18th WCEAM Proceedings

Turuna Seecharan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Dr. Seecharan received her B.Sc. degree from the University of the West Indies in Industrial Engineering, and her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Systems Design Engineering from the  University of Waterloo, Canada. She is a licensed Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a board member of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management. Her research interests are Gamification and the role of Human Factors in Asset Management.Joe Amadi-Echendu is an Emeritus Professor at the Graduate School of Technology Management, the University of Pretoria. He specializes in the management of Engineering and Technology, and continues to provide advice, consultancy, and research to public and private sector organisations on a variety of issues regarding technology commercialization and engineering asset management. Joe has co-edited 9 books, sole-authored one book, and authored/co-authored over 160 articles in various technical publications worldwide. Joe obtained the chartered engineer status in the United Kingdom, is a registered professional engineer, and a rated researcher in South Africa. Joe served as an experienced researcher for the European Union Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE Project 645733 (2014-2018) on the Sustainable Design and Management of Industrial Assets through Total Value and Cost of Ownership. Professor Amadi-Echendu is a Founding Fellow, Director, and current Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM), as well as a member of the Board of International Association for the Management of Technology (IAMOT).Dr. Georges Abdul-Nour is an Emeritus Professor of Industrial engineering, Université du Québec, Canada. He completed his PhD at Texas Tech University. He authored and co-authored more than 450 books and chapters, refereed papers, and technical reports. His research interest is in Intelligent Asset Management, Systems Resilience, and Reliability, Lean Intelligent Manufacturing and Six Sigma. He is member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Production Research, and Director on the Board of International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM). He is an Elected Member of the Academy of Industrial Engineering of Texas Tech. Dr. Abdul-Nour holds the HQ/NSERG Research Chair in Asset-Management, and is a Fellow of ISEAM.Adolfo Crespo Márquez is a Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. with Honors in Industrial Engineering from the same university. In 2020, he received the Spanish Maintenance Award from the Spanish Maintenance Association (AEM). His research work - comprising more than 150 scientific papers - has been published in leading international journals. He is the author of eight books and the editor of six additional volumes published by Springer, AENOR, IGI Global, and INGEMAN, focusing on maintenance, warranty, supply chain, and asset management. Professor Crespo is a Fellow and Director of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM) and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Springer book series Engineering and Asset Management Review. He also leads the SIM (Sistemas Inteligentes de Mantenimiento) research group, dedicated to maintenance and asset management, and has been extensively involved in engineering and consulting projects for a wide range of institutions. Since 2002, he has chaired INGEMAN, the Spanish National Association for the Development of Maintenance Engineering.

• Revolutionizing Inclusive Mobility: Asset Management Integration for an Assistive Mobile Suitcase Supporting Especially Abled Individuals, the Elderly, and Expectant Mothers.- Multi Sensor Fusion Based on Sound and Vibration Signals for Automated Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearing.- AI-Powered Real-Time Asset Tracking System for Optimizing Rail Yard Operations.- Implementation of GEOREC: a digital transformation in geothermal power generation reflected by People, Process, Technology (PPT) Framework.- The EMSD Digitalisation Journey from BIM To BIM-AM In Realising Digital Twin for Smart Building Operation and Maintenance (O&M) And Facility Management Applications.- Understanding Infrastructure Asset Management in Educational Institutes: Case Study of Halls of Residence at IIT Kanpur.- Electric Vehicles (EVs) Demand Forecast Using Machine Learning (ML) For Sustainable Urban Development.- An ontology-based asset maintenance framework in a cyber physical production system.- A Modified Pitting Fatigue Life Prediction Model for a Spur Gear Pair.- A Unified Approach for Sustainability Assessment and Reporting: Advancing the UN-SDGs in Construction.- An analytical study of beneficiaries of Hearing Aid Dispensing Scheme at AIISH-a Public Funded Institution.- Predictive Maintenance Techniques for Off-Highway Vehicles: Current State and Future Perspectives.- Wavelet Neural Networks Based Diagnostic Strategy for Electric Vehicles: A Study on PMSM and BLDC Motors.- Developing Subnational-Scale Resilience Indicators for Targeted Infrastructure Policy- and Decision-Making.- Case Studies in IIoT-Based Condition Monitoring of Industrial Rotating Machines with Petasense ARO.- Flight loads estimation using machine learning algorithms.- Infrastructure Datasets: A Step Towards Digital Transformation for Infrastructure Asset Management.- Understanding Mode Choice Dynamics in Professional Commuting: Infrastructure Enhancements and Behavioural Models.- Light Weight Decision Tree-based Onboard Fault Diagnostic for Stator Winding Severity Evaluation.- Modelling Rail – Wheel Interactions for stability assessment of CASNUB Bogies.- Addressing climate change in infrastructure asset management.- A comparative study of artificial neural network and convolutional neural network models for mining dumper activity recognition based on vibration signal.- Green Supply Chain Management for Construction: Challenges and Prospects.- A Contribution Towards Predictive Maintenance for Extending Rail Life on a Mixed Traffic Line.- Machine Learning based Implement Identification for Off-Highway Vehicles using Engine, Vehicle, GPS & Beacon Parameters.- Risk mapping for a geothermal power plant combines statistical and condition monitoring analysis to justify Plant Maintenance Overhaul Strategy.- COST-EFFECTIVE ACCELEROMETER INTEGRATION FOR VIBRATION MONITORING.- Estimating Remaining Useful Life through Transfer Learning using Convolutional Neural Network for Bearing.- Experimental and Numerical Study of defects on Composite plate using Vibro-thermography technique.- Model-based Prognostics and Health Management of Physical Assets – a use case implementation for gear pumps.- Analysis of Reservoir Water Quality and their Impact on Dam Health.- Monitoring and Analysis of Vehicular Noise Pollution and Air Pollution in Jharsuguda City.- Development of Motor and Mechanical Unbalance Multi-fault Diagnosis Strategy using Neural Networks.