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LISMS Featured at NAMRC 52
From June 17 to 22, 2024, the SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 52) was successfully held at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. This leading conference is recognized as North America’s preeminent and longest-running international forum...
Simon Chan Showcases Advanced Hybrid additive-subtractive Manufacturing Solution at NAMRC 52
From June 17 to 22, 2024, the SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 52) was successfully held at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Simon Chan, a member of the LISMS research group, presented a paper titled “Developing a Hybrid-Built...
Most Cited and Downloaded Article in Journal of Manufacturing Systems
We are delighted to share the exciting news that the paper titled "Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0—Inception, Conception, and Perception" by Professor Xun Xu and Dr. Yuqian Lu from LISMS has been recognized as one of the "Most Cited Articles" and "Most Downloaded...
LISMS alumni Dr. Pai Zheng Honored with 2024 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award
LISMS alumni Dr Pai ZHENG has been honoured with the prestigious SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award in the class of 2024, owing to his scientific contributions in the frontier of smart manufacturing and robotics systems field. Dr Zheng graduated...
LISMS in EMEX2024
The EMEX2024 event was successfully held from 28 to 30 May at the Auckland ASB Showgrounds. LISMS also had a significant presence at the exhibition. Their stand, located at stand 1069 in hall 1, featured an automated quality inspection system. This portable,...
LISMS Featured at EMEX 2024! Visit us at Stand 1069, Hall 1
About EMEX 2024: New Zealand's largest trade show for engineering, manufacturing technology, and electronics sectors, featuring over 200 exhibitors, keynote speakers, and industry innovations. Date: 28 - 30 May 2024 (Tue, Wed 9am - 5pm; Thu 9am - 4pm) Location:...
Research Seminar on Digital Twins – Christian Kober
Christian Kober (8th from the left in the photo above) is a visitor of Jan Polzer. Christian is doing his PhD in Digital Twins (DT) and working on a journal paper with Jan. Christian is currently a PhD Candidate and research associate at Helmut Schmidt University...
New Zealand Manufacturing Being Reinvigorated
Prof. Xu attended the Workshop run by the Manufacturing Reference Group for the Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly (5th from the front-left). The Manufacturing Reference Group, otherwise known as the Ministerial Manufacturing Productivity Advisory Group, is...
LISMS 2023 End-of-Year Gathering: Celebrating Together!
On December 22, 2023, the LISMS research group successfully held its annual End-of-Year Gathering, drawing nearly 40 participants, including group members and their families. Throughout the event, participants met in person and virtually and shared a joyful...
Professor Xun Xu discusses the future of manufacturing in post-covid era and challenges in adopting new technologies
Professor Xu Xun, Director of LISMS, was recently interviewed by the news media outlet "Newsroom". The following is the content of this interview: "Manufacturing has always been playing second fiddle... it is a place where governments have not been very forthcoming...
CASE 2023: A Stunning Success in Advancing Automation Science and Engineering
The IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), which was successfully held from August 26th to August 29th, can be described as an academic event that attracted experts and scholars from all over the world. The conference was...
Blending cutting-edge science and commercial potential
An article was published about Dr Yuqian Lu in the LISMS research group in Science For Technological Innovation, National Science Challenge (a NZ government funding agency). During the interview, Dr Yuqian shared his research journey and motivations. For more...
Yuqian Lu on 1News about AI, robots and 5G
- Recently, Dr. Yuqian Lu was interviewed by 1News reporter, Logan Church about how a 5G-enabled environment can...
Engineering New Zealand – Five minutes with Xun Xu
Recently, representatives from Engineering New Zealand (ENZ) had a thoughtful exchange with Xun Xu, professor of smart manufacturing at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Auckland and Fellow of Engineering New Zealand....
Successful Completion of Six Industrial Projects in MECHENG 752 Technology Management Course
In the MECHENG 752 Technology Management course (Xun Xu, Olaf Diegel, Jan Polzer, Lilly Peng), our students worked in teams on six industrial projects. This week, the excellent results of the projects were presented by our students to most companies: FI Innovations...
LISMS on NSFC-RGC2023 in Hong Kong
Professor Xu and Dr. Lu recently attended the NSFC-RGC Conference on Frontiers of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems in Hong Kong, China, from April 28 to May 1, 2023. The conference was held under the Joint Research Scheme of the National Natural Science...