FRANCOIS KIEFER
Kiefer François
INSA Euro-Méditerranée
f.kiefer@insa.ueuromed.org
1996: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan)
Laboratoire Universitaire de Recherche en Production Automatisée (LURPA)
Ph.D in Automated Manufacturing.
Thesis title:” Integrated design of manufacturing systems: contribution to integration of models, and industrial applications “.
Thesis supervisor: professeur Jean-Jacques LESAGE
1989: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Laboratoire Universitaire de Recherche en Production Automatisée (LURPA)
Master's degree in Automated manufacturing..
1986-1988: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Agrégation (highest teaching degree in France) in Mechanical Engineering .
03/1987 → 08/1987 : internship at Ėcole Polytechnique de Montréal (Industrial Engineering
& Mathematics Department).
07/1986 → 08/1986 : internship et Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft (CDG) Institut in Köln
(Germany) / Otto Bock company at Duderstadt (Germany).
2017: Institut interNational des Sciences Appliquées Euro-Méditerranée (INSA Euro-Méditerranée)
Dean of INSA Euro-Méditerranée, school of engineering of Euro-Mediterranean University of FES (UEMF) at Fes, Morocco.
2011-2017: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg) School of engineering
Associate Professor – Mechanical engineering
Administrative :
Dean of academic affairs. (1800 students, 110 teachers).
Project manager of the Engineering School accreditation process (EURACE). Teaching :
Design and manufacturing of mechanical systems. Project management (Master of Business Engineering). Supervisor of end of studies projects.
Research :
Contrinution to research contract with THALES company
1996 - 2011: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg) (2003-2017)
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industrie de Strasbourg (ENSAIS)(1998-2002) School of engineering, change of name in 2003
Associate Professor – Mechanical engineering
Administrative :
Responsible for the 2ndyear of engineering (1996-1998).
Head of Mechanical Department (300 students, 35 teachers) (1998-2002). Coordinator of Mechatronics (30 students) (2003).
Responsible of incoming and outgoing students for Mechanical Department (2004-2010).
Expert at the French-German University (2010-2015). Teaching :
Design and manufacturing of mechanical and mechatronics systems.
Control of automated systems.
Design of technical Information Systems.
Project management (Master of Business Engineering). Supervisor of end of studies projects.
Research :
Researcher in the LGECO (Laboratoire de Génie de la Conception – Laboratoty of design engineering).
Research in the field of manufacturing systemes and associated information design.
3 co-supervision of Ph.D thesis (2003,2004 an 2009),
4 research contracts with companies,.
9 publications under international journal with reading committee,
14 publications in international conference with proceedings.
1993 - 1995: Aérospatiale Missiles
Weapons company (tactical missiles)
Manufacturing Departement, Methods-programming service
Position: Engineer
Responsible for Information System (ERP, CAD-CAM, MES, PLM, etc.)
Management of a 12 members team.
1989 - 1992: Aérospatiale Missiles
Weapons company (tactical missiles) Manufacturing Departement, Production plant. Position: Engineer
Project manager of the ESPRIT 5104 research project (C.N.M.A. : Communication Network for Manufacturing Application). Development of an automated and flexible manufacturing system.
Management of a 5 members team, and collaboration with 9 european research centers.
Publications under international journal with reading committee
1-« Heterogeneous modelling tools for integrated production systems » Kiefer, F.
International Journal for Production Research, 2000, vol. 38, No. 17, Pages 4149-4157
2-“Design of information system architectures using a key-problem framework “ Goepp, V.; Kiefer, F.; Geiskopf, F.
Computers in Industry, 2006, 57(2), Pages 189-200.
3-“Consistency in tool selection for cast iron milling” Geiskopf, F.; Kiefer, F.; Caillaud, E.
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2007, Vol. 34, Numbers 1-2, pp. 9-20(12)
4-“A proposal for a framework to classify and review contingent information system design methods”
Goepp V.; Kiefer F.: De Guio R.
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2008,Vol. 54, Issue 2, Pages 215-228
5-“Information system design and integrated enterprise modelling through a key-problem framework”
Goepp V.; Kiefer F.; Avila O.
Computers in Industry, 2008, Vol. 59, Issue 7, Pages 660-671
6-“A problem driven approach to interface Manufacturing Strategy Analysis and
Manufacturing System Design”
Geiskopf, F.;Goepp V.; Kiefer, F. ; Caillaud, E.
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2009, Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 355-367
7- »Understanding and Classifying Information System Alignment Approaches » Avila O., Goepp V., Kiefer F.
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2009, Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 2-14
8-“ATIS: A method for the complete alignment of technical information systems” Avila O. ; Goepp V. ; Kiefer, F.
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2011, Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 993-1009
9-“Addressing alignment concerns into the design of domain-specific information systems” Avila O. ; Goepp V. ; Kiefer, F.
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-07-
2017-0136