Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schützer
Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba - Unimep
CURRICULUM VITAE
1 Education
1974 - 1978 - Mechanical Engineering Course at the Engineering College of São Carlos
of the São Paulo University (EESC-USP) - Conclusion as fourth classified from 38
Mechanical Engineers Specialisation in Machine Tools and Manufacturing and
Specialisation
in
Informatics
1981 - 1988 - Post graduation at the Engineering College of São Carlos of the São
Paulo University (EESC-USP) - Title of the Master of Science Thesis: “Desenvolvimento
de um Sistema de Projeto de Engrenagens Auxiliado por Computador” - Oral
examination
with
“cum
laude”
1988 - 1995 - PhD work at the Institute for Production Management, Technology and
Machine Tools of the Technical University of Darmstadt - Germany - Title of the PhD.
Thesis: “Integrierte Konstruktionsumgebung auf der Basis von Fertigungsfeatures” Oral
examination
with
“sehr
gut”
2011 - 2012 - Post-Doctoral internship at the Department for Computer Integrated
Design
of
the
Technical
University
of
Darmstadt
–
Germany
2 Professional Proceedings
1979 - 1981 - Product Engineer at the Indústrias Romi S/A, Sta. Bárbara d'Oeste, SP
1981 - 1988 - Professor and Co-ordinator of the Laboratories of the Technology Centre
at the UNIMEP
1988 - 1992 - Research Assistant at the Institute for Production Engineering and
Machine Tools of the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, (Scholarship
of CNPq, Brazil)
1992 - 1995 - Research Assistant at the Institute for Production Engineering and
Machine Tools of the TUD, Germany
from Aug.95 - Professor of the Post-Graduation Course of the Faculty of Engineering,
Architecture and Urbanism of the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP)
from Aug.95 - Coordinator of the Laboratory for Computer Integrated Design and
Manufacturing and of the Research Group for Integrated Product and Manufacturing of
the UNIMEP
1996 - 2012 - Representative of the UNIMEP at the ProSTEP iViP e.V., Darmstadt
(Germany)
1999 - 2007 - Coordinator of the Nucleus of Informatics and Computer Graphics of the
UNIMEP
12.06 - 03.08 - Dean of the Post graduation in Production Engineering of the UNIMEP
from Jan. 11 - Associate Member of the International Academy for Production
Engineering (CIRP)
2011 - 2012 - Guest Professor (Mercator Gastprofessur) at the Department for
Computer Integrated
Design of the Technical University of Darmstadt – Germany 2015 Guest Professor
(Dresden Fellows - Zukunftskonzept) at the Lehrstuhl Konstruktionstechnik/CAD at the
Technische Universität Dresden
3 Summary of Publications
Books: 1
Chapters in books: 10
Papers in Journals: 48
Papers in Conferences: 145
4 Lectures
Undergraduate Courses: Computer Aided Design; Computer Systems for Design;
Planning and Manufacturing
Graduate Courses: Design Methods and Product Modelling; Virtual Product
development; Product Data Management; Digital Factory
5 Summary of Supervisions
Diplom Thesis at Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba: 28
Master Thesis at Technische Universität Darmstadt: 9
Master Thesis at Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba: 15
PhD. Thesis at Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba: 4
PhD. Thesis at Technische Universität Darmstadt (Korreferent): 3
6 Research Fields
Integrated product development
Product lifecycle management
Virtual Factory
High speed cutting technology