VirMan'06 Programme (DRAFT)


08:00
Registration opens.
08:30
Chairs' welcome.
08:45
Virtual Manufacturing – Are we there yet? Keynote: Jayaram S., VRCIM, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
09:30
User Activity in an Immersive Cable Harness Design System. Ritchie J.M., Dewar R.G., Robinson G., Rea H.J., Day P.N., Sung R.C.W., Scottish Manufacturing Institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
10:00
Coffee Break.
10:30
Virtual Training Studio: A Step towards Virtual Environment Assisted Training. Brough J.E*, Schwartz M.*, Gupta1 S.K.*, Anand D.K. *, Clark C.**, Peterson R.**, Yeager C.**, * Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA and ** Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD, USA.
11:00
Concurrent operations simulation in immersive virtual reality. Dorozhkin D.V.*, Vance J.M.*, Rehn G.D.**, Lemessi M.**, *Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, USA and **Industrial Engineering, Simulation Group, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, USA.
11:30
Design Evaluation and Modification in a Virtual Environment. Antonya C., Talaba D., Department of Product Design and Robotics, Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania.
12:00
Lunch and Demonstrations.
13:00
A Haptic Assembly, Machining and Manufacturing System (HAMMS) Approach. Lim T., Calis M., Ritchie J.M, Corney J.R., Dewar R.G, Desmulliez M., Scottish Manufacturing Institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
13:30
A Dual-Handed Haptic Interface for Virtual Assembly.
Seth, A., Hai-Jun S., Vance J.M., Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, USA.
14:00
A Structural Assessment of Haptic-based Assembly Processes.
Lim T., Calis M., Ritchie J.M, Corney J.R., Dewar R.G, Desmulliez M., Scottish Manufacturing Institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
14:30
Digital Archive of Manufacturing Knowledge based on Virtual Manufacturing.
Onasato M., Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan.
15:00
Coffee Break.
15:30
Rapid Development of Immersive Applications.
Shipton D., Reiners D., Cruz-Neira C., Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, USA.
16:00
Using the Semantic Web to Enable Integration with Virtual Engineering Tools.
McCorkle D.S., Bryden K.M., Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University, USA.
16:30
Plenary.

17:00
Close.



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