Masmicro Mass-Manufacture of Miniature/Micro Products - Partners

	Project Partners

	ID & Sub-project	Partner
	STR - RTD1/3/4 Project Management	University of Strathclyde James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street G1 1XJ Glasgow , United Kingdom Tel : + 44 141 548 3130 Fax : + 44 141 552 7986 Email : qin.yi@strath.ac.uk Web : www.strath.ac.uk

	Logo	Contact Persons
		Yi Qin Tel : + 44 141 548 3130 Email : qin.yi@strath.ac.uk

	Presentation of the organization
	The Department in which the research will be conducted derives its name form the three cornerstones of manufacturing - design, manufacture and engineering management. The Department has assembled experts who have achieved international status in research in those three areas and have excellent track records in attracting EU, National, and industrial funds. The Manufacturing Engineering Research Centre researches and develops processes, tools, machinery and numerical modelling techniques for improving the economic and technical performance of metal conversion technologies (Precision manufacture at macro- and micro-levels). The Design Research Group is concerned with the application of computing technology in the support of design and design management. The Computer Aided Design Centre aims to develop the computing technology that supports a design partnership between man and machine, and to deliver the underlying technology, techniques and approaches to industry. The Rapid Design and Manufacturing Centre is a multi-technology centre. Its mission is to make Rapid Prototyping more accessible through a pro-active research and education programme using state-of-the-art facilities. The Centre for Strategic Manufacturing is to facilitate performance improvements in manufacturing through development of scientifically grounded but practical management models.

	People involved in the project
	Yi Qin Deputy Director of Research, Senior Lecturer in Precision Engineering and Micro-manufacturing, has participated in EU-funded research for more than 15 years, as a Principal Researcher/Technical Manager/Co-coordinator, and has 20 years experience of research in forging/forming, FEM and simulation. His current research interest includes Precision Engineering, Micro/Nano-manufacturing, Forging/Extrusion/Sheet-forming, Micro-Forming, Manufacturing Machinery and Manufacturing System Technology, has published over 100 technical papers/books. Yi is a member of IMechE, Euspen and Committee of the COMEH, Member of the Scientific Committee of ESAFORM, Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology and Higher Education Academy, Visiting Professor to the CIT, was Guest editor to the Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vice Chair of the 1st ICMR, Chair of IFAMPT2005, Session Chair/Member of the scientific committee to a series of international conferences, Keynote speaker at the 11th Int. Conf. on Metal Forming, 1st Int. Conf. on Micro-Manufacturing, E-Digital Manufacturing 2007, Cutting Tool Congress 2007, Int. Forum on AMPT2005, invited speaker at various international workshops/meetings, and currently Reviewer to several leading international journals. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture. Yi is the leader of a research group in Precision Engineering and Micro-Manufacturing Research, and currently, Project Co-ordinator of the MASMICRO Project. Dorothee Loziak Project Administrator University of Strathclyde, DMEM Neal Juster Prof. Neal Juster, the Dean of Engineering Faculty. His research interests include the use of rapid and virtual prototyping and assembly modelling in support of the product introduction process. He is also involved in the use of collaborative design techniques and systems in support of team-based design education. Neal is a Fellow of the IMechE and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, a Vice-Chair of the IMechE Manufacturing Industries Division, a member of the IMechE Academic Standards Committee.

	Role in the project
	Strathclyde will manage the MASMICRO project as the Project Co-ordinator, will play a key role in developing product design methodology and the system, developing intelligent tools and flexible forming-machine systems, and participating in manufacturing systems integration, as well as carrying out tasks for modelling and analysis, dissemination and exploitation of the project results, and developing training programmes.

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