Virtual Manufacturing

1. Augmented Reality for Manufacturing

2. Manufacturing Processes and Systems

3. Automation and Control in Manufacturing

4. Augmented Reality for Sensors, Transducers and Actuators

5. Augmented Reality for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Based Applications

6. Augmented Reality for Industrial Manipulators, Gantries and Conveyors

7. Virtual Reality Design for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Based Applications

8. Augmented Reality for Embedded Systems

9. Augmented Reality for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Based Application

10. Augmented Reality for Mechatronics Based Application

11. Virtual Manufacturing for Discrete Manufacturing Systems

12. The Future of Virtual Manufacturing Using Augmented Reality Technology

Professor Wasim Ahmed Khan teaches Engineering and Computer Science undergraduate and postgraduate students in ABET and other environments. His research interests include operations research, virtual reality, virtual manufacturing and education management. He has been involved in the design and development of laboratories for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Dr Khan also develops software for business, science and engineering domains, organizes seminars and international conferences, and has published books and research papers with international publishers. Dr. Khan is a fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK. He is currently acting as HEC Foreign Professor at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan.

Professor Abdul Raouf is an Institute Professor at the University of Management and Technology, Pakistan, since 2005. He gained his PhD from the University of Windsor. He holds one of the Pakistan's highest civil awards for his worldwide services in the domain of Industrial Engineering. He has published more than 150 Research papers and is author of eight books. He is on the editorial board of several International Journals including Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering.

Professor Kai Cheng holds the chair professorship in Manufacturing Systems at Brunel University. His current research interests focus on micro manufacturing, design of precision machine tools, and global/sustainable manufacturing and systems. Professor Cheng has published over 160 papers in learned international journals and referred conferences, authored/edited 5 books and contributed 6 book chapters.