HSS Forum Experts
Bernhard Karpuschewski
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. h.c. Bernhard Karpuschewski,
After receiving the Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) and holding for 5 years the chief engineer position at the University of Hannover/Germany, Bernhard Karpuschewski worked for 1,5 years as associate professor at Keio University in Yokohama/Japan and then 4,5 years as full professor for Production Technology at the Technical University of Delft/The Netherlands.
Stefano Tirelli
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
Overview
Stefano Tirelli works as a researcher for Politecnico di Milano in Area 5 at MUSP Lab (Piacenza, Italy). His activity concerns the improvement of productivity in aeronautic materials machining. Stefano investigates, both with F.E.M. software and experiments, the effects on tools of innovative cutting techniques such as cryogenic machining and regenerative chatter suppression methods.
Olivier Verot
UF1
France
Overview
Olivier Verot is CEO of UF1 SAS, a machining expert society based in France. UF1 SAS is able to do R&D, cutting tests, various studies, training sessions, expert appraisal and advice in machining.
UFI SAS can also provide industrial engineering services: from the study of machining solutions to industrial production on our customers' sites.
UF1's know-how is recognized by leading companies such as EADS, ERAMET, Safran, Hexcel, Kennametal, Mapal, Seco, Skf, Volvo, Zodiac, etc.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fritz Klocke
WZL RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, Germany
Overview
Fritz Klocke is head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) in Aachen as well as Professor of Manufacturing Technology and Co-Director of the WZL Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen.
Franci Pusavec
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Overview
Assist.Prof. Franci Pusavec, PhD is an assistant professor and researcher at University of Ljubljana. His research areas are focused on innovative sustainable development in machining processes, cryogenic machining (liquefied nitrogen, etc.), dynamic behavior of manufacturing processes, diagnostics and control in manufacturing, etc. Besides research activities, he is active also in education/lecturing on BSc, MSc and PhD levels.
Pedro J. Arrazola
Mondragon University
Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain
Overview
Prof. Pedro J. Arrazola was graduated at INSA-lyon (France) and obtained his PhD degree in 2003 at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France).