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Thorsten Wuest, Ph.D.
Associate Professor for Smart Manufacturing
West Virginia University
Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Industrial & Management Systems Engineering (IMSE) Department
office: 347 Engineering Sciences Building (ESB)
lab: G70 ESB
Morgantown, WV 26506-6070, USA
email: thwuest [at] mail.wvu.edu
news
[05/25/2023] Moji's and Matt's paper 'Time-Series Pattern Recognition in Smart Manufacturing Systems: A Literature Review and Ontology' was accepted by the premier Journal of Manufacturing Systems!
[04/20/2023] Congratulations Anna Billey for successfully defending your Industrial Engineering Master's thesis on 'Energy Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems' today and the wonderful work you have been doing over the last two years! We (the committee w/ Zhichao Liu, Yuhe Tian, and Thorsten Wuest) were very impressed by your results, motivation, and drive. I personally am very proud of you and what you accomplished! Good luck on your next adventure at Toyota North America.
[04/17/2023] Welcome to the team Carlos! Carlos is working on our NSF effort with Matt and Moji and focus on Digital Twin development. Currently an UG researcher, he will be pursuing a M.S. in IE come Fall'23.
[04/15/2023] Congratulations to (soon to be officially Dr.) Makenzie Dolly, the newest Ph.D. graduate from our lab! Makenzie successfully defended her dissertation titled 'Analysis of the Psychological and Production Effects of the Use of Gamification for Manufacturing Assembly' today in front of a international dissertation committee. The members of the committee are Dr. Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge (KTH University, Sweden), Dr. Mélanie Despeisse (Chalmers Univeristy, Sweden), Dr. Zhichao Liu, Dr. Ashish Nimbarte, and myself.
[03/30/2023] So proud of our awesome UG researcher Isabelle and her mentor Makenzie for being named Honorable Mention in the 2023 WVU Award for Outstanding Publication by an Undergraduate Researcher in a competitive process for their paper 'Current State of Research and Outlook of Gamification for Manufacturing'.
[03/21/2023] Included in Onalytics 'Who’s Who in Industry 4.0? Top 50 Influencers to Follow' 2023 list of influencers.
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short bio
Dr. Thorsten Wuest in an Associate Professor at West Virginia University at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. His research focusses on Smart Manufacturing, Machine Learning/Data Analytics, AI/ML and Hybrid Analytics, Industry 4.0, Servitization and Product Service Systems, as well as closed-loop, item-level Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with a focus on smart manufacturing systems. Dr. Wuest's research is funded by a variety of federal agencies (incl. NSF, NIST, CESMII/DoE), international agencies (incl. Thomas Jefferson Fund, DFG, EC, BMBF, etc.), and industry. In his research, he puts an emphasis on an interdisciplinary and holistic approach towards analysis and problem solving. He is a globally recognized Smart Manufacturing thought leader, selected among the 20 most influential professors in smart manufacturing by SME. In addition to publishing his work in the premier academic outlets of his field, he was featured by Forbes, Futurism, IndustryWeek, the World Economic Forum, CBC Radio, and World Manufacturing Forum, etc. He is involved in several professional societies in his field, among others, he is a member of IFIP WG 5.1 & 5.7, IFAC TC 5.3, SME, a senior member of IISE, and research affiliate of the CIRP. Dr. Wuest gave invited talks in eight countries and published three award-winning books and over 150 peer-reviewed articles in international archival journals and conferences gathering over 7,600 citations to-date, and serves as a reviewer for many. He serves as Vice-Chair Americas for the IFIP WG 5.7, is an Associate Editor for the Robotics & Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (RCIM), ASTM Journal Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SSMS), and the International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR), and a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Manufacturing Systems (JMSY) and Production & Manufacturing Research (PMR). He is a member of the Provost's Academic Transformation Advisory Committee, the WVU Faculty Senate (2021-2024), and previously of the Strategic Core Transformation Team at WVU and the Statler College Glen H. Hiner Dean search committee 2019. He serves on the Advisory Board for several companies and startups, including Maven Machines, Veepio, Sustainment, SavePlanetEarth, and the WVU Industrial Extension.
Dr. Wuest was awarded his Ph.D. in Production Engineering with Summa Cum Laude by the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany in 2014. Previously, Dr. Wuest received his Master's (German 5-year Diploma) in Industrial Engineering and Management. Additionally, he graduated top of the class in the International Business Master's program at the AUTUniversity, Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked as a research scientist for BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH in Bremen since 2009. He taught undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Bremen and supervised multiple Master and Bachelor theses as well as student research projects. In 2013/2014, Dr. Wuest received a prestigious doctoral grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and furthered his research for ten months at the Viterbi School of Engineering, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA. From 2015-2021, he serves as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) for Smart and Advanced Manufacturing at the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering department, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, WV, USA and named inaugural J. Wayne and Kathy Richards Faculty Fellow in Engineering in 2017. In his role, Dr. Wuest is involved in research, teaching at graduate and undergraduate level as well as service activities. He received the Statler Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2019 award, 2022 Statler Outstanding Researcher of the Year/Senior award (2022), and in 2016 he was selected as a fellow of the IDEA Fellowship in the office of the Provost of West Virginia University to further entrepreneurship across campus and develop a new course on Product-Service Systems (IENG493A/593A), receiving outstanding student evaluations (5/5). He taught over ~1,700 undergraduate and graduate students as the instructor of record at WVU to-date.
education
Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Master of Professional Business Studies (MPBS), AUT University - Business School, Auckland, New Zealand.
Master of Science (Dipl.-Wi.-Ing.) in Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.