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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...
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,...
Industrial lab open day
On Tuesday 27th of October, ZURU, one of the fast-growing toy companies that started in New Zealand, made a visit to our Industry 4.0 Laboratory. The main purpose of their visit is to seek potential opportunities for collaboration. Our research team gave a brief...
Prof. Xu Addressed to the Auckland Manufacturers Association (AMA) 133rd AGM
Prof. Xu was the invited speaker to the Auckland Manufacturers Association (AMA) 133rd Annual General Meeting (30 June 2020). The main theme of his talk is Industry 4.0. He gave a brief introduction to Industry 4.0 and discussed smart manufacturing in the wake of...