Personal statement
Xichun is a Professor in ultra precision manufacturing and technical director of Centre for Precision Manufacturing (CPM) at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). He is an Elected Fellow of the International Society for Nanomanufacturing, the International Academy of Engineering and Technology and the International Association of Advanced Materials.His research interests include ultra-precision machining, hybrid micromachining, nanofabrication and digital manufacturing. He obtained his PhDs at Harbin Institute of Technology (China) and Leeds Metropolitan University (UK). From 2004 to 2007, he worked at Cranfield University as a research officer and delivered the world leading research in ultra precision diamond turning and grinding of freeform optics. From 2007 to 2012 he was a lecturer at Heriot-Watt University. From 2012 to 2013 he was a Reader in ultra precision manufacturing at the University of Huddersfield where he leads an Advanced Machining Research Group. He has established an international reputation in ultra precision manufacturing and digital manufacturing, as evidenced by more than 120+ papers in peer-reviewed highly ranked journals and international conferences, his contribution to two books and five invited book chapters and 20+ keynotes and invited talks. He received funding from EPSRC, EC, SFC, ROE and industries (Renishaw, STMicroeletronics, Spanoptic, etc.). He won Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) 2015 Ludwig Mond Prize for his seminal work in application of digital technology for micro and nanomanufacturing.
Professional activities
- International workshop in the fabrication and application of microstructured optical devices
- Invited speaker
- 27/2/2014
- IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation & Computing
- Chair
- 12/9/2014
- PhD external examiner
- External Examiner
- 2013
- University of York
- Visiting researcher
- 21/9/2022
- Invited talk at Henry Royce Institute 'multiscale digital twin-driven smart manufacturing system'
- Speaker
- 9/6/2022
- PhD viva for Cardiff University
- Examiner
- 12/5/2022
More professional activities
Projects
- Flexible Human-Robot Collaborative Inspection for In-Process Quality Control in Smart Manufacturing
- Yang, Erfu (Principal Investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator) Othman, Uqba (Researcher)
- The overall research aim of this project is to fundamentally investigate the novel flexible human-robot collaborative inspection strategies by enabling holistic control and interactions of collaborative robots in complex human-robot collaborative manufacturing environments such that safety and interaction of nearby humans/operators can be maintained while the in-process inspection and quality control are being done. At the same time, the efficiency and flexibility of the manufacturing process is also achieved when process variations or environmental changes occur in advanced manufacturing systems.
To achieve this aim, the proposed project will be focusing on the following three research objectives: 1) A comprehensive review of the state of the art in collaborative robotics and human-robot interactions towards smarter manufacturing in the digital age. 2) Investigation of novel concepts and algorithms for intelligent control, motion planning, and machine learning. 3) Development and testing of prototype sensing, Inspection with machine vision and NDT, path planning, and control system in the complex human-robot collaborative manufacturing environments. - 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- A hybrid precision manufacturing platform for next-generation of nanoscale products
- Luo, Xichun (Principal Investigator) Watson, Ian (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
- Autonomous and Interactive Station Rover for Next-Generation Passenger Information System
- Yang, Erfu (Principal Investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator) Corney, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Alcantara de la Cruz, Daniel (Researcher)
- KTP project with TrainFX Limited. In total £190,122, funded by the Innovate UK.
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023
- New generation of offshore turbine blades with intelligent architectures of hybrid, nano-enabled multi-materials via advanced manufacturing
- Qin, Yi (Principal Investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
- KTP - TrainFX Resubmission
- Yang, Erfu (Principal Investigator) Corney, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 07-Jan-2020 - 06-Jan-2022
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