Dr. Daniel Schmid
Dr. Daniel Schmid
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Research profile Digitalisation in Machines
Lagerplatz 22
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Focus
Digitalisation in Machines, Digital Engineering
Teaching
- Project Module, Mechanical Engineering, MT.PM1
- Project Module 2, Mechanical Engineering, MT.PM2
- Smart Factory, Engineering and Management, WV.SF
- Economy for Engineers, WING
- MSE Digitalisation in Industry, TSM_DigInd
- CAS Operations Managment, Part Industry 4.0 & Smart Factory
Experience
- Senior Lecturer
ZHAW
10 / 2019 - 07 / 2025 - Senior Product Manager, Process Sensors
Baumer Electric AG
03 / 2017 - 09 / 2019 - Head of Technology, Feed and Biomass
Buhler Group
03 / 2014 - 02 / 2017 - GM Project Managment, GM Application Engineer, GM 35/40 Bore Engines, Expert Tribology
Wärtsilä Switzerland
06 / 2003 - 02 / 2014
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Ph D, Mechanical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
ETH Zurich
03 / 2000 - 05 / 2003 - Dipl. Mech. Eng. ETH / Mechanical Engineering
ETH Zurich
10 / 1995 - 02 / 2000
Continuing Education
CAS Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW
07 / 2021
Network
Membership of networks
- Leader of the Expert Group Digital Industry (formaly known as Industry 4.0), SATW (Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences)
- Working Group 5.1, Global Product Development for the Whole Life-Cycle of the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing)
- Scientific Committee Member, PLM Conference, IFIP WG 5.1 (since 2023)
- Platform Industry 4.0, Co-Coordinator
- Platform Digital Mobility, Member
ORCID digital identifier
Awards
- Winner Digital Twin Contest
PLM Conference 2024, IFIP WG 5.1, Bangkok
07 / 2024 - Swiss Technology Award (PowerPac Fuel Cell Power Generator)
Swiss Technology Award
02 / 2003 - Third Place REACH Umweltpreis
Pro Aqua - pro Vita
10 / 2002
Social media
- LinkedIn, own page
- LinkedIn, IPP (Institute of Product Development and Production Technologies
- CuriousIPP, YouTube
Projects
- Cryogenic Kidney Preservation / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Robot Process Automation for securing and expanding the market and increasing efficiency / Team member / ongoing
- Professional and scientific expertise for the UZH in the area of the Detector for CERN’s CSM Collider / Project leader / ongoing
- Biogas Plants For Small and Mid-size Farms / Co-project leader / completed
- Internet of Things # Amfora. A Swiss Digital Solution for Global Foodservice / Team member / completed
- 3D-Master for a Digitized Manufacturing Platform / Project leader / completed
- Customizable Injection Molded Products and Services with Interconnected Production Planning / Team member / completed
- User Assistance Systems for Smart Commercial Buildings / Project leader / completed
- 3D-Master for "Realtime Manufacturing Services" / Project leader / completed
Publications
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- S. Berger, S. Winterberg, C. Baumgartner, J. Inauen, J. Staller, and D. Schmid, "Mycelium material substitutes conventional bicycle helmet material by adapted design for X processes," in Advances in circular economy: bridging research and practice, May 2026, pp. 71–84, doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-21547-5_6.
- S. Lack, P. Hehenberger, S. Merschak, F. Picchio, and D. Schmid, "Importance of PLM and digital thread to (dis)assemble circular products automatically," in Product lifecycle management. PLM in the age of model-based engineering in industry, Nov. 2025, pp. 346–355, doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_34.
- D. Schmid, S. Merschak, S. Lack, and P. Hehenberger, "Towards a framework for automatic disassembly supporting circular economy," in Procedia CIRP, Aug. 2025, vol. 136, pp. 15–20, doi: 10.1016/j.procir.2025.08.005.
- S. Lack, R. Klopfer, and D. Schmid, "Universal, bi-directional real time communication between real and digital twin in an MBSE environment," in Product lifecycle management : integrating digital technologies for sustainability and innovation, Jul. 2025, pp. 208–221, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-93319-6_16.
- S. Sala Cordero, B. Sullivan, and D. Schmid, "Digital engineering ecosystem for the enhancement of traceability : industrial study," in Product lifecycle management : leveraging AI, digital twins, and smart technologies, Jul. 2025, pp. 41–55, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-93323-3_4.
- B. Lanfant, S. Lack, B. Meyer, A. Abdulkadir, T. Stadelmann, and D. Schmid, "3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts," in BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Feb. 2025, vol. 170, no. 3, pp. 158–171, doi: 10.1007/s00501-025-01563-y.
- F. Schranz, V. Phimmasane, A. Witzig, A. Rüst, and D. Schmid, "User assistance system for smart commercial buildings : use cases and proof of concept," in Proceedings of the 2024 European Conference on Computing in Construction, Jul. 2024, vol. 5, pp. 674–681, doi: 10.35490/EC3.2024.190.
- D. Schmid, "Design and release process for additive manufacturing parts," in Product Lifecycle Management. Leveraging Digital Twins, Circular Economy, and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Innovation, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-62582-4_28.
- D. Schmid and F. Nyffenegger, ""Metro Map" illustrating the digitalisation in industry," in Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in Transition Times: The Place of Humans and Transformative Technologies, 2023, pp. 294–303, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-25182-5_29.
Other publications
- D. Schmid and S. Lack, "Universal, bi-directional real time communication for digital twins," Jan. 2026, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35404.
- D. Schmid and T. Herrmann, "Human-zentrierte und resilienzfördernde Digitalisierung," ZHAW Industrie 4.0, Apr. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://blog.zhaw.ch/industrie4null/2024/04/09/human-zentrierte-und-resilienzfoerdernde-digitalisierung/.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- D. Schmid, "Smart Factory – verpasst die Schweizer Industrie gerade die Digitalisiserung?," May 2026.
- D. Schmid, S. Lack, and R. Klopfer, "Universal, bi-directional real time communication for digital twins," Jan. 2026.
- B. Lanfant, S. Lack, B. Meyer, A. Abdulkadir, T. Stadelmann, and D. Schmid, "3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts," Sep. 2024.
- S. Lack, R. Klopfer, and D. Schmid, "Digitalis3D axes system," Jul. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIjFo8CBDo.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Modular Stack-Internal Air Humidification Concept-Verification in a 1 kW Stack
- Development of a fuel cell stack for portable generators with different power ranges