PLENARY SESSION I
Plenary Speech 1
Topics:
Design and Analysis of Control for Production Systems and
Networks with Many Highly Autonomous Entities

Neil A. Duffie
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
E-mail: duffie@engr.wisc.edu
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/me/faculty/duffie_neil.html

Biography,
　　Neil A. Duffie received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1980, his M.S. in Engineering in 1976 from, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and his B.S. in Computer Science in 1974, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
　　He is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and past Chair of its Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in the area of manufacturing system control including automation and robotics, process modeling and control, modeling of
distributed system dynamics and control, and autonomous logistic processes.
　　Professor Duffie is a Fellow of ASME, CIRP and SME. He is Chair of the Scientific and Technical Committee for Production Systems and Organizations of the CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), and is Past President (2008) of SME. In 2008 he was a Mercator Guest Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany.

PLENARY SESSION I Plenary Speech 2 Topics: Recent Advances in Micro-Groove Machining Processes Shiv Gopal Kapoor Grace Wicall Gauthier Chair Professor Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US E-mail: sgkapoor@illinois.edu http://mechse.illinois.edu/content/ directory/faculty /profile.php?user_id=36

Biography
     Dr. Shiv G. Kapoor is Grayce Wicall Gauthier Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has been a significant contributor to the field of manufacturing engineering research and educations and a pioneer in the field of mathematical modeling and simulation of machining processes both at micro and macro-scale. He has published more than 200 technical articles in technical Journals including ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution, International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture , International Journal of Wear, Journal of Corrosion Science, etc. 
　　A Fellow of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Prof. Kapoor has received ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award unprecedented three times for outstanding research paper, in 1992, 1997, and 2008. He was given the ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award in 2003 and one of the SME most coveted Education Award in 2005. He has served as a technical editor for the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering from 1991-2001. Currently, he serves as an editor-in-chief for SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

PLENARY SESSION III Plenary Speech 3 Topics: Challenges and Opportunities in Surface Engineering, A glimpse into the future T. S. Sudarshan President and CEO Materials Modification inc E-mail: sudarshan@matmod.com http:// www.matmod.com

Biography
　　Dr Sudarshan received his PhD from Virginia Tech and since 1987 has served as a Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer for Materials Modification Inc. His primary specialties are in the field of surface engineering and powder metallurgy (especially nanotechnology) for which he is recognized across the world.
　　Dr Sudarshan has published over 150 refereed journal papers and edited 25 books on "Surface Modification Technologies", one book on "Rapid Solidification Technology" and one on “Intermetallic and Ceramic Coatings”. He is also the coeditor of “Materials and Manufacturing Processes” for 23 years and Editor of “Surface Engineering” for 13 years.
　　He was the Founding member of the “Surface Modification and Coatings Technology” committee in TMS, served as co-chair and chair of the “Surface Engineering” committee of ASM International for 6 years, has served and continues to serve on numerous committees for ASM International.  In addition he has served on numerous peer review panels for NSF, NIH, DoD and DoE.  He also has served on the Blue Ribbon Panel for “Sputtering of Gun Tubes” at Watervliet Arsenal.
　　Dr Sudarshan is the winner of two R and D 100 awards and is a Fellow of ASM International and a Fellow of IFHTSE and has received the Outstanding Manufacturing Engineer award from SME.

INVITED SESSION I Invited Speech 1 Topics: Modeling and Optimization of High-Performance Machining Steven Y. Liang Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Walsin Lihwa Corporation E-mail: steven_liang@walsin.com http://www.me.gatech.edu/faculty/liang.shtml

Biography

INVITED SESSION I Invited Speech 2 Topics: Growing Behind Bert Huang General Manager Victor Taichung Machinery Co. E-Mail: mh@mail.or.com.tw http://www.or.com.tw

Biography
        Mr. Bert Huang is the General Manager of Victor Taichung, the largest equipment supplier of machine tool, plastic injection machine, and environmental machine across great China area.  Victor Taichung was founded by Huang’s father in 1954.  When Bert Huang was given the charter to grow the company, Mr. Huang was driving the management team to the continuous R&D activities.  To date more than 65% of the products are in-house manufacturing, which demonstrates the company’s technical capabilities as well as quality assurances.  The company has established worldwide operations with customer services in USA, UK, Germany, Frances, China, Thailand, Malaysia, and South Africa.  As the company is embarking for technology advancement, Victor Taichung was the first company being certified by German’s “TUV ISO 9001” in 1993.  In the following year the company was recognized “National Quality Trophy” in Taiwan.   In 1997 the company was again certified by TUV ISO 14001 quality system.   These are evidences that the company seeks for world class performances.
In addition to dedicating to the company’s growth, Mr. Huang also shares his knowledge and experience in taking the convener role to Taiwan’s Tooling Machine Trade Union and also the president of R.O.C.’s Precision Machining Industry Development Council in 1997 and 1998 respectively.  Mr. Huang is still one of the committee members for MOEA’s (Ministry of Economic Affairs) Technology Review Board and consultant to ITRI’s (Industrial Technology Research Institute) Mechanical and System Research Lab since 1997 to date.

INVITED SESSION II Invited Speech 3 Topics: Trend of AOI Technology and its Applications to Taiwan’s Emerging Industries Tzeng-Yow Lin Deputy General Director Center for Measurement Standards (CMS) Industrial Technology Research Institute Taiwan, ROC E-mail: Tzeng-Yow.Lin@itri.org.tw http://www.nml.org.tw/ for National Measurement Laboratory; http://www.cms.itri.org.tw/ for Center for Measurement Standards, ITRI

Biography
      Dr Lin is Deputy General Director of Center for Measurement Standards, metrology group of Industrial Technology Research Institute. He has devoted himself to precision engineering for more than 25 years, with special interests in dimensional metrology and surface topography. Presently, Lin is leading a team in establishing a national infrastructure of industrial standards, linking Taiwan with global standards organizations (such as ISO, IEC, CIE). The infrastructure will enhance Taiwan’s competitiveness of manufacturing power through strategical supremacy of standardization.
      Lin graduated from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 1993, with a doctoral degree in manufacturing. He was the winner of Best Paper Award of 2002 NCSL International.

INVITED SESSION II Invited Speech 4 Topics: Manufacture of Plastics Lenses for the Next Generation Commercial and Industrial Applications Pei-Jen Wang Professor Department of Power Mechanical Engineering National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. E-mail: pjwang@pme.nthu.edu.tw http://maps.pme.nthu.edu.tw/chinese/PJWang.htm

Biography
　　P. J. Wang received his Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University in 1990, his M.S. and B. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University in 1983 and 1981, respectively.
　　He is a professor at the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering in National Tsing Hua University.  His research interests are mainly in the area of intelligent manufacture systems, process control and analysis and design of electromechanical systems.  In addition to academic interests, his industrial collaboration experiences with local machinery companies are gaining significant momentum toward practical problem-solving career.
　　Prof. Wang has been a platinum member of Society of Plastics Engineers since 1991.  He is currently a member of both ASME and CSME.  He has also served as the regional editor of International Journal of Automation Technology since 2007.