Iain Boyle successfully defended his Ph. D dissertation on Tueday, May 2, 2006, on CAFixD, A Case based Reasoning Fixture Desiogn Method. Congratulations to him.

Yao Zhou has passed her Ph.D dissertation defense on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Her dissertation title is Study of Genetic Algorithm Improvement and Application. Congratulations to him.

Amarjit Singh has passed her Ph.D dissertation defense on Monday, May 1, 2006. His thesis title is Development of Computer-aided Heat Treatment Planning System for Quenching and Tempering (CHT-q/t) and Industrial Application of CHT-bf and CHT-cf . Congratulations to him.

Yi (Glory) Zheng has passed her Ph.D dissertation defense on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Her dissertation title is Finite Element Analysis of Fixture Stiffness. Congratulations to her.

Alfred Avanessian successfully defended his MS thesis on An Analysis of the Effect of 3D Groove Insert Design on Chip Breaking Chart, on Friday, January 14, 2005. Congratulations to him.

Suqin Yao successfully defended her dissertation on Computer-aided Manufacturing Planning for Mass Customization of Non-rotational Parts. Dr. David W. Yen from Delphi Corporation and Professor Samuel H. Huang fromUniversity of Cincinnati came to the defense as advisory commettee members. Congratulations to Suqin.

Radhakrishnan (Radha) Purushothaman has successfully defended his M.S. thesis, "Sensor based Fixture Design and Verification", on January 17, 2003.

Ranjeet Vader has successfully defended his M.S. thesis, "Development of Computer-aided Heat Treatment Planning Systsems (CAHTPS)", on June 12, 2003.

Yuezhuang Kang will defend for his Ph.D dissertation on Friday, December 7, 2001. The dissertation title is: "Computer-aided Fixture Design Verification". The defense will start at 7:30 am in the Haggalund Room of the new Campus Center.