AMDM 2012 – First International Conference

Note: 20-min oral presentations plus 5 min for questions

Federal University of ABC, Brazil

Lecture title: Fault Tolerance in Manufacturing Systems. Language: English

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Valle, Colombia (1990-1995)
M.Sc. en Mechanical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil (1996-1998)
Ph.D. en Mechatronics Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil (1998-2002)
Post-Doctorate., Colorado School of Mines, U.S.A. (2003-2005)
Professor of the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) from 2006. Currently, he is professor in the Instrumentation, Automation, and Robotics Engineering programme and vice-coordinator of the Energy Engineering postgraduate programme of the UFABC
Author of various papers in international journals and of various books, for example, the book «Fault Tolerance in Manufacturing Systems», ed. VDM-Verlag

Universidad de Sao Pablo, Brazil

Lecture title: Modelling and Control of Manufacturing Systems. Language: English

B.Sc. in Engineering, Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP), Brazil (1981)
M.Sc., Tokyo Technological Institute, Japan (1984)
Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Tokyo Technological Institute, Japan (1987)
Full Professor of the EPUSP from 1997, where he was department director, coordinator of the postgraduate programme and president of the postgraduate commission. He is a member of the ABCM (senior member), SBA, SBPN y IEEE (senior member). Currently, he is the president of the SBPN. He was associate editor and later editor in chief of the Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, associate editor of the “Revista Controle & Automação” of SBA, member of the presidency of the ABCM and member of the presidency of the SBA
Author of the book «Controle Programavel», ed. Edgard Blucher, and co-author of the books «Modelling and Analysis of Hybrid Supervisory Systems», ed. Springer, and «Fault Tolerance in Manufacturing: Applying Petri Nets», ed. VDM-Verlag. Currently he works in the area of Mechatronics Engineering, with emphasis in system automation and has performed research and developments in discrete event systems, manufacturing systems, industrial automation, robot programming and control systems

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain

Lecture title (preliminary): Milling and surface finish. Language: Spanish

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering in Mechanics, University of Santiago of Chile, Chile (1993)
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain (1999)
Professor from 2005 in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Superior Technical School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has worked as: Agencia Esp. de Cooperación Int. (MUTIS), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1993-1997), researcher, University of Santiago of Chile (2000-2003), research support medium level technician, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2004-2005).
Author of several articles and conference papers. Author and co-author of several books: Ingeniería de Procesos de Fabricación, Tecnologías de Fabricación. Complementary lecture material: Guiones de Prácticas y Problemas, Montajes, Uniones, Acabados de superficies y Tratamientos Térmicos, Fabricación de Piezas de Plástico. Coordinator and researcher in various research works. Member of the Centre de Recerca e Enginyeria Biomédica (CREB)

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

Lecture title: Visual servo control systems for assembly in motion. Language: Spanish

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Technological University of Pereira, Colombia (2000)
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Technological University of Pereira, Colombia (2005)
Ph.D.(C) in Electrical and Computing Engineering, Purdue University, U.S.A. (expected 2012)
Professor Technological University of Pereira from 2000. Electrical Engineering Laboratories manager (2002-2006). Fulbright scholar (2006). Currently, Associate Professor at the Electrical, Physics, and Computing Sciences Engineering Faculty
Some recent publications include: A parallel histogram-based particle filter for object tracking on SIMD-based smart cameras in ELSEVIER Computer Vision and Image Understanding CVIU2010 and Dynamic 6 DOF metrology for evaluating a visual servoing system in NIST/ACM/IEEE Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop, PerMIS08. Author of several books on instrumentation and automation in Spanish such as Curso Básico de LabVIEW 6i in 2002, Medidas Eléctricas e Instrumentación in 2004, and Fundamentos Teóricos para Automatas Industriales in 2010

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

Lecture title: Effect of fuel E20 (ethanol 20% – petrol 80%) on automobiles in Colombia. Language: Spanish

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Technological University of Pereira, Colombia (2008)
M.Sc. in Design and Technology of Advanced Vehicle Systems, École Supérieure Des Techniques Aéronautiques Et De Construction Automobile, France (2011)
Diploma in Project Management, EAFIT University, Colombia (in course)
Researcher in the area of emissions and environmental impact of the research projects PROTOCOL E12, E15, and E20
Lecturer at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Technological University of Pereira