ESAFORM 2017 - Plenary Speakers
Prof. Dr, ir J.R. Duflou
Professor Mechanical Engineering
Department, KU Leuven
Joost
R. Duflou holds master degrees in Architectural and Electro-mechanical
Engineering and a PhD in Engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium. After a
number of years of industrial experience in different international companies, he
is a faculty member at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the KU Leuven
since 1997. He became a tenured Full Professor in 2012. His principal research
activities are situated in the field of design support methods and
methodologies, with special attention for Systematic Innovation, Ecodesign and
Life Cycle Engineering, and Sustainable Manufacturing. As chairholder of the
LVD Chair on Sheet Metal Processing, he also leads a research group focussing
on sheet metal oriented manufacturing processes and systems and he supervises
the KU Leuven FabLab. He is a member of CIRP and has published over 200
international publications. As chair and board member of several spin-off
companies and professional associations he contributes to research valorisation
and dissemination. More detailed information can be obtained via http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/nl/person/00016263.
Prof.
James A. Sherwood
Associate Dean for Graduate
Students, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
James
Sherwood earned his B.S in Engineering Science, M.S. in Applied Mechanics, and
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from the University of
Cincinnati. He has nearly 40 years of experience using the finite element
method for completing structural analyses and the simulation of composites
forming. He has an international reputation for his research in composites
manufacturing and sports engineering. He is the Co-Director of the Advanced
Composites and Textile Research Lab with expertise in the structural behavior
of composites and for relating the composite manufacturing process to the
resulting structural stiffness. His Composites Forming research team has
developed a novel modeling approach for the simulation of composite forming
using the finite element method and has expertise in the characterization of
textiles used for making fabric-reinforced composites. More detailed
information can be obtained via http://faculty.uml.edu/james_sherwood/
Prof.
Sean Leen
Head of Department of Mechanical
& Biomedical Engineering, NUIG, Galway
Sean Leen graduated in Mechacnail
Engineering from NUIG and completed his PhD in Mechanical Enginering at the
University of Nottingham. He worked on Finite element modelling and code
development for the design and analysis of offshore oil and gas pipelines,
including for flexible and rigid riser design. He was professor in Mechanical
Engineering and Solid Mechanics at University of Nottinghman before commencing
as Professor and Head of Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engeering at
NUIG, Galway, in 2008. Sean’s research interests include computational solid
mechanics; structural integrity; fatigue, fretting and wear; plasticity, creep
and superplasticity; and the modelling of manufacturing processes.
Schivo Group Ltd. ,Waterford
Jonathan is Strategic Projects and Research and Development Manager with the Schivo Group, a sub-contract manufacturing company servicing the Medical, Aerospace and automotive industries. Schivo manufacture products for these industries from individual components to assembled and tested products. The companies capabilites include CNC machining, fabrication, cleanroom assembly, electromechanical assembly and Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) capabilities. Jonathan has led the implementation of many of these functions, and has driven research and implementation of a number of material forming processes including process monitoring of subtractive manufacturing methods and the implementation of the companies Additive capabilities in both polymer and metal 3D printing. Jonathan has a B.Sc in Manufacturing Engineering, an M.Sc in Biomedical Engineering and is currently finalising a Ph.D in monitoring of the CNC machining process.
