Alessandro Simeone Email and Phone Number

Associate Professor in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Lead researcher on EPSRC Grant “Eco-Intelligent Manufacturing”, a research project aimed to embed the environmental considerations within various manufacturing decisions and to support a framework for eco-intelligent approach to short, medium and long-term planning, control and management activities. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:# Identification of metrics to support environmentally focused manufacturing decisions across a range of management and planning activities# Development of technologies aimed at generating real-time information to support eco-aware decision making# Implementation of an intelligent sustainable business management system for long-term strategic decision makingTEACHINGInvolvement in the following courses and modules:# Sustainable Energy Systems – Tutorial, coursework assessment# Sustainable Business Management – Lecture, marking of student presentation# Sustainable Development: the Engineering Context – tutorials# Sustainable Manufacturing - laboratory supervisionSTUDENTS’ SUPERVISION# PhD mentoring – “A framework for heat energy recovery within manufacturing” (2015/16)# Delfin Program – Mexican undergraduate summer placement student (2014 and 2015): # 2014, Image acquisition and processing for monitoring of disassembled car components # 2015 Clean-in-place monitoring: vision system for surface fouling detection in openable components# Ensure undergraduate student - Infrared monitoring of machining processes (2013)FUNDINGcontribution to the successful application of the following research proposals:# High Speed, Energy Efficient Manufacturing of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells ( EP/M014088/1), EPSRC Energy Resilient Manufacturing call 2014 (£282,948)# Self Optimising CIP 2015 - Innovate UK Technology Inspired innovation Call (£143,573)INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP# Martec Of Whitwell Ltd: development of Clean-in-place monitoring systems# Unilever R&D: optimisation of production scheduling and changeover time minimisation

Production Technologies and Systems

Sensor Monitoring in Drilling of Inconel 718

Identifying components of an evolving solution, controlling changes of the solution components, and traceability throughout the process life cycle according to both international and Ericsson StandardsActivities:- SolCM- Baseline Management- Planning and BreakdownTools:- CQ4E (Change requests handling)- Ericoll (EPP and Collaboration Areas)- Ericsson Repositories (EriDoc, GASK2WEB)