Manufacturing Technology Network was started by Steve Treiber and Eu-Gene Ng to promote innovation, adoption of technology and collaboration in manufacturing.  [MTN] is completely funded by founder seed money, sponsor and supporter funding, memberships, and conference registration fees. Join here.

Steven S. Treiber, PhD, P.Eng.

Engineer, entrepreneur and Professor(Adjunct) McMaster University, Professor(Adjunct) University of Toronto

In 1984, after an engineering career in the pulp and paper and oil industries with Scott Paper and Shell Oil, Steve started his own engineering firm. Treiber Controls Inc. developed process control and real-time optimization applications, and software, for the oil, petrochemical, pulp and paper and other process industries. In 1998, after building the company into a world leader in advanced process control technology he sold his company to a NASDAQ listed competitor and served in various senior management roles until 2002 when he left to launch a new engineering business start-up. He continues to work with technology start-up companies to apply his knowledge and experience in engineering and business.  He has published more than 30 papers in journals and conferences.              www.linkedin.com/in/stevetreiber

Eu-Gene Ng, PhD

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Research Manager, Machine Systems Laboratory, MMRI and Program Chair, Bachelor of Engineering Technology, McMaster University

Eu-Gene has 12 years of experience on process optimization for conventional and micro-scale machining, surface integrity issues, burr formation, chip breakability, and finite element modelling. After 3 years of intensive research with the European aerospace industries, Eu-Gene became the research manager for Machining System Laboratory, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute. There, he has worked on research and implementation of technical solutions in the North American automotive and aerospace industries. He has published over 50 academic journal and conference papers.

Ronald S. McLeod, PhD

Ron has over 40 years of experience in refinery and chemical plant modeling, advanced control, and real-time optimization.  Prior to becoming an independent consultant in 2008, he spent 20 years with Aspen Technology and Treiber Controls.  He has been a lead participant in projects to implement refinery-wide optimization through co-ordination of the refinery planning LP with process unit closed-loop optimizers. Previously, he was responsible for the development of a software package for closed-loop reconciliation and optimization and a lead participant in many process unit optimization projects. The first 20 years of his career were spent with Shell Canada and Petro-Canada involved in the development of multivariable control and real-time optimization of refineries and chemical plants. Ron has a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in Manchester, England, and has published more than 10 papers in journals and conferences.