Advances in E-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology

Providing significant contributions from practitioners , researchers, educators, and end-users, the reader will find information on the latest innovations and techniques, including,

• e-Engineering systems
• e-supply chains and e-logistics
• Web based CAD/CAM/CAPP
• Virtual and collaborative engineering
• Web based modelling and simulations
• Mass customization and customer driven  engineering
• Tele-operation and tele-robotics.
• On-line education and industrial training

Vital reading for leading-edge system developers, researchers,  innovators, and early adopters within industry, government, and academia who are in search of excellence.

Kai Cheng of Brunel University in the UK 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 refereed conferences, authored/edited 5 books and contributed 6 book chapters. Professor Cheng is a fellow of the IET and IMechE. He is the head of the Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering Department at Brunel, which consists of 10 academics and over 30 research assistants and PhD students. Professor Cheng is the European editor of the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture.