Speakers of TMCE 2004

Tutorials (given on April 13, 2004)


Dr. Patrick Dubots and Linda Lecuyer,
ALCATEL, Technical Department, Environmental Affairs, France.
Computer Aided Methods and Tools for the Environmentally Conscious Design Support

Dr. Rainer Züst
ETHZ, Switzerland, Alliance for Global Sustainability.
Ecodesign Methods and Tools

Dr. Jan Spoormaker
Spoormaker Consultancy, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
Design for Reliability and Liability of Plastic Products

Prof. Godfried Augenbroe
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Technologies for the Creation and Management of Volatile e-Engineering Partnerships in Global Projects: Results from the European funded e-HUB project

Mr. Meindert Wiersma
De Vlamboog BV, the Netherlands.
Product Development in a Virtual Enterprise

Keynote presentations

In total 10 distinguished guests gave keynote presentations during the TMCE 2004 Symposium. Their papers can be found in the proceedings.

Prof. Jan Jacobs
Delft University of Technology, Faculty Industrial Design Engineering, the Netherlands.
Opening address speech

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Feldmann
Head of the Institute for Manufacturing Automation and Production Systems, Erlangen University, Germany.
Assembly and Disassembly of Micromechatronic Products

Olivier Jolliet
Environmental Science and Technology
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Advances in Life Cycle Approaches for product ecodesign

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil. Stig Ottoson
Linköping University, Sweden
When time matters!

Prof. Dr. Lorenz M. Hilty
Sustainable Information Technology Unit
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA)
Dematerialization

Prof. Dr. Han Brezet
Delft University of Technology, Faculty Industrial Design Engineering, The Netherlands.
New Technology Integration for Sustainable Product Concepts

Prof. Dr Satyandra K. Gupta
Mechanical Engineering Department and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, USA.
A Step Towards Integrated Product/Process Development of Molded Multi-Material Structures

Prof. Dr. George Fadel
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, USA.
Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Technologies – Accomplishments and Potentials

Prof. Dr. Ir. Ab L. Stevels
Philips Consumer Electronics, Environmental Competence Centre, the Netherlands.
Moving Ecodesign forward by Balancing Environmental Concerns, Engineering and Design Opportunities and Economic Interests

Dario Scapaticci
Business Development Director, Vehicles Division
Centro Ricerche Fiat, Italy
Simulation based Design at CRF

Closing workshop

The closing workshop was held with all participants, four provocative position statements were given around the theme of the upcoming 2006 TMCE symposium.

Prof. Dr. Asko Riitahuhta
Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Machine Design, Product Development Laboratory
Towards systemic radical innovation capability

Wim Poelman
Hogeschool van Utrecht, Faculty FNT, Design for Experience
Management of product technologies

Prof. Dr. Conrad Luttropp
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Machine Design
Conceptual environmentally conscious product design

Prof. Isidro laso Ballesteros
Scientific Officer, European Commission
Professor of Internet applications, UNED (National University of Distance Education), Spain
Professor of eBusiness, CEPADE, Polytechnical University of Madrid. Spain
Collaboration @ work: 3rd wave of internet to foster collaboration between individuals on the seem