Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics.  He has remarkable administrative experience as he is Vice President of Research and Development Council of the University of Patras (UP), Governing Board Member of the University of Patras at the CLEAN AVIATION Joint Undertaking, representing European Academia and Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS) , and Fellow of the ARSAKEIA – TOSITSEIA Schools, administered by the Society for Promoting Education and Learning (SPEL), which is a non-profit educational organization.  Additionally, he is Vice President of the Technical Council of the University of Patras, Scientific Manager of the “University of Patras Liaison Office” (Employment, Career and Liaison Department), which aims to connect students and graduates with the professional environment and to acquire new knowledge and skills and Scientific Officer for the General Regulation for the Protection of Personal Data (GDPR) of the Research and Development Council of the University of Patras.  He also presents important administrative work through his participation in committees of both the Technical Chamber of Greece (Coordinator of the Committee on New Technologies and New Materials) and the Region of Western Greece (RWG) (Representative of UP at the Von Karman Institute).

He is Fellow of the International Academy for Production Research (CIRP), Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 5.2), Fellow of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP WG 5.7), Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Learning Factories (IALF), Μember of the European Factories of the Future Association (EFFRA), of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), of the European Manufacturing and Innovation Research Association, and Founding Member of the European Aeronautics Science Network/Association (EASN).  He has participated in many research projects funded by International and National Resources, managed by the Research Committee of the University of Patras.