Speakers of TMCE 2002

Tutorials (given on April 22, 2002)

Prof. dr. Chris McMahon,
University of Bristol (UK)
Tools for Computer-Assisted Knowledge Management

Prof. dr. Louis Komzsik,
MSC Software Inc. (USA)
NASTRAN Numerical Methods, Distributed Parallel Techniques for Very Large Analysis Problems

Prof. dr. Imre Horváth,
Delft University of Technology (NL)
Towards Collaborative Virtual Design Environments

Prof. dr. Stig Ottosson,
Tervix AB (S)
Make Dynamic Leaps!

Dr. Joris S. M. Vergeest,
Delft University of Technology (NL)
Interfacing in Collaborative Virtual Design Environments

Mr. Jingmin Mei,
Kingdream Public Ltd. Co. (CN)
Continuous Promotion of Enterprise Competitiveness with Advanced Manufacturing Philosophy and Techniques

Keynote presentations

In total 13 distinguished guests gave keynote presentations during the TMCE 2002 Symposium. Their papers can be found in the proceedings.

President Prof. Dr. Mingwu Fan,
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Welcome at HUST

Mayor Prof. Dr. Ji Zhou
City of Wuhan, Hubei, China
Welcome in Wuhan

Prof. Dr. You-Bai Xie
Member, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Challenges of living on a Cyber Globe

Mr. Yuanzhong Lei
Director, Mechanical and Manufacturing Division, NSCF, China
Message from the National Science Foundation of China

Prof. Dr. You-Bai Xie
Chinese Academy of Science, China
Knowledge-based design for product innovation in Chinese industry

Dr Bart Gerritsen
TNO, The Netherlands
The status of non-nominal modeling

Prof. Dr. Michael Tovey, Samantha Porter
Coventry School of Art and Design, United Kingdom
Aesthetic design: methods, tools and practices

Prof. Dr. Chris McMahon, Alistair Lowe
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Opportunities and challenges of knowledge management

Prof. Dr. Louis Komzsik
MSC Software Corporation, USA
Opening the horizon of engineering numerical methods

Prof. Dr. Riichiro Mizoguchi
Osaka University, Japan
A framework for systematization of functional knowledge based on ontological engineering

Prof. Dr. Ian Campbell
University of Loughborough, United Kingdom
Rapid prototyping: yesterday, today, tomorrow

Prof. Dr. Arne Novák
Linköping University, Sweden
Trends, reality and future possibilities in manufacturing

Prof. Dr. Peigen Li
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
From data flow and working flow to knowledge flow in product development

Closing workshop

The closing workshop was held with all participants, three provocative position statements were given around the theme: Are collaborative virtual design and engineering environments our future CAD/E systems?

• Presenter 1: Prof. Dr. Joze Duhovnik (SI) Opportunities and advantages
• Presenter 2: Dr. Zhendong Huang (CN) Enabling technology for collaborative virtual design and manufacturing
• Presenter 3: Dr. Herbert Koelman (NL) First merge, then distribute