine, and successfully applied it to the industry. He also completed the development of the first, second and third generation of micro IC vision automatic inspection equipment in 2004~2005. He led his team to assist the industry to successfully develop 4″ LED full automatic exposure machine, and smoothly applied in the industry in 2011.From 2010 to 2015, he and his team assisted local equipment manufacturers to develop more than 120 sets of precision automatic laminating equipment for mobile touch panels, which has attracted a lot of attention. After a five-year of research and improvement, he and his team successfully developed the ultra-high precision “air-floating stage” for semiconductor related industry in 2019. Since 2016, Dr. Lin and his team have been engaged in research projects granted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan. He is leading his team to contribute to the research and development of smart manufacturing related technologies in the fastener industry, and won the Edison Awards in 2021.

Practice of Smart Manufacturing Implementation on Traditional Manufacturing Industry   Prof. Shih-Ming Wang Professor, Deputy Chair, ME Dept., Director, Smart Automation & Precision Machine Research Center, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan)

Bio-brief: Dr. Shih-Ming Wang received his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1996. In 1997, he joined Mechanical Engineering department of Chung Yuan Christian University since Aug. of 1997, and devoted himself in teaching and research for 21 years at CYCU. His research has been long-term focusing in area of precision machine design & analysis, CNC machining, cutting Dynamics & application, error measurement & compensation, on-line intelligent monitoring & control, and smart manufacturing/Industry 4.0 applications. So far he has published 143 papers, received 50 invention patents, executed 202 projects, and had 24 tech. transfer cases. Because of his research achievements in smart manufacturing, he was invited to work as a Chief Technology Officer for Walsin Group in Aug., 2017. After 4 years, Prof. Wang retired from Walsin Group and joined Mechanical Engineering department of National Chung Hsin University in 2020 to continue his academic career. In addition to being a professor, he currently also serves the ME Dept. as a deputy chair, and as a director of the Smart Automation & Precision Machine Research Center for the engineering college.

Coated Bio-based Polymers   Prof. Dumitru Nedelcu Professor, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI), President of ModTech Professional Association (Romania)

Bio-brief: Dumitru Nedelcu is a Professor and Ph.D supervisor at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI), Romania, Manager of Fine Mechanics and Nanotechnology Laboratory, President of ModTech Professional Association with 13 branches abroad, ModTech International Conference and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, Advanced Engineering Forum, International Journal of Manufacturing Economics and Management and International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology. His research topics: processing and characterization of polymeric and biodegradable materials; management of industrial manufacturing projects. He was a Visiting Professor at TAT, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo, Guest Professor at Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan and Grenoble Institute of Technology, France. He had Erasmus teaching internships in prestigious universities from Poland, Italy and Mexico. Since with October 2016 he was accepted as Visiting Professor at the Silesian University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Gliwice, Poland. As far as research is concerned, he coordinated 15 national and international projects as project manager/responsible and member in other 16 research projects. He was invited to give 26 lectures, as plenary speaker/keynote speaker/invited speaker at different international conferences and over the years he got 28 national / international awards. Throughout his career, he received a TEMPUS and Romanian Government scholarship at Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. He has published more than 188 scientific papers on ISI and BDI journals and international conferences proceedings. He serves on various journals and conferences review committees. The detailed activity can be tracked on the personal webpage, www.dumitrunedelcu.ro.