Modelling and optimisation of a femtosecond laser micro-machining process for micro-hole array products

About the author

Yiliu Tu, is a professor at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada, and Zi Jin Scholar Chair Professor at School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, P R China. He received his BSc in electronic engineering and MSc in mechanical engineering, both from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China; PhD in production engineering from Aalborg University (AU), Denmark. Before he joined University of Calgary in 2002, he was a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1) of HUST, post-doctoral research fellow at AU, assistant professor at the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, a lecturer and senior lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His present research interests are OKP (One-of-a-Kind Production) product design and manufacture, ultra-fast laser micro-machining technology, and modeling and simulation of networked critical infrastructure. He has published more than 170 research papers (SCI 78, EI 97). He is a senior member of SME (Society of Manufacture Engineers) and a professional engineer of APEGGA (The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta).