A new FESTO microFMS System was installed in the Laboratory.  The System was sponsored by the CoE DIN Program and FESTO Corp.  The FESTO and UW teams participated in the microFMS installation and training. From left-to-right: Lucas Tsai, IE Ph.D. student, Prof. Darek Ceglarek, IE, Christian Heinisch and Chad McCrimmon, FESTO Corp., Jean-Philippe Loose, IE Ph.D. student, Shawn and Dusty, ME graduate students.  Not shown in the photo are the following participants of the training: Dr. Wilson Huang, IE, Erick Oberstar, ME Lab manager, Sushanta Sahu, IE Ph.D. student and Chaitanya Saha, MSE student .
 

The University of Wisconsin's SOVA Research Team, from left-to-right:
Michelle Bezdecny, Dr. Shiyu Zhou, Suzy Wang,  James Kong, Jijun Lin, Kamal Mannar, Jean-Philippe Loose, and Dr. Darek Ceglarek.  Wilson Huang who also conducts research as part of the SOVA program is not shown in the photo.  

For more details about the SOVA Program please see:
Stream-of- Variation System for Multistage Manufacturing Processx

 
IE Ph. D. students. Zhenyu Kong(right) and  Wenzhen Huang(left) are working on visibility experiment using API laser tracker measurement system.

Osman Ozcanli (left), IE undergraduate student, while doing his Independent Study at MA/RS Lab was awarded the 2002 Tong Prototype Prize ($2,500) for his product, Book Hand Pack - O.Z. Pack. Business's student Puneesh Malkani was part of the winning team.

Wenzhen Huang (right), IE Ph.D. student, received the 2002 INFORMS QSR Section Best Student Paper Award, for the paper, "Mode-based Decomposition of Part Form Error by Discrete-Cosine-Transform with Implementation to Assembly and Stamping System with Compliant Parts". This award is given for outstanding research performed while one is enrolled as a graduate student.