Automated Surface Defect Inspection – Drew Schiltz, Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions INTRODUCTION Current universal methods for quality control of surface defects largely rely on the human visual inspection process which is notoriously subjective, unrepeatable and unreliable. The implementation may look slightly different across various industries, but the overarching process remains the same; the visual inspector […]

Scrum for Hardware and Systems – Dr. David G. Ullman and Dr. Joshua Tarbutton, UNC Charlotte The Scrum Agile framework has had a significant impact on the design of software. It has cut the number of failed projects in industry nearly in half. It is now being applied to the design of hardware and systems. […]

Evaluation of flexure mechanism motion constraints during design (Part I and II) – Dr. Stuart Smith, UNC Charlotte; Dr Kumar Arumugam, NIST; and Dr. Marijn Nijenhuis, University of Twente Part I: Review of flexure mechanisms – a mobility perspective Part II: Interactive web application for mobility visualization using flexible multibody analysis Flexures are found in stages and mechanisms […]

Diamond Machining of Freeform Optics – Dr. Matt Davies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Freeform optics are a revolutionary technology in the optics industry moving away from the centuries-old design principals based on optics with an axis of symmetry either on or off the optic.  Freeform shapes allow a nearly arbitrary redirection of light […]

Emerging Nanofabrication Technologies – S.V. Sreenivasan, University of Texas at Austin Nanolithography Introduction, e-beam, and photolithography Self-assembly techniques – block copolymers, nanosphere self-assembly Soft lithography, thermal embossing, and UV nanoimprint lithography Nanoimprint fundamentals Wafer scale, stepper, and roll-to-roll nanoimprint Template/master fabrication Applications Pattern transfer Introduction to wet etch, dry etch Reactive ion etching basics Deep […]

Principles of Precision Machine Tool Design – Mark Stocker, Cranfield Precision, Division of Fives Landis Ltd. The tutorial will be based upon Prof. Pat McKeown’s Eleven Principles and Techniques of Precision Machine Design and will primarily use examples from ultra-precision machines designed and manufactured by Cranfield Precision over the past 30+ years. The tutorial will […]

Modern Optical Fabrication Techniques – Jessica DeGroote-Nelson, Optimax Optical fabrication has continued to evolve for centuries, however in the past thirty years the industry has transitioned from artisan, craft based precision polishing to harnessing the advantages provided by laser based metrology and computer controlled grinding and polishing platforms.  This tutorial will review the fundamentals of […]

Vibration Control Workshop – Han Hartgers & Ronald Kappel, Integrated Dynamics Engineering This is a workshop in the field of vibration control with focus on vibration isolation for precision equipment, as exemplified by metrology and lithography tools for the semiconductor industry. In spite of massive improvements in design methods and imaging techniques, vibrations are still […]

Vibrometry – Tobias Ban, Vibrations Inc. Laser Doppler Vibrometry for Precise Non Contact Vibration Measurements.  This session will cover the measurement principle, advantages, limitations and applications of laser doppler vibrometry and will include several demonstrations of the technology in action. Tobias Ban, Vibrations Inc. Tobias Ban has been in the Sound and Vibration industry for over 20 […]

Precision Balancing, Static Balance in Precision Engineering – Dr. Jan de Jong, University of Twente Unbalance can be quite unpleasant. In this tutorial, we treat static balancing of machines and mechanisms. This design principle aim to improve the mechanism’s performance by cancelling the static loads such as gravity. This results in lamps, hospital equipment and […]