Z-Fact0r project (Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories):- Design and Measurement of KPIs and cost functions for monitoring and optimization of processes and quality performance measurement in manufacturing- Development of guidelines for the use of KPIs for the monitoring and control of manufacturing processes for Zero-defect manufacturing strategies

1) Contributions to projectsIFaCOM: - Development of a methodology for part quality prediction and manufacturing process parameters adjustment for WEDM which resulted in the submission of a patent by the industrial partner- Responsible for several deliverables and tasksActionPlanT: - Producing a baseline document on the use of industrial learning to develop ICT for manufacturing skills- Development of a methodology to design, plan and deliver learning actions to industrial communities on appropriate topics of ICT for manufacturing- Contribution to the organization of industrial learning pilot events (ILPEs)- Statistical analysis of the questionnaires collected from ILPEs- Writing the reports for the ILPEse-SAVE :- Contribution to the identification and use of key environmental performance indicators to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products and processesSMAC:- Leader of WP5 ‘‘Socio-economic and ecological (environment & operating safety) aspects’’ and WP6 ‘‘Training’’- Responsible for Deliverables L5-1 ‘‘Contribution of maintenance actions on the social, economic and environmental aspects’’ and L6-1 ‘‘Definition of training modules: format and content’’- Definition of the training module ‘‘measurement system of maintenance performance''- Contribution to the organization of the SMAC project day at EPHJ (Environment Business Watches Jewelry) / EPMT (Microtechnology Professional Environment) at Beaulieu, Lausanne on May24, 2011FUZZY-NETS-RECAST (Feasibility study of applying the fuzzy-nets approach to online recast layer thickness prediction and adjustment in wire electrical discharge machining):- Project proposal writing- Project management- Literature review and gap analysis- Experimental plan design and analysis of experimental data- Testing the fuzzy.nets approach for the prediction of the recast layer thickness- Writing project deliverables2) Codirection of a PhD thesis, and supervision of master and semester projects

WISDOM (Wastewater Infrastructure Systems DecisiOn Matrix) project: - Development of a multi-criteria decision aid approach for the generation, evaluation and comparison of wastewater treatment systems- Development of a procedure for assessing the compatibility between wastewater treatment system components- Responsible for communication with project partners and management of work packages and deliverables

(1) Contributions to projects:AEOLOS (An End of Life of Product Systems):- Development of a multicriteria decision aid approach for the selection of the best scenario for the treatment of products at the end of their life taking into consideration their performances in relation to the economic, technical, environmental and social criteria.GEM (Global Education in Manufacturing):- Development of a course structure for the application of multicriteria decision aid methods to the treatment of products at the end of their life.PROMISE (Product Lifecycle Management and Information Tracking using Smart Embedded Systems):- Development of an approach for the transformation of life cycle data into knowledge. - Development of an approach for the transfomation of data from the stage of utilization of products into design knowledge. - Participation in the development of a course structure in the decision support systems, intended for the personnel of institutes and enterprises particjpating in the PROMISE project. - Participation in the development of a decision support system for the PROMISE projectVRL-KCiP (Virtual Research Lab for a Knowledge Community in Production):- Coordination of all of the EPFL's research activities in the network of excellence (NoE) VRL-KCiP- Responsible for all of the EPFL's research activities in the NoE VRL-KCiP, related to the life cycle engineering.2) Teaching activities- Participated in developing and teaching the doctoral course "Decision-based-approaches in conceptual and collaborative design"- Coordinated the implementation on the EPFL'S side and gave part of the doctoral course "Marufacturing Information Systems" in collaboration with INPGrenoble3) Supervision activities:- Codirection of a PHD thesis and supervision of two others- Supervised several diploma and semester projects