Prof. Fengzhou Fang
Professor FengzhouFang has over 30 years of experience in working in manufacturing science and technology. He was responsible for setting up the Centre of Micro/nano Manufacturing Technology (MNMT) at Tianjin University in 2005. MNMT has been recognised as a leading manufacturing research organization in the world. His specialist areas of interest include micro/nano manufacturing, optical freeform design and manufacturing, medical devices/implants manufacturing, ultra-precision manufacturing and metrology. The topic of the Atomic and Close-to-atomic Scale Manufacturing (ACSM) he proposed has also become one of his main research areas. Amongst the applications areas are in medical devices, bio-medical implants, aspheric and freeform optical systems, aerospace and engineering components. Fengzhou has worked with over hundred industrial partners assisting companies to develop their R&D activities. He is the Founding President of the International Society for Nanomanufacturing (ISNM), a former Council Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), a Charted Engineer of UK Engineering Council, and the editor-in-chief of Nanomanufacturing and Metrology (NMME). He is a Fellow of ISNM, CIRP, AET,and SME.