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Dimitris Mourtzis is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics.
He is Vice President of Research and Development Council of the University of Patras and Governing Board Member of the University of Patras at the CLEAN AVIATION Joint Undertaking, representing European Academia. He is also Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS). Additionally, he has been the Vice President of the Technical Council of the University of Patras. He is Coordinator of the Internal Evaluation Team for the evaluation of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics of the University of Patras and Scientific Officer for the Protection of Personal (GDPR) Data and for the Provision of Quality Management System Certification Services of ISO 9001:2015 Standard in the University of Patras. In addition, he is the Coordinator of the Committee on New Technologies and New Materials of the Technical Chamber of Greece.
He has been the Vice Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics of the University of Patras from 2017 to 2020 and the Director of the Design and Manufacturing Division from 2015 to 2017. He has remarkable teaching experience as he has taught for many years eight (8) undergraduate and four (4) postgraduate courses at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics of University of Patras.
His scientific interests focus on the Advanced Simulation, Design, Planning and Control of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Robotic Systems, Automation, Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality in Manufacturing, and Manufacturing Processes Modelling, Blockchain, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0. Furthermore, his research interests are also focused on the Design, Development and Implementation of solutions based on the utilization of technologies, such as Cloud Technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), the Digital Twin, 5G Cellular Networks, Artificial Intelligence, as well as on the development of Product-Service Systems (PSS). He is also actively involved in the Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Companies and Implementation of Industry 4.0 as well as of the upcoming Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 practices, both at a National and International level.
He is Fellow of the International Academy for Production Research (CIRP), Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 5.2), Fellow of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP WG 5.7), Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Learning Factories (IALF), Μember of the European Factories of the Future Association (EFFRA), of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), of the European Manufacturing and Innovation Research Association (EMIRACLE), and Founding Member of the European Aeronautics Science Network / Association (EASN).
He is also Author and Editor of the Book “Design and Operation of Production Networks for Mass Personalization in the Era of Cloud Technology” published by Elsevier. He also participates as a Μember of Editorial Board at eight (9) International Scientific Journals and has participated as a Guest Editor in four (4) International Scientific Journals with high impact factor. More specifically, he is Editorial Board Member in International Journal of Production Research – IJPR, in International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing – IJCIM, in Computers & Industrial Engineering, Associate Editor in Chief of Robotic and Automation of Applied Sciences, in Advances in Manufacturing, in Mathematical Problems in Engineering of Hindawi, in Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology, in Journal of Green Manufacturing Open and in Digital Twin Journal.
He has authored monographs, book chapters, papers, white papers, and research project reports, has published numerous articles in International scientific journals (peer-reviewed). He has published more than three hundred and ten (313) scientific papers, of which one hundred and seven (107) at highly regarded international scientific journals, one hundred and fifty-six (156) at international scientific conferences, thirty-six (36) chapters in books, ten (10) editorials and four (4) white papers. He has won the Burbidge Best Paper Award in APMS 2012, the Commended Paper Award in IFAC MIM 2022, the Best Paper Award in Mechanical Engineering Section in MDPI Applied Sciences (2020) and the Best presentation Award in 2nd Digital Twin Conference 2022.
The unique citations of his published work exceed 11,700 (h-index 56/i-10 index: 178) according to the databases: Google Scholar, Scopus, and Research Gate.
