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NEWSLETTER FALL 2012 http://divisions.asme.org/med/
Message from the Chair
Dear Fellow Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) Members:
On behalf of the Executive Committee and the leadership team of MED, it is my
pleasure to extend greetings to you all! I am happy to report that, due to the hard
work of many volunteers like you, our Division remains very strong. We have over
3300 primary members from all over the world and new exciting initiatives are
underway.
Active member participation is always a key to the growth and prosperity of a
volunteer‐based organization such as ASME/MED. Our Executive Committee
currently consists of Prof. Brad Kinsey (Vice Chair), Dr. Xiaoping Yang (Program Chair), Prof. Brian Paul
(Secretary/Treasurer), and Dr. Shawn Moylan (Incoming Member). MED’s technical needs are well served by eight
active and highly‐regarded Technical Committees (TC), with many of them having new leadership teams in place for the
2012‐2013 term. They are the Manufacturing Processes TC chaired by Prof. Kevin Chou and co‐chaired by Dr. Radu
Pavel; the Manufacturing Equipment TC by Profs. Sathyan
Subbiah and Samuel Johnson; the Manufacturing Systems TC by
Profs. Jeonghan Ko and Jaime Camelio; the Quality & Reliability
TC by Profs. Dragan Djurdjanovic and Haitao Liao; the Life Cycle
Engineering TC by Profs. Karl Haapala and Chris Yuan; the
Nano/Micro/Meso Manufacturing TC by Dr. Wenwu Zhang and
Prof. Curtis Taylor; the Biomanufacturing TC by Profs. Binil Starly
and Scott Miller; and the Textile & Composites Engineering TC by
Profs. Daniel Walczyk and Gap‐Yong Kim. In addition to their
leadership roles on technical committees, Prof. Kevin Chou also
serves as the Newsletter Editor who brings you this wonderful
Fall 2012 edition; and Prof. Gap Kim continues to be the Web
Liaison for MED and MTG, which provides timely updates on
matters of interests to our membership at our website
http://divisions.asme.org/med/. Our Division is also supported by
two dedicated ASME staff, Ms. Erin Dolan and Mr. Abe Hassan.
The entire MED Leadership team is here to serve our members.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Suggestions on how to improve MED’s operation are always
welcome.
Our flagship annual conference, the 2012 International
Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2012),
Message from the Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
In Memoriam – Richard E. DeVor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
In Memoriam – Ranga Komanduri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
In Memoriam – Evgeny (Eugene) Rivin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Student Manufacturing Design Competition at MSEC 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (JMSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ASME Journal of Micro and Nano‐manufacturing (JMNM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award . . . . 12
Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal . . . . . . . 12
8th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ASME Advanced Manufacturing Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . 15
International Additive Manufacturing Forum and 6th China National Conference of Rapid Prototype & Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EDITOR – Kevin Chou
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was held early June at University of Notre Dame. It was a huge success by all accounts. It was collocated with the 40th
North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC40) and the 5th International Conference of Tribology in
Materials and processing (ICTMP5). This arrangement continues to provide our members with an exceptional value.
Please join me to thank many volunteers for making the Conference possible, especially to our host, Prof. Steven
Schmid, for his extraordinary effort in bringing MSEC to a new height; to our Program Chair, Prof. Hitomi Yamaguchi
Greenslet, and Program co‐Chair, Prof. Laine Mears, for their masterful execution of the entire technical program; and to
all symposium organizers and session chairs for their hard work and dedication.
Our next conference MSEC 2013 will be hosted by Prof. Frank Pfefferkorn of University of Wisconsin in the beautiful city
of Madison next June. It will again be collocated with NAMRC. The technical program will be chaired by Profs. Laine
Mears and Ihab Ragai. To those who have already submitted papers to MSEC 2013, I thank you for your participation. To
the rest of MED members, we still have time for paper submissions and poster submissions. You can also join us at the
event through panel discussions, Early Career Forum, or simply attending the conference and industrial exhibitions.
Profs. Pfefferkorn, Mears and Ragai are putting together a wonderful program for you.
As the premier organization for manufacturing researchers and engineers, MED has been publishing ASME Journal of
Manufacturing Science and Engineering (JMSE) with Prof. Kori Ehmann of Northwestern University as its Editor for the
past six years. Under Prof. Ehmann’s leadership, the Journal has become a dominant publication for cutting‐edge
manufacturing research on the international stage and has seen continuous growth in paper submissions and
viewership. Prof. Ehmann’s tenure as the Editor ends this year, and I am pleased to announce that Prof. Larry Yao of
Columbia University is succeeding Prof. Ehmann as the next Editor. Prof. Yao is internationally renowned for his
multidisciplinary research in manufacturing and design, nontraditional manufacturing and laser materials processing and
applications. He is also a past Chair of the MED Executive Committee. Please join me in welcoming Prof. Yao to the helm
of JMSE and in wishing him all the best.
Micro and nanomanufacturing present unique challenges and opportunities for research and development. It has seen
phenomenal growth in recent years and is expected to continue to grow rapidly. In order to provide a dedicated forum
for researchers in this area, I am excited to inform you that MED has launched a new archival journal, Trans. ASME
Journal of Micro‐ and Nano‐Manufacturing (JMNM), with Prof. Jian Cao of Northwestern University as its founding
Editor. Prof. Cao has been on the forefront of research on the mechanics and instability analysis of deformation
processes from micro to macro scale. She is a past Chair of MED Executive Committee as well. I would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate Prof. Cao on the successful launch of the Journal. I am confident that JMNM will prosper
under her stewardship.
As a community, it is extremely important to honor our colleagues who deserve the highest recognition. Honor
awardees will serve as role models and inspire colleagues and future generations in their various roles. Awards
administrated by MED include Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award, the William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology
Award, the Chao and Trigger Award, the Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Medal, and the M. Eugene Merchant
Manufacturing Medal. I encourage you to submit your nominations to respective committee chairs. Details can be
found at MED website http://divisions.asme.org/med/Honors_Awards.cfm.
The financial account of our division has seen a solid growth over the past years, largely due to the strengths of JMSE
journal and MSEC conferences. We are now in a strong position to explore new ideas to further strengthen our Division
and serve our members. The Executive Committee and the entire Leadership team would love to hear from you!
Manufacturing forms the backbone of our economy and security. In response to President Obama’s Advanced
Manufacturing Partnership, ASME is developing a society wide Advanced Manufacturing Initiative, and MED is playing a
leading role in this effort. You can find more details about this initiative in the newsletter.
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International participation and cooperation have been an integral part of our activities as we are living in an increasingly
connected world. I am proud that MED is endorsing 2012 International Additive Manufacturing Forum and 6th China
National Conference of Rapid Prototype & Manufacturing with Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers of UK, to be held in Wuhan, China later this year.
We are extremely saddened by the loss of several distinguished colleagues and friends over the past year, including Prof.
Richard E. DeVor, Prof. Ranga Komanduri and Prof. Eugene Rivin. We’d like to pay tribute to their lifelong achievements
in this newsletter.
I wish all of you the very best in the coming year.
Z. Cedric Xia, Ph.D. ([email protected]), MED Chair (2012‐2013)
Research & Innovation Center, Ford Motor Company
In Memoriam – Richard E. DeVor (1944‐2011)
Richard Earl DeVor, a thought leader, pillar of the manufacturing research community,
inspirational teacher, dynamic mentor, and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of
Manufacturing in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE) at the
University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign (UIUC) passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
at his home in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. He was born on April 18, 1944 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin to Robert and Betty (née Hale) DeVor. Richard married the former Jearnice
Luedtke on April 5, 1968 in Madison, Wisconsin. Jearnice preceded Richard in death on
May 18, 2011. Richard's father passed away in 1971; he is survived by his mother and
stepfather, Betty and Gerald Roth, and his brother, Robert Jr.
Richard (often called Rich or Bucky by friends and family) and the rest of the DeVor family
moved from the Milwaukee area to Lake Mills in the mid‐50s when Richard's father started the DeVor Tool and Die
company. Richard attended Lake Mills High School and was an outstanding student and multi‐sport athlete; he
graduated in 1962. He went on to receive his B.S. (1967), M.S. (1968), and Ph.D. (1971) degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Wisconsin‐Madison. When he was a graduate student at Madison, Richard focused
on the application of statistics to manufacturing challenges; his graduate advisor was S. M. (Shien‐Ming or "Sam") Wu.
As the story goes, it was Sam Wu who first started calling Richard by the name so many of his friends and colleagues
knew him by – "Dick." Dick always spoke with great affection and respect for Sam Wu, and I have no doubt that Sam's
mentoring led Dick to pursue a faculty career.
In 1971, Dick accepted a faculty position in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at UIUC. He
rose through the faculty ranks and became a professor in 1984; he held the Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professorship from
1995‐2000, and in 2000 was named the College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Manufacturing. At UIUC he
served as Associate Department Head (1987‐1991), Executive Director of the Institute for Competitive Manufacturing
(1989‐1996, 1999‐2000), Director of the NSF/DARPA MT‐AMRI: Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute
(1994‐2000), and provided leadership on a variety of issues at the Department, College, and University levels. Upon his
"retirement" in 2001 (although "retired" is not the right word to describe someone who worked in excess of 70 hours a
week), he was named the College of Engineering Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Manufacturing.
As a young faculty member in the 1970s, Dick's research interests were focused on the application of statistical methods
to manufacturing, including the use of time series modeling and experimental design methods. In the late 1970s, he
began the research for which he is perhaps most noted within the manufacturing research community: mechanistic
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modeling of machining processes. Almost exactly coincident with the initiation of this new research direction was the
arrival at UIUC of Dick's colleague and collaborator, Shiv Kapoor. For more than 30 years, Dick and Shiv worked together
on process modeling and more recently, micromanufacturing. The incredible productivity of the duo of Dick and Shiv is
without peer in the manufacturing research community. Together, the two friends advised more than 150 M.S., Ph.D.,
and post‐doctoral students, authored hundreds of papers, and performed numerous research projects sponsored by
industry and government agencies.
In the realm of student mentoring, Dick set high standards and expected people to meet them. For those of us who were
his graduate and post‐doc students, Professor DeVor never failed to set new challenges for us, inspire us to aim higher,
and share his keen insights. We also knew that failure to measure up would result in a figurative kick in the pants, or the
suggestion that you were a "lover, not a worker." His pursuit of high quality was unwavering; it was not unusual for the
preparation of a paper to take 20+ iterations. It is amazing how he was able to effectively pass on his personal drive for
excellence to his students. However, his drive for never‐ending improvement was complemented with an uncommon
concern for others; he placed the well‐being of his students above all else – for example, he helped to find them jobs
and continued to push them to excel after they left UIUC. This mentoring was not limited to students; through large
collaborative efforts such as MT‐AMRI, Professor DeVor was also able to provide his guidance and transfer his drive to
other faculty and industrial practitioners; he was not shy at providing often difficult‐to‐hear comments to colleagues
that benefited from his feedback in the long term.
In addition to being a great professional and personal mentor, Professor DeVor was an incredibly gifted and award
winning teacher. For years, he taught courses on industrial quality control and statistical design of experiments, as well
as other manufacturing‐related offerings. Students loved his dynamic lectures and engaging classroom activities, and
never wanted to miss class. In the 1980s, he began conducting a series of workshops for industry on Statistical Methods
for Quality and Productivity Improvement. With colleagues such as Tsong‐how Chang and Don Ermer, and the support of
a number of graduate students, over a hundred courses on SPC and DOE were delivered that benefitted thousands of
industrial practitioners. The noted quality pioneer, W. Edwards Deming, was extremely complimentary of how actively
engaged the students were in Dick's courses. The development of materials for these industry short courses ultimately
led to the creation of the widely utilized textbook: Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and
Methods.
Of course, in addition to all of his other activities, Dick was an active provider of service to his university, the profession,
and to other organizations. For the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) he served on the Scientific Committee of
the North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI) of SME from 1982‐98, and was NAMRI/SME President
in 1992. Shiv and he co‐organized the North American Manufacturing
Research Conference in 1988. For ASME he served as the Chair of the
Merchant Medal Award Committee from 1993‐99. Dick provided his
considerable drive and leadership to whatever pursuit he applied himself,
including the society activities referenced above as well as MT‐AMRI, I2M2
(the International Institution for MicroManufacturing), and ICOMM (the
International Conference on Micro‐Manufacturing). Those of us that
interacted with Dick on these efforts were always amazed by how he could
motivate others and personally get things done. What is even more
remarkable is how he was also able to make meaningful contributions in his
personal life. Following the death of his father in 1971, he served as
President of DeVor Tool and Die. He grew that enterprise, vital to the health
of the town in which he grew up, into a thriving entity that employed 20
people. And, his passion for his home town had not waned; at the time of his Professor DeVor Interacting with a Student
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passing he was serving as the President of the Lake Mills Area Community Foundation. No matter what the activity, Dick
brought his passion and considerable organizational skills to all endeavors.
Dick was highly honored for his teaching and research. His departmental teaching awards included recognition more
than ten times by the Daily Illini for his teaching excellence, the Two‐Year Effective Teacher Award (four times), and the
Five‐Year Effective Teacher Award (three times) by the MIE Alumni Association. He received the College of Engineering
Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence in 1985, the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1987,
and the College of Engineering Halliburton Engineering Education Leadership Award in 1989. He received the SME
Education Award in 1993. In terms of research, Dick was the recipient of the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage
Award in 1983, 1997, and 2008. He was honored with the ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award in
2003, and the NAMRI/SME S. M. Wu Research Implementation Award in 2010. He was selected as a Fellow of SME in
1993, as a Fellow of ASME in 1996, and was named an honorary member of ASME in 2007. In 2000, Dr. Richard DeVor
was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest honor that can be accorded an engineer in the United
States.
How does one begin to characterize the total impact of an individual such as Richard DeVor? Through his research
activities with Professor Kapoor our state of manufacturing knowledge has been significantly advanced, the quality
and/or productivity of dozens of industrial partners has been improved, and over 150 graduate and post‐doc students
have been trained and had their lives dramatically enriched. Through his service activities, he has set an excellent
example to the rest of us for how to give back to the profession, help others, and comport oneself. His strong
mentorship has considerably benefitted his graduate and post‐doc students and colleagues and driven us to
achievements far beyond what we thought was achievable. His teaching and scholarship on quality engineering
contributed to the quality revolution in the U.S. in the 1980s. Thousands of industrial practitioners and students in the
classroom have been the fortunate beneficiaries of Professor DeVor's gift for teaching. His colleagues gained from his
vision, strategic thinking, and a work ethic that never stopped – even in retirement. We have lost a prominent leader in
manufacturing research who leaves an unparalleled legacy. As a friend, colleague, or advisor you might have known him
as Dick, Rich, Richard, Bucky, or Professor DeVor – regardless of how you knew him, his passing leaves a giant hole in all
of our lives. Our only consolation is that he will continue to serve as a source of inspiration for all of us.
John W. Sutherland, Purdue University
In Memoriam – Ranga Komanduri (1942‐2011)
Ranga Komanduri, Regents Professor and A.H. Nelson, Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering at
Oklahoma State University, passed away on September 6, 2011 at his home in Stillwater,
Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife Sri, his daughter Sangeetha and son Mukund.
Born in India, he studied engineering at the Regional Engineering College at Warangal,
affiliated with Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, and received a bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering in 1964 and a master’s degree in heat power engineering in 1966.
He then pursued his doctoral studies at Monash University in Australia under the guidance
of R.H. Brown where the subject of his dissertation was the mechanics of chip segmentation
in machining. After receiving his doctorate in 1972 he began his career as a research
engineer and assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at Carnegie
Mellon University. It was at CMU that he began his collaborations and developed his lifelong
friendship with Professor Milton Shaw. Their collaboration led to seminal publications in Nature and Philosophical
Magazine on the wear of diamond in the grinding of ferrous metals. For his fundamental contributions to understanding
metal build‐up in grinding with aluminum oxide abrasives, he was awarded the F.W. Taylor Medal of CIRP in 1977. Ranga
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then moved to the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Laboratory in Schenectady, NY where he
performed research on the machining of titanium and on high speed/high productivity machining. At the same time, he
also held a position of Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Then, during the period from 1986 to 1989,
while on a research sabbatical from GE Corporate R and D, Ranga went to the National Science Foundation where he
held positions of Program Director in several programs including Materials Engineering and Processing, Tribology and
Manufacturing Processes. He also served in NSF’s Division of Design, Manufacturing and Computer‐Integrated
Engineering (DMCE) as a Deputy Division Director and Acting Division Director. In the Fall of 1989 he joined Oklahoma
State University and the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as Professor and MOST Chair in Intelligent
Manufacturing where he remained on the faculty for 22 years.
While at OSU, Ranga’s technical interests in advanced manufacturing and tribology were broad and diverse. His
contributions included work on conventional machining and grinding, high‐speed machining and ultraprecision
machining. However they extended beyond this to include studies on low pressure synthesis of diamond coatings, laser
assisted materials processing, molecular dynamics simulations of nanometric cutting, and thermal aspects of various
manufacturing processes. His work resulted in over 230 technical publications and 22 patents.
Ranga was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME) and an Emeritus Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP). He was well‐
recognized for his leadership in the North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI/SME) as its President in
1992, and as Co‐Organizer of NAMRC 21. In addition, he served ASME as Chairman of the Production Engineering
Division (now the Manufacturing Engineering Division) and as Vice President of the Manufacturing Group from 1989 to
1993. It was under his initiative that the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME was established.
Dr. K, as he was affectionately known by his graduate students, served as a mentor to many young engineers and
scientists. His care and compassion for his students and postdocs was well known. Over the years he enthusiastically
served as an unofficial mentor to many junior faculty members world‐wide who have now gone on to highly successful
careers in academia.
Ranga had a deep respect for history. He would often, with great excitement, discuss the scientific contributions of
famous mathematicians and scientists such as Srinivasa Ramanujan or Sir C.V. Raman. One of his favorite accounts was
that of the pioneering work of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford, on the nature of the heat generated in
machining which played an important role in establishing the laws of the conservation of energy later in the nineteenth
century. It was in June of 2011 that Ranga presented the Founder’s Lecture at the 39th NAMRC held at Oregon State
University entitled “How to Conduct Research ‐ The Rumford Way”. Ranga’s sense of the importance of history extended
to the developments in manufacturing science and engineering. In his classes, he would carefully discuss the importance
of the contributions of Merchant, Shaw, Field, Hahn, Thomsen, Chao and Trigger to name a few. It was in the Spring of
1993, to both honor these pioneers and to highlight their significant contributions, that Ranga organized the
“Symposium on US Contributions to Machining and Grinding Research of the Twentieth Century” at Oklahoma State,
with many of the pioneers of manufacturing research in attendance.
It has been said of Ranga that two of his greatest strengths were the depth of his concern about his students and his
colleagues, and the eagerness with which he embraced and sought out new knowledge. This second strength was the
genesis of numerous collaborations which endured and prospered during his career. The first was the reason the
students, postdocs, and faculty with whom he worked functioned with such harmony and productivity. Ranga’s energy,
enthusiasm, work ethic, dedication to research and education, and easy smile will be sorely missed.
Don A. Lucca, Oklahoma State University
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In Memoriam – Evgeny (Eugene) Rivin (1932‐2011)
Evgeny Rivin (known as Eugene Rivin) passed away after a long battle with illness on June 6,
2011, five days short of his 79th birthday. He has been a Fellow of ASME, SME and CIRP –
International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP – French acronym for College
International pour la Recherche en Productique) and had a distinguished carrier in industry
and academia.
Eugene obtained his engineering education at the Moscow Machine Tool Institute (STANKIN
– Moscow State Technological University) with a Mech. Eng. Diploma with honors, degree
equivalent to M.Sc., 1954, and Candidate of Science M.E. equivalent to Ph.D., 1962,
crowned with the degree of Doctor of Sciences in Mech. Eng. (Sc.D.) in 1971 – the highest
degree in USSR, certified by the State Supreme Attestation Board.
After three years in the manufacturing industry, in 1957 Eugene Rivin joined the renowned Machine Tools Research
Institute (ENIMS) in Moscow, and in 1968 moved to the Research Institute of Standardization, where he established and
directed the Vibration Control and Advanced Machine Elements Laboratory.
Dr. Rivin immigrated to Canada in 1975 and a year later joined the Research Staff of Ford Motor Co. in the United States
as Principal Staff Engineer. Since 1981 he has been Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne
State University in Detroit, where he was teaching Machine Design, and where in 1988 he became the Director of
Machine Tool Research Laboratory.
He was also Visiting Professor at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research of the University of Southampton, UK, in
1987, and in 1988 worked with the Advanced Engineering Laboratory of General Motors Corporation. From 1994‐95 he
led a successful Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) ‐related project at Ford Motor Co. In 1995 Professor Rivin co‐
founded and co‐directed The TRIZ Group for training and problem solving using TRIZ methodology (Russian acronym for
the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).
Professor Rivin’s professional and academic career in manufacturing engineering, which has spanned over 55 years,
provided him with an extensive experience in a wide range of issues encompassing machine tools, tools and robotics. He
was concentrating on design issues – structural dynamics and rigidity, dynamics of rotating systems, vibration and noise
control, rubber in machine design and standardization. He searched for the solution to problems through a three‐stage
approach: problem analysis, problem definition and problem solving, in which he frequently used his favorite TRIZ. His
R&D activities led to major contributions both theoretical and practical, and were followed by the implementation of
results obtained. His research was always aimed at a solution to a practical problem.
Prof. Rivin was not afraid of bold, innovative approaches in search for solutions. Indeed, his creativity can be best judged
by over 60 patents which were issued to him, of which 26 were granted in the United States; some of his patents are
widely implemented in the US, former USSR and elsewhere in the world.
Since his first acclaimed paper on the stiffness of roller‐bearing guideways published in 1955, written when he was still a
university student, Prof. Rivin published over 150 papers, 16 monographs and a number of book chapters. He published
US standards (ANSI) and earlier the standards in the former USSR. Some of the book titles include: Mechanical Design of
Robots (1988); Stiffness and Damping in Mechanical Design (1999); Passive Vibration Isolation (2003), and Innovation on
Demand (2005, with Victor Fey).
In his last fundamental work, The Handbook of Stiffness and Damping in Mechanical Design (2010), he established the
position of stiffness as a rich, self‐contained field of knowledge; he considered it jointly with damping, as in the case of
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dynamics and vibrations those are frequently closely interrelated. He was completing the book when he was already ill
and aware that his intensive search for cure would not provide him with the desired solution. The Handbook is very well
written and the rich material assembled in it makes a fascinating reading. The review of The Handbook was published in
the June 2011 issue of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
Eugene Rivin was a remarkable man – quiet and unassuming, a kind, decent man with a brilliant mind, always ready to
explain and discuss, contributing his views inside and outside the meeting rooms. He was generous in sharing his
knowledge giving invited lectures, keynote addresses and seminars. He has consulted for many of the most important
manufacturing companies. He enjoyed teaching and was a devoted teacher. His trips were timed tightly so as not to miss
too many lectures, preferably not a single one. He received awards for his research and for excellence in teaching. He
was a titan of work. Ingenuity was his hallmark. With his wealth of experience, common sense and clarity of thinking, he
commanded respect. He was an inspiration to those who knew him.
With the passing of Eugene Rivin, we lost an esteemed colleague and a good friend, but he will live in our memory, and
his publications will continue to provide us with the rich source of his knowledge.
May his soul rest in peace.
Lucjan Kops, McGill University
7th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference
Hosted by University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Jun. 4‐8, 2012.
Technical Program Report
By Hitomi Yamaguchi and Laine Mears ‐ Program Chairs
The 7th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2012), sponsored by the
Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME, was jointly held with the 40th North American Manufacturing
Research Conference (NAMRC40), sponsored by the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME
(NAMRI/SME), and hosted by the University of Notre Dame from June 4 to June 8, 2012, in Notre Dame, Indiana. As
leading world‐class societies in the Mechanical Engineering field, ASME and SME act as global bridges between
industries, government laboratories, and academic institutions. Moreover, this year’s event was in participation with the
5th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes (ICTMP5), sponsored by the International
Tribology in Manufacturing Processes Research Group.
The MSEC 2012 proceedings include 140 peer‐reviewed papers and 7 posters. In addition, 3 posters were presented at
the conference. The technical papers and posters come from authors representing 16 countries around the world. MSEC
is pleased to present four technical tracks in the MSEC 2012 proceedings: Processing, Systems, Micro and Nano
Technologies, and Sustainable Manufacturing. The Sustainable Manufacturing track appears for the first time in MSEC. In
the 4 technical tracks, a total of 17 symposia were planned. For the first time, the Plant Engineering and Maintenance
Division participated with the Manufacturing Engineering Division at this conference.
The joint conference consists of 3 keynote speeches, 5 plenary panel presentations, the NAMRI/SME Founders Lecture
(NAMRC), 80 concurrent technical sessions (48 MSEC sessions and 32 NAMRC sessions), an early career forum, industry
and laboratory tours, a student manufacturing design competition (MSEC), and a student author research presentation
competition (NAMRC). One of the panel presentations, entitled Sustainability, Innovation, and the Education of
Engineering Methodologies, was co‐organized by ASME/MED and NAMRI/SME and was successful especially because of
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the efforts of Dr. Wenwu Zhang and Prof. Shuting Lei. The early career forum was sponsored by the ASME Old Guard and
the University of Notre Dame, and it was co‐organized by ASME/MED and NAMRI/SME for the first time. The forum
included 9 panelists from academia, industry, and national laboratories, and was conducted with great success because
of Prof. Kevin Chou’s leadership. In addition to paper submissions from foreign institutions, participation by non‐US
students in the student design competition is encouraged to promote the globalization of the conference. Two of the
eight teams entered were from Mexico. To help conference attendees to plan their participation and interaction with
others, equal time was allotted for each technical paper presentation regardless of the conference (MSEC, NAMRC, or
ICTMP) in which it was included. This approach seemed to please the conference attendees.
The symposium organizers nominated 17 papers for the Best Paper Award. The 17 papers were reviewed and ranked by
MED Executive committee, technical program chairs, and symposium organizers. The recipients of the Best Paper Award
were as follows:
1st Place: Surface Variation Reduction for Face Milling Based on High‐Definition Metrology by Bruce L. Tai, Hui
Wang, Hai Nguyen, S. Jack Hu, Albert Shih
2nd place: Nanotwins in Copper Nanowires Controlled by Laser Assisted Electrochemical Deposition by Zhikun
Liu, Gary J. Cheng, Yuefeng Wang, Yiliang Liao
3rd place: Rapid Manufacturing in Minutes: The Development of a Mask Projection Stereolithography Process for
High‐Speed Fabrication by Yayue Pan, Chi Zhou, Yong Chen
The MED Executive committee selected the recipients of the Best Symposium and Session Organizer (BOSS) award; the
candidates were nominated by the technical program chairs. This year’s recipients were Yannis Korkolis and Edmund W.
Chu for their symposium entitled Advances in Metal Forming. The symposium organizers played key roles in constructing
high‐quality technical sessions.
The Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Division of the National Science Foundation supported
student conference participation. Students studying in US institutions and planning to attend the MSEC/NAMRC/ICTMP
applied for this opportunity, and 81 students (67 doctoral, 11 master, and 3 undergraduate students) received
conference registration support. Of the 81 students, 16 were from underrepresented groups.
The successful conference was the result of the outstanding efforts of many people. We would like to express our
gratitude to all the individual and corporate sponsors who supported the 2012 event.
Student Manufacturing Design Competition at MSEC 2012
By Xiaoping Yang ‐ Student Competition Coordinator
For the 2012 MED Student Manufacturing Design Competition which took place at University of Notre Dame during the
2012 MSEC conference, there were seven finalists. The top three winners were:
First Place Winner: Ryan Surveski, Kevin Bryant, Brooke Cosko, Marissa Wright, Tammy Robbin, Amanda Thomas, Bill
Carter, Steve Cimino, Ryan Quinn, John Vielkind, Patrick Vielkind, Henry Wettersten, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Winning Project: "Mauncher (Mini Marshmallow Launcher)"
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Sam Chiappone
Second Place Winner: Luke Hemenetz, Tim Rockers, Northwestern University
Winning Project: "Temperature Control System for Electrically‐Assisted Metal Forming"
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Jian Cao
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Third Place Winner: Horacio Rios Corzo, Carlos Castro, Javier Rustrián Martínez, Eduardo González Mendívil, Instituto
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Winning Project: "Improving Industrial Processes with Augmented Reality and Gesture Recognition Technology for the
Aeronautical Field on Mobile Devices"
These participants were awarded cash prizes of $1000, $750 and $500, respectively. The other finalists were: Innovative
Maintenance Process Planning for Marine Assets by Joshua Korman et al. from Lake Superior State University,
Augmented Reality: Assistive Technology for the Assembly of an Internal Engine, by Hector Ramirez et al. from Instituto
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México, Standalone Throughput of a Serial Product Line Segment by
Yang Li et al. from State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Design and Fabrication of a Multi‐axis Dynamometer
for Measuring Cutting Forces in Drilling Processes by Medhi Karevan from Georgia Institute of Technology. All of the
participants did a tremendous job on their projects and presentations. Selecting the top three award winners was very
difficult. I wish to also acknowledge Cedric Xia from Ford Motor Company and Brad Kinsey from University of New
Hampshire for also serving as judges.
ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Submitted by Y. Lawrence Yao
On July 1, I assumed my new role as the Technical Editor (TE) of JMSE, after Kornel Ehmann’s superb 10‐year tenure. Our
entire manufacturing engineering community is indebted to Ehmann for his exemplary leadership and dedication. A
tribute to him will appear in JMSE’s December 2012 issue.
Ehmann’s stewardship has left the Journal on a solid footing, with an annual submission rate that remains steady at well
more than 300 manuscripts. In addition, both the number of issues and the number of pages have increased: The
Journal now publishes six issues a year, instead of the original four, and the number of pages has now reached an annual
allowable maximum of 1,100.
We do, however, face a number of challenges. As Ehmann noted in this update last year, the Journal’s impact factor
dropped to about 0.6 from its highest rating of 0.74 in 2008. Although 2011 saw a rebound to 0.727, as shown below,
we want to continue to increase our impact factor, which is still quite low.
We are therefore exploring the reasons for this condition and for possible avenues of improvement. Since the impact
factor seems related to a number of variables, including the length of time that submissions spend in review, we are
considering ways to streamline our review process without sacrificing quality. As the table below shows, our review
time is still very long, despite recent decreases.
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To address this challenge, and to unearth other approaches to improvement, we invited the Editorial Board to
brainstorm on ways to strengthen the Journal. In response, we have received a number of useful suggestions, including
soliciting review papers on topics of interest and publishing special issues to promote reader interest and stimulate
reviews. One special issue is already in the works and we are considering others.
We also welcome and will continue to request and implement any viable suggestions we receive. This includes ideas for
reducing the amount of time that submissions spend in review—an initiative that would both reflect a standard of
respect for authors that we want to uphold; and should result in positive, long‐term effects to the Journal, including an
increase in its impact factor. Although impact factor remains a somewhat controversial measure of journal success,
improving the review process aligns with the Journal’s long‐term self‐interest, regardless of its effect upon the impact
factor.
In addition to its new editor, the Journal saw a number of changes to its Editorial Board in 2012: addition of four new
AEs, extension of the terms of three AEs, and completion of two consecutive three‐year terms by a number of AEs. The
current Editorial Board consists of 20 members, including the TE. The names of the currently active AEs appear on the
Journal’s masthead, in its printed and electronic versions, together with their primary areas of expertise. We are
grateful to these colleagues for their hard work and continued efforts to improve the Journal.
On behalf of the Editorial Board, I would like to thank the authors and reviewers for their continued support of JMSE. I
also invite and strongly encourage you to participate in the process of strengthening the Journal by sending me your
thoughts and ideas for improving JMSE and our service to the community: [email protected], 212‐854‐2887.
ASME Journal of Micro and Nano‐manufacturing (JMNM)
Submitted by Jian Cao
The ASME Journal of Micro and Nano‐Manufacturing is the latest addition to the ASME journal series. This new title
provides a forum for the rapid dissemination of original theoretical and applied research in the areas of micro and nano‐
manufacturing that are related to process innovation, accuracy and precision, throughput enhancement, material
utilization, compact equipment development, environmental and life‐cycle analysis and predictive modeling of
manufacturing processes with features sizes less than one hundred micrometers.
Please submit your manuscript to JMNM at http://journaltool.asme.org.
Honors Committee Reports
Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award
Submitted by Shreyes Melkote
The Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award is presented for the best current original paper or papers (not published
elsewhere) which has/have been presented before ASME and/or published by ASME during the two calendar years
immediately preceding the year of the award. The paper(s) should be clearly concerned with or related to the design or
application of machine tools, gages, or dimensional measuring instruments, submitted to ASME for presentation and
publication.
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The Blackall awardees for 2012 are: Rui Zhou, Jian Cao, Kornel Ehmann, and Chun Xu for their paper titled "An
Investigation on Deformation‐based Texturing" published in the Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol.
133, 2011.
William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award
Submitted by Shreyes Melkote
The William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award is presented to an individual or team of individuals for
developing or contributing significantly to an innovative manufacturing technology, the implementation of which has
resulted in substantial economic and/or societal benefits.
The Ennor awardee for 2012 is Professor Jack Hu of University of Michigan.
Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Submitted by Shreyes Melkote
The award recognizes a young manufacturing researcher under 40 with potential for significant fundamental
contributions to the science and technology of manufacturing processes
The Chao and Trigger awardee for 2012 has not been announced.
M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME
Submitted by Jian Cao
The M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME is awarded to an individual who has had significant
influence and responsibility for improving the productivity and efficiency (either by research or by implementation of
research) of the manufacturing operation(s). This award was established in 1986 in honor of M. Eugene Merchant. Past
awardees and nomination form can be found at http://www.asme.org/about‐asme/honors‐awards/achievement‐
awards/m‐‐eugene‐merchant‐manufacturing‐medal‐of‐asme‐sme
The nomination is due to the award committee chair, Prof. Jian Cao of Northwestern ([email protected]) by
February 1, 2013. It is highly recommended, though not required, to notify Prof. Cao with the intention of submission as
soon as the nomination package starts to be assembled.
Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal
Submitted by Shounak Athavale
Established in 2009, the award recognizes significant fundamental contributions to the science and technology of
manufacturing processes.
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2012 was the second year for this medal was awarded. The Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Medal Committee reviewed
and evaluated five nominees for this award. The 2012 recipient of the award was Professor Kornel F Ehmann. Professor
Ehmann was recognized for his fundamental contributions to the science and technology of machine tool systems,
machining dynamics and stability as well as micro/meso‐scale manufacturing processes.
Nomination Deadline for All Awards above:
February 1 annually. Please visit ASME MED website (http://divisions.asme.org/MED/Honors_Awards.cfm) for
details.
Upcoming Events
8th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference
Dear Colleagues:
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2013 ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference
(MSEC) to be hosted by the University of Wisconsin‐Madison June 10‐14, 2013.
MSEC is an annual forum sponsored by the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to disseminate the most recent results of manufacturing research and development on a
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global scale. Since its inauguration in 2006, the MSEC has replaced the participation of MED technical sessions in the
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) and this is the eighth year in such a format,
building upon the excellent events in previous years.
With a different organizational structure than IMECE, MSEC aims to deliver to our MED membership better value in
terms of stronger technical programming, lower registration fees, lower hotel room rates, and fully covered meal and
social functions. In addition, in 2013, the 8th MSEC will be co‐located again with the North American Manufacturing
Research Institute’s (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference
(NAMRC 41). With registration to MSEC, you can attend any sessions of either conference. You will also receive
proceedings of both conferences. Please consider registering early to take advantage of the low registration fee and
hotel rates. We sincerely hope that you will join us at this exciting conference and look forward to seeing you in Madison
next June.
This conference will highlight advanced manufacturing research in technical paper, poster, and panel sessions. The
deadline for full‐length draft paper submissions is November 1, 2012. The conference will be accepting submissions
through the ASME website (https://www.asmeconferences.org/MSEC2013/) for the following symposia:
Track 1: Processing
1‐1: Advances in Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Manufacturing Processes
1‐2: Equipment Design Innovations to Enhance Manufacturing Processes
1‐3: Laser, Process Innovations and Energy Field Manufacturing Methodology
1‐4: Thermally‐Assisted Manufacturing
1‐5: Additive Manufacturing
1‐6: Advances in Materials Forming
1‐7: Polymer Processing
1‐8: Leveraging Abrasive Processes
1‐9: Edge Finishing and Deburring
1‐10: Advances in Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes
1‐11: Advances in Biomedical Manufacturing
Track 2: Systems
2‐1: Manufacturing and Metrology Systems
2‐2: Monitoring, Sensing, and Control for Intelligent Machining and Inspection
2‐3: System Informatics for Quality and Reliability Improvements in Manufacturing Systems
2‐4: Advances in Cloud Manufacturing
2‐5: Joint Maintenance and Production Decision Making of Manufacturing Systems
2‐6: Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for Rapid Responses and Supply Chain Integration
Track 3: Micro and Nano Technologies
3‐1: New Developments in Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Micro/Nano Metrology
3‐2: Fabrication of Nano‐Systems and Materials
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Track 4: Sustainable Manufacturing
4‐1: Sustainable Products and Processes
4‐2: Sustainable Manufacturing Systems and Enterprises
4‐3: Sustainable Manufacturing for Emerging Technologies
Important Dates for MSEC 2013:
Submission of Abstract/Full‐Length Draft Paper for Review ‐ November 1, 2012
Paper Reviews Completed ‐ December 17, 2012
Initial Author Notification of Acceptance / Revision Requirements ‐ January 7, 2013
Submission of Revised Paper for Review (if required) ‐ January 28, 2013
Submission of Posters for Review ‐ February 8, 2013
Author Notification of Acceptance of Revised Paper ‐ February 11, 2013
Submission of Copyright Form ‐ March 1, 2013
Notification of Poster Acceptance ‐ March 1, 2013
Submission of Final Paper ‐ March 4, 2013
Author Registration Deadline ‐ April 1, 2013
ASME Advanced Manufacturing Workshop
Submitted by Brad Kinsey and Brian Paul
In response to President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, which includes a proposed $2.2B in FY13
funding for research and development, ASME is developing a society wide Advanced Manufacturing Initiative. This is
similar to the successful ASME Energy‐Water Nexus Initiative over the past few years. As an initial step for this, an
advanced manufacturing workshop was held during the 2012 ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference
(MSEC) at Notre Dame University on Tuesday, June 5th. The approximately 30 participants were separated into three
breakout groups (i.e., advocacy/communication, learning/education, and technical products). Key items/focus areas
identified by these breakout groups are provided below. The next step will be a similar workshop at the 2012
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) in Houston on Tuesday, November 13th, which
will involve all divisions within ASME. The goals of this workshop will be to engage leaders from industry, national
laboratories, and academia on the concept of an ASME Advanced Manufacturing Initiative; discuss focus areas for the
potential initiative; and to identify the key constituents who should be involved (e.g., industry sectors, educators
(including community colleges and K‐12), etc.). For additional information or a full summary of the MSEC workshop,
please contact Brad Kinsey ([email protected]) or Brian Paul ([email protected]).
Advocacy/Communication Breakout Group
Outreach
1. Outreach to K‐12 w/industry/Community College
2. ASME local chapter involvement w/manufacturing exposure
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Branding
1. National branding campaign for manufacturing
2. Video television show on modern manufacturing (e.g. NOVA) with focus on jobs
3. Manufacturing liaison to Hollywood
External Partnerships
1. Partner w/SME on manufacturing knowledge delivery
Policy
1. Position paper by ASME on manufacturing
2. Policy on U.S. manufacturing
Learning/ Education Breakout Group
1. Emphasize manufacturing in ABET (as once happened with design) including coursework requirements
2. Develop / support hands‐on project‐based learning
3. On‐line tools to support manufacturing in the curricula
4. Provide mechanisms for faculty internships
Technical Products Breakout Group
1. Knowledge dissemination
2. Books and journals
3. Videos
4. Webinar
International Additive Manufacturing Forum and 6th China National Conference of Rapid
Prototype & Manufacturing
Submitted by Xiaoping Yang
ASME is endorsing 2012 International Additive Manufacturing Forum and 6th China National Conference of Rapid
Prototype & Manufacturing with Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and Institution of Mechanical Engineers of UK.
The conference is scheduled to take place between Dec 13 and Dec 16, 2012 in Wuhan, China. MED's responsibility is to
identify top experts in the field to deliver invited speeches. MED has identified one speaker from academia for the
conference and is in the process of identifying one more speaker from industry.