Dr. Kai Tang

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology     

Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

 

Phone: (852) 2358-8656; Email: mektang@ust.hk

 

BACKGROUND

RESEARCH

TEACHING

EDUCATION

HERE AND THERE

LET'S SING

Full CV

 

BACKGROUND

Short Bio

Dr. Kai Tang was born and grew up in the ancient capital city Nanjing of China. He graduated from the No. 13 middle school of Nanjing in 1977 and was fortunate to continue on to go to college after the universities in China had been virtually shut down for 10 years due to the Cultural Revolution. He went to his hometown university the Nanjing Institute of Technology and received BEng in Mechanical Engineering in the Spring of 1982 (class of 21-77-1). Afterward, among the first selected by China’s Education Ministry, he went to the University of Michigan in 1984, enrolling in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, where he received MSc in 1986 and PhD in 1990, both in Computer Engineering. From 1991 to 2001 for 10 years, he worked as a software specialist in software industry, mostly in the area of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing software development. He also for a short period of one year worked as the chief engineer in a start-up company focusing on voice recognition technology. In June 2001, he “went back” to school and joined the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Education

Academic employment

Industrial employment

RESEARCH

Dr. Tang has extensive industrial and research experiences in CAD/CAM and design and manufacturing automation software development. His research interests concentrate on designing efficient and practical algorithms for solving real world computational, geometric, and numerical problems.

Research areas

Past and current projects

Current:

·        “连续纤维增材制造轨迹规划的研发”, PI, 阿奈索 – HKUST(GZ) 技术开发项目, Project # R00335, RMB 1,200,000, 9/2025.9 – 8/2029.

·        “面向金属增减材混合制造的复杂腔体零件工艺规划”，PI，中国自然基金面上项目，RMB 500,000,项目号 52375518，1/2024 – 12/2027.

·        “复杂零件混合加工工艺的研发”, PI, 固高 – HKUST（GZ）技术开发项目, Project # R00040,  RMB 750,000, 9/2023 – 8/2026.

 

Past:

·       “Process planning of collision-free multi-pass flank milling of complicated parts based on quasi-developable stripification”, PI, RGC-GRF/16211222, HK$1,098,559, 1/9/2022 – 31/8/2025.

·       “金属多轴增减材复合加工中心软硬件平台的研发/多轴增减材复合加工工艺规划/仿真系统的研究与开发”, PI, FSPM02202007-1 (2020年度佛山科大专项校企合作研发项目), HK$9,100,000, 6/2021 – 6/2023.

·       “An Intelligent CAM system for automotive wheel hub manufacturing”, PI, PRP/041/19FX, HK$1,320, 000, 2/2020 – 8/2021.

·       “Curved layer-based process planning for five-axis volume printing of freeform parts”, PI, RGC-GRF/16200819, HK$700,000, 1/9/2019 – 31/8/2022.

·       “Artificial intelligent orthodontic system”, PI, ITS/411/17FX, HK$506, 000, 1/7/2019 – 30/5/2020.

·       “Offline programming for robotic manufacturing”, PI, ITS/141/18FX, HK$3,376, 000, 11/2018 – 30/11/2020.

·       “Automatic five-axis sweep scanning path planning system for efficient inspection of freeform surfaces”, PI, RGC-GRF/16205617, HK$443,950, 01/09/2017 – 31/08/ 2020.

·       “Time-optimal five-axis machining system based on machine-dependent potential field”, PI, RGC-GRF/16209714, HK$500,000, 01/09/ 2014 – 31/08/ 2017.

·       “Optimized toolpaths for 5-axis finishing operation of freeform surface parts”, PI, ITS/138/13FX, HK$2,000,000, Feb. 1, 2014 – Jan. 31, 2016.

·       “Efficient 5-axis CNC adaptive machining and measurement of hollow blisk blades", PI, ITF GHP/057/12, HK$5,500,000, 01/06/2013 - 31/09/2015.

·       “A comprehensive study of global collision avoidance for setup optimization and tool path generation in five-axis machining", PI, RGC-GRF/619212, HK$500,000, 01/09/2012 - 31/08/2015. 

·       “5-axis tool path generation from the perspective of minimizing the dynamic loading on the machine’s rotary axes and local gouging", PI, RGC-GRF/620409, HK$733,000, 01/09/2009 - 31/08/2011.

·       “A New MRG Algorithm for 3D Shape Matching", PI, RGC07/08 EG.620307, HK$382,000, 01/09/2007 - 31/08/2009.

·       “A unified tool path planning algorithm for 5-axis sculptured surface machining based on variational energy minimization", PI, RGC05/06.EG.620105, HK$360,000, 01/09/2005 - 31/08/2007.

·       “Optimal boundary triangulation of an interpolating ruled surface", PI, HKUST DAG04/05.EG.36, HK$69,000, 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2005.

·       “Next generation online multimedia collaboration system", PI, HK ITF WebEx Project UIM103, HK$14,000,000, 01/12/2004 - 30/11/2006.

·       “Design of a reliable interlocking system for the landing gates of material hoists", PI, HK OSHC Research Grant CM/4R/2004-01, HK$290,000, 01/07/2004 - 30/06/2005.

·       “A geometric method for determining intersection relations in the plane and its applications", PI, HKUST DAG02/03.EG.33, HK$67,150, 01/02/2003 - 31/01/2004.

·       “Optimal loop connection in laminated object manufacturing", PI, HKUST DAG01/02.EG.10, HK$100,000, 15/12/2001 - 14/12/2002.

     Total amount of research funding as sole PI: HK$51M

Publications

 

TEACHING

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Current:

Chen, Yuanzhi (PhD)

Wang, Yihe (PhD)

Zhang, Wenze (PhD)

Wang, Yichen (PhD)

Gao, Yang (PhD)

Liu, Rui (PhD)

Lin, Yehong (PhD)

 

Graduated:

JIA, Jinyuan (PhD)

WANG, Nan (PhD)

CHEN, Zhanqing (PhD)

CHEN, Ming (PhD)

HU, Pengcheng (PhD)

Quan, Lulin (PhD)

XU, Ke (PhD)

Ni, Feng (PhD)

Dada, Oluwaseun John (PhD)

Zhang, Rong (PhD)

Jing, Bichen (PhD)

Lai, Yuen Hoo (PhD)

Chen, Li (PhD)

CHEN, Lufeng (PhD)

YAN, Qianhang (PhD)

WANG, Jiarui (PhD)

Cai, Xin (PhD)

LI, Yamin (PhD)

LI, Zhaoyu (PhD)

XIE, Fubao (PhD)

Kwing Fung, Wong (PhD)

He, Dong (PhD)

Wang, Xiangyu (PhD)

Lau, Francis (PhD)

Deng, Xiaoke (PhD)

Hao, Jiancheng (PhD)

Bi, Danjie (PhD)

 

YEUNG, Brian (MPhil)

CHEN, Hao (MPhil)

CHEN, Kun (MPhil)

ZHOU, Zi (MPhil)

CHUNG, Man Fai (MPhil)

LAU, Tak Yu (MPhil)

Ji, Guosheng (MPhil)

Shing Chun YU (MPhil)

Xu, Pengda (MPhil)

Ding, Yuzhu (MPhil)

 

 

HERE AND THERE

Now and then, here and there, I occasionally write something, not on PDE, not on geometry, just some instantaneous thoughts on life, the world peace, love, etc. My dream since child is to be a writer, well, perhaps in my second life.

 

LET'S SING

I like to sing, and wish I had some formal vocal training.  These songs are recorded by a MP3 player using a HK$80 microphone. Drop me a line if you feel they are not too annoying.

 

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