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CWG - Collaborative Working Groups

STCs organize Collaborative Working-Groups on the basis of common interests in a particular subject.

The current Collaborative Working-Groups are:

BioManufacturing (Cross Track 1 & 2)

Duration: 2010 - 2012
Chairman: Prof. Mamoru Mitsuishi
Vice Chairman: Prof. Paulo Bartolo
Secretary: Prof. Ajay Malshe

Continuous Maintenance (Track 3)

Duration: Aug. 2012 - Jan. 2015
Chairman: Prof. Rajkumar Roy
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Rainer Stark
Secretary: Prof. Kirsten Tracht

EERU - Efficient and Effective Resource Utilization (Cross Tracks 1-2-3)

Duration: Aug. 2012 - Jan. 2015
Chairman: Prof. Dave Dornfeld
Vice-Chairmen: Profs. Michael Hauschild and Shozo Takata
Secretary: Dr. Christoph Herrmann

Laser in Production (Cross Tracks 1 & 2)

Duration: Jan. 2013 - Jan. 2016
Chairman: Prof. Michael Schmidt
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Bert Huis in't Veld
Secretary: Dr. Raoul Plettke

Micro-Production Engineering (Track 2)

Duration: Jan. 2012 - Aug. 2014
Chairman: Prof. Eckart Uhlmann
Vice Chairman: Dr. Brigid Mullany
Secretary: Prof. Dirk Biermann

Past Collaborative Working-Groups with Minutes online: see the list

CMAG (Corporate Members Advisory Group)

Chairman: Dr. Joachim Schulz (Corporate member)
Vice-Chairmen: Dr. Masahiko Mori (Corporate member) / Dr. Wolfgang Knapp (Council Fellow)
Secretary: Dr. Matt Cotterell (Corporate member)

The Corporate Members Advisory Group allows to focus the attention of CIRP members on specific industrial problems as well as on new research topics.

During the August General Assembly, a special lunch is reserved to the Corporate members where a friendly meeting with the CIRP officers and STC chairmen encourages a fruitful exchange of opinions and experiences.

Terminology Committee

Chairman Terminology: Prof. G. Reinhart Encyclopedia: Prof. L. Laperriere
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Garret O'Donnell
Secretary: Dr. Sami Chatti

The Terminology Committee carries the responsibility for publication of the CIRP dictionaries on Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and the brand new Encyclopedia of Production Engineering.
They cover definitions and terminology for manufacturing processes, machines, tooling, materials and systems formulated by the Scientific Committees (STC).
The Encyclopedia of Production Engineering is under process and represents the natural extension of the current CIRP Dictionaries of Production Engineering. This Encyclopedia consists of a list of searchable entries categorized under definitions or essays (that you can improve through our members' link: http://referencelive.springer.com/cirp).

This online platform is launched since August 2012 for providing authoritative, exhaustive, fast and easy access to terms, definitions and whole set of information in the field of production engineering (see in our "Publications").

Beside, the Committee provides a CIRP Unified Terminology for all its meetings.

Research Affiliates meetings

Chairman: Dr. Wessel W. Wits
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Petra Kersting
Secretary: Dr. Yasuhiro Kakinuma

Research Affiliates private access' HomePage

The aim is to create a sustainable network affiliated with CIRP to promote and to develop upcoming young researchers in production engineering.

Affiliates will create an information exchange network on internet, exchange and discuss research results, create joint research projects, and get easy access to CIRP members.

Agendas and Minutes, Annual Report: