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My name is Zekai Murat Kilic and I am a Senior Lecturer in the Manufacturing Group of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the School of Engineering at The University of Manchester (UoM). I earned my PhD degree and Postdoctoral research experience from Professor Altintas’ Manufacturing Automation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), and further had 2.5 years of industry experience at Pratt & Whitney Canada (QC, Canada) and at ITRI Intelligent Machine Tools Division (Taichung, Taiwan). My Master’s degree is from Professor Ozguven’s Vibrations group at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), where I also earned my BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering.				With my son at UBC MAL. ~2019
RESEARCH i) Digital twinning of multi-axis CNC machine tools: As summarised in the above picture for an example of Digitised Machine Tool, I am interested in modelling the dynamic, kinematic and control aspects of production machines coupled with the process models. Each model will be part of a realistic Virtual Manufacturing System that involves multiple manufacturing technology. ii) Model-based process monitoring and optimisation (Industry 4.0 principles) iii) Intelligent tools for high performance manufacturing Fields of interest: Metal cutting; Additive Manufacturing; Industry 4.0
PhD opportunities: Please write to me to discuss on research topics towards advancing the manufacturing engineering. Here is the link to potential scholarships/awards for prospective School of Engineering applicants. In general, the prospective PhD students can apply for these scholarships: Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship (DDS) For UK or international researchers of the highest calibre Two-stage process: 1) application; 2) interview Postgraduate Research Teaching Associate (PGRTA) Scholarship For UK researchers with an interest in progressing into teaching Two-stage process: 1) application; 2) interview President’s Doctoral Scholarship (PDS) For UK or international researchers of the highest calibre  Two-stage process: 1) application; 2) interview In addition, Postgraduate dual- and joint-awards are also available between University of Manchester and leading institutes in India (IISc Bangalore, IIT Kharagpur), Australia (University of Melbourne), Japan (University of Tokyo) and Singapore (A*STAR Research Institute): Prospective Chinese students may also check the UoM-CSC Joint Scholarship funding between Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) and University of Manchester: In the past, there were also scholarship chances for students from minority groups in engineering (e.g. exceptional women in engineering, or black future engineering) which would possibly be reannounced later on.
TEACHING Lecturing: i) CNC machining (Undergraduate Year 4 (MEng)/Postgraduate (MSc)) ii) Electrical Machining (Undergraduate Year 3) Course co-ordination: i) Workshop practice unit (Undergraduate Year 1 and Year 2) ii) Manufacturing Engineering 3 (Undergraduate Year 3)
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