2025 Invited Speakers

 

Prof. Thanate Ratanawilai,
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Biography: THANATE RATANAWILAI received the B.Eng. degree in industrial engineering from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, in 1991. Since 1993, he has been with the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. He received the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A., in 2002. He is currently working as a full professor in industrial engineering. Dr. Thanate is a member of the Smart Industry Research Center and a former member of the Center of Excellence in Metal and Materials Engineering, Prince of Songkla University. His research interests are deeply focused on the mechanical and thermal properties of wood-plastic composites, as well as wood drying technology.

 

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Zili Wang
Zhejiang University, China

Biography: Zili Wang is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University.His research interests include metal tube forming, design and manufacturing of metal plastic forming equipment,reliable prediction of product performance driven by intelligent algorithms, multi-performance simulation analysis and optimization design, digital-twin, etc. He has held or participated in 15 national research projects, and published over 60 SCI papers in journals like Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Robotics and
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Applied Soft Computing, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Materials & Design, Expert Systems with Applications, etc. He has been granted 2 US patents, 1 Japanese patent, and over 30 Chinese invention patents. Dr. Wang is a young editor of Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing and Special Equipment, and a reviewer for over 20 international journals. He has been selected as a 2023 Outstanding Reviewer for Future Generations Computer Systems Journal and won a Gold Award at the Nuremberg Global Invention Exhibition in Germany 2023.

Key Technologies for the Design and Manufacturing of Complex Pipeline Systems Driven by New Generation Artificial Intelligence

The piping system is known as the industrial blood vessel and is widely used in multiple fields. The design of a piping system is the beginning of its entire lifecycle, and its design scheme is directly related to the operational performance of the entire system during service. Traditional pipeline system design schemes are often decoupled from their manufacturing processes and do not design pipeline system schemes from the perspective of manufacturability. To this end, an intelligent design method for complex pipeline systems considering manufacturability has been proposed. By utilizing next-generation artificial intelligence technology, we have connected the design and manufacturing stages of pipeline systems. Furthermore, for more complex equipment systems, we propose a new design scheme for free curve pipelines with spatial G2 continuity. The feasibility of our proposed method has been validated in multiple important scenarios. Our method opens a brand new door for the design of complex system pipelines.

 

 

 

 

 



2024 Invited Speakers

 

Prof. Osman Adiguzel
Firat University, Turkey

Assoc. Prof. Zili Wang
Zhejiang University, China