Muammer Koç Author & Editor

Muammer Koç, PhD, is the Director of National Science Foundation (NSF)-Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Precision Forming (CPF), Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University; and Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Sehir University. His research interests include manufacturing processes and systems, micro-manufacturing, design of nano/micro-scale functional surface structures, and product innovation.

Tuğrul Özel, PhD, is the Director of Manufacturing Automation Research Laboratory and Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University in New Jersey. His research interests include manufacturing processes and automated systems, computational modeling of machining processes, laser-based micro/nano processing, and design and manufacturing of micro-products.