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 - General Manager Project Management
Wärtsilä Switzerland
10 / 2012 - 02 / 2014 - General Manager Application Engineer
Wärtsilä Schweiz
04 / 2012 - 09 / 2012 - General Manager 35/40 Bore Engines
Wärtsilä Switzerland
01 / 2009 - 03 / 2012 - Special Project Manager
Wärtsilä Switzerland
08 / 2008 - 12 / 2008 - Expert Tribology & Group Leader
Wärtsilä Sweden
08 / 2007 - 07 / 2008 - Expert Tribology
Wärtsilä Switzerland
06 / 2003 - 07 / 2007
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 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 (2025, 2024, 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
- Robot Process Automation for securing and expanding the market and increasing efficiency / Team member / Start imminent
- Internet of Things # Amfora. A Swiss Digital Solution for Global Foodservice / Team member / ongoing
- Customizable Injection Molded Products and Services with Interconnected Production Planning / Team member / ongoing
- Biogas Plants For Small and Mid-size Farms / Co-project leader / completed
- 3D-Master for a Digitized Manufacturing Platform / Project leader / completed
- User Assistance Systems for Smart Commercial Buildings / Project leader / completed
- 3D-Master for "Realtime Manufacturing Services" / Project leader / completed
Publications
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Lanfant, Briac; Lack, Silvan; Meyer, Benjamin; Abdulkadir, Ahmed; Stadelmann, Thilo; Schmid, Daniel,
2025.
3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts[paper].
In:
Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference (MAMC), Aachen, Germany, 17-19 September 2024.
Springer.
pp. 158-171.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00501-025-01563-y
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Schranz, Franziska; Phimmasane, Vixay; Witzig, Andreas; Rüst, Andreas; Schmid, Daniel,
2024.
User assistance system for smart commercial buildings : use cases and proof of concept[paper].
In:
Srećković, Marijana; Kassem, Mohamad; Soman, Ranjith; Chassiakos, Athanasios, eds.,
Proceedings of the 2024 European Conference on Computing in Construction.
European Conference on Computing in Construction, Chania, Greece, 14-17 July 2024.
European Council on Computing in Construction.
pp. 674-681.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2024.190
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Schmid, Daniel,
2024.
Design and release process for additive manufacturing parts[paper].
In:
Danjou, Christophe; Harik, Ramy; Nyffenegger, Felix; Rivest, Louis; Bouras, Abdelaziz, eds.,
Product Lifecycle Management. Leveraging Digital Twins, Circular Economy, and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Innovation.
IFIP 20th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, Montréal, Canada, 9-12 July 2023.
Cham:
Springer.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62582-4_28
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Schmid, Daniel; Nyffenegger, Felix,
2023.
“Metro Map” illustrating the digitalisation in industry[paper].
In:
Noël, Frédéric; Nyffenegger, Felix; Rivest, Louis; Bouras, Abdelaziz, eds.,
Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in Transition Times: The Place of Humans and Transformative Technologies.
IFIP 19th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, Grenoble, France, 10-13 July 2022.
Cham:
Springer.
pp. 294-303.
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ; 667.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25182-5_29
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Schmid, Daniel; Herrmann, Thomas,
2024.
Human-zentrierte und resilienzfördernde Digitalisierung.
ZHAW Industrie 4.0.
Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/industrie4null/2024/04/09/human-zentrierte-und-resilienzfoerdernde-digitalisierung/
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Lanfant, Briac; Lack, Silvan; Meyer, Benjamin; Abdulkadir, Ahmed; Stadelmann, Thilo; Schmid, Daniel,
2024.
3D-master-based method for optimizing the cost calculation of PBF-LB/M manufactured parts.
In:
Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference (MAMC), Aachen, Germany, 17-19 September 2024.
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Lack, Silvan; Klopfer, René; Schmid, Daniel,
2024.
In:
21th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 July 2024.
Available from: 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