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- 09/2016- present, Research Assistant in Ultra-precision Surfaces, Huddersfield University, UK
- 04/2015-08/2016, Post-Doctoral Research, Glyndwr University, UK
- 12/2013-04/2015, Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- 04/2004-12/2013, Lecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Major achievements:
- Development on an automation system combining an industrial robot with a CNC polishing machine. The scope of this project is to deliver a fully-automated, integrated system to enhance industrial mass ultra-precision manufacture.
- Developed a process-chain for the manufacture of the mirror segments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) using the 'Precessions' polishing technique.
- Completed CAD and FEA of a light-weighted 1m-class Zerodur mirror and its support system design
- CNC-polished several parts up to 0.5 meter diameter, spherical, aspheric and flat, in Zerodur, BK7, ZnS, fused silica.
- Analogue electronics design and implementation for a Biased Charge Collector
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Projects 2013 2018
- 2 Finished
Feasibility of capturing crafts-based knowledge in an AI system to automate precision surface manufacturing
Walker, D., Petrovic, S., Longstaff, A., Pan, W., Parkinson, S., Wilson, K., Yu, G. & Li, H.
1/04/17 → 31/05/18
Project: Research › Research Council
Developing an integrated system to enable a robot arm to speak with a Zeeko machine to automate currently manual operations.
1/09/13 → 31/03/17
Project: Research › Research Council
Research Output 2000 2019
Advances in Optical Fabrication for Astronomy
Walker, D., Yu, G., Li, H., Myer, B. W., Beaucamp, A. T., Namba, Y. & Wu, L., 11 May 2019, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485, 2, p. 2071–2082 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Astronomy
astronomy
Fabrication
fabrication
Optical design
Advanced techniques for robotic polishing of aluminum mirrors
Li, H., Walker, D., Zheng, X., Yu, G., Reynolds, C., Zhang, W. & Li, T., 15 Jun 2018, Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology VI. Schröder, S. & Geyl, R. (eds.). SPIE, 13 p. 106920N. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 10692).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Polishing
robotics
Aluminum
polishing
Robotics
A Novel Hyper-Crossing Tool Path Generation Algorithm for Sub-Aperture Polishing
Reynolds, C., Walker, D., Yu, G. & Li, H., 10 Jul 2018, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III. SPIE, Vol. 10706. 11 p. 107060FResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Tool Path Generation
Polishing
Tool Path
polishing
apertures
Insight into aspheric misfit with hard tools: Mapping the island of low mid-spatial frequencies
Walker, D., Hsing-Yu, W., Yu, G., Li, H., Zhang, W. & Lu, C., 13 Dec 2017, In : Applied Optics. 56, 36, p. 9925-9931 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
aspheric optics
Polishing
Abrasives
numerical control
abrasives
More steps towards process automation for optical fabrication
Walker, D., Yu, G., Beaucamp, A., Bibby, M., Li, H., McCluskey, L., Petrovic, S. & Reynolds, C., 2017, Fourth European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing. Fähnle, O. W., Rascher, R. & Wünsche, C. (eds.). SPIE, 8 p. 103260S. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 10326).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Optical Fabrication
automation
Automation
Fabrication
fabrication