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                    Research Topics in Mechanical Engineering and Smart Manufacturing
                
            
            
        
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
            
                
            
            
        
                            
                            
                            
                                
    
        
        
            
  
 - [Heidelberg University]
 
  
  
  
1. Mechanical Engineering
- Energy systems (including renewable energy)
  
- Micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
  
- Advanced manufacturing techniques: additive manufacturing (3D printing)
  
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  
- Sustainable Energy Conversion
  
- Biomechanical Engineering
  
- Environmental Fluid Dynamics
  
- Fluid and Solid Mechanics
  
- Combustion and Energy Systems
  
- Precision Machining and Optics Manufacturing
  
- Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
  
- Vibrations, Acoustics and Fluid-Structure Interaction 
  
  
 2. Smart Manufacturing  
- Micro- and Nano-Scale Manufacturing (microfluidic devices, nanopositioning systems, fuel cells, and electronics, etc.) 
  - Manufacturing Systems and Information 
  - Renewable Energy and Environmentally Benign Manufacturing
 - Industry 4.0
 - Smart factories 
 - Cyber-physical systems (sensors, etc.) 
 - Manufacturing systems and communication networks 
 - Manufacturing system control and automation 
 - Additive manufacturing (AM)/direct digital manufacturing 
 - Micro-factory technology
 - Knowledge based production management
 - Computational intelligence in production management
 - Intelligent manufacturing systems
 - Intelligent human-machine system 
 - Agile, flexible, reactive manufacturing systems
 - Modelling of business and operational processes
 - Social networks for manufacturing
 - Virtual, Digital and smart factory
 - Production planning and scheduling
 - Globalization and production management 
 - Social and cultural aspects of global supply chains
 - Worldwide procurement, logistics and distribution management
 - Sustainability and production management
 - Energy efficiency in manufacturing
 - Green manufacturing
 - Reuse, remanufacture, disassembly and recycling
 - Collaborative networks
 - Collaborative tools in production and asset management
 - Collaborative design
 - Distributed systems and multi-agent technologies
 - ICT for collaborative manufacturing
 - Information systems for collaboration
 - Innovation and collaborative networks
 - Performance measurement and benchmarking
 - Products and services personalisation
 - Quality management for personalized products and services
  
 
 
3. AI and Data Science in Smart Manufacturing
 
- Integrated manufacturing and logistics systems
 - Internet of Things and smart manufacturing
 - Robotics and automation
 - Robotic systems for smart manufacturing: standards and assessment
  - Mechatronics and robotics
  - Collaborative robots (Cobots)
 - Robot operating systems
 - The Internet of Things/The Industrial Internet
  - Data science in manufacturing
 - Productive application of AI in manufacturing
 - Big data analytics
 - Predictive Analytics or Real-time Data of Performance and Quality
 - Preventive Maintenance and Fault Prediction
 - Price Optimization
 - Automation and Robotization in the Smart Factory
 - Inventory management in large supply chains
 - Simulation of large scale supply chains
 - Supply Chain Optimization
 - Inventory Management and Demand Forecasting
 - 3D machine vision
 - Efficiency and Computer Vision Applications
  
            
         
    
    
                             
                            
    
    
                        
                      
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
              
              
    
 
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