Faculty

Ceglarek, Dariusz (Darek)

Ph.D. students

Tsai, Lucas

Prakash

Phoomboplab, Tirawat

Alessandro Borracia

Gaurav Singh

Alumni

Ph.D Graduates

Master Graduates

Visiting Prof./Fellows

  At the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

1. Boon W. Shiu, 1997, “Modeling of an Automotive Body Assembly System for Dimensional Control”, co-chair with J. Shi. 
   Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

2. Ashraf M. Khan, 1998, “Optimal Sensor Location for Multi-Fixture Assembly System Fault Diagnosis: A Methodology,“ co-chair with T. Woo. 
   Current Position: Senior Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Division of Daimler Chrysler Corp.

3. John Rong, 1999, “Modeling and Diagnosis of Assembly Systems with Complaint Structures for Dimensional Control,” co-chair with J. Shi.
   Current Position: Senior Development Engineer, R&D Center of General Electric Corp.

4. Helen Li, 2000, “Design and Optimization of Material Handling Systems,” co-chair with J. Shi. 
   Current Position: Senior Engineer, R&D Center of General Motors Corp.

5. Yu Ding, 2001, “Dimensional Modeling and Control of Mechanical Assemblies using State Space Approach,” co-chair with J. Shi.
   Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University.

6. Sittiporn Pimsakul, 2002 “Evaluation of Reconfigurable Assembly Systems using Decision Support Systems,” co-chair with J. Shi. 
   Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Lardkrabang (KMITL).

7. Jaime Camelio, 2002, “Dimensional Variation Modeling and Analysis for Multi-station Assembly Systems with Compliant Parts,” co-chair with J. Hu. 
   Current position: Assistant Professor at the Michigan Technological University.
    

  At the University of Wisconsin-Madison

8. Zhenyu Kong, 2004, “Methodology for Design & Analysis of Reconfigurable/Reusable Automotive Assembly System".
   Current position: Assistant Professor at the Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

9. Wenzhen Huang, 2004, “Methodologies for Modeling and Analysis of Stream-of-Variation (SOVA) in Compliant & Rigid Assemblies."
   Current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts.

10. Haixia Wang, 2006, "Stream-of-Variation (SOVA) Modeling and Analysis for Compliant Part Assemblies at Early Product and Process Design Stages."
    Current position: Post-doctorate Research Fellow at the University of Cincinnati, OH.

11. Mannar  Kamal,  2006, "Digital Service Engineering: Remote Diagnostics and Predictions of Product Field Failures for Healthcare and Electronics Equipment based on Event Logs and Manufacturing Measurements."
    Current position: "Knowledge Engine Development Leader" at the Global Services Technology, General Electric Healthcare

MS Graduates

1. Cao Zhuo, 1995, “Quality-Based Comparative Studies of Door System Design.” (with Jun Ni).

2. Carsten Paatsch, 1995, "Comparison Study of the Door Fit Quality in Various US Automobile Plants," Master thesis defended in Berlin University of Technology (BUT).

3. Marc Kolterman, 1998, “Production Rate Optimization for Integrated Press/Die/Material Handling Stamping System” Master thesis defended in Berlin University of Technology.

4. Christian Wagenknecht, 1999, “Design Evaluation of Dimensional Variation in Sheet Metal Assembly Systems” Master thesis defended in Berlin University of Technology.  December 1999 (Co-chair G. Seliger, BUT).

5. Khon Dung Ngo, 2000, “Assembly System Partitioning Method for Assessing System Reconfigurability.” Diploma thesis.  December 2000.
   

6. Yue-Pak (Patrick) Chan, 2001, “An Exploratory Study of Virtual Touch in a Virtual Reality Computer-Aided Design System.” Spring 2001  (co-chaired with Rajit Gadh).

7. Jihong Ma, 2002, “Mode-based Decomposition of Part Form Error by Discrete Cosine Transform with Experimental Validation and Implementation to Stamping System,” Fall 2002.

8. Naveen Narma, 2003, “Continuous Fault Diagnostics of Manufacturing Processes using Rough Sets Methodology.”

9. Michelle Bezdecny, 2004, "Generalized Fixturing Model for Single Station Assembly with Rigid Parts: Methodology and Implementation."

10. Douglas Hinderliter, 2004, "Minor Chemical Station Process Time Variation Reduction", Fall 2004.

11. Ashutosh Katiyar, 2005 "Warranty Failure Monitoring and Control in Electronic Assembly System by Integrating Field Performance with Manufacturing and Design." August, 2005.

12. Kamal Mannar, 2005, "Fault Region Localization in Manufacturing and Design based on the Product Life Cycle Field Performance Data. Implementation and Analysis ." December 2005

13. Alessandro Borracia, 2006, "Beam-based Modeling of Variation Propagation at Early Design Stage for Multi-Station Assembly Processes with Compliant Parts." April, 2006; co-chair with Prof. Tulio Tollio, Technical University of Milan, Italy.  Master thesis defended at the Technical University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano).

14. Tirawat (Oak) Phoomboplab, 2006, "Process-oriented Tolerance Synthesis for Multi-station Assembly System using Explicit Yield Model." April, 2006; co-chair with Prof. Wenzhen Huang, University of Massachusetts. 
    

15. Duangthida Rotkanok, 2007, "Service Attributes Improvement by Mapping Customer Segmentation and Attribute Classification." September 2007. 
    
    

Visiting Professors/ Post Graduate Fellows

 At the MA/RS LAB