is a Senior Lecturer and founding member of the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Technology Sydney. He holds a German engineering PhD in Engineering Systems Design (Dr.-Ing.) from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, along with two Master degrees in mechanical engineering and in management. His applied research in Engineering Systems Design focuses on developing and applying new processes, methods and tools that help organisations in building an in-depth understanding of specific issues/problems, developing alternative solutions, and assessing and selecting the most suitable ones. While this usually means the product development of technical systems, it can also include overarching issues like technology adoption and force design. His research focuses on advanced Systems Engineering, including AI-enhanced Systems Engineering and hybrid-agile Systems Engineering, and systematic advanced manufacturing technology adoption in SMEs. Current examples include the development (a) of new guidelines to design safe cobot workplaces, (b) of frameworks to plan and manage open innovation networks, and (c) the development of adoption framework of new advanced and digital manufacturing capabilities, such as collaborative robotics, additive manufacturing and digital twins – also considering necessary socio-technical enablers like organisational and individual competences and training. Through his longstanding work in and with German and Australian manufacturing companies and the Australian Defence Force, he built a deep understanding of the socio-technical opportunities and challenges of advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Through his applied research projects, he supports organisations in understanding and solving pressing complex socio-technical problems. His work particularly focuses on the interface and dependencies between product development and advanced manufacturing, and the transfer of research results to practice.

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