Chen Tao, born in 1979. He received his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering Department of Harbin University of Science and Technology in 2009. He also received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Harbin University of Science and Technology in 2001 and 2004 respectively. His research interests are in the areas of hard cutting technologies, numerical simulation and optimization, tolerance analysis and quality control.To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:chentao@hrbust.edu.cn