education
EDUCATION
2012 - present UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN, Bremen, Germany
PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Production Engineering.
Title “Approach to identify product and process state drivers in manufacturing systems using supervised machine learning”.
1st Advisor: Prof. Klaus-Dieter Thoben (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)
2nd Advisor: Prof. Christopher Irgens (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)
Add. committee members: Prof. H.-W. Zoch; Dr. J. Ohlendorf; Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. S. Wellsandt, J. Mak-Dadanski
Expected graduation date: 2014 (submitted July 2014, to-be-defended November 2014)
2013 - 2014 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, USA
Research Scholar at the Viterbi School of Engineering.
Research project concerning quality monitoring in manufacturing by applying supervised machine learning.
Advisor: Prof. Stephen Lu (Dep. of Industrial and Systems Engineering)
2003 - 2009 UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN, Bremen, Germany
German Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management (Dipl.-Wi.-Ing.). (Masters equivalent).
Major in Logistics & Production Management / Product Innovation & Production Development.
Graduated with “very good” (equals A in the U.S. grade system).
2007 - 2008 AUT UNIVERSITY – BUSINESS SCHOOL, Auckland, New Zealand
Master of Professional Business Studies (MPBS). Major in International Business.
Graduated with Distinction as best in class.
2006 - 2007 REFA ORGANIZATION (REFA VERBAND), Bremen, Germany
Certificate of the REFA Organization.
2002 OFFICERS SCHOOL OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL ARMED FORCES (Offizierschule des Heeres), Dresden, Germany
Offizierbrief, Military and Strategic Leadership, Law.
see experience of Thorsten Wuest