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 600 worldwide academic and industrial members (read more)
To promote research and development among its members from Academia and Industry to contribute to environmentally sustainable global prosperity and well being of society (read more)
To develop the highest level international network of eminent Researchers and Industrialists for the purpose of marshalling their knowledge and insights
Fellows, generally directors or former directors of major production engineering laboratories;
Associate Members, research workers with recognized credentials who have the potential to become active CIRP contributors and collaborators;
Honorary Fellows, former Fellows who have gained outstanding merit by their activity and devotion to CIRP;
Fellows (Emeritus), active Fellows about to retire nominated for life at their request;
Corporate Members, companies or industrial research institutions that support the aims of CIRP and maintain an interest in the organization's activities also giving scientific and technical contributions.
In addition, CIRP offers a program for young distinguished researchers:
A program to temporarily affiliate young researchers (RAs) who contribute to CIRP activities and have the potential to further contribute to CIRP, e.g. by becoming Associate Members in the future. In case RAs change to industry, they might wish to bring their company to CIRP as Corporate member.
The Scientific and Technical Committees (STCs) are the groups responsible for coordinating the collaborative research projects run by CIRP. The knowledge generated in each field of activity is distributed by publications and conferences to the manufacturing community at large. The main activities of the STCS are:
The STCs especially promote and give moral support to advanced research in new fields. They establish research goals and, when appropriate, prepare recommendations for the consideration of official and other bodies concerned with education and research.
Chairman: Prof. Yasushi Umeda
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Lihui Wang
Secretary: Prof. Sebastian Thiede
STC A deals with the two areas Life Cycle Engineering and Assembly.
Life Cycle Engineering covers Life Cycle Assessment of products, manufacturing processes and systems, decision support methods and tools for developers and managers concerning the three sustainability dimensions ( environment, society and economy) and product Life Cycle Management, EOL decision making such as disassembly, reuse and recycling.
Assembly covers:
Life cycle maintenance services, assembly technology, design for assembly, micro-assembly, structure and organization of assembly processes/systems considering all relevant aspects
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Chairman:Prof. Shreyes Melkote
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Pedro Arrazola
Secretary: Prof. Volker Schulze
STC C deals with processes and techniques used to shape components by material removal (turning, milling etc.), including the processes of chip formation, the physical laws governing the wear of cutting tools and the factors influencing surface finish.
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Chairman:Prof. Tetsuo Tomiyama
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Nabil Anwer
Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Ang Liu
Design is an integral part of manufacturing addressing issues ranging from its philosophical roots, through design theory and methodology, digital design support techniques and tools, to engineering design practice. These issues typically include:
• Principles, methodologies, techniques, creativity, organisation, processes and quality aspects of designing components, products, machines, manufacturing systems, product-service systems, and socio-technical systems.
• Advanced digital methods for design (such as modelling, simulation, optimisation, and decision making) including digital foundations and digital platforms such as: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) systems with particular interests in AR/MR/VR (Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality /Virtual Reality) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques, Computer Aided Tolerancing, Digital Twins, and Model-Based Systems Engineering.
• Engineering and modelling techniques and tools for advanced manufacturing systems and processes such as additive and hybrid manufacturing as well as methods for manufacturing system design.
• Tools and methods for efficient and effective engineering design for X practices such as sustainability and resilience, as well as engineering design education and training.
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Chairman: Prof. Frank Pfefferkorn
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Adam Clare
Secretary: Dr. Wessel Wits
STC E deals with research into material removal, additive, and hybrid processes of a physical, physico-chemical or chemical nature, such as electro-discharge machining (EDM), electrochemical machining (ECM), the use of high energy laser, electron and ion beams, 3D printing, and biomanufacturing.
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Chairman: Prof. Jun Yanagimoto
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Stefania Bruschi
Secretary: Prof. Brad Kinsey
STC F deals with processes in which the final shape is conferred by plastic deformation of monolithic materials, composites or hybrid material in any form of original shape; or by pressure joining and the separation processes, which include:
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Chairman: Prof. Hitomi Yamaguchi
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Carsten Heinzel
Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Eraldo Da Silva
STC G deals with research into material removal processes using abrasive grains such as grinding and finishing, attention is largely focus on the mechanism of finishing, the integrity of finished surfaces and the economics of abrasive processes.
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Chairman: Prof. Atsushi Matsubara
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Michael Zaeh
Secretary: Prof. Kaan Erkorkmaz
STC M deals with machine systems including machine tools, robots, measuring machines and handling equipment, for optimised technical and economic performance including:
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Chairman: Prof. Tullio Tolio
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Aydin Nassehi
Secretary: Prof. Toshiya Kaihara
STC O addresses optimised design, modelling, orchestration, management and operation of sustainable, societally-conscious production systems.
Production systems encompass work cells, lines, factories, networks, service systems and other value-generating industrial organisations.
Research areas include:
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Chairman: Prof. Andreas Archenti
Vice-Chairman: Prof. Yasuhiro Takaya
Secretary: Prof. Edward Morse
STC P deals with research, design, and development of methods, instruments, sensors, transducers and complete metrology systems and application of them to manufactured products and equipment for the efficient control of quality in production processes and manufacturing systems including:
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Chairman: Prof. Han Haitjema
Vice-Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Guido Tosello
Secretary: Dr. Daniel Meyer
STC S deals with research into the geometrical, physical and chemical properties of the workpiece surface in relation to function, production processes and metrological assessment, including:
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The Cross-STC Group gathers all the fields of the ten Scientific Technical Committees (STC) in a general meeting for Fellows and Associate Members only, including discussions and decisions on new Collaborative Working Groups (CWG), future Cross-STC Keynote papers and their supervisation up to the publication, future White papers, etc...
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STCs are invited to initiate Collaborative Working-Groups (CWG) on the basis of common interests in a particular subject.
New CWG initiatives should be forwarded with the Checklist (available in the members' Dashboard) to the Cross-STC Chairs (presently Profs. D. Biermann and E. Lutters) who will submit them to the Cross-STC Group meeting (for Members only) during the CIRP meetings twice a year.
The current Collaborative Working-Groups are:
Duration: Aug.2021 - Feb.2024
Chair: Prof. Jörg Franke
Vice-Chair: Prof. Jürgen Fleischer
Secretary: Prof. Darek Ceglarek
Duration: Feb.2023 - Aug.2025
Chair: Prof. Albert Shih
Vice-Chair: Dr. Gregory Vogl
Secretary: Prof. Wei Gao
Duration: Aug.2023 - Feb.2026
Chair: Prof. Michael Hauschild
Vice-Chair: Prof. Sami Kara
Secretary: Prof. Sebastian Thiede
Duration: Feb.2024 - Aug.2026
Chair: Prof. Rajkumar Roy
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Chairman: Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu (Corporate member)
Vice-Chairmen: Dr. Luis Uriarte (Corporate member) / Prof. Kaan Erkorkmaz (Council Fellow)
Secretary: Dr. Youichi Nonaka (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.
Corporate Industry Members are very valuable to the entire CIRP Community. They give feedback to ongoing and planned scientific work and can also give CIRP academic members recommendations for future industry-related research needs. On the other hand they establish networks within the scientific community and can receive advice and help for their current problems. One platform for this synergistic exchange is currently achieved at the Corporate Members Advisory Group (CMAG) meetings which are held during the CIRP General Assembly (GA) and during the CIRP Winter meetings in Paris. 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.
Unlike for members from academia it is very hard for representatives from companies, industrial research labs, and service providers, to place papers in Vol.1 of the CIRP Annals. This is due to the high requirements regarding the scientific standard of papers in Vol.1. Therefore, CIRP Council and the Editorial Committee (EC) have approved a new route to accept CIRP Industrial Technical Papers, to allow their presentation at a CMAG paper session during a GA, and to publish them in a special section on our CIRP website:
Link to the ITP papers online (you must be logged in to get to this members' area)
Link to the procedure to propose an ITP paper (you must be logged in to get to this members' area)
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Chair: Professor Robert Schmitt
Vice-Chair: Dr. Marcello Urgo
Secretary: Dr. Florent Laroche
Editor-in-Chief of the CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE) and Editor-in-Chief of the CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering: Prof. Tullio Tolio
The Terminology Committee carries the responsibility for publication of the CIRP dictionaries on Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, the CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering and the new CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE).
They cover definitions and terminology for manufacturing processes, machines, tooling, materials and systems formulated by the Scientific Committees (STC).
The new CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE) represent the natural extension of the CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering and the CIRP Dictionaries of Production Engineering. CIRP members and Research Affiliates have full access from the "CIRP Publications" heading in their Dashboard.
These online platforms provide authoritative, exhaustive, fast and easy access to terms, definitions and whole set of information in the field of production engineering (see in our "Publications").
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Chairman: Dr. Till Clausmeyer
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Amir Malakizadi
Secretary: Dr. Francois Ducobu
The aim is to create a sustainable network affiliated with CIRP to promote and to develop upcoming young researchers in production engineering.
CIRP Research 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.
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