Universitat Politècnica de València
Doctor in Industrial Engineering, he joined the Polytechnic University of Valencia in September 2016 to promote the research and academic project in Manufacturing Engineering after a long professional stage at the Jaume I University of Castellón
In the research field, the sustainable manufacturing and high-performance machining line is promoted, as well as virtual manufacturing and its implementation in Industry 5.0 environments. It is also worth highlighting the research line for the implementation of Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) platforms to enhance collaborative engineering environments.
In the academic field, in recent years the implementation of manufacturing subjects in Aerospace Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, Simulation of Manufacturing Processes and Standardization applied to the geometric design of the product has been promoted.
One of the most enriching projects is the manufacture of an experimental ultralight aircraft, the Zenit 701STOL aircraft, by a team of students with the expectation that it will soon be flying as an ambassador for the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Likewise, we are involved in several national and international research projects on product design and development and collaborative engineering using PLM systems.
Univesitat Jaume I
Dr. Carlos Vila is professor of manufacturing technology and product design at Jaume I University of Castellón (Spain). He is the director of the Master in Design and Manufacturing since 2006. He has been the head of the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design from 2005 to 2014.
He received a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, a Master in Nuclear Engineering from Polytechnic University of Valencia and his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. He joined Jaume I University in 1993 and since then he has been lecturing on manufacturing. The principal subjects have been Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Automated Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing Process Planning and Computer Integrated Manufacturing on the Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree, and Modelling and Integration Techniques on the Engineering Doctorate program.
He has been involved in various national and international research projects around implementing concurrent engineering, high performance machining and product lifecycle management. His current research interests include: Product Lifecycle Management, Sustainable Manufacturing, Concurrent Engineering, Collaborative Manufacturing, Manufacturing Process Planning or Design for Manufacture and Assembly, among others. He has published the results of the research work in international journals, chapter books, books and conference proceedings.
He has set up the Integrated Design and Manufacturing Laboratory that includes a High Speed Machining Centre, a Turning Centre and a Flexible Manufacturing System with a Coordinate Measurement Machine, an assembly robotized Cell linked with an automated pallet conveyor as well as rapid prototyping machines. As complements for the research the lab has measurement equipment such as a Kistler dynamometric table for milling operations and other sensors. He is also an advanced user of CAD/CAE/CAM tools (ProEngineer, Catia, SolidWorks, AutoCAD Moldflow), digital manufacturing applications (Delmia) and discrete events simulation for production plants analysis (Deneb Quest). He has experience in PLM and PDM applications (Product Life Cycle Management tools) Windchill and EnterprisePDM for managing product design and manufacturing.
He has been coordinator and member of different academic commissions of engineering degrees and member of the national evaluation commission of the education quality. He is a member of the American Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the Spanish Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the European Society of Concurrent Engineering (ESoCE).