Name/title/position: Ye CHENG, Ph. D., Associate Professor



Research area: Production System, Integrated Manufacturing Technology, System Simulation, Quality Management and Control



Contact information:

· Address: Industrial Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China

· Tel: (86-10) 62784548

· Fax: (86-10) 62794399

· Email: chengye@tsinghua.edu.cn



Education Background:

· B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1985

· M.S., Manufacturing Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1988

· Ph.D., Manufacturing Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1992



Professional Experience:

· Lecturer in the Manufacturing Engineering Institute, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, 1992-1994

· Associate Professor, Vice Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Institute, 1994-2001

· Visiting scholar in the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1997-1998

· Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, 2001



Teaching Experience and interest



Teaching Experience:

· “Manufacturing Principle & Process”, 1994-1996

· “Manufacturing System Design”, 1994-1996

· “Project Management”, 1997

· “Advanced Manufacturing Technology”, 1998

· “Simulation Modeling and Analysis”, 2002



Courses during 2003-2004
· “Simulation Modeling and Analysis”, 2003, 2004

· “Production Planning & Control”, 2003, 2004

· “Production Management”, 2003



Graduate Students
· Being advisor of 12 graduate students (7 of them had got the master degree).

· Being associate advisor of 3 Ph.D. candidates. (2 of them had got the Ph.D. degree).





Research

Research Experience
l Manufacturing Process & Precision Engineering

2 Surface Projection Burnishing for High-Density Hard Disk with Sapphire Floating Head, 1985-1988

2 Manufacturing Process(Grinding, Lapping and Polishing) of Free-Form Glass Lens. 1995-1996

2 Investigation on Machining Mechanism and Intelligent Precision Generating for High Accuracy Free-Form Lens, 1997~1998

2 Virtual Lapping for Die Surface, 2000~2003

l CAD/CAM, Product and Process Design

2 Automated Inspection Planning and Programming for CMM in CIMS, 1988-1993

2 Integration of Computer Aided Inspection Planning(CAIP) and CAD, 1992-1994

2 Computer Aided Fixture Design(CAFD) in Concurrent Engineering, 1995-1996

2 Intelligent Design for Manufacturing(DFM) System, 1995-1996

l Production System and Integrated Manufacturing Technology

2 Knowledge-Based Integrated Quality System for Manufacturing Process, 1994-1996

2 Reverse Engineering for Structural Parts, 1996-1997

2 Virtual Assembly for Automobile and Assembly Line, 2000-2002

2 Investigations on Manufacturing Information, 1999-2000

l Quality Management and Control

2 Inspection Workstation in CIMS Environment, 1988-1993

2 Intelligent Machine Maintenance Tool for Advanced Electronic Assembly (International Joint Research Project with MOTOROLA Inc.), 1995-1996

2 Quality Control System for Automobile Assembly Line, 1999-2001

2 Investigations on FEM Virtual Coordinate Measuring Machine Method for Dynamic Error of Fast Probing, 1999-2001



Research interest
l Advanced Production System

2 Production Process Planning

2 Design and Running Management of Production Lines

2 Robotized Automatic Production System

2 Automotive Production System

l Integrated Manufacturing Technology

2 Innovative Principle, Tools and System for Free-Form Surface Fabrication

2 Planning and Optimization of Manufacturing Process

l Quality Management and Control

2 Advance Inspection Technology

2 Quality Planning, Monitoring and Statistical Analysis



Selective Publication


[1] CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, “Automated Fixturing Planning for Inspection In CIMS”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing (ICIM’95), Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China, Jun. 10-13, 1995, p.120-124

[2] CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, HUANG Linchang., Integration of Computer Aided Inspection Planning with CAD using STEP, Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol.1, No.2, 1996, p167-171.

[3] YANG Dongzhe, CHENG Ye, et al., A Study on Concurrent Fixture Design, Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, Vol.2, No.3, 1996, p31-35. (In Chinese)

[4] LI Quansheng, CHENG Ye, ZHANG Bopeng, FENG Zhijing, Numerical Controlled Approach for Optical Free-Form Surface, Optical Technology, 1998, No. 6 (Total No. 134), 1998, p.77-81. (In Chinese)

[5] SONG Yuyin, XIAO Yihui, CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, Investigations on Manufacturability and of Products and Assessing Methods, Journal of Tsinghua University, Vol. 38, No. 7, 1998, p.111-114. (In Chinese)

[6] TANG Dong, CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, Computer Aided Fixture Design System for Concurrent Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, Vol.5, No.1, 1999, p31-35. (In Chinese)

[7] LI Quansheng, CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, FENG Zhijing, ZHANG Bopeng, Algorithm of Dwell Time for Computer-Controlled Optical Surfacing, Optical Technology, 1999, No. 3 (Total No. 137), 1999, p.56-62. (In Chinese)

[8] LI Quansheng, CHENG Ye, TANG Dong, ZHANG Bopeng, CAI Fuzhi, Computer Controlled Fabrication of Free-form Lens, Proceedings of SPIE, the 1999’ Optical Manufacturing and Testing III’, Jul.20-23, 1999, Denver, USA, Vol. 3782, p.203-212.

[9] SONG Yuyin, CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, XIAO Yihui, TANG Dong, Knowledge-Based Integrated Design for Manufacturing Method for Mechanical Parts, Journal of Tsinghua University, Vol. 39, No. 8, 1999, p.21-24. (In Chinese)

[10] TANG Dong, LI Quansheng, CHENG Ye, CAI Fuzhi, Fixturing Design for Free-Form Shaped Parts, Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, Vol.5, No.4, 1999, p61-65. (In Chinese)

[11] CHENG Ye, LI Quansheng, YU Qingsong, CAI Fuzhi, ZHANG Bopeng, Virtual Lapping for Sculptured-Surface, The 5th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology, Sept. 16-20, 2000, Beijing, China

[12] ZHAO Ben, CHENG Ye, YE Beihua, XING Gang, Real-Time Statistical Quality Control System for Automobile Assembly Line, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing, No. 12, 2001, P.26-27. (In Chinese)

[13] B. Zhao, Y. Cheng, K. Wang, B.P. Zhang，J.P. Yan，A New Approach for Assembly Process Planning of Automobile Large-scale Production, Proceedings of IE&EM’2002 & IceCE’2002 Sept.19-21, 2002. Beijing, P. R. China：RID 180

[14] ZHAO Ben, CHENG Ye, WANG Kun, ZHANG Bopeng, Simulation System Design for Assembly Process Planning for Automotive Production, Journal of System Simulation, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2003, p.198-202. (In Chinese)





Recent Grant


2 Assembly Process Planning for Automotive Production

2 Virtual Lapping for Free-Form Surfaces of Dies

2 Improvement of Car Body Quality

2 Planning of Maintenance Production System





Award
2 “Scientific & Technical Progress Award of the State Education Committee” , Class B, in 1991, for the project “Disk Projection Burnishing Device”

2 “Scientific & Technical Progress Award of the China Aero-industry General Co.”, Class B, in 1994, for the project “Inspection Workstation in CIMS”

2 “Science & Technology Award of Chinese Universities and Colleges”, Class A, in 2001, for the project “Computer-Controlled Fabrication of Correction Lens ”

2 “High-Education Achievement Award of Beijing City”, Class B, for the project “Reform of fundamental courses for the major of Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation ”