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Prof. Yusuf Altintas

Affiliation

The University of British Columbia

Academy or College

Academy of Science

Year Elected

2010

Altintas, Yusuf - Mechanical Engineering - University of British Columbia Yusuf Altintas is the leading scientific authority in machining and machine tool control engineering worldwide. He contributed immensely to modeling of metal cutting mechanics, machine tool vibration, chatter stability, computer control of machine tools and virtual machining. His journal articles received more than 2700 external citations since 1996. His algorithms are used by over 130 companies worldwide in improving the quality and productivity of machining operations.

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Altintas, Yusuf - Mechanical Engineering - University of British Columbia
Yusuf Altintas is recognized worldwide as the leading authority in the field of metal cutting dynamics and the computer control of machine tools. He has published over 115 archival journal articles and an advanced textbook in this area. Dr. Atlintas is a Fellow of CIRP, ASME, SME, CAE, P&WC, Univ. TTokyo. He served as an associate editor of seven international journals, and holds the NSERC/P&WC Industrial Research Chair at UBC. His unique science-based, metal-cutting process and vibration avoidance technologies have been licensed by over 130 companies and leading research centres around the world.