Professor Takashi Matsumura from Tokyo Denki University visited WPI and CAM-Lab. He gave a seminar to MFE graduate students and professors as well as professionals from local companies. His presentation was on Micro-machining of Brittle Materials. After seminar, Professor Matsumura had dinner with Professor Rong and Dr. Subbu from Saint Gobain. They gad a good discussion. Professor Yong Huang from Clemson University, SC planned to visit us and give a seminar. Due to the weather condition, the trip was cancelled.

Three groups of WPI senior students are doing MQP with Saint Gobain. They did term presentations in HL 102. The three projects are on Grinding Chip Recycling Technique, Function and Cost Issues of Grinding Machines vs Machining Machines, and Study on Coolant nozle development. Professor Rong and Professor Moon are the co-advisors. Dr. Subbu from Saint Gobain gave many constructive comments and suggestions.

Dr. Zhang gave a seminar presentation to Manufacturing Engineering graduate students, on Numerical Simulation on Solidification and Thermal Stress in Continuous Casting based on Meshless Method.

The traditional Thanksgiving party was held at Professor Rong's house. Besides the current students and scholars in CAM-Lab, several former CAM-Lab members came back with their families, as well as several undergraduate students from MIT, Harvard, and other school, they are Professor Rong's family-f'friends. About 30 people enjoyed Turkey and other food, as well as other activities and a lot of talking.

Professor Zhijian Pei gave a seminar to Manufacturing Engineering graduate students and professors, on Grinding Technology in Semi-conductor Industry.

SME Worcester Chapter and WPI Students Chapter held an award dinner to award excellent Manufacturing Engineering students at WPI. John Lake, Justin Richard, and Sbrina Wong were the winners. Dr. K. (Subbu) Subramanian from Saint Gobain presented a keynote speech on The World is Flat – Not yet!

Brian McHugh from Gillette gave a presentation on Lean Manufacturing Implementation at Gillette to MFE 530 class. He was in the class last year and started the Lean Manufacturing work at Gillette at that time. Another group of MQP students, Ice, Matt, and Zan presented their work of Lean Manufacturing for Middleton Aerospace Company. Both works have been well recognized in the companies.

Professor Xiangpei Hu from Dalian University of Science and Technology visited WPI and had meetings with Professor Amy Zeng at Management Department and Professor Rong. He gave a presentation to CAM-Lab on his research on Supplier-chain Management Techniques and Systems

Manufacturing Engineering Program holds an open house to high school students and their parents. Matt Munyon did the presentation.

Professor Rong, Dr. Zhang, and Radha attended the Semi-Annual Meeting of the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) held in Chicago, IL. They reported the project progress on Development of Computerized Heat Treatment Planning System for Quenching and Tempering (CHT-q/t) and discussed the future plan with the focus group.

Radha gave a presentation on his trip in summer. He visited China, Nepal, and India. He showed a lot of pictures and stories. More information is at, http://users.wpi.edu/~radha/travel/China/

Manufacturing Engineering program had an Open House and Dr. Bill Weir did presentation to the high school seniors and their parents.

Professor Rong and Professor Sharon Johnson visited GE aircraft Engines facility at Cincinnati area. Two WPI MQP groups did final presentations on their projects. Their work has been well recognized by GE colleagues.

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WPI Homecoming day. Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Program ran an open house at Washburn Building. Professor Rong and Xiaoshu, a materials graduate student, introduced Manufacturing and Materials Laboratories to the visitors, including WPI alumni and their youngsters.

Radha and Yao participated ASM Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition at Pittsburgh, PA. They presented a paper on Integrated Numerical Simulation of Process Optimization for Aluminum Alloy Solutionizing, and a poster on Applications of CHT-bf and CHT-cf.

Professor Rong visited Accellent company at Brimfield, MA. He met with Tom Berrett, VP of Operation, and Mark Denning, Director of Quality, to discuss production problems and possible WPI projects.

Ted Kang has successfully presented his Ph.D research proposal to the advisory committee. His research is on Internet based monitoring and control of robot operations. Professor Lucy King from Kettering University came and participated the meeting. Kettering University is the sponsor of the project and Professor King is the co-advisor. Congratulations to Ted.

Professor Rong visited GE Aircraft Engines at Cincinnati to oversee the MQP groups working there for two MQPs.

Radha came back from his vacation in India. Actually he made a trip to China through Nepal to India. A lot of stories. More pictures can be seen at http://users.wpi.edu/~radha/travel/China/

Professor Rong participates in WPI Insight Program this year to help freshman students to adjust their college life and course/major selection. There are 22 students in his group. Dan Martel is the peer advisor. A picnic was held in Higgins House for people to know each other in the program.

Professor Rong and graduate student Abdul visited Cranston to explore a possible project on manufacturing process control for textile printing.

Professor Rong, Professor Lemone from Computer Science, and Professor Peet from IGSO visited Hong Kong to plan for IQP projects of C term, 2006. 24 students will go to Hong Kong to conduct 6 IQPs in environment and education related areas. Hong Kong Civic Exchange and Critas are the main project sponsors. Professor Lemone and Professor Rong will be the advisors.

Professor Rong and Professor Sisson as well as six MQP groups visited Pratt & Whitney at East Hartford, CT to start the MQP projects.

Professor Rong, Darren, and an MQP group visited Middleton Aerospace company to plan for a major qualifying project on Lean Manufacturing.

Richard Malachowski from Cranston company visited our CAM-Lab. on Monday, August 29, 2005

Professor Takashi Matsumura from Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan visited CAM-Lab. and introduced his research work on micro-machining to the group.

CAM-Lab had a get-together picnic at Purgatory Chasm State park

Dr. Jinwu Kang came back from Tsinghua University and worked with our research team on the CHT-q/t project. He, Dr. Zhang and Radha visited Surface Combustion and Timken companies in Ohio. Dr. Kang gave a report presentation on Friday, August 5.

Professor Rong spent another three weeks at Tokyo Denki University. He also visited different campuses of University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Professor Rong and four WPI senior students went to Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) at Wuhan, China for Major Qualifying Projects. More details can be seen at, MQP in China. During this time, Professor Rong visited Tsinghua University, HUST, Shanghai University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Saint Gobain Shanghai Operation, Shanghai Heavy Duty Machinery Factory, Zhejiang University, Tianjin Modular Fixture Company, Beijing Institute of Science and Technology, Harbin University of Science and Technology, and Dalian University of Science and Technology. He gave several seminars on Engineering Education at WPI and USA, Digital Manufacturing, Numerical Simulation of Heat Treatment Processes, Computer-aided Tolerance Analysis, Computer-aided Fixture Design. Professor Rong also met many his classmates and friends.

The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) was held at WPI. Professor Rong, Dr. Zhang, Radha, and Amarjit reported their project on Development of Computerized Heat Treatment Planning System for Quenching and Tempering (CHT-q/t). During the meeting time, Professors Xiong, Huang, and Xu from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, visited CAM-Lab.

Professor Rong worked at Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan, as a visiting professor. He visited Professor Takashi Matsumura’s research laboratory and studied on Micro-Machining of Glass Materials for Biochips. During this time, Professor Rong visited Keio University and particularly Professor Tojiro Aoyama’s laboratory for research on ER fluid applications. Professor Rong also visited The Institute of Physics and Chemical Research (RIKEN) at University of Tokyo. On May 17, Professor Rong participated the annual meeting of SME Tokyo Brach on machining and grinding technologies and visited the new facility of Mori Seiki Machine Tool Company at Chiba.

WPI Provost, Carol Simpson gave a technical seminar to MTE and MFE faculty and graduate students on Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Her presentation title is Use of Preserved Microstructures in Natural Minerals to Reconstruct Past Motions of Earth's Tectonic Plates.

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Professor Gang Chen from MIT visited our CAM-Lab. and gave a seminar to MFE faculty and Graduate Students on Wednesday, April 27, 2005. His presentation topic is Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion.

Marketing Manager Meri Lazar and Commercial Development Manager Derek Miller from Air Product visited WPI on Tuesday, April 26, 2005. They had meetings with Professor Sisson and Professor Rong. Radha demonstrated CHT-bf and CHT-cf.

Manufacturing Engineering Program co-sponsored with Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Worcester Chapter and WPI student Chapter on the Leaning Manufacturing Seminar on Monday, April 25, 2005. The speaker was Daniel J. Yurovich, President and CEO of Barry Controls. The topic is 'Share in the learning experience'.

The SME Member Relations Manager, Ms. Edye Buchanan, visited WPI on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. She gave a presentation to our MFE graduate students and SME WPI students chapter. Her presentation is on the Introduction of SME Membership Benefit, Particularly as Student Members.

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.

On Tuesday, April 19, 2005, WPI had its annual project presentation day. 41 ME senior projects (MQP) were demonstrated. Among 6 Manufacturing Engineering MQPs, 2 were selected by four judges (3 from industry) to participate the second run competition. They received Honorable Mention awards.

Professor Rong attended SME Management Forum: Digital Manufacturing and Manufacturing Process Management, on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA.

Professor Rong Attended The 9th CIRP International SEminar on Computer-aided Tolerancing, at Tempe, AZ on April 10-12. He presented two papers on Monte Carlo Simulation based Tolerance ANalysis for Production Planning and Tolerance Assignment using Genetic Algorithm.

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During his visit to the west, Professor Rong visited UG Solution Development Center at Cypress, CA and met several friends. He also met with several former CAM Lab. members, Dr. H. Fu, Dr. Y. Zhang, Dr. X. Han, and Mr. Z. An.

On Thursday, March 31, Yao gave a seminar on Introduction to Medical Imaging Technologies and Applications.

Professor Cuilian (Tracy) Zhao gave an seminar to our CAM-Lab. on Wednesday, March 30, 2005. She introduced the recent research projects in Shanghai University, particularly on Research and Development based UGII & MIL.

Weizhen (Wayne) Li, former member of CAM-Lab., visited us on March 19 -20. He graduated with M.S. degree in 1996 and currently is working with IBM in New York State.

Professor Xinyu Shao and Professor Bin Li from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, visited WPI in March 16 and 17, 2005, after participating the Mechanical Engineering Education Conference at San Diego, CA. The conference next year will be held in Beijing, China and HUST is one of the hosting organizations. They met with Provost Simpson and Associate Provost Durgin as well as visited our CAM-Lab.

Professor Shao Gave a seminar which was cosponsored by Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering programs. The topic of the seminar was Mechanical Engineering Education and research at HUST.

HUST and WPI have signed collaboration agreements last November. Besides collaborative research and joint graduate degree programs, five WPI students will go to HUST in the coming summer for their MQP in China. Next year a group of HUST students will come to WPI for their senior projects.

Professor Cuilian Zhao from Shanghai University joined us on Sunday, March 13, 2005. She will work at CAM-Lab for about three months. Professor Zhao's research area is in CAD/CAM applications. She has led a research group and conducted several projects for different companies in China. Currently she is working towards her Ph.D degree. Hopefully her research experience will benefit us, particularly in the area of CAD/CAM application program development, and also her working experience with us is helpful in the development of her professor career.

Dr. Jinwu Kang returned China on Saturday, March 12, 2005. He has worked with us for one and half months, lead the team working on our CHTE project, and made a good progress. He will continue the work while working at Tsinghua University.

Manufacturing Engineering Program co-sponsored with Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Worcester Chapter and WPI student Chapter on the Lean Manufacturing Seminar on Monday, March 7, 2005. The speaker was Bruce Baggaley and the topic was on Lean Accounting.

On Thursday, March 3, Dr. Kang gave a seminar on a seminar co-sponsored by Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering programs. His presentation is on Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Thermal Stresses in Casting.

Victor made a week-long short trip back WPI to continue his Ph.D research on Lean Manufacturing Implementation in Ecuador. He had meetings with Professor Arthur Gerstenfeld and Professor Rong . Victor reported his progress of his dissertation and discussed the plan for next step.

On Wednesday, February 16, Professor Rong and Radha participated the monthly meeting of ASM (American Society for Metals) Worcester Chapter. Professor Rong was one of then panelist and introduced the new developments of heat treatment research at the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) of WPI.

Dr. Kezhun Li from Case New Holland at Chicago, IL visited us on Wednesday, February 16 and gave a seminar to Manufacturing Engineering Graduate students and professors as well as local industrial personals who were interested. The topic of his speech is on Application of Digital Prototyping and Simulation in Off-highway Vehicles. Dr. Li also visited our CAM-Lab and discussed relevant research topics with us.

Yao Zhou gave a CAM-Lab. Seminar on Genetic Algorithm: Concept, Application, and Improvement on Friday, February 11, 2005.

Yihong (David) Yang is leaving us for a Research Engineer position at Caterpillar Research Center, Peoria, IL. He will join the research team there for the research and development on production planning with UGS Team Center. David will continue his dissertation at WPI and hopefully finish it soon.

Dr. Jinwu Kang came back WPI from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China to WPI again, on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. This time he will work with us for about one and half months. His wife was with his for the first time to visit USA. Dr. Kang has been promoted to Associate Professor at Tsinghua University recently. Congratulations to him.

Dr. Lei Zhang from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China newly joined us as a Post-Doc Research Associate. He arrived Worcester, MA at mid-night on Monday, January 24. He will work on our projects of Modeling and Simulation of Heat Treatment Processes. Welcome Dr. Lei Zhang.

Manufacturing Engineering Program joined the Worcester Chapter and the WPI student Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) to host the first seminar on Lean Manufacturing on Monday, January 24, 2005. The speaker was Sean Anzuoni, President of Quantum Leap Engineering at North Andover, MA. The topic was Lean/Six Sigma.

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.

Dr. Rong participated the DOE project focus group meeting at Wixon, MI on January 11, 2005. Before the meeting, on Janurary 10, he visited ESI at Bloomfield, MI and Ford at Dearborn, MI. Dr. Rong also met with former CAM-Lab. members, Jian Zhu, Weidong Ma, and Xingsen (Cory) Li.

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