Author: Jörn Mehnen

Dr Weidong Li is a Reader at the Coventry University, UK. His major research interests include digital manufacturing technologies, collaborative design and manufacturing, and manufacturing planning. In the areas, Dr Li has published 100 research papers, co-authored 3 books (Springer and World Scientific Publishers). As principal investigators or co-principal investigators, he has cooperated with a number of manufacturing OEMs and SMEs to work on various manufacturing application research through EU Framework and UK EPSRC funding. He and his team have attracted more than £2.5m research funding to the Coventry University in recent five years.   Dr Jörn Mehnen is a Senior Lecturer at the Cranfield University, UK. His major research interest lies in applying advanced computing methods to manufacturing problems. Dr Mehnen has published 3 books (one with Springer “Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing. Applications of Soft Computing: from Theory to Praxis”, 2009, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-89619-7) and published more than 100 publications in journals and leading conferences. He is the principal investigator of a £2m project in Additive Layer Manufacturing and the co-founder of the new EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering Services at the Cranfield University.