Micromanufacturing Engineering and Technology

Yi Qin is a Professor, Chair of Manufacturing Technology and Systems, and Director of the Centre for Precision-Manufacturing at The University of Strathclyde, UK. Professor Qin’s research interests include materials forming, precision/micro-manufacturing and manufacturing system technology. His main contributions to knowledge to-date include numerical modelling and analysis methods for materials and manufacturing, new material synthesis and manufacturing processes, machine, tool and product designs as well as new manufacturing system concepts. As one of the leading experts in the field, Professor Qin has led a series of research and development projects, including several large-scale R&D projects in micro-manufacturing involving many industrial companies. To date, he has published over 250 technical papers in the journals and international conferences, given keynote speeches/plenary addresses at more than 30 international conferences and workshops worldwide, a member of the scientific committee for more than 50 international conferences, including the chair of the international conferences on new forming technology and manufacturing research.

1. Overview on Micro-Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
2. Micro/Nano-Mechanical Machining
3. Focused Ion-Beam Machining
4. Micro/Nano-EDM
5. Laser Ablation for Micro-manufacturing
6. Micro-Electro-chemical-machining
7. Micro/Nano-hot embossing
8. Shaping of polymerical micro-tubes
9. Micro-injection moulding
10. Soft moulding and micro-sintering
11. Micro-electrical-field-activated-sintering
12. Micro-bulk-forming
13. Micro-sheet-forming
14. Micro-hydroforming
15. Micro-laser-forming
16. Micro-mechanical assembly
17. Micro-moulding for assembly
18. Micro-joining (laser welding and soldering)
19. Deep X-Ray Lithography
20. Micro-surface treatment (plasma PVD, PECVD)
21. Micro-tools with Diamond-Like Coating
22. Thin film fabrication
23. Advanced Inkjet Technology for Micro-Fabrication
24. Micro/nano-materials processing by spinning
25. Micro-tooling process chains
26. Handling for Micro-manufacturing
27. Robotics for Micro-manufacturing
28. Metrology in Micro-Manufacturing
29. OCT: a novel technique for the characterisation of micro-parts and -structures
30. In-situ micro-materials testing
31. Micro-factory for micro-manufacturing
32. Micro-material and process modelling
33. Manufacturing system integration and software
34. Life cycle assessment of micro-manufacturing technologies