Dirk Schaefer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Contact
Office: PARB A218
Email: dirk.schaefer@me.gatech.edu
Research Thrusts
Information Engineering for Complex Systems
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Education
Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2003
M.S., University of Duisburg, Germany, 1996
B.S., University of Duisburg, Germany, 1994
Research Interests
  • Computer-aided engineering and design
  • Virtual engineering and digital enterprise technology
  • Systems integration
  • Engineering education

Dr. Schaefer has experience in research and development on the boundaries between engineering and information technology principles. Long standing work has mainly addressed product modeling, variant design technology, product life-cycle management, interdisciplinary ECAD-to-MCAD integration, design-with-manufacture integration, standardized product data exchange, and knowledge management. His current research focus is on virtual engineering, digital enterprise technology and systems integration. Dr. Schaefer has published around fifty papers in journals, books and conference proceedings in computer-aided engineering and design. He has presented his work at numerous international meetings, regularly organizes an international conference on ECAD/ECAE Technology and serves on scientific program committees. Dr. Schaefer is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Chartered IT-Professional (CITP) and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK. Furthermore, he is a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), The American Mathematical Society (AMS), The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), The Institution of Engineering Designers (IED), The British Computer Society (BCS), The European Mathematical Society (EMS), The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), The German Association of Computer Scientists (GI), The German Association of Engineers (VDI) and The Association of German Mathematicians (DMV).