Technical Committee for Gearing and Transmissions
Mission & Organization
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Leadership
| Function | Name | Affiliation |
| Chair |
Prof. Frank Schäfer
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) f.s@haw-hamburg.de |
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW)
Department Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering Design and Plastics Technology Berliner Tor 21 20099 Hamburg GERMANY |
| Deputy chair |
Prof. Yaping Zhao
Northeastern University China zhyp_neu@163.com |
Northeastern University China
Department Mechanical Engineering and Automation No.11 Lane 3, Wenhua Road, Heping District Shenyang, 110819 CHINA |
Members
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MO
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Name | Affiliation |
| Belarus | Prof. Dr. Techn. Sc. Victor E. Starzhinsky |
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
| Belarus | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vladimir B. Algin |
The Joined Institute of Mechanical Engineering |
| Bulgaria | Prof. Ognyan Alipiev |
Technical University of Ruse |
| Bullgaria | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kiril B. Arnaudov |
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Canada | Prof. Clement Gosselin |
Université Laval |
| Canada | Prof. John R. Colbourne |
University of Alberta |
| China-Beijing | Prof. Dr. Yaping Zhao |
Northeastern University |
| China-Beijing | Prof. Xiaoling Wu |
Zhengzhou University |
| China-Beijing | Prof. Dr. Datong Qin |
Chongqing University |
| China-Taipei | Prof. Zhang-Hua Fong |
National Chung Cheng University |
| China-Taipei | Prof. Yu-Ren Wu | National Central University |
| Czech Republic | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Dupal |
West Czech Technical University |
| Czech Republic | Prof. Josef Penkava |
Uiversity of West Bohemia |
| France | Dr. Louis Faure |
Compagnie Engrenage & Reducteurs Messian – Durand |
| France | Dr. Michael Octrue |
Institut de l’engrenage et des transmissions |
| Germany | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Robert Höhn |
TU München |
| Germany | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr. h. c. Karl-Heinz Modler |
Technische Universität Dresden |
| Hungary | Prof. DSc. Vilmos Simon |
Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| India | Prof. K. Lingaiah | University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore |
| India | P. M. Nityanandan |
Gears India (Madras) Pvt. Ltd |
| Italy | Prof. Carlo Gorla |
Politecnico di Milano |
| Italy | Prof. Dr. Eng. Domenico Mundo |
University of Calabria |
| Italy | Prof. Giovanni Mimmi |
Universitа degli studi di Pavia |
| Japan | Naoyuki Tanaka |
Hitachi, Ltd |
| Japan | Prof. Dr. Eng. Ichiro Moriwaki |
Kyoto Institute of Technology |
| Japan | Prof. Haruo Houjoh |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Kazakhstan | Prof. Konstantin Ivanov |
Almaty University of Power Engineering & Telecommunications |
| Lebanon | Prof. Rany Rizk |
Lebanese University |
| Non-MO | Prof. Jaques Sprengers | Prof. Emeritus, US |
| Poland | Prof. Jaroslaw Szrek |
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology |
| Poland | Prof. Antoni Gronowicz |
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology |
| Poland | Prof. PhD. DSc. Stanislaw Zawislak |
University of Bielsko-Biała |
| Russia | Prof. Sergey Lagutin | Electrostal Plant of Heavy Machines |
| Russia | Prof. Dr. Sc. Veniamin Goldfarb |
Izhevsk State Technical University |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vojislav Miltenovic | University "St. Cyril and Methodius Skopje |
| Slovakia | Prof. S. Kral | STU |
| Slovenia | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jozef Vizintin |
University of Ljubljana |
| Spain | Prof. Jose Ignacio Pedrero Moya |
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia |
| Spain | Prof. Dr. Carlos Garcia-Masia |
Campus Universitario Muralla del Mar |
| USA | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfonso Fuentes |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
| USA | Prof. Ahmet Kahraman |
Ohio State University |
| USA | William Bradley |
American Gear Manufacturers Association |
| USA | Dr. Neil Anderson |
General Motors Corporation |
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