Editorial Board: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Zäh
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Zäh Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb), Technical University Munich |
| Bolzmannstr. 15 | |
| 85748 Garching | |
| Fon +49-89-289-15500 | |
| Fax +49-89-289-15555 | |
| michael.zaeh@iwb.tum.de | |
| http://www.iwb.tum.de |
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| 1989 | Student prize award of the VDW (German machine tool builders´ association) for the Diploma thesis 'Stabilitätsanalyse des Ratterwirkungskreises an spanenden Werkzeugmaschinen' |
| 1990 | Graduate Research Assistant of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg at the Institute of Machine Tools and Industrial Management of the Technical University of Munich |
| 1993 | Doctorate with a thesis about a dynamic process model for circular sawing |
| 1994 - 1995 | Head of the department at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb) |
| 1996 | Appointment in the research laboratory and in the design department at 'Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH' Ludwigsburg, Germany, later promoted head of the order management department |
| Since 1997 | Member of the management group at 'Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH' |
| Since 1998 | Head manager |
| 1998 - 2002 | ERP-system-implementation project at four production sites and three sales agencies of the Gleason Corporation |
| 1998 - 2002 | Two year stay in Rochester, N.Y., USA as well as activities in South Korea, Great Britain, Brazil and Japan |
| 2002 | Appointment to the full professor for machine tools and manufacturing technology at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb) |
| Since 2002 | Director at the iwb |
| Since 2002 | In charge of the chair for assembly system technology and manufacturing management |

