CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering

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CIRP is the world leading organization in production engineering research and is at the forefront of design optimization control and management of processes machines and systems. The Academy has restricted membership based on demonstrated excellence in research and has some 550 academic and industrial members from 40 industrialized countries.Luc Laperriere is a full-time professor in the mechanical engineering department of Universite du Que bec a Trois-Rivieres since 1991. He received both his master''''s and Ph.D. degrees from McMaster University Canada in 1990 and 1992 respectively. He was also appointed Chair of his department from 2010 to 2013. During a sabbatical in 1999 he developed a new and original continuous-discrete simulation software. This was done in collaboration with a commercial software distributor. The developed modules are now part of the basic version of a software that is distributed worldwide.In 2005 he was leading a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the design and implementation of the Distributed Control System (DCS) of a fully operational pulp and paper mill with a complete paper machine in a new 11000 qm building on campus representing a total investment of 80 million Canadian dollars 10 % of which came directly from industry. This DCS manages over 3000 I/Os and 500 control loops and its flexibility is still unique worldwide.In 2010 he became the Founding Director of the Laboratory of Mechanics and Eco-Materials (LMEM). He helped develop a new type of eco-composite material from a mix of long and short natural fibers that decreases the inherent variability of the final part properties.He has filed two patents published close to 100 papers in leading trade journals and international refereed conferences and supervised over 40 master''''s and Ph.D. students.Gunther Reinhart is full professor for Industrial Management and Assembly Technology and director of the iwb (Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management) at Technische Universitat Munchen. After studying mechanical engineering with the emphasis on design and development he was research assistant at iwb from 1982 to 1988 with Prof. Dr. Joachim Milberg. During the last 2 years he was in charge of the assembly automation department. After receiving his Ph.D. from Technische Universitat Munchen Prof. Reinhart started his industrial career with the BMW Group initially as head of the handling and welding engineering department and subsequently as director of the body paint shop. In 1993 he returned to university to become professor and director of the iwb.From March 2002 to February 2007 Prof. Reinhart took a sabbatical from university to become a member of the executive board of IWKA Corporation a large German supplier of engineering robotics and plant equipment with 13000 employees worldwide. He was in charge of Technology and Market (CTO) focused on the discovery of new global market opportunities the establishment of an internal auditing system and the development of the IWKA packaging technology group.In 2007 Prof. Reinhart returned to university and has served with Prof. Michael F. Zah as co-director of the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb) with more than 100 employees and two locations: Garching near Munich and Augsburg. He is also the chairman of the Bavarian Cluster for Mechatronics and Automation e.V. and since January 1 2009 head of the Fraunhofer IWU research-department for Resource-Efficient Converting Machines (RMV).Gunther Reinhart is member of multiple scientific societies and associations e.g. acatech WGMHI CIRP WGP and WiGeP. He has approximately 300 publications in leading trade journals to his credit and is author or editor of ten books and two series. He has also supervised the research projects and the doctoral theses of some 100 research associates.