Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME Seminar Series - An Information Based Manufacturing Framework for Micro Devices Assembly

 

Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Thursday, December 13, 2007
10:00 A.M.
 3004/3006 Black Engineering Bldg.  

An Information Based Manufacturing
Framework for Micro Devices Assembly
by

J. Cecil
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
Director, Center for Information Based Manufacturing (CINBM)
New Mexico State University

Information Based Manufacturing (INBM) has three core facets: modeling, visualization / simulation and exchange of information as it pertains to product and process design activities in various domains. This presentation will focus on the design and development of INBM frameworks in the context of emerging process domains such as micro devices assembly which involves the assembly of micron sized parts; an overview of an INBM framework for micro devices assembly will be discussed.  The creation of virtual and physical environments for micro assembly will also be elaborated.  Information intensive models and virtual assembly environments are vital components within this INBM framework.  The design of a semantic web based approach (supporting the use of distributed resources) will also be discussed.

Bio
Dr. Cecil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and directs the Center for Information Based Manufacturing at New Mexico State University.  His research and teaching interests are in Information Based Manufacturing including information modeling, virtual prototyping and distributed computing for collaborative manufacturing.  Dr. Cecil’s current research projects primarily deal with the assembly of ‘small sized objects’ including micro assembly, nano assembly, bio cell manipulation and small satellite assembly/manufacturing; other past projects have involved domains such as printed circuit board assembly and prismatic parts manufacturing.  Current and past funding sponsors include the National Science Foundation, Sandia National Laboratories and the Air Force Research Laboratory.  Dr. Cecil has a Ph.D in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University.

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