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Michael Zäh</h1> <div id="c12744" class="frame default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><a id="c12745"></a><h3 class=""> Professorship </h3><p><a href="https://www.mw.tum.de/en/iwb/homepage/" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window" rel="noreferrer">Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology</a></p></div> <div id="c12746" class="frame default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><a id="c12747"></a><h3 class=""> School </h3><p><a href="https://www.ed.tum.de/en" target="_blank" title="Home TUM School of Engineering and Design" rel="noreferrer">TUM School of Engineering and Design</a></p></div> <div id="c12748" class="frame default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><a id="c12749"></a><h3 class=""> Contact Details </h3><p><a href="https://campus.tum.de/tumonline/visitenkarte.show_vcard?pPersonenId=D88AF7B7E5B38584&pPersonenGruppe=3" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window" title="Opens external link in new window" rel="noreferrer">Business card in TUMonline</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="professor__single--longinfo"> <div id="c12750" class="frame default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><a id="c12751"></a><h3 class=""> Academic Career and Research Areas </h3><p>The research activities of Professor Zäh (b. 1963) focus on machine tools and generative production methods, production technology and cognition for engineering systems.  <br>Professor Zäh graduated in mechanical engineering from TUM, where he also earned his doctorate degree in 1993 under the supervision of Professor Milberg, at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (IWB). From 1994 to 1995, he was Chief Engineer and Department Head for Machine Tools and Production Technology under the direction of Professor Reinhart. In 1996, he switched over to the private sector, working for a manufacturer of machine tools used for gear wheel machining, where he held various management positions. In 2002, Professor Zäh accepted the Chair of Machine Tools and Production Technology at TUM and has held the position of Director of the IWB since then.</p></div> <ul><li><span class="link-external"><a href="https://campus.tum.de/tumonline/wblvangebot.wbshowlvoffer?ppersonnr=78141" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Courses</a></span></li></ul> <div id="c12752" class="frame default frame-type-text frame-layout-0"><a id="c12753"></a><h3 class=""> Awards </h3><ul><li>VDW study prize for the diploma thesis on the stability analysis of the chatter effect circuit on metal-cutting machine tools (1989)</li></ul></div> <h3 class="professor_link">Key Publications (<a href="https://www.mec.ed.tum.de/en/iwb/staff/zaeh-michael-f-prof/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">all publications</a>)</h3><div class="professor__single--abstract"><p>Reinhart G, Zäh MF (Hrsg.): <i>Marktchance Individualisierung. </i>Berlin: Springer, 2003.</p><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-55495-7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Abstract</a></div><div class="professor__single--abstract"><p>Zäh MF, Oertli T: “Finite element modelling of ball screw feed drive systems”. In: <i>Annals of CIRP</i>, Bd. 53/1/2004. Krakau, 2004; 289-293.</p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007850607607008" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Abstract</a></div><div class="professor__single--abstract"><p>Zäh MF, Pörnbacher C: “A model-based method to develop PLC software for machine tools”. In: <i>Annals of CIRP</i>, Bd. 54. Antalya, 2005; 371-374.</p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007850607601255" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Abstract</a></div><div class="professor__single--abstract"><p>Zäh MF, Siedl D: “A new method for simulation of machining performance by integrating finite element and multi-body simulation for machine tools”. In: <i>Annals of CIRP</i>, Bd. 56. Dresden, 2007; 383-386.</p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007850607000935" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Abstract</a></div><div class="professor__single--abstract"><p>Zäh MF, Beetz M, Shea K, Reinhart G, Bender K, Lau C, Ostgathe M, Vogl W, Wiesbeck M, Engelhard M, Ertelt C, Ruehr T, Friedrich M, Herle S: “The cognitive factory“. In: <i>Changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems.</i> Editor: ElMaraghy HA. 1. Aufl. 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