teaching & advising

lecturer

Total number of students taught:

• ~1,850 as instructor of record.

West Virginia University 

• IENG 302 - Manufacturing Processes

  • total no. of students 1,380 taught; 100 - 200 students per semester (IE, ME & MAE et al.). 

  • Developed course materials incl new textbook, companion website, and other elements such as AM bingo.

  • WVU Fall'15 / Spring'16 / Fall'17 / Spring'18 / Fall'18 / Fall'19 / Fall'20 / Spring'21 / Fall'21 / Spring'22 / Fall'22 / Spring'23 / Fall'23 / Spring'24.

• IENG 493C / 593B - Smart Manufacturing

  • 30 students (IE and others).

  • New course development, collaboration with UofSC, Complete Curriculum developed w/ CESMII.

  • WVU Fall’22 / Fall'23.

• EMGT 522 - New Product & Service Development

  • 100 students (BS IE & MS EMGT)

  • Asynchronous course for Online Engineering Management Masters Program cross listed with BS IE.

  • WVU Spring’23 / Spring'24.

• IENG 493E - New Product & Service Development

  • 28-43 students (IE and others).

  • New course development / Converted to asynchronous course for Online Engineering Management Masters Program (EGMT 522).

  • WVU Spring’19 / Spring'21.

• IENG 493A / 593A – Product Service Systems

  • 14 - 24 students (IE, ME & EE; Business, Design). 

  • New course development as part of IDEA Fellowship.

  • WVU Spring’17 / Fall'18.

Other Institutions

• Industry 4.0 School and Industry Night. Lecture: Design Thinking for Product Service Systems. February 19, 2018, Kelowna, Canada.

• IPSS Spring School - Operations Management methods and Technologies for PSS Delivery. Lecture: Technologies enabling PSS Operations Management. 13-17 June, Brescia, Italy.

• Executive training for 12 executives and party officials from Shanxi province, China. Topics of lectures: 'Machine Learning in Manufacturing' and 'PLM Applications with regard to Manufacturing and Design'. 15 C-level executives. University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Bremen), Bremen, Germany. 2014.

• Lecture series on sensor materials – fundamentals, visions and techniques. 'Sensorial applications during the Product Lifecycle'. 20 students (IE, ME & SE). University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. 2012/2013; 2013/2014.

• Lecture on 'Introduction to industrial engineering and management'. 120 students (IE). University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. 2012/2013.

advisor (current):

PostDoc

• Dr. Prince Waqas Khan, Computer Science, West Virginia University, 2023-.

Ph.D (primary)

• Sathish Kasilingam, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021-.

• Mojtoba Farahani, Ph.D. candidate, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021-.

• Matt McCormick, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2022-.

• Austin Harper, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2023-.

Master (primary)

• Rabuil Hassan, MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2022-.

• Carlos Dodero Fernandez, MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2023-.

Bachelor (primary)

Ph.D (committee member/2nd advisor) (selected)

• Philipp Gönnheimer, thesis title: "Automatisierte Bereitstellung von Maschinensteuerungsdaten in Brownfield-Produktionssystemen", Ph.D. student Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Germany, 2018-2024. (second advisor)

• Saahil Chand, thesis title: “Flexible human-centric human-robot collaborative assembly automation”, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, 2023-. (External Examiner)

• Israt Zarin Era, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2023- . (Committee)

• Matthew Alastanos, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021-. (Committee)

• Josselyne Ricárdez Estrada, Tec De Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, 2022-. (Committee)

• Mani Grandhi, Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021-. (Committee)

• Benjamin Akosh, thesis title: "A Modular Design Optimization Framework Towards Flexible and Sustainable Production Systems". Ph.D. student, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021-. (Committee)

• Jake Rose, Ph.D. student, Computer Science, West Virginia University, 2018-. (Committee)

• Darja Wagner, Ph.D. student, Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany, 2013-. (2nd advisor)

Master (committee member/2nd advisor) (selected)

• Caroline Alice Johnson, MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2024-.

• multiple

advisor (former) (see also lab alumni):

Post-Doc

• Dr.-Ing. Juergen Lenz, Post-Doc, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2018-2020.

Ph.D. (Chair)

• Dr. Makenzie Keepers, thesis title: “Analysis of the Psychological and Production Effects of the Use of Gamification for Manufacturing Assembly". Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2019-2023.

• Dr. Muztoba Kahn, thesis title: “Capital Equipment Upgrade Strategy in the Context of Servitization”. Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2015-2019.

• Dr. Sameer Mittal, thesis title: “Towards a Framework for Smart Manufacturing Adoption in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”. Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2015-2019.

Ph.D. (committee/opponent/etc.) (selected)

• Dr. Paul-Arthur Dreyfus,  thesis title: "Virtual metrology applied to milling process", Ph.D. student, Ecole Polytechnic de Lausanne (EPFL), 2022. (Committee) 

• Dr. Sadaf Kabir, thesis title: “Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Prediction in Health Care”. Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2017-2021. (Committee)

• Dr. Maja Baerring,  thesis title: "From Data to Decision Supporting Manufacturing". Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, Chalmers University, Sweden, 2021-2021 . (Opponent)

• Dr. Vitor Gazzaneo, thesis title: "Multimodel Operability Framework for Design of Modular and Intensified Energy Systems". Ph.D. student, Computer Science, West Virginia University, 2016-2021. (Committee)

• Dr. Kaishu Xia, thesis title: "Simulation-Based and Data-Driven Approaches to Digital Twinning Towards Autonomous Smart Manufacturing Systems". Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, USA, 2018-2021 (Committee)

• Dr. Mukund Subramaniyan, thesis title: "Data-driven throughput bottleneck analysis in production systems". Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, Chalmers University, Sweden, 2020-2021 . (opponent/discussion leader at pre-seminar)

• Dr. Karan Menon, thesis title: "Industrial Internet enabled value creation for manufacturing companies: A data and information management perspective".  Ph.D. student, Industrial & Information Management, Tampere University, Finland, 2014-2020

• Dr.-Ing. Christoph Liebrecht, thesis title: "Entscheidungsunterstützung für den Industrie 4.0-Methodeneinsatz". Ph.D. student, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Germany, 2018-2020. (second advisor)

• Dr. Omar Al-Shebeeb, thesis title: "Analysis of the Integration of DFM Techniques and Effective Machining Parameter Selection in Metal Parts Manufacturing". Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2013-2019. (Committee)

• Dr. Magnus Akerman, thesis title: “Implementing shop-floor IT and Industry 4.0”. Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, Chalmers University, Sweden, 2014-2018. (Chair of Grading Committee)

• Dr. Mazin Alahmadi, thesis title: "Determination of Cost-Effective Range in Surface Finish for Single Pass Turning". Ph.D. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2014-2017. (Committee) 

• Dr. Theoni Paschou, thesis title: "Digital servitization and competences in manufacturing companies: a new framework and maturity". Ph.D. student, University of Brescia, Italy, 2019 (external examiner).

Master/Diploma (selected)

• Teddy Tarekegne, thesis title: “A Plug-And-Produce Framework For Manufacturing Systems”. MS Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, USA, 2022-2024. (Committee)

• Oyekunle Shopeju, MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2022-2023. (Chair)

• Margarita Elisa Gonzalez Santacruz, thesis title: "An Integrated Framework for Quality Improvement Based on Six Sigma and Machine Learning Techniques Towards Zero-Defect Manufacturing". MS Engineering Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, 2023. (Committee)

• Anna Billey, thesis title: “Energy Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2021-2023. (Chair)

• Sayantee Roy, thesis title: “Bottleneck Management through Strategic Sequencing in Smart Manufacturing Systems”. MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2021-2022. (Chair)

• Vy Nguyen, thesis title: "Functionally Magnetic Gradient Copper-Nickel Material Fabricated via Directed Energy Deposition". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2020-2022. (Committee)

• Milica Babic, thesis title: "Multisided Quality Inspection in Smart Manufacturing Systems". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2020-2022 (Chair).

• Assem Almadani, thesis title: "Effect of feedrate, depth of cut, tool material, and toolpath on dimensional accuracy and surface roughness of milled CFRP". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2018-2021. (Chair)

• Md Mushfiqur Rahman, thesis title: "Multivariate Time Series Classification Of Sensor Data From An Industrial Drying Hopper: A Deep Learning Approach". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2021. (Chair)

• Fahid Hasan Pulak, thesis title: "Sustainability KPIs for Mass Customization". MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2021. (Chair)

• Israt Era, thesis title: "Prediction of Tensile Behaviors of L-DED 316 Stainless Steel parts using Machine Learning". M.S. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2019-2021. (Committee)

• Faujia Islam, thesis title: "Sustainability Assessment of Direct Energy Deposition (DED) based Hybrid Manufacturing using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method". M.S. student, Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2019-2021. (Committee)

• Anne Probst, thesis title: “AR Technology along Porter’s Value Chain (draft title)”. MS Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2020. (2nd advisor)

• Vadim Kapp, thesis title: “Pattern Recognition in Multivariate Time Series: Towards an Automated Event Detection Method for Smart Manufacturing Systems”. MS Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2020. (2ndadvisor)

• Helen Torlino, thesis title: “Data flow framework to enable data analytics of MES data using OAGIS for SMEs.” M.S. Engineering/Industrial Management at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2020. (2nd advisor)

• Valerio Pelosi, thesis title: “Data-driven context awareness of smart products in discrete manufacturing systems”, M.S. Engineering/Industrial Management at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2020. (2nd advisor)

• Josage Chathura Perera, thesis title: “Sustainability-based Expert System for Additive Manufaacturing and CNC Machining”. MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2018-2020

• Jonas Kohls, thesis title: “Scenario planning for an Internet of Things platform with logistics applications and ensuing guidelines for its business development”. MS Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2018. (2nd advisor)

• Samantha Melroy, thesis title: “Impact of Next Generation AM-PET Helmet and Support Structure on Subjects’ Neck”. MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2016-2018.

• Ephraim Pittore, thesis title: “The User Experience Redesign of a Product Instruction Manual Using the Poka Yoke Principle”.MS Design & Merchandising, West Virginia University, 2016-2018.

• Nathan Smith, thesis title: “Real-time Energy Visualization Solutions for Light Commercial Businesses”. MS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2016-2018.

• Patrick Schmidt, thesis title: “Scenario planning for an Internet of Things platform with logistics applications and ensuing guidelines for its business development”. MS Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2017. (2nd advisor)

• Joerg Siegel, thesis title: “Leveraging service employees to build the capabilities required for service innovation“. MS Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2017. (2nd advisor)

• Ulrich Misael Ngassa Nana, thesis title: “Conceptual development of state based approach to support structuring and utilization of the Middle-of-Life information”. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2015. 1st advisor.

• Tim Schmidt, thesis title: “Use of socially intelligent products for product development. An example applying the Product Avatars concept in the sport industry”. Ind. Eng. and Mgmt. 2015. 1st advisor.

• Bernat Fabregà Creixell, thesis title: “Development of a method to illustrate interdependencies between state characteristics of a manufacturing programme from the customer's perspective”. University of Bremen/Erasmus Exchange Student (Spain). Industrial Engineering and Management. 2013. 1st advisor.

• Dennis Zeglin, thesis title: "Development of a Quality-Gate-based methodology to increase process quality in production”. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Mgmt. 2013. 1st advisor.

• Benjamin Knoke, thesis title: "Analysis and illustration of dependencies of product state characteristics in manufacturing processes“. University of Bremen. Production Engineering. 2012. 1st advisor.

• Mohamed Yassin Affoun, thesis title: "Method for identification of relevant product state characteristics evaluated in the machining process“. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2011. 1st advisor.

• Sebastian Till Alexander Schäfer, thesis title: "Concept for implementation of knowledge management in small organisational units“. University of Bremen. Production Engineering. 2010. 1st advisor.

• Lina Chan, thesis title: "Modeling of requirements of the infrastructure in decentralized logistic control systems and their technical enablers in ontologies”. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2011. 2nd advisor.

• Boris Kuhlmann, thesis title: "Approach of a trend assessment to develop a most-likely scenario as part of strategic planning”. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Mgmt. 2009. 2nd advisor.

Bachelor

• Isabelle Nesbit,  BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2021-2024.

• Robert Gianniny, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2018-2022.

• Tanner Nichols,  BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2022.

• Jenna Soltesz, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2018-2022.

• Murad Hamirani, BS Computer Science and Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2022. 

• Frank Hudacheck, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2022.

• Joshua Gross, BS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2021.

• Joseph Sullivan, BS Computer Science and Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2021. 

• Will Keefe, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2020.

• Makenzie Keepers, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2019.

• Assem Almadani, BS Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, 2018-2019.

• Christian Stone, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2017-2018.

• Garret Carden, BS Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2016-2017.

• Matthew McHugh, BS Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2016-2017.

• Gabriela Lais Rozati, BS Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2016.

• Jakub Mak-Dadanski, thesis title: "Conception and design of a Quality Management Manual for archiving and provision of materials science research data". University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2013. 1st advisor.

• Patryk Theisebach, thesis title: "Development of a concept to implement value adding company communication in social network services“. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2012. 1st advisor.

• Max Dreiling, thesis title: "Communication in a collaborative environment using social network services for companies“. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Mgmt. 2012. 1st advisor.

Graduate student project (1-year)

• Anika Conrads, Erdem Galipoglu, Anna Mursinsky, Britta Pergande, Hanna Selke, Mustafa Severengiz, project title: "Social Networks as a Platform for Product Avatars". University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2013. 1st advisor.

• Johannes Kuder, Atilla Odabasi, Benedikt Rolfes, Jan Schönmann, Henning Sebastian Voeltz, Christian Wolff, Kamran Yazdian, Dennis Zeglin, project title: "Tracing of product states along the production process through information management”. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management. 2012. 1st advisor.

Examinator

• Oral examinations for lecture 'Concurrent Engineering'. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management, Production Engineering, Systems Engineering. 2013/2014. 2nd examinator.

• Oral examinations for lecture 'Extended Products'. University of Bremen. Industrial Engineering and Management, Production Engineering, Systems Engineering. 2011/2012; 2012/2013; 2014/2015. 2nd examinator.