Events

CMU Researchers secondment in TU Graz

By Korrakot Yaibuathet Tippayawong on Apr 22nd, 2024

Prof. Dr. Nakorn Tippayawong (Experience Researcher) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Korrakot Yaibuathet Tippayawong (CMU-Project leader) started their secondment in TU Graz at the the Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology between 19 April - 20 May 2024.

Prof. Ulrich Bauer, Head of Institute and Prof. Bernd Markus Zunk, Dean of Studies, as well as Dr Volker Koch and other staff gave a warm welcome to Austria.
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Research Seminar at the University of Melbourne

By Anika Terbuch on Apr 18th, 2024

On 18.04.2024 Dr. Anika Terbuch gave a guest lecture at the Geotech Seminar at the University of Melbourne, invited by Professor Stephan Matthai and organized by Parviz Tafazzoli Moghaddam. The talk was titled "Hybrid Machine Learning for Geotechnical Problems" and gave the geotechnical group an introduction to data analysis techniques for such problems, as well as introducing the SME 5.0 project to a broader audience.
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Visiting the Balto Textile company

By Leila Zare on Apr 10th, 2024

I visited the Balto Textile company, in the Industrial Park of Pilar, Fatima, Province of Buenos Aires, together with the Director of the Research Institute, Sergio Salimbeni and Tanel Aruväli. During the meeting, I made a presentation on the SME 5.0 project and exchanged ideas on the importance of technology, people, and the environment in SMEs. After that, the Director of the firm, Silvio Pampillo, invited us to take a guided tour of the plant, explaining each phase of production.
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Workshop (no. 2) for SME companies (in Buenos Aires city)

By Tanel Aruväli on Apr 8th, 2024

I gave a presentation to industrial company representatives in the SME5.0 workshop held in one of the Buenos Aires buildings. The presentation introduced the selection of the latest technologies we are using in the Smart Mini Factory laboratory and the applications we have created recently in Bolzano. After the presentations, the workshop continued with a focus group discussion with industry representatives to know their opinions regarding enablers and barriers to sustainability in SME companies.
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Factory visit (Balto s.a)

By Tanel Aruväli on Apr 5th, 2024

Balto s.a is located in the second largest industrial park in Latin America having around 250 industrial companies there. They work in the textile industry, mainly coloring the fabrics. We had great opportunity to visit the shop floor and the warehouse and see the manufacturing processes. Starting with coloring, which was made like in enormous washing machines. Following of extra processes such as edge cutting and finalizing with machined ironing and packaging. Although it is not common to use ERP software in Argentina, the production was integrated into custom-made production management Visual Basic software.
The visit was together with Prof. Sergio Salimbeni and Leila Zare.
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Secondment Deakin University -

By Christopher Gradwohl on Mar 28th, 2024

The following results can be published in terms of my secondment to Deakin University:

Collaborated publication (autumn 2024 in a planned Springer open access format) with Deakin University's School of Engineering focusing on smart energy management systems, with an emphasis on utilizing heat pumps and energy storage systems for load shifting. Additionally, work on strategies to test and validate algorithms in a comprehensive power systems hardware-in-the-loop lab environment. The following Persons will be included: Thomas Kienberger (MUL), Shama Islam (Deakin), Ameen Gargoom (Deakin)

Enhanced awareness of SME5.0 due to several meetings (online and in personwith the electrical engineering group at Deakin School of Engineering.

Extended and shared knowledge on energy efficiency measures in industry with Samson Yu (Deakin), discuss Energy Management Systems and grid resilience topics with Shama Islam and Ameen Gargoom (Deakin)

Work on future collaboration with Deakins incubator and manufacturing innovation hub ManuFutures (with Sameer Deshpande) in terms of finding current trends and challenges in industry to progress and adopt modern technologies to align with Industry 5.0, together with Anika Terbuch (MUL) and Michaela Golser (Unibiz)

A summary of these activities can also be found in my Linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christopher-gradwohl_deakinuniversity-collaboration-energymanagement-activity-7178908314150334464-IfoL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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Knowledge Exchange with Prof. Karin Wolff/Stellenbosch University

By Helmut Aschbacher on Mar 26th, 2024

Knowledge exchange with Prof. Karin Wolff, senior advisor for Teaching & Learning at the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University, regarding the human-centered approach of developing and conducting Microcredentials at TU Graz Life Long Learning.
Being part of the EU-funded SME 5.0 project, TU Graz Life Long Learning is investigating how to improve the contribution to companies (SME) and their employees through the modularization of continuing education offerings, especially in the SME 5.0 context.
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Lecture to master course working students in USAL

By Tanel Aruväli on Mar 26th, 2024

I lectured information systems and industrial engineering master students at Universidad del Salvador. The lecture was split between me and my colleague Leila Zare. I introduced our ideas and hands-on experiences from the previous projects where I have been involved in Smart Mini Factory. It was nice to see once again that the students in Argentina actively participate in lectures and always have many questions.
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Medical laboratory visit in USAL main building

By Tanel Aruväli on Mar 25th, 2024

Together with prof. Sergio Salimbeni and Leila Zare, we visited medical laboratory where tests with the biofilms are made. We were hosted by Dr. Alicia Farinati who introduced her experiments and gave us insights to biofilm use in medicine. In collaboration with industrial engineering and medical engineering, they have interdisciplinary research in USAL to use biofilm in industry for creating better working environment by capturing contamination particles from the air in the industrial companies.
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