Innovation Center ● Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten Schmidt
Intralogistics and production
MANAGEMENT
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten Schmidt
Dresden University of Technology
Institute for Technical Logistics and Work Systems
Chair of Technical Logistics
Georg-Schumann-Bau
Münchner Platz 3
01187 Dresden
| Telephone | +49 351 463-32538 |
| thorsten.schmidt@tu-dresden.de |
Short vita
Career and professional milestones:
- Since 2008: Professor of Technical Logistics at TU Dresden
- 2007: Habilitation in the field of material flow systems
- 2004–2008: Head of the ‘Machines and Systems’ department, Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund
- 2001–2004: Senior Engineer at the Chair of Conveyor and Storage Systems, University of Dortmund
- 2000: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Dortmund
- 1994–2000: Research Assistant, Chair of Conveyor and Storage Systems, University of Dortmund
- 1991–1992: Study abroad in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- 1987–1994: Studied Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Technology), University of Dortmund
Research and development
- Modelling, simulation and control of conveyor and storage systems
- Optimisation of energy-efficient material flow systems
- Development projects for autonomous material transport technology (e.g. AGV, AMR, RFS)
- Customised production, personnel deployment planning, industrial symbiosis
Expertise
- Design and optimisation of internal material flow systems
- Development of technical systems for material flow and handling technology
- Concepts for energy-efficient logistics solutions
- Production supply concepts
- Mastery of customer-specific production
- Application
Reference projects
- Creation of a logistics and supply concept for a medical university
- Development of a calculation tool for the design of storage systems
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