Conference Program At a Glance

Keynote Information

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Conference Program at a Glance

Keynote Information

New Curriculum for Teaching Industrial Engineers as Effectiveness Experts 

Professor C. Richard Liu, Purdue University, USA

About the Speaker: Professor Liu is an internationally recognized expert in the area of design and manufacturing engineering and was elected Fellow of ASME in 1992. He has published over 138 referred research papers and edited four books. He has also contributed to product and process research resulting in significant industrial impacts.

In last six years, Professor Liu has devoted himself in developing new approaches for teaching engineers to become more effective and more creative so that they can be successful in a competitive environment.

Dr. Liu was the recipient of the 1981 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1 of 5 awarded nationally), and the 1984 Blackball Machine Tool and Gage Award, ASME (one-awarded annually).  In 1985, he received (jointly) the IR 100 Research Award for achievements in the development of a new methodology for improving the accuracy of CNC machine tools. In 1989 and 2001, he was offered distinguished professorships by two American research universities. Dr. Liu is listed in “Who’s Who in America: Science and Engineering.”  

Dr. Liu has served as a reviewer for NSF ERC, IUCRC and NSF Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Programs, served on the committee to select the National Chair in Engineering of the Republic of China, was a member of the selection committee for Awardees of the Chiang Technology Award, and assisted in the evaluation of Tenure and Promotion Cases for several major research universities in the USA.  He was founding Program Chairman in 1991 for the International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, a major technical event in Asia, and served in that capacity until 1997. He was Co-chairman of the NAMRIC 2001 Conference held at Purdue.

Adaptable Design – Concepts, Methods and Applications

Professor Peihua Gu, The University of Calgary, Canada

About the speaker: Peihua Gu is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary. He is also holding NSERC Chair in Life Cycle Design Engineering. He was the Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering at the University of Calgary from 1995-1997. He was NSERC/AECL Chair in the Advanced Engineering Design at the University of Saskatchewan from 1995-97. His research projects include life cycle design, fabrication of parts with locally controlled properties, and surface inspection and comparison. Peihua Gu is currently an Associate Editor and a Member of Editorial Board of several international journals. He is the Past Chair of NSERC Grant Selection Committee for Industrial Engineering. He is an elected Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering and Active Member of CIRP.

The Globalisation of Manufacturing – Implications for Industry Structures and Operations

Professor Mike Gregory CBE, Cambridge University, UK

About the Speaker: Mike Gregory is head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and the Manufacturing and Management Division of the Engineering Department at Cambridge University. After an early career in industry he was the founder member of the manufacturing engineering group at Cambridge - the forerunner of the IfM. His research and professional interests include manufacturing strategy, technology management, international manufacturing and industrial policy. He chairs the UK Manufacturing Professors Forum and has served on a range of government and institutional committees including currently the UK National Manufacturing Forum. He is a fellow of Churchill College and of the IEE