© Tiss: Fazel Ansari

Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fazel Ansari Chaharsoughi, MSc has been appointed University Professor for Data-Driven Maintenance Management at the Vienna University of Technology with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute for Management Sciences (E330) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at TU Wien.

Fazel Ansari comes from Esfahan (Persia). He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Tehran (BSc.) and moved to the University of Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) for his master's degree in mechatronics. He also received his doctorate there in 2014 (summa cum laude) with a dissertation on “Meta-analysis of Knowledge Assets for Continuous Improvement of Maintenance Cost Controlling, opens an external URL in a new window”. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Siegen, he moved to Austria in 2017 to join TU Wien and Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH, opens an external URL in a new window. He obtained his venia docendi for the subject of “Industrial Engineering” in 2021 with a habilitation thesis on “Management of knowledge intelligence in human-centered cyber physical production systems, opens an external URL in a new window”. Since 2023, he has also been Head of Strategic Projects & Member of the Management Board at the Center for Sustainable Production and Logistics at Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH.

Fazel Ansari's academic home is the Industrial Engineering research area at the aforementioned institute, where he has headed the Production and Maintenance Management research group since 2018. There, he focuses on topics related to Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, including production processes, production planning and optimization, and knowledge-based maintenance.

Fazel Ansari's publications can be found in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window databases and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.