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Dec. 1994 - Present |
Research Engineer, Lab Manager
CIM Lab, Institute for Systems Research,
UMCP Lab responsibilities - Managing the facilities (i.e., Windows NT workstations, UNIX systems/networks, ObjectStore database server, and CNC machines) and personnel of the CIM Lab;
- Installing/maintaining software in UNIX and Windows NT machines;
- Overseeing routine operations;
- Managing software development projects for faculty and industrial collaborators affiliated with the lab;
- Developing software in C++ ( Sun Workshop, GNU, Microsoft Visual C++),
Java (IBM VisualAge), and Microsoft Visual Basic; using CASE tools (i.e.,
Together Control Center, Rational Rose, Petri nets);
- Developing manufacturing/assembly simulation models using ARENA;
- Aiding in the selection of various software systems in support of projects;
- Install/maintaining CIM Lab web servers (Apache + Tomcat)
- Developing/maintaining CIM Lab web site and Intranet web site;
Consulting Projects
- Technical feasibility analysis of a shop floor real time operator work instruction system for Black and Decker at Easton
- Cell formation analysis for Ward Machinery (in-house software)
- Muni bus assembly line simulation for AAI (ARENA)
- Cell formation and layout for Dixon Valve & Coupling (in-house software and MS Excel)
Research Projects
ScheduleThis! - a Web-based Scheduling Service Portal
- Supervised the development of a web-based scheduling service portal. This
system provides a scalable infrastructure that enables additions of scheduling
algorithms without changing the underlying Java programs.
- Using IBM VisualAge for Java, JSPs, Servlets, IBM DB2, and Apache Tomcat
web server
Innovation-Alert Services for Managing Product Evolution
- Supervised the
development of Java programs to extract information from the Internet.
The task includes the development of web pages and information
description language.
- Supervising and Developing web-based
innovation-alert services
- Using IBM VisualAge for Java, JSPs, Servlets,
IBM DB2, and Apache Tomcat web server
Object Modeling of Dynamic Web-Based Enterprise Systems
- The goal of this project is to develop SCOR
based simulation constructs of extended enterprises for planning and
control in supply chain. Various planning SCOR process elements are
realized in MS EXCEL and execution process elements are being
implemented in ARENA. The system can be used to evaluate supply chain
alternatives so that relevant system performances are optimized and to
determine equitable methods of allocating value along the chain.
- Developing a SCOR-based supply chain training model in MS EXCEL
- Advising the development of a simulation-based supply chain inventory system
to evaluate various operational policies subject to dynamic market price
change
Intelligent Process Planner and Scheduler
(IPPS)
- Supervised the development of Adaptable Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling
Engine (AMPSE) based on a Parallel Simulated Annealing Optimization Algorithml
- Developed Internet based Service Architecture, XML based information models,
and Java reusable components (Java Beans)
- Built an IPPS prototype using IBM XML Parser, Java Server Page (JSP), Servlets,
Applets
- Using Rational Rose for System Specifications/Documentation, IBM VisualAge
for Java for Java Beans/Servlets development, IBM WebSphere Studio for
managing and developing html/JSP pages, and Apache Tomcat Web servers in
UNIX and Windows NT
- Developed a XML database prototype using Tamino Database
Adaptable Manufacturing Simulation Model
- Identifying concepts of adaptability, some measures for adaptable simulation models, and factors that affect adaptability
- Finished survey of Java-based open source simulation packages
An Agent-based Shop Floor Simulation System
- Supervised and developed a Java-based shop floor simulation system
- Supervised and developed a GUI-based automatic simulation code generator.
Modeling and Evaluation of Assembly Systems
- Performed research and co-advising an MS student for this NIST project.
- Developed Bottleneck Identification Methodology for Throughput-Oriented Flow Lines
Integrating Product Design and Production:
Designing for Time-to-Market - Performed research with a MS and a Ph.D. students
Integrated Product and Process Design Automation
Tool for Microwave Module
- Coordinated project activities among participants from several organizations.
- Developed and supervised design workflow program.
- Developed project web pages.
Operator Information System for Parallel
Assembly Workstations
- Completed and delivered Operator Information System for Parallel Assembly Workstations to Black & Decker at Easton
- Developed Internet-based real-time workstation controller, which communicates with the Prodel conveyor controller via serial line and web browser via DDE using MS Visual Basic.
Distributed Group Technology Code Generation
System - Supervised and completed a feature-based design in Microstation, STEP file translator, Internet-based manufacturing service (Group Technology code generation system).
- Developed C++, Java, GUI, object-oriented database, and networking programs.
- Developed and integrated STEP file-to-Object Store database translator (in C++) with the Optimal Selection Partners in Agile Manufacturing System.
Virtual Manufacturing Background Research, http://www.isr.umd.edu/Labs/CIM/projects/virtual.html
- Completed and delivered Virtual Manufacturing research phase I and II projects to Manufacturing Technology Directorate, Air Force Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, under contract via Lawrence Associates Inc.
- Performed intensive reviews of up-to-date research and industrial applications in virtual manufacturing.
- Developed virtual manufacturing web site including html pages and on-line information storage/retrieval system.
- Developed ACIS .sat file to STEP file translator on the web.
Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing
- Completed and delivered the Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing Software System to ARMY Tank-Automotive Command.
- Developed C++, Object-oriented (Object Store) databases, and GUI.
- Performed configuration management and supervised program development.
- Completed software system documentation and software design representation techniques.
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- Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Mark Fleischer, Edward Lin, Vidit Mathur, and Jim
Glasser (2001) "Affordable Space Systems Manufacturing:
Intelligent Synthesis Technology, Process Planning, and Production Scheduling,"
accepted for publication in the ASME 2001 DETC/CIE.
- Guilherme E. Vieira, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Edward Lin (2000) "
Predicting the Performance of Rescheduling Strategies for Parallel Machine
Systems," Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 256-266,
2000.
- D. Nau, J. Meyer, M. Ball, J. Baras, A. Chowdhury,
E. Lin, R. Rajamani, and V. Trichur (2000)
"Integrating AI Planning and Integer
Programming for Use in Integrated Product
and Process Design." In AAAI-2000 Workshop
on Integration of AI and OR Techniques for
Combinatorial Optimization. Austin, TX, 2000.
AAAI. To appear.
- Dana Nau, Michael Ball, John Baras, Abdur
Chowdhury, Edward Lin, Jeff Meyer, Ravi Rajamani,
John Splain, and Vinai Trichur (2000)
"Integrated Product and Process Design
of Microwave Modules using AI Planning and
Integer Programming," In Fourth Workshop
on "Knowledge Intensive CAD (KIC-4),
pp. 186-196. Parma, Italy, 2000. IFIP Working
Group 5.2.
- Dana Nau, Michael Ball, John Baras, Abdur Chowdhury, Edward Lin, Jeff Meyer,
Ravi Rajamani, John Splain, and Vinai Trichur (2000) "Generating
and Evaluating Designs and Plans for Microwave Modules," AI for Engineering
Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing (AI-EDAM), 14(4):289-304, September
2000.
- Guilherme E. Vieira, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Edward Lin (2000) "
Analytical Models to Predict the Performance of a Single-Machine System
Under Periodic and Event-Driven Rescheduling Strategies," International
Journal of Production Research, Volume 38, Number 8, pp. 1899-1915, 2000.
- Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Edward Lin, Bala Ram,
and Sanjiv Sarin (2000) "Adaptable
Simulation Models for Manufacturing,"
accepted to appear in the FAIM 2000 -- Flexible
Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing,
June 26-28, 2000, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland.
- Minis, I., J.W. Herrmann, G. Lam, and E. Lin (1999)
" A Generative Approach for Concurrent
Manufacturability Evaluation and Subcontractor
Selection," Journal of Manufacturing
Systems, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 383-395,
1999.
- Yi-Tzer Lin and Chen Zhou (1999) "Modeling
and Analysis of Message Passing in Distributed
Manufacturing Systems," IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics -- Part
C: Applications and Reviews, Vol. 29, No.
2, May 1999, pp. 250-261.
- Jeff Meyer, Mike Ball, John Baras, Abdur
Chowdhury, Edward Lin, Dana Nau, Ravi Rajamani,
and Vinai Trichur (1998) "Process Planning
in Microwave Module Production," 1998
Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing
Workshop: State of the Art and State of Practice,
Second Biannual AI & Mfg Workshop, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Aug. 31 - Sept. 2, 1998.
- Ramesh Karne, Swati Dandekar, Sridhar Poluri,
Gang Chen, John Baras, Dana Nau, Michael
Ball, Edward Lin, Vinai Trichur, James Williams
(1998) "Web-It-Man: A Web-based Integrated
Tool for Manufacturing Environment,"
DETC98/CIE-5524, 1998 ASME Design Engineering
Technical Conference, Sept. 13-16, Atlanta,
GA.
- Michael Ball, John Baras, Edward Lin, Ioannis
Minis, Dana Nau and Ramesh Karne (1998) "Integrated
Product and Process Design Tool for Microwave
Modules," 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing
Grantees Conference, pp. 655-656, Jan. 5-8,
1998, Monterey, Mexico.
- Manish Govil, Karthik S.G., Edward Lin, Edward
Magrab and Ioannis Minis (1998) "Integrating
Product Design and Production: Designing
for Time-to-Market," 1998 NSF Design
and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, pp.
657-658, Jan. 5-8, 1998, Monterrey, Mexico.
- Kenneth Crossen and Edward Lin (1997) "Creating
Excellent Manufacturing Work Instructions,"
Modern Machine Shop, Nov. 1997, pp. 178-180.
- Kalyanapasupathy, V., Lin, Edward, and Minis, Ioannis (1997) "Group Technology Code Generation over the Internet," DETC97/CIE-4290, 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 14-17, 1997, Sacramento, CA.
- Herrmann, Jeffrey, Lin, Edward, and Minis, Ioannis (1997) "An Operator Information System for Parallel, off-line assembly," 6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, September 9-12, 1997, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
- Lin, Edward, Minis, I., Nau, D.S., Regli, W.C. (1996) "An Assessment of Virtual Manufacturing Technologies," Proceedings of the 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jan. 2-5, 1996, pp. 101-102.
- Candadai, A., Herrmann, J.W., Lam, G., Lin,
Edward, Minis, I., Ramachandran, V. (1996)
"Design Evaluation for Agile Manufacturing,"
Proceedings of the 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing
Grantees Conference, University of New Mexico,
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Jan. 2-5, 1996, pp. 27-28.
- Lin, Yi-Tzer and Zhou, Chen (1993) "Message Reachability Analysis for Manufacturing Cells", 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, Los Angeles, California, May 26-28, 1993, pp. 46-50.
- Lin, Yi-Tzer (1994) "Modelling and analysis for message reachability in distributed manufacturing systems," Ph.D. thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. (Copyright 24Aug95, TX-4-114-980).
Invited Talks and Presentations
- Web-based Services for Manufacturing, presented at NC A&T State University, Feb. 8, 2001
- Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Guilherme E. Vieira, and Edward Lin, "Evaluating Rescheduling Strategies," Invited Cluster in Manufacturing and Logistics Fall 1999 INFORMS Meeting, Philadelphia, November 7-10, 1999.
- Guilherme E. Vieira, Jeffrey W. Herrmann,
and Edward Lin, "Evaluating rescheduling
policies for discrete manufacturing systems,"
poster session, Winter Simulation Conference'98,
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC, Dec. 13-16,
1998.
- Petri Nets: Tutorial and Applications, The 32th Annual Symposium of the
Washington Operations Research - Management Science Council, Washington,
D.C., Nov. 5, 1997.Presentation Material , Handout
Technical Reports
- Herrmann, J.W., Lin, Edward, and Minis, Ioannis (1998) "An Internet-Based Work Instructions System," Technical Report TR98-4, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland.
- Kalyanapasupathy, V., Lin, Edward, and Minis, Ioannis (1997) "Distributed Group Technology Code Generation System," Technical Report, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland.
- Edward Lin, Ioannis Minis, Dana S. Nau and William C. Regli (1996) "Contribution to Virtual Manufacturing Background Research -- Phase II," Final Report to Lawrence Associatesin for Manufacturing Technology Directorate, Air Force Wright Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-6533.
- Edward Lin, Ioannis Minis, Dana S. Nau and William C. Regli (1995) "Contribution to Virtual Manufacturing Background Research -- Phase I," Final Report to Lawrence Associatesin for Manufacturing Technology Directorate, Air Force Wright Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-6533, Contract No. F33615-92-D-5812.
- Ioannis Minis, Arun Candadai, Jeffrey Herrmann, Giang Lam, Edward Lin, Rakesh Nagi and Vijay Ramachandran (1995)"Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing -- Software User's Manual (A004)," Contract DAAE07-93-C-R086, U.S. Army Tank Command (TACOM), AMSTA-IRRA.
- Ioannis Minis, Arun Candadai, Jeffrey Herrmann, Giang Lam, Edward Lin, Rakesh Nagi and Vijay Ramachandran (1995)"Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing -- Computer System Operator's Manual (A005)," Contract DAAE07-93-C-R086, U.S. Army Tank Command (TACOM), AMSTA-IRRA.
- Ioannis Minis, Arun Candadai, Jeffrey Herrmann, Giang Lam, Edward Lin, Rakesh Nagi and Vijay Ramachandran (1995)"Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing -- Final Report (A001),"Contract DAAE07-93-C-R086, U.S. Army Tank Command (TACOM), AMSTA-IRRA.
- Ioannis Minis, Arun Candadai, Jeffrey Herrmann, Giang Lam, Edward Lin, Rakesh Nagi and Vijay Ramachandran (1995)"Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing -- System/Segment Design Document (A003)," Contract DAAE07-93-C-R086, U.S. Army Tank Command (TACOM), AMSTA-IRRA.
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