Main Responsibilites

JOANNEUM  CREATIVe LAB:

• Projectdevelopment and funding particular for SME´s
• Interdisciplinary idea and businessdevelopment from R&D 
• Idea Management and IPR´s
• Technology transfer (problem analyses, solution finding and expert placement particular for SME´s)

Career

1991 Graduation as Dipl.-Ing. - "Industiral Engineering", specialization in "Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering" at the Technical University of Graz,

1992-1993: "Energy Consulting and Management," postgraduate at TU Berlin

1992-1995: "Environmental Engineering", post-graduate at TU-Graz

Various training courses (certified safety enginieer, MINT- Managing the Integration of New Technologies  certified consulter by Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

1985-1995: Various industrial activities:  packaging design and logistics in the pharmaceutical industry (Sandoz), logistics system planning (VOEST), energy optimization in process plants (Mueggler Brewery, TU-Berlin)

Since 1995: JOANNEUM RESEARCH in the following activities (in chronological order),

• consulting and engineering of processes of disposal service companies
• project management - environmental assessments and routing high tension 380kV powerline
• environmental and safety officer of JOANNEUM RESEARCH (safety officer of FH JOANNEUM until 2002
• quality auditor (internal) 
• "Environmental Function Deployment" in the food industry, particular meat production (AMA quality label, Hazard Analyses of Critical Control Points, material flow analysis)
• technology transfer, specializing in process engineering and logistics - food and wood processing and product innovation
• trainings, courses and lectures at several Uni´s of applied sciences (FH JOANNEUM, Campus02, FH Salzburg) and company workshops (system theory, operations research, biomimetics, creativity techniques) "
• contract research and methodological support for innovators in SMEs
• development and evaluation of innovation supportint methods
• research in technology forecast and scenario techniques
• research in special logical and mathematical methods for innovators (evolutionary algorithms, heuristics, TRIZ, bio-inspired optimization) 
• Organisation of business seminars on project management, creativity techniques, IPR and innovation management
• TRIZ Center and BIONIK AUSTRIA  (Board)
• * Member of Working Group on "ethics in research and development"
• SCIENCEFIT: idea generation and project development for SMEs in cooperation with styrian universities
• * various technology studies, product concept generation and projekt development for SMEs

Patents

• KATZ, H., Schinagl, C., Moser, J. (2010 grant utility model):  "traceability system for food" 
• Schinagl C., Zurk, P.; PCT / AT2006/00543; AT501748 (grant 2008): "cap for seperate storage and release"

Publications

Lectures since 2006

•  „Patentrecherchen mit System“, Workshop für Impulszentrumsmanager, St. Kathrein,.2006
• „Ideengenerierung mit System“, Workshop für Impulszentrumsmanager - St Kathrein 2006
• “Holzprodukte der Zukunft”, Workshop des Holzinnovationszentrum Zeltweg, 2006
• „Kreativitätstechniken“, im Rahmen von ScienceFit, Murau, 2007
• „Kreativitätstechniken und Ideenfindung für GründerInnen und JungunternehmerInnen“, Hartberg,2007
• „Lernen von der Natur“, FH Salzburg, Kuchl.2007
• „Technologietransfer und Kreativität“, Technologiegespräche Forum Alpbach, 2007
• „Bionik Austria“, BMVIT-Veranstaltung – zu IV2Plus, Technisches Museum, 2008
• „Projektbeispiele für KMU im Bereich Bionik“, Innsbruck, WK, 2008
• Keynote – "Bionik in Österreich und bei Joanneum Research", 1. Internationales Bionik-Symposium, Villach, 2008
• "Kreative Lösungsfindung mit Bionik", Lehrgang zum zertifizierten Innovationsmanager, Kapfenberg (März 09), Lebring (Mai 09), Grambach (Oktober 09), jeweils Veranstaltungen der SFG
• "Bionik für zertifizierte Innovationsmanager", BIZ-Kapfenberg, Impulszentrum Lebring, März 2010
• "Syntegration für die Ideenfindung in heterogenen Teams", Techgate (im Rahmen eines Projektworkshops mit AIT), 2010
• "Biomimetic Potentials in Construction Industries", Bionik-A Villach, 2010.
• "Kreativitätstechniken zur Projektentwicklung für KMU", im Rahmen von ScienceFit, Energieschiff Mochart, Bärnbach, 2010

Teaching Activity

• "Systemtheorie und Bionik", FH JOANNEUM, Studiengang Industrial Design, 1997-2005
• „Bionik und Evolutionäre Algorithmen in der Produktentwicklung“, FH JOANNEUM, Studiengang Produktionstechnik und Organisation, seit 2007
• „Kreativitätstechniken“, CAMPUS02 - FH der Wirtschaft, Studiengang IT & IT-Marketing, seit 2006
• "Creativity Techniques", FH Kärnten, Studiengang Biomimetics in Energy Systems, seit 2010
• „Thermodynamics in Biomimetical Systems“, FH Kärnten, Studiengang Biomimetics in Energy Systems, 2009, 2010
• "Simulation Technologies", FH Kärnten, Studiengang Biomimetics in Energy Systems, 2010