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SME's North American Manufacturing Research Institution Selects 2020 Awardees

GM researchers were recognized for patented multiaxis machine tool compensation system; new board of directors announced

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 8, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —  SME's North American Manufacturing Research Institution has announced the 2020 winners of its S.M. Wu Research Implementation Award. GM inventors Sheri Kurgin, PhD, and Jie Gu, PhD, were recognized for their COMP system and method invention, which was developed to perform global offset compensation in multiaxis machine tools. The patented and commercialized COMP system and method has been integrated in all the new machine tools in production for more than eight years.

The S.M. Wu Research Implementation Award was established in 2006 to honor the late Shien-Ming Wu, PhD, FSME. The award, named for Wu, a University of Michigan professor, highlights outstanding original research presented as a paper at SME's annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference that shares significant commercial and/or social impact after implementation.  

"The S.M. Wu Award is designed to showcase manufacturing research and its evolution from concept to reality," said Robert Ivester, PhD, FSME, deputy director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and international director, SME Board of Directors. "Doctors Kurgin and Gu are joining an impressive group of researchers whose work has taken manufacturing to a whole new level."

Among the list of previously awarded original research are selective laser sintering, laser-assisted machining, assembly systems, simulation models for machining processes, machine tools and DEFORM, a finite-element modeling package. 

In addition to announcing the Wu Award, NAMRI | SME also released its new selection of officers and directors comprising its board of directors.

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For additional award information and background on NAMRI | SME, visit sme.org/namri.

About NAMRI/SME
The North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI | SME) brings together researchers from leading companies, government laboratories, academic institutions and industrial think tanks located around the world to advance the scientific foundation of discrete-parts manufacturing. This group's work covers refining fundamental technologies and developing emerging technologies and processes for material removal and material forming, as well as research on manufacturing modeling, simulation, monitoring and control systems. Learn more at sme.org/namri.

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