Kristiaan Schreve

Snr Lecturer : Design and Mechatronics Division

Dr Kristiaan Schreve is a Snr Lecturer in the Design and Mechatronics Division. He did his PhD on edge scanning and sweep surface approximation in reverse engineering. His fields of speciality are in Computer Aided Design, reverse engineering and rapid prototyping. He is currently doing research on reverse engineering and rapid prototyping.

Academic Qualifications

BEng (Mechanical), Stellenbosch, 1995
MEng (Mechanical), Stellenbosch, 1998
PhD (Mechanical), Stellenbosch, 2002
DTE, UNISA, 2006

Professional Experience

2004 - present:	University of Stellenbosch, Department of Mechanical Engineering Senior Lecturer (Design division)
2003:	University of Stellenbosch, Department of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Lecturer (Design division)
2002 - 2003:	Global Competitiveness Centre in Engineering: Rapid Prototyping Laboratory Technical Manager Member of team responsible for research and projects for industry in the field of Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering. Responsible for technical and operational management.

Fields of Research

Reverse Engineering
Rapid Prototyping
Computer Vision

Fields of Interest

Computer Aided Design
Reverse Engineering
Rapid Prototyping
Computer Vision

Journal Papers

1.	Schreve, K., Schuster, H.R. and Basson, A.H., 1999, Manufacturing Cost Estimation during Design of Fabricated Parts, Short Communications in Manufacture and Design, In: Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 213, No. B7, pp. 731-736.
2.	Schreve, K., Goussard, G.L., Basson, A.H. and Dimitrov, D., 2006, Interactive Feature Modeling for Reverse Engineering, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 422-424.
3.	Schreve, K., 2006, Fitting 2D B-splines with Draft Angle to Point Data, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 836-844.
4.	Dimitrov, D., Schreve, K. and De Beer, N., 2006, Advances in Three Dimensional Printing – State of the Art and Future Perspectives, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 136-147.
5.	Dimitrov, D., Van Wijck, W., Schreve, K., and De Beer, N., 2006, Investigating the Achievable Accuracy of Three Dimensional Printing, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 42-52.
6.	Schreve, K. and Basson, A.H., 2005, Edge Detection in Reverse Engineering using a Scanning Approach. Part 2: Testing, Including Design of Experiments, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 26, No. 9-10, pp. 1055-1062.
7.	Schreve, K. and Basson, A.H., 2005, Edge Detection in Reverse Engineering using a Scanning Approach. Part 1: Scanning Algorithm, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 26, No. 9-10, pp. 1048-1054.
8.	Schreve, K. and Basson, A.H., 2004, Small Volume Fabrication Cost Estimation Models for Embodiment Design, R&D Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 9-15.

Conference Proceedings

1.	Dimitrov, D., Van Wijk, W., Schreve, K. and De Beer, N., 2003, On the Achievable Accuracy of the Three Dimensional Printing Process for Rapid Prototyping, International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, October 1-4, Leiria, Portugal, pp. 575-582.
2.	Schreve, K. and Basson, A.H., 2000, Edge Detection in Reverse Engineering Using a Virtual CMM, Proceedings of DETC 2000, September 10-13, 2000, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Paper No. DETC'00/DAC-14540.
3.	Schreve, K., Schuster, H.R. and Basson, A.H., 1998, Manufacturing Cost Estimation during Design of Fabricated Parts, Presented at Design Engineering Conference '98, Burnel University, 28 - 25 June 1998, pp. 437-444.
4.	Dimitrov, D. and Schreve, K., 2002, Rapid Prototyping of a Differential Housing using 3D Printing Technology, International Conference on Manufacturing Automation, 10-12 December 2002, Hong Kong.
5.	Dimitrov, D., Schreve, K. and Bradfield, E., 2002, Accelerated Development of Plastic Components for Automotive Applications, Plasmobile Conference, 22-23 October 2002, Johannesburg.
6.	Dimitrov, D. and Schreve, K., 2002, Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing for Plastic Processing Applications Based on the 3D Printing Technology, Composites Africa 2002, Johannesburg.
7.	Dimitrov, D., Schreve, K. and Bradfield, E., 2002, Product and Process Innovation by Means of Rapid Manufacturing, RAPDASA 2002, Bloemfontein.
8.	Dimitrov, D., Van Wijk, W., Schreve, K. and De Beer, N., 2003, An Investigation of the Capability Profile of the Three Dimensional Printing Process with an Emphasis on the Achievable Accuracy, Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 189-192.
9.	Schreve, K., Dimitrov, D., Bester, AGJ and Dees, B., 2003, Reverse Engineering - An Industrial View, RAPDASA, November 4-6, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, pp.26.
10.	Dimitrov, D., Schreve, K., De Beer, N., 2004, Advances in Three Dimensional Printing – State of the Art and Future Perspectives, Proceedings from the 10th European Forum on Rapid Prototyping: Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing, Paris, France, September 2004.
11.	Dimitrov, D., Schreve, K. and Bartel, K., 2004, Analysis of Current Reverse Engineering Practice and Possibilities for Improvements to the Process, COMA’04 International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, February 4-6, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 131-136.
12.	Schreve, K., 2005, Fitting B-splines with Draft Angle to Scanned Data, In: Bártolo, P.J., editor, Virtual Modeling and Rapid Manufacturing: Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping, 2005 Sept 28 – Oct 1, Leiria, Portugal, Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 269-275.
13.	Bögel, A., Queisser, S. and Schreve, K., 2006, Investigating a Method to Digitize the Internal Geometry of 3D Objects, RAPDASA 7th Annual International Conference on Competitive Tooling, Cape Town, 1-3 November.

Dr Kristiaan Schreve