SUMMARY

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, MS in Operation Research, MS-Automation, and BSME. Experience in system design/integration, project management, methodology development, production/scheduling, shop floor control, and virtual manufacturing systems. Proficient with computer systems, object-oriented technology, system integration/CM, C++, Java, network, object oriented database, and Internet-based manufacturing services.

EDUCATION

Sept. 1994

Ph.D.
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

Dec. 1989

M.S. Operation Research and CIMS Certificate
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

June 1980

M.S. Automatic Control Engineering
Feng-Chia University, Tai-Chung, Taiwan.

June 1977

B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Feng-Chia University, Tai-Chung, Taiwan.

EXPERIENCES

Duties, Responsibilities, & Major Accomplishments

Dec. 1994 - Present

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 Professional Edition, Symantec Visual Cafe Database Edition), and Microsoft Visual Basic; using CASE tools (i.e., Rational Rose, Petri nets), ACIS;
• Developing manufacturing/assembly simulation models using ARENA;
• Aid in the selection of various software systems in support of projects;
• Developing/maintaining Lab Internet web pages and Intranet web site;
• Co-advising Ph.D. and MS students.

• Technical feasibily 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)

• Developing Java-based Distributed Virtual Manufacturing System
• Developing System Architecture and Java reusable components (Java Beans)
• Using Rational Rose for System Specifications/Documentation

• Performing research and co-advising a MS student for this NIST project.
• Developing Bottleneck Identification Methodology for Throughput-Oriented Flow Lines

• Performing research and co-advising a MS and a Ph.D. students

• Coordinating project activities among participants from several organizations.
• Developing and supervising design work flow program.
• Developing project web pages.

• Completed and delivered Operator Information System for Parallel Assembly Workstations to Black & Decker at Easton
• Developed Internet-based real-time work station controller which communicates with the Prodel conveyor controller via serial line and web browser via DDE using MS Visual Basic.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Sept. 1987 - Sept. 1994



 

Ph.D. Student
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jan. 1991 - Mar. 1993

CIMS Lab Assistant, Projects Supervisor
CIMS Program, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jan. 1988 - Sept. 1990

Graduate Research Assistant
Material Handling Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

July 1986 - Aug. 1987

Researcher & Manager of Manufacturing Department
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

July 1984 - June 1986

Manager of Controller Application Department
Industrial Technology Research Institute

Sept. 1982 - June 1984

Associate Researcher, Automatic Control Division
Industrial Technology Research Institute

Oct. 1980 - Aug. 1982

Second Lieutenant with Speciality in Electronics

SPECIAL SKILLS

System Techniques

Computer

CAE/CAD/CAM, Simulation, Lisp, C++/C, Java, statistic analysis, database, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, Local Area Network (LAN), TCP/IP, SLIP, IBM Distributed Automation Edition (DAE), W3, IDE, CASE Tools.

Training courses

- Introduction to MDL (Microstation)
- IBM Distributed Automation Edition architecture.
- Computer Numerical control (CNC) -- General Electric.
- Top-down requirement analysis.
- Software verification, check-out, and testing techniques.
- Business management & administration.

PUBLICATIONS

• Yi-Tzer Lin and Chen Zhou, "Modeling and Analysis of Message Passing in Distributed Manufacturing Systems," accepted to appear in IEEE SMC.
• 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 "Integrated Product and Process Design Tool for Microwave Modules," 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, pp. 655-656, Jan. 5-8, 1998, Monterrey, Mexico.
• Manish Govil, Karthik S.G., Edward Lin, Edward Magrab and Ioannis Minis "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).

• 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

• 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.