Björn Johansson

Professor (Chair) Sustainable Production

Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area

About

Experience: Worked with +200 companies on sustainable production system design and improvements. Conducts applied research on high TRL levels together with industries. Written about 200 scientific publications in the area of sustainable development, virtual tools for manufacturing, production systems and simulation. Coaching researchers, tutoring and teaching at PhD/MSc/BSc levels since 1999. Approximately 300 students per year whereof 10-20 yearly as tutor for larger projects. Goal: develop and apply production systems for a more sustainable manufacturing industry through utilizing virtual tools and analysis. Specialties: Production system design, sustainable manufacturing, virtual and digital production system analysis, discrete event simulation, layout planning, research and development, project management, interoperability, standardisation, electrification of vehicles, battery manufacturing and its lifecycle, AR/VR for manufacturing systems and workplace design, application of lean manufacturing.

Experience

  • Chalmers University of Technology (26 yrs 3 mos)
    • Professor Sustainable Production
      Apr 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

      Performing research and education on how to utilize virtual and digital production system analysis to increase sustainability performance in industry.

    • Associate Professor
      Nov 2011 - Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Performing research and education on how to utilize virtual production system analysis to increase sustainability performance in industry.

    • Assistant Professor
      May 2006 - Nov 2011 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Manager at Production Modeling Corporation Europe AB
    Oct 2001 - Present · 24 yrs 9 mos

  • The Society of Modeling and Simulation International (San Diego County, California, United States)
    • President
      Jul 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • President Elect
      Jul 2016 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Treasurer
      Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Guest Researcher at National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Standardization development for Smart Manufacturing, Unit Manufacturing Processes and Sustainable production, mainly under ASTM and ISO.

  • Guestresearcher at NIST
    2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

    Standardization development for discrete event simulation modeling and sustainability awareness.