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Contributors Malte Langmack Mr Malte Langmack studied Mechanical Engineering with focus on Micro and Precision Engineering at the Technical University Berlin, Germany. Since 2007 he has been working as a research engineer in the field of micro-electrical discharge machining at the Centre of Micro Production Technology of the Fraunhofer IPK. Email: Malte.Langmack-projekt@ipk.fraunhofer.de Jainguo Lin Professor Jianguo Lin, Head of Mechanics of Materials Division, Imperial College London, leads the research in material processing design and optimization via process modeling, and has published over 150 research papers over the last 20 years. He is a member of the editorial boards of five international journals, has an excellent track record in attracting research funding from EU, EPSRC, DTI and industries, and has organized a number of international conferences. Currently, he also heads a research group of 15 researchers working on various material-forming processes. Email: jianguo.lin@imperial.ac.uk Rafa Lo pez Dr Rafael Lopez Tarazo n has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering (Communications Branch). He worked in the R&D Department of Althea Productos Industriales, Spain, in 2000. In 2001 he was contracted by IBM as a System Engineer for wide-area networks in Madrid and Barcelona. He was a founding member of Robotnik Automation SLL in 2002 and since then has been the companys R&D manager. Email: rlopez@robotnik.es Yanling Ma Dr Yanling Ma obtained her PhD and then worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde. Her expertise is in tool/machine development for metal forming and micro-forming. She contributed to the machine and tool design for the micro-stamping machine system developed at Strathclyde. Before she joined the University of Strathclyde she worked

integrated manufacture with NCR. He then set up a successful consultancy before joining the University of Strathclyde studying for an MSc which led to a PhD, specializing in mechatronics and manufacturing automation. He then worked on the control and mechatronics aspects of the machine development for the EU MASMICRO project. Email: c.harrison@strath.ac.uk Christoph Hartl Dr Christoph Hartl has been a Professor at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences since 2002. He worked as a General Manager responsible for the Hydroforming R&D Center of a German press manufacturer. He is also the Managing Director of the Institute of Production Technology and Production Organization GmbH and President of the Society for Technical and Scientific Education e.V. in Cologne. His current research is focused on micro-hydroforming technology, laser processing and process simulation. Email: christoph.hartl@fh-koeln.de Jens Holtkamp Mr Jens Holtkamp studied Mechanical Engineering at the Aachen University of Technology (RWTH). Since 2004 he has been a research engineer at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), Aachen, with the Department of Micro-Technology. He is a member of the group Micro Structuring and his main field of the research is laser assisted forming processes. Email: jens.holtkamp@ilt.fraunhofer.de Pietro Larizza Dr Pietro Larizza is in charge of the Research & Development Division of Masmec Srl, Italy, carrying out industrial research devoted to the Robotics, Automation, Measurement and Advanced Production Technologies. He is named as an Expert of the MIUR for the disciplines of electronics, electronics measurement and automatic controls. He has published various technical papers and holds several industrial patents on identification techniques and processing of medical images. Email: piero.larizza@masmec.com