Prof. Dragos Axinte
Prof. of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dragos Axinte is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at University of Nottingham, UK. Graduated at University of Galati, Romania, after working in industrial research for eight years, he held two personal NATO Research Fellowships in Italy and Denmark and then moved to UK to carry out research with University of Birmingham (2000) and, since 2001, with University of Nottingham. Since 2009 Dragos is Director of The Rolls-Royce UTC in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at University of Nottingham. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture as well as of Journal of Material Processing Technology and Fellow of International Academy of Production Engineering (FCIRP). Dragos has over 200 journal papers and over 30 granted international patents
Dragos research interest is in the following main areas: Advanced machining technologies with emphasis on in-depth analysis of workpiece surface integrity; innovative tooling and fixturing systems; and development of portable machine tools and specialist robotics for in-situ repair and maintenance of high-value industrial assets.
Keynote title: “Advanced Grinding Tools: A way to limit process stochasticity”