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