service
leadership positions
advisory board positions
Knudsen Institute (2023-) link
SavePlanetEarth (2022-) link
Sustainment (2021-) link
Maven Machines (2018-) link
WVU Industrial Extension (2021-) link
editor
Procedia CIRP, Vol 103 (Editors: Khaled Medini & Thorsten Wuest): 9th CIRP Global Web Conference – Sustainable, resilient, and agile manufacturing and service operations : Lessons from COVID-19
associate editor
Robotics & Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Elsevier Impact Factor (2024): 9.1 (ISSN: 0736-5845)
Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems ASTM International Impact Factor (2024): 0.8 (ISSN: 2520-6478 (Print); 2572-3928 (Online))
International Journal of Manufacturing Research Inderscience Impact Factor (2024): 0.5 (ISSN: 1750-0591 (Print); 1750-0605 (Online))
guest editor
SI: Next-Generation Digital Supply Networks (Guest Editors: Farhad Ameri, Thorsten Wuest, David Romero, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Torbjorn Netland, Xiaowei Yue) - Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (IF 2023: 2.6)
SI: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Manufacturing (Guest editors: Prince Waqas Khan, Thorsten Wuest, Imran) - CMC Computers, Materials & Continua (IF 2023: 2.0)
SI: Blockchain and IoT-enabled Smart Manufacturing for Industry 5.0 (Guest editors: Thorsten Wuest, Xu Yuan, Prince Waqas Khan) - IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF 2022: 10.238) (proposal submitted)
SI: Sustainable smart manufacturing system design, configuration, operation, and services towards Industry 5.0 (Guest editors: Jiewu Leng, Dimitris Mourtzis, Baicun Wang, Thorsten Wuest) - Energy, Ecology and Environment (IF 2022: 4.4)
SI: Human-Centered Smart Manufacturing (Guest editors: Baicun Wang, Xi Vincent Wang, Thorsten Wuest, David Romero, Lihui Wang) - Journal of Manufacturing Systems (IF 2022: 12.1)
SI: AI in Smart & Advanced Manufacturing (Guest editors: Thorsten Wuest, Gisela Lanza, Fei Tao, Ang Liu, Alejandro G. Frank) - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (IF 2022: 3.2)
SI: Digital Sustainability and Customer-Centric Project and Operations Management in Support of the People, Planet, and Profit (Guest editors: Khaled Medini, David Romero, Thorsten Wuest) - Sustainability (IF 2022: 3.9)
editorial board member
Journal of Manufacturing Systems Elsevier (ISSN: 0278-6125)
Production & Manufacturing Research (PMR) T&F (ISSN: 2169-3277)
World Manufacturing Forum Report (editions: 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021, 2022)
Clearner Engineering and Technology Elsevier (ISSN: 2666-7908)
Green Manufacturing Open OAE Publishing (ISSN: 2835-7590)
Advisory Board (AB-1: Smart Manufacturing & Aviation/Aerospace) for the new Digital Twin platform by Taylor & Francis
reviewer (journal)
International Journal of Production Economics Elsevier (ISSN: 0925-5273)
Production,Planning and Control Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 0953-7287 (Print); 1366-5871 (Online))
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Springer (ISSN: 0956-5515 (Print); 1572-8145 (Online))
International Journal of Production Research Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 0020-7543 (Print); 1366-588X (Online))
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 0951-192X (Print); ISSN: 1362-3052 (Online))
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems IEEE (ISSN: 2168-2291)
IEEE Transactions on Big Data IEEE (ISSN: 2332-7790)
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics IEEE (ISSN: 1083-4435 (Print); 1941-014x (Online))
IEEE ACCESS IEEE (ISSN: 2169-3536)
Heliyon Cell/Elsevier (ISSN: 2405-8440)
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering IEEE (ISSN: 01545-5955 (Print); 1558-3783 (Online))
Computers in Industry Elsevier (ISSN: 0166-3615)
Production & Manufacturing Research Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 2169-3277 (Online))
Journal of Manufacturing Systems Elsevier (ISSN: 0278-6125)
Journal of Cleaner Production Elsevier (ISSN: 0959-6526)
Computers & Industrial Engineering Elsevier (ISSN: 0360-8352)
Industrial Marketing Management Elsevier (ISSN: 0019-8501)
Materials & Design Elsevier (ISSN: 0264-1275 (Online))
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology Elsevier (ISSN: 1755-5817)
IEEE Transaction of Automation Science & Engineering IEEE (ISSN: 1545-5955 (Print; 1558-3783 (Online))
Robotics and Computer-integrated Manufacturing Elsevier (ISSN: 0736-5845)
Production and Operations Management Wiley (ISSN: 1937-5956)
Annual Reviews in Control Elsevier (ISSN: 1367-5788)
Advanced Intelligent Systems Wiley (ISSN: 2640-4567)
Computer-Aided Design and Applications Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1686-4360 (Online))
Design Science Cambridge University Press (ISSN: 2053-4701(Online))
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management Indersience (ISSN: 1743-5110 (Print); ISSN: 1743-5129 (Online))
Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems ASTM Intl. (ISSN: 2520-6478 (Print); 2572-3928 (Online))
Information Technology & People Emerald (ISSN: 0959-3845)
Sensors MDPI (ISSN: 1424-8220)
Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability Sage (ISSN: 1748-006x (Print); 1748-0078 (Online))
LifeScience Journal Marsland Press (ISSN: 1097-8135 (Print); 2372-613X (Online))
Sustainability MDPI (ISSN: 2071-1050)
Processes MDPI (ISSN: 2227-9717)
Applied Sciences MDPI (ISSN: 2067-3417)
Logistics Research Springer (ISSN: 1865-035X (Print); 1865-0368 (Online))
reviewer (book)
ELSEVIER (Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Science and Technology Books Division)
SAGE Publications Inc.
Routledge T&F
CRC Press
Wiley
Springer
reviewer (conference)
International Conference of Concurrent Engineering (ICE) (2011-2015) link
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) (2011-...) link
International Conference on System-integrated Intelligence (SysInt) (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) link
IEEE Int'l Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (2019) link
International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE) (2018) link
ASEE North Central Section Conference (2016) link
International Conference on Through-life Engineering Services (TESConf) (2016, 2018) link
1st International Workshop on Industrial Machine Learning (ICPR20) link
CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CIRP CMS) (2017, ...) link
CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (CIRP LCE) (2018, 2019, 2022) link
ASME Intl. Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information Engineering Conference (IDETC) link
15. Internationaler Kongress fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik link
International Conference on Cascade Use and Circular Economy (ICCCE) (2018) link
BUIS link
USASBE link
Promotion & tenure external reviewer (selected)
USA
10+ letters for tenure cases at R1 universities (mechanical engineering, industrial engineering departments) in the US.
International
Multiple evaluation letters for tenure cases at research universities ( engineering departments) (Countries include Norway, Egypt, etc..)
grants/awards reviewer (selected)
USA
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Energy (DoE) (Incl. EPSCoR)
CESMII
REMADE
WVU Research Corporation
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
National Nuclear Security Administration MSIPP
International
German Science and Humanities Council | Research Infrastructures (Germany)
KK Stiftelsen – Knowledge Foundation (Sweden)
INFINIT Swedish Knowledge Foundation (Sweden)
Uk Research and Innovation (UKIR) - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (United Kingdom)
Science Foundation Ireland - Frontiers for the Future (Ireland)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (Switzerland)
Expertise Wales - Ser Cymru II (Wales, United Kingdom)
Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (vlaio) (Belgium)
Dutch Research Council (NWO) - Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES) (Netherlands)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (Canada)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) - Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC) (Singapore)
conference organization
Conference Chair
CIRPe 2021 – 9th CIRP Global Web Conference, October 26-28, 2021 link
AI in Manufacturing Workshop Series at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN w/ Ragu Athinarayanan.
Scientific Committee / Program Committee
NAMRC/SME Manufacturing Systems Track - Scientific Committee Member
International Conference on Axiomatic Design (ICAD)
International Conference on System-Integrated Intelligence (SysInt)
International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS)
International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM)
CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) link
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
IEEE International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud)
International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics (LDIC) link
International Conference on Cascade Use and Circular Economy (ICCCE)
I Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial del Norte de Chile (INDUNOR)
Organizing Committee
2025 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS). August 31 - September 4, 2025, Kamakura, Japan.
2022 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS). September 15.-30., 2022, Gyeongju, Korea.
2019 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS). September 1.-5., 2019, Austin, TX, USA.
2018 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems. Jointly responsible for Session ‘SM apps and service marketplaces’ with Soundar Kumara (PennState). April 23. - 24., 2018, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. link
2017 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems. Jointly responsible for Session ‘SM apps and service marketplaces’ with Jim Davis (UCLA/SMLC). April 10. - 11., 2017, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. link
PLM North America Meeting, GeorgiaTech, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 17-18., 2016
2016 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing -- Enabling Composable Apps. Jointly responsible for Session ‘SM apps and service marketplaces’ with Jim Davis (UCLA/SMLC). April 18. - 19., 2016, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. link
1st IFIP WG 5.7 ASSOCIATES SPRING SCHOOL - “OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT”, 22. - 23. March, 2013, Bremen, Germany
2nd IFIP WG 5.7 ASSOCIATES SPRING SCHOOL - “P.hD. Forum on Advances in Production Management Systems”, 22. - 24. May, 2014, Milano, Italy
Session Chair
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2023 - Production Management Systems for Responsible Manufacturing, Service, and Logistics Futures: 3x session chair: i) Next Generation Human-centered Manufacturing and Logistics Systems for the Operator 5.0 (2) - Sept 18, noon-1pm; ii) Circular Manufacturing and Industrial Eco-efficiency (3) - Sept 18, 3:00-4:20pm; & iii) Next Generation Human-centered Manufacturing and Logistics Systems for the Operator 5.0 (4) - Sept 18, 4:40-6:20pm.
5th International Conference on System-integrated Intelligence - D3-PM1-O: Systems Engineering II; Friday, 13/Nov/2020: 1:20pm - 3:00pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) - Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0; Tuesday, 01/Sept/2020: 3:00pm -5:00 pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2019
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) - Special Session on 'INDUSTRY-SSC(3): INDUSTRY 4.0 - Smart Supply Chain (3)', Wednesday, 29/Aug/2018: 01:45pm - 03:15pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) - Special Session on 'Cyber-physical (IIoT) technology deployments in Smart Manufacturing Systems (2)' (an SM & CPPS SIG workshop session), Monday, 04/Sep/2017: 04:00pm - 05:30pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) - Special Session on 'Cyber-physical (IIoT) technology deployments in Smart Manufacturing Systems (1)' (an SM & CPPS SIG workshop session), Monday, 04/Sep/2017: 02:00pm - 03:30pm link
3rd Int. Conf. on System-integrated Intelligence (SysInt) (2016) - Session "Intelligent Systems", Tuesday, 14/Jun/2016: 11:00am - 12:30pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) (2015) - Session "Project Management, Engineering Management, and Quality Management II (Session 7.4)”, Monday, 08/Sep/2015: 09:00am - 10:30pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) (2014) - Session "Knowledge discovery and sharing – PS3-01”, Monday, 22/Sep/2014: 10:00am - 11:00pm
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) (2013) - Session "ICT for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management – 2”, Thursday, 12/Sep/2013: 10:00am - 12:00pm
14 th IFAC Symposium on information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM) (2012) - Session "SS R2: Production System Monitoring and Design Methodology", Wednesday, 23/May/2012: 11:00am – 13:00pm
service (other)
Agenda Contributor for the World Economic Forum link
Expert for National Occupational Information Network - US Department of Labor link
Panel Judge - TransTech Energy Entrepreneurship Conference, 2017, 2018 link
Grand Award Judge - Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2014 link
membership academic societies
CIRP (Research Affiliate), Mentor: CIRP Fellow Prof. Stephen C. Lu (USC) (International Academy for Production Engineering) link
SME – Society of Manufacturing Engineers
IFIP WG 5.7 - Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) (Member / Vice Chair Americas) link LinkedInGroup
IFIP WG 5.1 - Global Product development for the whole life-cycle (Member) link
IFAC TC 5.3 - Enterprise Integration and Networking link
IISE - Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (Senior Member) link
VDI (Association of German Engineers) link
ASEE