Yukie Nagai Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) Title: Product-based Shape Modeling Technologies by 3D Scanning for Next Generation Manufacturing

Dr. Yukie Nagai is an associate professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University. She has engaged in shape modeling and computational geometry mainly aiming at applying to industrial manufacturing. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering from The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2010. Her research interest includes accurate shape reconstruction and extraction from 3D scanned data of objects obtained by optical scanning and x-ray CT scanning. She is a member of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE) and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME).

	Keisuke Nagato Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Tokyo (Japan) Title: Micro/Nanoreplication Technologies of Material Surfaces and their Applications

Keisuke Nagato received his Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2009 and is an associate professor since 2016, also holds a post of Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering since 2019. In 2012-2013, He was a visiting researcher in IWE, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. His current research field is micro/nano surface manufacturing including nanoimprinting, powder molding, and selective laser melting. He is also interested in the applications such as optical devices, mechanical part surfaces, bonding interfaces, and fuel cells. Recently, he started some national projects in powder process informatics for high-throughput process-parameter optimization. He is a member of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE) and the Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers (JSME).

	Chien-Hung Liu Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) Title: New Development of Measurement Technology for CNC Machine Tools

Dr. Chien-Hung Liu received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in 2000. He is currently working as full Professor of the Mechanical Engineering at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan. His current researches focus on wearable measurement system for machine, machine tools calibration technology, smart sensors for smart manufacturing. He is the committee members of Taiwan Society for Precision Engineering (TSPE ), Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME), and Chinese Institute of Automation Engineers (CIAE)

	Akiko HIRAI Group Leader of Nanoscale Standards Group Research Institute for Engineering Measurement National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), (Japan) Title: Precise measurement of the thickness of silicon wafers and bilateral comparison

Dr. Akiko Hirai is a group leader of Nanoscale Standards Group, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). She has engaged in length standards dissemination, mainly using optical interferometry. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, in 1996. Her research interest includes optical interferometry for precise measurement of dimensional parameters and optical properties of materials. She is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) and the Optical Society of Japan (OSJ).

	Hung-Yin Tsai Distinguished Professor Department of Power Mechanical Engineering National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) Title: Field Emission Characteristics of Carbon-Based Structures Fabricated by CVD

Dr. Hung-Yin Tsai is currently a distinguished professor of Department of Power Mechanical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He obtained his Ph. D. from National Tsing Hua University in 1999 and then joined Industrial Technology Research Institute. He joined National Tsing Hua University since 2008. He has received the National Innovation and Creation Award by Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2008 and the honor of Ten Outstanding Inventors Award of Taiwan at national level in 2009. He has been the department chairman from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, he became the discipline convener of solid mechanics in Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. His current research interests include artificial intelligent for engineering applications, advanced fabrication and analysis of nano/micro-structure, carbon-based film deposition and its field emission applications, image processing technologies for either the industrial applications or neuroscience studies, and metal additive manufacturing. He has published 70+ refereed journal papers and has been granted 50+ patents.

	Akiko HIRAI Group Leader of Nanoscale Standards Group Research Institute for Engineering Measurement National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), (Japan) Title: Precise measurement of the thickness of silicon wafers and bilateral comparison

Dr. Akiko Hirai is a group leader of Nanoscale Standards Group, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). She has engaged in length standards dissemination, mainly using optical interferometry. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, in 1996. Her research interest includes optical interferometry for precise measurement of dimensional parameters and optical properties of materials. She is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) and the Optical Society of Japan (OSJ).

	Takeshi Yasui Institute Director, Professor Institute of Post-LED Photonics, The Tokushima University (Japan) Title: Dual-comb microscopy

Prof. Takeshi Yasui received the first Ph.D. degree in engineering from the Tokushima, University, Japan, in 1997, and the second Ph.D. degree in medical science from the Nara Medical University, Japan, in 2013.
From 1997 to 1999, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Japan. He was with the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University from 1999 to 2010, and is currently a Director in the Institute of Post-LED Photonics, Tokushima University, Japan, His research interests include THz instrumentation and metrology, second-harmonic-generation microscopy, and optical frequency comb.　Prof. Yasui is a member of the Optical Society (OSA), The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the Optical Society of Japan, and so on.

	Daniel Zontar Head of Department of Precision Technology and Automation Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT (Germany) Title: Current Approaches for Autonomous Production

On completion of his school leaving certificate, Daniel Zontar initially trained as an industrial business assistant before embarking on his studies at the RWTH Aachen University which he completed with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He continued to study and earned an MSc, having furthered his knowledge in the subject Automation Engineering.

Daniel Zontar has been an employee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT since 2009. In the period from 2014 to 2017 he was responsible for “Active alignment for the assembly of optical systems” at the Fraunhofer IPT and took up the position as Manager of the Machine Development and Machine Networking Group in 2018. In his capacity as the Coordinator of International Research and Industry Projects, he has developed a range of technologies used to control assembly cells as well as solutions for special-purpose and classical machine tools. Daniel Zontar has managed the Precision Engineering and Automation Department at the Fraunhofer IPT since June 2018.

	Chunhua Zheng Associate Professor Automotive Electronics Research Center Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Title: Energy Management Strategies of Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Education

Sep. 2007 - Aug. 2012

Ph. D. in School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University

Sep. 2005 - Jul. 2007

M.S. in School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

Sep. 2001 - Jul. 2005

B.S. in School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology

Work Experience

Jan. 2015 -

Associate Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep. 2012 - Dec. 2014

Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professional Activities

Jan. 2019 -

Editor, International Journal of Automotive Technology

Jan. 2017 -

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology

Aug. 2016 -

Board of Directors, Smart Cars and Robots Branch, China Instrument and Control Society

Publications:

International Journals:

1. Chunhua Zheng, Weimin Li, Quan Liang, An Energy Management Strategy of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Electric Vehicle Applications, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1880-1888, 2018.

2. Chunhua Zheng, Suk Won Cha, Real-time application of Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle to fuel cell hybrid buses based on driving characteristics of buses, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 199-209, 2017.

3. Chunhua zheng, Guoqing Xu, Kun Xu, Zhongming Pan, Quan Liang, An energy management approach of hybrid vehicles using traffic preview information for energy saving, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 105, pp. 462-470, 2015.

4. Chunhua Zheng, Guoqing Xu, Suk Won Cha, Quan Liang, A predictive driving control strategy of electric vehicles for energy saving, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 197-202, 2015.

5. Chunhua Zheng, Guoqing Xu, Suk Won Cha, Yeong-il Park, Wonsik Lim,PMP-based power management strategy for two-state variable FCHV systems and its optimality, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 769-776, 2014.

6. C.H. ZHENG, G.Q. XU, S.W. CHA, Q. LIANG, Numerical comparison of ECMS and PMP-based optimal control strategy in hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 1189-1196, 2014.

7. Chunhua Zheng, Guoqing Xu, Jongryeol Jeong, Suk Won Cha, Yeong-il Park, Wonsik Lim, Power source sizing of fuel cell hybrid vehicles considering vehicle performance and cost, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 527-533, 2014.

8. C.H. ZHENG, G.Q. XU, Y.I. PARK, W.S. LIM, S.W.CHA, Comparison of PMP and DP in fuel cell hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 117-123, 2014.

9. C.H. Zheng, G.Q. Xu, Y.I. Park, W.S. Lim, S.W. Cha, Prolonging fuel cell stack lifetime based on Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle in fuel cell hybrid vehicles and its economic influence evaluation, Journal of Power Sources, vol. 248, pp. 533-544, 2014.

10. C.H. Zheng, N.W. Kim, Y.I. Park, W.S. Lim, S.W. Cha, G.Q. Xu, The effect of battery temperature on total fuel consumption of fuel cell hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 38, no. 13, pp. 5192-5200, 2013.

11. Chunhua Zheng, Suk Won Cha, Yeong-il Park, Wonsikc Lim, Guoqing Xu, PMP-based power management strategy of fuel cell hybrid vehicles considering multi-objective optimization, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 845-853, 2013.

12. C.H. Zheng, Y.I. Park, W.S. Lim, S.W. Cha, Fuel consumption of fuel cell hybrid vehicles considering battery SOC differences, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 979-985, 2012.

13. C.H. Zheng, Y.I. Park, W.S. Lim, S.W. Cha, Fuel economy evaluation of fuel cell hybrid vehicles based on optimal control, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 517-522, 2012.

14. C.H. Zheng, C.E. Oh, Y.I. Park, S.W. Cha, Fuel economy evaluation of fuel cell hybrid vehicles based on equivalent fuel consumption, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1790-1796, 2012.

15. C.H. Zheng, N.W. Kim, S.W. Cha, Optimal control in the power management of fuel cell hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 655-663, 2012.

16. C.H. ZHENG, W.S. LIM, S.W. CHA, Performance optimization of CVT for two-wheeled vehicles, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 461-468, 2011.

17. H. Lee, J. Sung, H. Lee, C. Zheng, W. Lim, S.W. Cha, Model-Based Integrated Control of Engine and CVT to Minimize Fuel Use, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp.687-694, 2018.

18. S. Son, C. Song, S.W. Cha, W.S. Lim, C. Zheng, G. Xu, Novel Evaluation Systems for Compact In-Wheel Vehicles Considering Deviation of Load Torque between Left and Right Wheel, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 287-294, 2018.

19. Hyeon-Seop Yi, Jin-Beom Jeong, Suk Won Cha*, Chun-Hua Zheng, Optimal component sizing of fuel cell-battery excavator based on workload, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 103-110, 2018.

20. Jianxing Zhang, Chunhua Zheng, Suk Won Cha, Shanxu Duan, Co-state variable determination in Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle for energy management of hybrid vehicles, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1215-1222, 2016.

21. Guoqing Xu, Kun Xu, Chunhua Zheng, Taimoor Zahid, Optimal operation point detection based on force transmitting behavior for wheel slip prevention of electric vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 481-490, 2016.

22. Kun Xu, Guoqing Xu, Chunhua Zheng, Novel determination of wheel-rail adhesion stability for electric locomotives, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 653-660, 2015.

23. N.W. KIM, D.H. LEE, C.H. ZHENG, C. SHIN, H. SEO, S.W. CHA, Realization of PMP-based control for hybrid electric vehicles in a backward-looking simulation, International Journal of Automotive Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 625-635, 2014.

24. Jongryeol Jeong, Daeheung Lee, Namwook Kim, Chunhua Zheng, Yeong-Il Park, Suk Won Cha, Development of PMP-based power management strategy for a parallel hybrid electric bus, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 345-353, 2014.

25. Guoqing Xu, Kun Xu, Chunhua Zheng, Xinye Zhang, Taimoor Zahid, Fully electrified regenerative braking control for deep energy recovery and safety maintenance of electric vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 1186-1198, 2016.

26. Kun Xu, Guoqing Xu, Chunhua Zheng, Analysis of torque transmitting behavior and wheel slip prevention control during regenerative braking for high speed EMU trains, Acta Mechanica Sinica, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1-8, 2016.

Books:

1. Guoqing Xu, Chunhua Zheng, Yanhui Zhang, Kun Xu, Jianing Liang, Energy Efficiency Improvements in Smart Grid Components, Chapter 6, Energy Efficiency of Electric Vehicles-Energy Saving and Optimal Control Technologies, pp. 129-167, InTech, Croatia, 2015.

2. 徐國卿，鄭春花，張艳輝 ，徐坤，電動汽車一能量轉換與動力控製 ，科學出版社，2016.

	Low Hong Yee Associate Professor Digital Manufacturing and Design center, Director Singapore University of Technology and Design, Engineering Product Development Pillar, Singapore Title: Scalable High-resolution Functional Surfaces on Free-form 3D Objects

Brief biography of speaker:
Hong Yee Low received her PhD from the Macromolecular Science and Engineering department of Case Western Reserve University in 1998. After spending 2 years at Motorola Semiconductor Sector, she spent 13 years at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore. IMRE she spearheaded nanoimprinting research, held the position as group head of Patterning and Fabrication Capability Group and Director of Research and Innovation. She is currently an associate professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design and the director for the Digital Manufacturing and Design (DmanD) center. Her primary research interest is in nanofabrication of functional surfaces.

	William Melek Professor University Research Chair and the Director the RoboHub Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo (Canada) Title: A Framework for Deployment of Collaborative Robotics in Human Centric Industrial Environments

Dr. William Melek is a University Research Chair and the Director the RoboHub at the University of Waterloo. He is and an expert on robotics, artificial intelligence, sensing, and state estimation. He earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto in 2002, andthen led the Artificial Intelligence Division of Alpha Laboratories Inc. He founded University of Waterloo Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Automation in 2004 and was awarded the Young Engineer Medal of Professional Engineers Ontario in 2006. Heis the past President of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), and a senior member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Melek developed Canada’s first industry-ready modular reconfigurable robot(MMR); the state-of-the-art open architecture system is now used in the automotive sector. He has also led the way in designing practical, intelligent and adaptive control architectures for MMRs based on neural networks. Conceptual prototypes have been developedfor the nuclear industry in the United States. He holds twelve Canadian and U.S. patents, and his contributions to the manufacturing industry have been featured in the National Post, Globe and Mail and CBC television.