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2022/2023 LISMS Annual Gathering at Herald Island, Auckland
Our Annual Gathering held on Sunday, 14 January was a huge success. We were based at Herald Island Domain with a beautifully renovated old fire station. The gathering was attended by 26 people, including current and past LISMS members and their families. People in...
Welcome new LISMS members!
The Laboratory for Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Systems (LISMS) is pleased to welcome the following Visiting Scholars and Students who joined us in 2023. Visiting Scholars Yupeng Xin (Taiyuan University of Technology) Cheng Wang (Zhejiang University of...
Professor Olga Battaïa from KEDGE Business School visits LISMS
Professor Olga Battaïa, Associate Dean for Research at the Operations Management and Information Systems Department, KEDGE Business School Campus Bordeaux, France, paid a visit to LISMS on Nov. 28, 2022. Both KEDGE Business School Campus Bordeaux add LISMS are...
Monash researcher Dr. Yunlong Tang visits LISMS
Dr. Yunlong Tang from Monash University visited our Lab between 7-11 November 2022. Dr. Tang also gave a seminar on “Design and fabrication our digital future – Intelligent additive manufacturing and design”. Dr. Yunlong Tang joined the Faculty of Engineering at...
National leader Christopher Luxon paid a visit to the Laboratory for Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Systems
Christopher Luxon, the leader of the New Zealand National Party and the Leader of the Opposition, paid a visit to LISMS on 17 October...
New Zealand researcher is to lead the world elite institution for manufacturing research
Professor Xu has been elected as the NAMRI | SME Scientific Committee Chair-Elect and a member of the NAMRI | SME Board of Directors. The North American Manufacturing Research Institution of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI | SME) brings together...
Digital Manufacturing Light Workshop for SMEs at the EMEX
By international standards, the productivity of the New Zealand economy has been very low for the last decades. One reason is that the vast majority of companies in New Zealand are SMEs with fewer than 50 employees. Firms of this size face three main barriers to...
Engineering New Zealand – FREE students membership
The Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG) is a technical group of Engineering New Zealand and has strong links and support from I.Mech.E (The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London). Anyone with an interest in mechanical engineering is eligible to join. It is a...
Please welcome our cute little member to the LISMS family tree
As one of our LISMS group members, Zexuan Zhu (Martin) was so excited to tell us that his lovely and beautiful little daughter, Kelsea (Fanta), officially joined his family on 15 May 2022. Please welcome the youngest and the most beautiful member to our LISMS...
Dr Pai Zheng was selected as one of the Top 50 Global AI Young Chinese Scholars 華人青年學者榜 (AI+X)
In April 2022, Dr Pai Zheng was selected as one of the Top 50 Global AI Young Chinese Scholars, AI華人青年學者榜 (in the field of AI+X). Pai did his PhD in the LISMS group from 2013 to 2017 on the topic of “One-of-a-Kind Product Development for Mass Personalisation in a...
EMEX 2022 Seminar – “The Industry 4.0 Learning Factory”
About the Seminar: The Laboratory for Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Systems (LISMS) is New Zealand’s first Industry 4.0 Learning Factory. LISMS is established to showcase some key technologies of Industry 4.0, as well as to demonstrate how New Zealand businesses...
Congratulations to Shohin Aheleroff for finishing his PhD study
As one of our LISMS group members, Shohin Aheleroff successfully finished his PhD study on April 8th. His supervisors were Professor Xun Xu and Dr Ray Y. Zhong. His research topic was "Internet of Things enabled Personalisation in the Context of Industry 4.0". Dr...
Congratulations to Pauls Davis for finishing his PhD study
As one of our LISMS group members, Pauls Davis successfully finished his PhD study in February 2022. His supervisors were Professor Xun Xu and Dr Mehdi Shabazpour. His research topic was " Innovation Ecosystems and New Zealand Firms ". Dr Pauls worked on...
Industry 4.0 research boosts sustainability impact rankings
Engineering research on sustainable innovation, infrastructure and industry helped the University to sixth place globally in the latest impact rankings. The 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings measure how universities worldwide perform...
Congratulations to Reza Hamzeh for finishing his PhD study
As one of our LISMS group members, Reza Hamzeh successfully finished his PhD study in February 2022. His supervisors were Professor Xun Xu and Dr Ray Y. Zhong. His research topic was "A Cyber-Physical Data Management and Analytics System (CP-DMAS) for Smart...
Check our newly launched Industry 4.0 course
MECHENG 754: Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Course Prescription New information technologies and their applications in manufacturing enterprises, including introduction to Industry 4.0, product modelling technologies, smart manufacturing systems,...