Dr.-Ing. Armin Lechler

Education

2000 – 2006 Dipl.-Ing., Technical Cybernetics (Technische Kybernetik) with emphasis on Production Engineering, Universität Stuttgart

Scientific degrees

2011 Dr.-Ing., Universität Stuttgart. Title of the thesis: Conception of a functionally uniform application interface for Ethernet-based bus systems (Konzeption einer funktional einheitlichen Applikationsschnittstelle für Ethernet-basierte Bussysteme) (summa cum laude)

Work experience

Mai 2011 – current Managing Chief Engineer, Institut für Steuerungstechnik der Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungseinrichtungen (ISW), Universität Stuttgart

2009 – 2011 Head of the department Control Engineering (Steuerungstechnik), Institut für Steuerungstechnik der Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungseinrichtungen (ISW), Universität Stuttgart

2009 – current Managing director of FISW Steuerungstechnik GmbH, Stuttgart

2006 – 2009 Research assistent, Institut für Steuerungstechnik der Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungseinrichtungen (ISW), Universität Stuttgart in the research area ’Information and Communication Technology‘

Main Research Areas

Control engineering for machine tools and industrial robots

Control architectures and real-time operating systems

Real-time communication and application profiles

Service-oriented control concepts

Modularization and interface definition of cyber-physical systems

Committee Work

Since 2013 Member of the OPC Foundation

Since 2013 Member of the core team of the research campus ARENA 2036 of the University of Stuttgart

Since 2012 Deputy Head of Business Unit Electronic an Microsystems at Fraunhofer IPA

Since 2011 Member of DFAM – German Research Association for Automation and Microelectronic

Since 2008 Head of Competence centre and certification laboratory for Ethernet-based

Since 2008 Head of Technical Working Group for Certification of SERCOS III

2007 Assistance to IEC 61784 and IEC 61158

Five Selected Research Grants since 2011

BMBF: Industrial clod-based control platform for production with cyber-physical Systems (pICASSO)

BMBF: Active Research Environment for the Next Generation of Automobiles (ARENA 2036). Teilprojekt: Wandlungsfähige Produktion

BMBF: Workpiece-oriented Machine Configuration in Production with Cyber-Physical Systems (BAZMod)

EU FP7 Innovative Proactive Quality Control System for In-Process Multi-Stage Defect Reduction (Muprod)

EU FP7: Flexible Mini-Factory for local and customized production in a container (CassaMobile)