Keynote Speakers
Prof. Yiming Rong, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
ASME Fellow, Chair Professor
Head of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering
融亦鸣, 南方科技大学机械与能源工程系，讲席教授，系主任
Yiming Rong received Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in December 1989. Before returning to China，he was a tenured professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute（WPI）, and was voted “John W. Higgins Professor of WPI” due to his outstanding contribution to scientific research . He is the Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME Fellow ).
From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Rong was a Professor of mechanical engineering at Tsinghua University. His research area includes precision machining technology, modeling and simulation of metal materials processing, production planning and tooling technology for optimization and manufacturing system. He has presided over 50 scientific research projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Basic Research, the Department of Energy and other federal agencies and major manufacturing companies (GM, Ford, Caterpillar, P&W, GE, Ingersoll, etc.). He has presided(joined) over 10 major scientific research projects which are from Natural Science Foundation of China, 973 Project, 863 Project, National Major Projects, Industrial cooperation projects etc. He has published two academic books, more than three hundred technical papers and has17 patents, etc..
Research Area：
precision machining technology：Mechanism of micro removal;
modeling simulation and optimization of metal materials processing: Multi- field coupling, whole process chain coupling；
Manufacturing systems: visualization technology, concurrent engineering, multi-system integration; 3D tolerance analysis, quality control, lean manufacturing and CAPP; production line planning and tooling technology；
融亦鸣，1989年12月毕业于美国肯塔基大学机械工程专业,获博士学位。回国前任美国伍斯特理工学院（WPI）终身正教授；并因突出科研贡献获任WPI杰出教授。是美国机械工程师学会会士（ASME Fellow）。2010-2015任清华大学机械制造专业教授。融亦鸣博士的研究领域包括精密加工技术; 金属材料加工中的建模仿真及优化和制造系统生产规划与工装技术。先后主持科研项目50余项, 得到美国科学基金会, 空军基础研究, 能源部等联邦机构和主要制造公司(GM, Ford, Caterpillar, P&W, GE, Ingersoll等等)的资助。回国后主持和参与自然科学基金, 973, 863, 国家重大专项以及工业合作课题十余项。共发表学术专著二部，技术论文逾三百篇，已授权发明专利多项。
Prof. Feng Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
高峰, 上海交通大学机械与动力工程学院, 教授、博士生导师，
机械系统与振动国家重点实验室主任，重大装备设计与控制工程研究所所长
His chief research domain is the parallel robots. The major achievements obtained include the three aspects , which are the theory, invention and application of parallel robots. In the theory aspect, the physical model of the solution space for mechanical dimensional design of macro and micro parallel manipulators, the special Gfcoordinates for the type synthesis of parallel robots and the criteria for design of reducible parallel mechanisms were proposed. More than 123 papers and 3 books about parallel manipulators were published . In the invention aspect, the 116 invention patents of China were applied, which are related to many kinds of parallel robots, parallel machine tools, micro parallel manipulators, multi-axis force/torque sensors with the parallel structures. And 86 of them were authorized. In the application aspect, the 6-axis micro force and torque sensors with the Stewart platform structures, the 6-axis mouse for VR, the 5-DOF parallel machine tool, 6-axis micro-parallel manipulator were developed.
Prof. Liang Yan, Beihang University, China
Ph.D. Professor, Changjiang Scholar-2017 (长江特聘教授)
Liang YAN obtained his Ph.D degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is currently with Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as a Changjiang Distinguished Professor.
His research interests are mainly on high-performance actuation technology and its applications. He has assumed research projects from National Science Foundation of China, National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), National Key Research and Development Program, and etc. He has published more than 200 papers in top journals and recognized conferences, and obtained several research awards and best conference papers/finalists.
He is the Technical Committee Member of Robotics and Mechatronics Organization, International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM), and Electrical Machines Organization of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Committee. He was on the committee board of a number of IEEE/ASME conferences.