Dr. Benjamin Li - Modeling and
Software Architecture
Dr. Benjamin Li has
worked on process modeling
and related software developments for 30 years, and has developed an entire set of
process models (over 100 sets for process industries and
another 100 sets for discrete industries). Besides his engineering
experience (e.g. Ph.D. from Germany on AI), he also completed his 8-year on-job training for
30
computer classes throughout his work as software engineer
and software consultant. Up to now, he
has published
over 30 technical papers and completed three books on
Level 2 system (Intelligent System based on process models as
expansion to MES) development and other Smart
Manufacturing.
He received his B.S. from
University of Science & Technology Beijing
(USTB). During his graduate study
in USTB he
was selected as the top-30
best student (from over 1000
universities) of China who
qualified for Ph.D.
scholarship in studying abroad,
so he went to Germany in
1990.
Dr. Li earned his Ph.D. on
process modeling in
1995 from the Institute of
Metal Forming of TU
Bergakademie Freiberg (the
oldest university in the
world in mining
and metallurgy).
The success of his
project, which was with
equiv. US$500,000 DFG
funding and a workload
initially planned for two
Ph.D. programs, led to the
industrial-scale FEM
application in processing of
complicated shapes. During the research
he was also specially
assigned to direct a Master
(Diplom) student and several
research students (B.S.). The
research results were highly
recognized by well-known
scholars (e.g. a director of
Max-Planck Institute, and a
SMS Board of Director) and applied
in
the world's top companies such as then Mannesmann Demag (now
SMS), and he was also invited by Danieli to Italy for three
times.
Even before he completed
his Ph.D. study, he was
offered a Senior Engineer
position in the largest
metallurgical company Morgan
Construction Co., USA (now
merged with Siemens).
In Morgan, Dr. Li focused on
the model development, and
established an entire set of
manufacturing process models such as those
to predict metal/roll
deformation, force and
torque requirements, and microstructure
evolution during processing and
controlled cooling. The models were
developed through evaluation
of a 15-years tests
in Germany, a 5-year
tests in Morgan, various
published data and numerous
site data that Morgan
collected all over the
world. He also completed
industry projects such as then GST 19" bar mill roll pass
design and then ASW
high-speed wire
block pass sequence development. As early as in 1996
he published his first book
on the process modeling of
complicated sections (ISBN
3-86012-029-8, in German).
Dr. Li have been on the
model-based software
development since he started
evening computer classes in
1998.
Today's MES has a weakness
on industry know-how, and
this makes MES development
slow in the past years. But
this is just the technical
strength of Dr. B. Li. He developed Level 2
systems (expansion of MES
functions with industry
know-how) for Cascade Steel
smelting processes EAF, LMF
and Caster,
etc., which used C/C++ for
function implementation, VB
for interface and Oracle as
backend. He also
improved EOS (then Oregon Steel
Mills) plate steckle mill
Level 2 models by applying
efficient learning, improved
flow stress model and
metallurgical principles. By
integrating microstructure
model, intelligent learning
and advanced software
engineering into Level 2
system, he developed
New-Generation Level 2
system, filled world's
technological gap! He has
thus also customized the
Level 2 systems for various mill
environments (EAF, LMF,
Caster, Plate Mill, etc.) . In the mean
time, Dr. Li developed
dozens of software
packages (e.g. those in
www.Meta4-0.com),
and wrote his second and
third books, particularly on Smart
Manufacturing.
In recent years,
Dr. Li have primarily
customized the 70-year steel
industry Level 2 concepts
and applied it in the new
emerging industry such as
Smart Manufacturing of
Lithium Battery, and New
Materials and Advanced
Equipment, and created
entire concepts of Defect
Warning Systems. By model
and software developments, he is
integrating Basic Automation
system and MES/ERP/Other Data Systems,
to achieve Multi-Level
Automation for full
automatic optimized systems.
He has been improving
product quality and reduce
defects through Engineering
Modeling, Intelligent
Learning and Advanced
Software Engineering (e.g.
use-cases/user-scenarios
handling).
Since many systems he
developed were with the
servers sited in the
headquarters of his clients,
and the client computers
right on production lines,
cloud computing is required
(BYD. Also many applications
are involved with Big Data,
like in case of Portland,
OR, where Informix
database was employed, Big
Data and related
technologies are essential.
Since one year he has
provided over 40 trainings
on Metaverse, Digital Twin,
Industry 4.0, Software
Architecture, and so on. Up
to now he has completed over
200 software development
projects.
Dr. Li is one of the major
developers on process models
and related software
architecture in USA. He is now actively
helping industries to
improve their Level 2 for
high accuracy, by applying
his process/product models and by pursuing
intelligent learning and
advanced software
engineering, etc.
He also actively conducts
design and development in
related software, such as
OOP, Cloud, Big Data, MES,
Machine Learning, etc.
Up to now, over 200 projects
has been completed
worldwide, such as those for
EOS (Portland, Oregon),
POSCO (Korea), and BYD
(China), etc.
For detailed information on
Dr. Li, please visit
www.Meta4-0.com/bli for
resume. You may
contact Dr. Li or other Metal Pass
colleagues via email
bli68@qq.com.
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