Department of MEEM, CityU of Hong Kong

Research and Publications

App. Research
CD Pub.
Books
Software
J. Papers
Ref. Conf. Papers

Applied Research

Design and Development of a EPCIS compliant prototype for production system product tractability Oct 2006 - Feb 2007 (see website on www.cityu.edu.hk/meem/rfid_epcis/)
Committee member, Industrial Technology Research Group (ITRG), Department MEEM, City University of Hong Kong. 2006-
Design and Development of a Certified Lean Manager training program, Collaborate with TQM Consultant Ltd. Feb 2006
Being one of the paper reviewer of a journal paper "Knowledge Management Research & Practice (KMRP), published by Palgrave Macmillan, editor : John S. Edwards, Professor of O.R. and Systems, Operations & Information Management Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, 2005-
Produce a report on the survey of "the Impact of MIEs in the response of to the MAINLAND AND HONG KONG CLOSER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT (CEPA)" Nov 2005
Design and Development of a new Six Sigma project management software for the industry. Nov - May 05
Development of a new EPC-RFID Technology Laboratory at MEEM Department of CityUHK Jan 2005
Participation at the "PLM Academic Exchange Towards Higher Education in Design and Engineering", organized by IBM and DS on 7-8 Nov, 2002 at Thai
Committee Member, the International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems in the Internet Age, to be held on Dec. 2001, organised by Polytechnic University. (Sept, 2000)
Associated investigator of a SRG research proposal on "web-based remote sensing, fault diagnosing and collaborative maintenance". (Strategic Grant 7001195, March, 2001)
Local Programme Committee member of the 8th M2VIP conference, Aug., 2001
Associated investigator of a 2-year CERG project entitled "Research into an Intelligent scheduling methodology for the adaptive control of holonic manufacturing systems (HMS)", Jan, 1999 to Dec, 2000
Associated Investigator of a two years CPHK funded Strategic Research project, entitled "Open System Environment for distributed control of intelligent flexible manufacturing systems", Feb.,95 to Jan.,97
Principal Investigator of an one year CPHK funded development project, entitled "Flexible distributed multi-robots work cell", Aug., 93 to July, 94

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CD Publication

Industrial Engineering, produced 2001 copyrighted by Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK)
A multi-media kit for Innovative Engineering Practice for D & T students, produced 2001 copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK
Multi-media Trilingual Glossary System for Engineering Terminology and Jargon, produced 1999 copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK

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Books and Chapters

Author of a textbook "Power Tools and Insights for effective Six Sigma Implementation", Published 2007 by Six Sigma Society of Hong Kong and copyrighted by Dr. Ricky Yeung (ISBN: 978-988-99539-1-1)
(View Sample Chapters)
Author of a survey report called "The impact on Manufacturing and Industrial Engineers in response to the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)", published Oct. 2005, copyrighted by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
A chapter "Modelling and Realtime control of Flexible Conveyor Systems (FCS) for Automated Assembly", for the book entitled "Fieldbus Technology: Industrial Network Standards for Real-time Distributed Control" published by Springer-Verlag., 2003, authored by N.P. Mahalik (ISBN: 3-540-40183-0)
Author of a booklet called "A multi-media kit for innovative engineering practices for D & T students" published 2001 , copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK

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Software

Designer of a software system, "A Integrated Knowledge Representation Modeling system" 2005, copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK
Designer of a software system, "A on-line system for the management of Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)" 2004, copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK
Designer of a software system, "A Total Enterprise Knowledge Integration Platform (TEKIP)" 2003, copyrighted by Dept. MEEM, CityUHK

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Journal Papers

Yeung R W H and Moore P R, "Steps towards advanced cell control systems: an application in flexible assembly", International Journal of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol.7, No.1, 2001, pp 3-21
Yeung R W H and Moore P R, "Genetic Algorithms and Flexible Process Planning in the design of fault tolerant cell control for Flexible Assembly Systems", Internation Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.13, No.2, 2000, pp 157-168
Cheung E H M, Yeung R W H and Ng A H C, "HSCF: A holonic shop floor control framework for flexible manufacturing systems", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.13, No.2, 2000, pp 121-138
Fung R Y K, Pereira A C and Yeung R W H, "Performance Evaluation of a web-based Information System for Laboratories and Service Centres", International Journal of Logistics Information Management, Vol.13, No.4, 2000, pp 218-227
Yeung, W.H.R. and Moore, P.R., "A model for fault recoverable control of Flexible Assembly Systems", Mechatronics'98, Sweden, Sep 1998, pp 1-7
Yeung W H R and Moore P R, "Towards a fault tolerant cell controller for flexible assembly systems: An approach using colour Petri-Nets", Mechatronics, Vol.8, 1998, pp 746-764
Yeung W H R and Moore P R, "Distributed cell controllers using colour Petri-Nets and FieldBus: an application in flexible assembly", International Journal of Production Research, Vol.35, No.2, Feb 1996, pp 237-340
Yeung W H R and Moore P R, "Object-oriented modelling and control of flexible conveyor systems for automated assembly", Mechatronics, Vol.6, No.7, 1996, pp 799-815
Chin K S, Patri K V, Pun K F, Yeung W H R, Poon L T J and Poon G K K, "Starting the journey - team based quality improvement in university laboratories", The TQM Magazine, ISSN 0954-478X, Vol.8, No.2, 1996, pp 20-25

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Referred Conference Papers

Jesse L.C. Shum and Ricky W.H. Yeung, "Application of RFID and EPCIS in Product Traceability in Manufacturing Industry", Annual Journal of IIE(HK), 31 May, 2007, pp.1-10.
Richard YK Fung, Ricky WH Yeung and Robert Chan, "Investigation of Knowledge Representation Models for Process Documentation - a case study in manufacturing industry", 33rd International Conference on Computer and Industrial Engineering, Korea, 25 Mar 2004 (CDROM Version)
Yeung WHR, Fung YKR and Wong MT, "Introducing a Knowledge Management System for SMEs in Hong Kong and Southern China", the 32nd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Ireland, 11 Aug 2003, pp 858-863
Ricky WH Yeung, Carrie Wong and Richard Fung, "Adoption of Knowledge Management Practices in local medium-sized Manufacturing Industry", The 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (APIEMS), Teipei, Taiwan, 18 Dec 2002(CDROM Version).(In Print)
Ricky WH Yeung and Eric KT Ting, "CRM system design for an Electronic Manufacturing Services Provider: an engineering approach", Annual Journal of Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK), Hong Kong, 23 Mar 2002, pp 22-27
Ricky WH Yeung, Carrie Wong and Richard Fung, "Mapping of IT tools in supporting Knowledge Management initiatives in local medium-sized manufacturing industry", Internation Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2002, Beijing, China, 19 Sep 2002(CDROM Version)
Yeung R W H, Ngan D T W and Cheung M C Y, "Application of business intelligence tools in education institutes: a case study of MEEM laboratory", Annual Journal of Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK), ISSN 1609-3208, Hong Kong, 22 Mar 2001, pp 25-28
TAM P K H, Fung R S T, Yeung R W H and Cheung E H M, "A CORBA-based negotiation scheduling model for holonic manufacturing systems", Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Process & System, MIT, Jun 2000, pp 116-121
Yeung R W H, Tse P W T and Chang S M L, "A multimedia case-based training system fro mechatronics engineering design", the 27th International Conference on Computer and Industrial Engineering, Beijing China, Oct 2000, pp 247(CDROM Version)
Fung R S T, TAM P K H, Yeung R W H and Cheung E H M, "A novel scheduling methodology for holonic manufacturing control system", The 27th International Conference on Computer and Industrial Engineering, Beijing China, Oct 2000, pp 223(CDROM Version)
Fung R S T, Tam P K H, Yeung R W H and Cheung E H M, "Towards a fully distributed and heterarchical design of holonic shp-floor scheduling system : a CORBA approach", Japanese-USA symposium on Flexible Automation, USA, 23 Jul 2000
Tam P K H, Fung S T R, Yeung R W H and Cheung E H M, "Visual modelling for COBRA based negotiation scheduling of Holonic Manufacturing Systems", Computer Aided Production Engineering (CAPE 2000), Edinburgh, 7 Aug 2000, pp 213-222
Fung R.Y.K., Pereira A.C. and Yeung W.H.R., "A Performance Evaluation and improvement methodology for information systems in laboratories and service centres", 3rd Interantional Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Vancouver, 1 Aug 1999
Ricky W.H. Yeung, I.K. Hui and W.H. Wong, "A WWW-enabled remote shopfloor monitoring and control system for a multi-national sunglass manufacturer", Annual Journal of Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK), ISSN 1609-3208, Nov 1999, pp 29-31
Ricky W.H. Yeung, Edmund H.M. Cheung and Amos H.C. Ng, "Holonic Manufacturing Task Scheduling using a multi-level negotiation protocol", 6th National Industrial Engineering Annual Conference, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China, Beijing , China, Apr 1999, pp 95-100
Yeung W H R, Cheung H M E and Ng H C A, "IntraMEL: a dynamic WWW laboratory information system for manufacturing engineering laboratories", International Conference on Multi-media and Engineering Education (mmcc '98), Hong Kong, Jul 1998
Yeung, W.H.R., "Flexible Process Plans for the real-time control of Flexible Assembly Systems", 5th Industrial Engineering Annual Conference, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China, China, May 1997, pp 604-609
Yeung W H R and Moore PR, "Proceedings of the International Symposium on Manufacturing Systems, World Manufacturing Congress (WMC'97)", Advanced cell control in the application of flexible assembly systems, New Zealand, Nov 1997, pp 202-208
Yeung W H R and Moore P R, "An integrated object oriented environment for rapid programming and control of flexible conveyor systems", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Portugal, Vol.1, 16-20 Sep 1996, pp 409-414
Amos H.C. Ng, Ricky W.H. Yeung and Edmund H.M. Cheung, "An object-oriented reference model for holonic manufacturing systems", 12th Internation Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics and Factory of the Future, London, Vol.1, 14 Aug 1996, pp 8-14
Ng H C A, Yeung W H R and Cheung H M E, "HSCS - the design of a holonic shopfloor control system", Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (EFTA'96), Kauai, Hawaii, 18-21 Nov 1996, pp 179-185
Yeung W H R and Moore P R, "Synthesis of flexible assembly systems controller using colour Petri-Nets", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics and Factory of the Future, UK, 14-16 Aug 1996, pp 697-703