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Helping small to medium manufacturers manage supply chain interruptions. News & Events, MCEC, April 25, 2025.
Building with purpose. USC news, January 14, 2025.
New Industrial Engineering Program to Focus on Optimizing Complex Processes and Systems. News & Events, MCEC, November 18, 2024.
State leaders warn port strike could threaten supply and demand. Kei'Yona Jordan, Fox News, October 2, 2024.
Fun Innovations Friday: Game On: How Gamification Transforms Mundane Assembly Tasks Into Motivating Challenges. Davis, L., New Equipment Digest, April 12, 2024.
WVU study shows treating work like a game drives results. WVUNews, March 25, 2024.
It’s Time to Revisit the ‘Arsenal of Democracy.’ Including Smaller Manufacturers Is Key. IndustryWeek, February 21st, 2024.
#10. Professor Thorsten Wuest: What You Need to Know About Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, Frontiers with Ian Hallett, Podcast, February 14, 2024.
WVU faculty fear lasting affects from cuts amid restructuring, Mike T., Charleston Gazette-Mail, Oct. 2, 2023.
WVU industrial engineers help businesses boost productivity, go green with free waste assessments, WVUtoday, June 26, 2023.
The Underpinnings of Industry 5.0, Based on Interview with Peggy Smedley in Connected World, Jan 19, 2023.
Algorithms and the Future of Work. Howard. J., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Sept 21, 2022
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The Peggy Smedley Show, Episode on Smart Manufacturing and the Supply Chain. Released March 22nd, 2022.
Digital Supply Networks included in Winter Reading Guide 2022 form inbound logistics, January 31, 2022.
20 Manufacturing Innovators and Thought Leaders You Should Know, Matics Manufacturing Analytics Blog, February 25th, 2022.
Upgrading the production line. Workflow, January 25th, 2022. link
The Open Application Group (OAGi) is Pleased to Announce the Release of the First Express Pack for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). PR Newswire, December 17th, 2021. link
Interview with Thorsten Wuest. Onalytica, Oct 28th, 2021. link
WVU STRENGTHENS WEST VIRGINIA’S MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH $3.8 MILLION NSF GRANT. EngineeringWV, Sep 09, 2021. link
EPSCoR jurisdictions receive NSF investment to build R&D capacity and education. NSF, September 17th, 2021. link
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Creating a more Resilient Supply Chain. Composites Manufacturing Magazine, April, 29th, 2021.
Wuest and Bernardes awarded IISE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year award. EngineeringWV, May 25th, 2021. link
Manufacturing USA 2019/2020 Highlights Report (p.88), March 2nd, 2021. link
How thinking machines can speed development of the fiber value chain. HempToday, February 18th, 2021. link
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WVU’s unique blend of engineering expertise helps secure Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center in West Virginia. WVU Today, October 21, 2020. link
WVU Professors team up with leading industry experts to guide organizations' transformation to digital supply networks in new book. WVU Statler News, July 21st, 2020. link
New book addresses digital supply network challenges in the coronavirus era. INFORMS Analytics, July 15, 2020. (DOI: 10.1287/LYTX.2020.04.18n) link
Digital supply networks transform the future. Industry of Things Voice, July 2, 2020. link
Changes in Smart Manufacturing. Newsroom - American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA), June 30th, 2020. link
Digital Technology Could Mitigate the Impact of Pandemics. MH&L, June 4, 2020. link
Wuest named one of the 20 most influential professors in smart manufacturing by SME. WVU Statler News, June 2nd, 2020. link
Changes in Smart Manufacturing. ITAMCO News, May 21st, 2020. link
Gearing up for change in smart manufacturing: WVU Engineer receives DOE grant. WVU Statler News, May 19th, 2020. link
Strategie e previsioni per una migliore customer experience nel settore manifatturiero [English: Strategies and forecasts for a better customer experience in the manufacturing sector]. BusinessCommunity.it - Marketing, April 15th, 2020. link
I trend della customer experience nel manifatturiero [English: Customer Experience Trends in Manufacturing]. Redazione BitMAT, March 23rd, 2020. link
WVU works to advance in start up, manufacturing and beyond. The State Journal, December 16th, 2019. link
WVU officials host workshop to bring students into advanced manufacturing (with Video). WDTV Channel 5 News, December 11th, 2019. link
Wuest co-authors new book on advanced manufacturing. WVU Statler News, October 10th, 2019. link
All about advanced manufacturing in new SAE book. SAE Update, Sept. 2019, p. 34-35. link
Smart Manufacturing builds opportunities for ISEs. IISE Magazine, 51(4), April, 2019. link
Wuest wins best review award from international journal. WVU Statler News, November 2018. link
'Smart Manufacturing' focus of WVU study (p 16-17). EngineeringWV, Fall 2018. link
Trabajador 4.0 = humano + tecnología. World Economic Forum (WEF), October 3rd, 2018. link
Wuest on editorial board for World Manufacturing Forum report. WVU Statler News, September 27th, 2018. link
Black Tees #8 w/ Dr. Thorsten Wuest, Black Tees of Engineering Podcast, September 24th, 2018. link
Introducing 'Operator 4.0,' a tech-augmented human worker. Salon, September 3rd, 2018. link
ML, AI, and the Smart Manufacturing of Smart Products. Connected World, September 1st, 2018. link
'Operator 4.0:' The Tech-Augmented Worker: People will still be essential on the factory floors, even as robots become more common. Design Today, August 30th, 2018. link
Introducing 'Operator 4.0,' a tech-augmented human worker. Los Angeles Times, August, 29th, 2018. link
WVU One of Five Worldwide Awarded Sate-of-the-Art Additive Manufacturing System from GE. WVUtoday, June 29th, 2018. link
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Bridging the entry gap with robots. DominionPost, December 30th, 2017.
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Introducing Operator 4.0 - A Tech-Augmented Human Worker. BizCatalyst360, April, 2017. link
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WVU announces Faculty Fellows in Engineering. The Neuron, Spring 2017. Link
Will you have to become a cyborg for your job? CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks, September 2017. Link
Start Up Business Strikes Partnership with WVU. WBOY12 News, August 2017. link
(Un)becoming Human: Tech-Augmented Human Workers Have Arrived. Futurism, May 2017. link
PET Scans of Walking Subjects Could Transform Diagnosis. Alliance of Advanced BioMedical Engineering. link
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Manufacturing the Smart Way. EngineeringWV, Spring 2017, 27-31 link
Wuest, Savage named Richards Faculty Fellows in Engineering. EngineeringWV, Spring 2017, 50-51. link
Wuest, Savage named Richards Faculty Fellows in Engineering at WVU. WVU today. link
Meet the SUPERHUMAN: Researchers real how technology will turn future factory workers into cyborgs sooner than you think. Daily Mail (UK), April 2017. link
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Inaugural class of WVU faculty fellows to focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. May 2016. link
Alemanes dictan charla sobre Reciclaje Industrial en la UNAP. UNAP, April 2015. link