Information in English
General Information
- Member of the Faculty of Engineering (TE)
- Main lecture activities in the Bachelor's programme “Manufacturing and Operations Management” (German: "Produktion und Prozessmanagement")
- Lead Coordinator of the Learning Factory jumpING
Visitor address: Max-Planck-Str. 39, Room C105, 74081 Heilbronn, Germany
Phone: +49 7131 504 602
E-mail: patrick.balve@hs-heilbronn.de
Curriculum Vitae
09/2009 |
2001 - 2009 |
12/2001 |
1996 - 2001 |
07/1996 |
Appointed professor for "Logistics Planning and Organization" at Heilbronn University |
Personal assistant to the Head of DaimlerChrysler Buses production; manager of production logistics at Orion Buses, Oriskany/NY, USA; manager of quality engineering EvoBus GmbH |
PhD degree (Dr.-Ing.) from the University of Stuttgart |
Research assistant at the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF), University of Stuttgart, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (FhG-IPA) |
Master Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from the University of Siegen, special field international project management |
Teaching and Research
My lecture duties cover the following subjects, although I might not be actively teaching all of them in any given semester:
- Industrial Engineering
- Operations Management, in particular Lean Production
- Change Management
- Material Flow Simulation
- Meeting Facilitation and Communication
- Lead Coordinator of the Learning Factory jumpING,
Project Supervision - Logistics Lab
In my research, I focus primarily on state-of-the-art concepts in project management, i. e. agile practices and methods, and the various applications of lean management. In addition to that, I am involved in researching boundary conditions for successful problem-based and project-organized learning (PBL/POPBL).
Thesis and Project Supervision
First and foremost, I supervise student projects as well as bachelor’s and master’s theses with topics related to lean production, project management. Other specialty topics include industrial engineering (e. g. plant design), production logistics, quality assurance, and process optimization.
Please feel free to get in touch with me if you wish supervision in any of the above mentioned or related areas.
