Minna Lanz

Background

About Minna Lanz

Manufacturing and entrepreneurship are the backbones of every modern society, contributing to the stability and welfare of the society. The competence for continuous and goal-oriented R&D&I leaps is strongly tied to the ultimate sustainability of the technology industries. Behind the competence is the imagination and curiosity to find unique solutions for the challenges of the future. My role is to empower the imagination capabilities and curiosity of myself and my team. We develop systems that do not exist yet. I coordinate, manage, guide and support my research teams focusing on following topics:1) Manufacturing ICT: Digitalisation of production, Smart Factory solutions, Digital Twins, APS/MES, KPI visualisation, UIs, semantic modelling, information management, agent-based/holonic manufacturing systems (in discrete part manufacturing) 2) Robotics: Safety, HRI/C, Industrial robotics, virtual commissioning, and system design 3) Circular economy & Competence development: Technical cycles in the CE especially re-manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing in terms Social, Technical, Ecological, Economic and Political aspects4) Continuous Learning: “Learning to learn” - methods, versatile methods and tools for learning in technology-rich environments CORE COMPETENCES- Building and sustaining collaboration networks- Team building and competence enhancement- Analytical skills- Project Sales and Project portfolio Management- Negotiation for win-win- R&D (Horizon 1-3)- Additional language: Fluent in Engineering to Common sense- Public presentation and teachingI give 30-40 presentations annually about these topics for industrial and/or academic audiences globally. I manage and run BSc, MSc and DSc curricula and courses, provide transfer education and continuous education as a service in the field of digital manufacturing, production automation, machine safety and robotics. I also lecture in childrens' academy, eMBA and MBA modules.