Committees
Conference Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Günther Seliger
Founding Chair

Prof.
I.S. Jawahir
Conference Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Holger Kohl
Conference
Co-Chair

Prof.
Fazleena Badurdeen
Conference Co-Chair
Local Organizing Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Prof. I.S. Jawahir | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Fazleena Badurdeen | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Yu Ming Zhang | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Jeff Seay | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Josh Werner | University of Kentucky |
| Tony Elam | University of Kentucky |
| Dr. Dan Seevers | Lexmark International, Inc. |
| John Gagel | Lexmark International, Inc. |
| Dr. Julius Schoop | University of Kentucky |
| Scott Ladd | Infiltrator Water Technologies, LLC. |
| Dr. Ridvan Aydin | University of Kentucky |
| Buddhika Hapuwatte | University of Kentucky |
| Dana Harrod | University of Kentucky |
| Brenda Heeter | University of Kentucky |
| Rich Alloo | University of Kentucky |
| Kim Sayre | University of Kentucky |
| Geaunita Caylor | University of Kentucky |
International Scientific Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Prof. Ahmed Abu Hanieh | Birzeit University |
| Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn | School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Prof. Yusuf Altintas | University of British Columbia |
| Prof. Pedro-José Arrazola | Mondragón University |
| Prof. Helmi Attia | McGill University |
| Prof. Jan Christian Aurich | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |
| Dr. Karim Azharul | Queensland University of Technology |
| Prof. Fazleena Badurdeen | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Dirk Bähre | Universität des Saarlandes |
| Prof. Bhavik Bakshi | Ohio State University |
| Prof. Marek Balazinski | Ecole Polytechnique Montreal |
| Dr. Peter Ball | University of York |
| Prof. Alain Bernard | Ecole Centrale de Nantes |
| Dr. Pinar Bilge | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Wahidul Biswas | Curtin University |
| Prof. Friedrich Bleicher | Technische Universität Wien |
| Prof. Milton Borsato | Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná |
| Prof. Konstantinos-Dionysios Bouzakis | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| Prof. Dermot Brabazon | Dublin City University |
| Prof. Ekkard Brinksmeier | Universität Bremen |
| Prof. Erhan Budak | Sabancı Üniversitesi |
| Prof. Satish Bukkapatanam | Texas A&M University |
| Prof. Ahmed Busnaina | Northeastern University |
| Prof. Peter Butala | Univerza v Ljubljani |
| Prof. Giampaolo Campana | Università di Bologna |
| Prof. Jun-Ki Choi | University of Dayton |
| Prof. George Chryssolouris | University of Patras |
| Dr. Barbara Cimatti | Università di Bologna |
| Prof. Laszlo Cser | Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem |
| Prof. Pedro Filipe Cunha | Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setubal |
| Prof. Michele Dassisti | Bari Polytechnical University |
| Prof. Deon de Beer | North West University |
| Prof. Dimitri Dimitrov | Stellenbosch University |
| Dr. Matthew Doolan | Australian National University |
| Prof. Joost Duflou | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Prof. Mohamed El Mansori | Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM) |
| Prof. Hoda ElMaraghy | University of Windsor |
| Prof. Waguih ElMaraghy | University of Windsor |
| Dr. Soner Emec | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Fengzhou Fang | Tianjin University |
| Dr. Omar Fergani | Siemens |
| Prof. Matthias Finkbeiner | Technische Universität |
| Prof. Jürgen Fleischer | Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie |
| Prof. Robert Gao | Case Western Reserve University |
| Dr. Brian Gibson | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Prof. Thomas Gries | RWTH Aachen |
| Prof. Wit Grzesik | Politechnika Opolska |
| Prof. Peihua Gu | University of Calgary |
| Dr. Thomas Guidat | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Yuebin Guo | University of Alabama |
| Prof. Aşkıner Güngör | Pamukkale Üniversitesi |
| Prof. Karl Haapala | Oregon State University |
| Prof. Afif Hasan | Birzeit University |
| Prof. Ramsey Hamade | American University of Beirut |
| Prof. Michael Zwicky Hauschild | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
| Prof. Christoph Herrmann | Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| Prof. Yinlun Huang | Wayne State University |
| Prof. I. S. Jawahir | Kentucky University |
| Prof. Anshu Jayal | Indian Institute of Technology - Ropar |
| Prof. Roland Jochem | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Francesco Jovane | Politecnico di Milano |
| Prof. Sami Kara | The University of New South Wales |
| Prof. Yigit Karpat | Bilkent University |
| Prof. Yusuf Kaynak | Marmara Üniversitesi |
| Prof. Marwan Khraisheh | Qatar Foundation |
| Prof. Engin Kılıç | Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi |
| Prof. Fritz Klocke | RWTH Aachen |
| Prof. Holger Kohl | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Dr. Philip Koshy | McMaster University |
| Prof. Ehud Kroll | ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering |
| Dr. Asela Kulatunga | University of Peradeniya |
| Prof. Ming Leu | University of Misssouri of Science and Technology |
| Prof. Gideon N. Levy | TTA Technology Turn Around |
| Prof. Terje Kristoffer Lien | Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet |
| Prof. Barbara Linke | University of California, Davis |
| Dr. Tao Lu | 5ME, LLC |
| Prof. Don A. Lucca | Oklahoma State University |
| Prof. Bilal Mansoor | Texas A&M University at Qatar |
| Prof. Shreyes Melkote | Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute |
| Prof. Laszlo Monostori | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu | Tshwane University of Technology |
| Dr. Rachid M'Saoubi | The University of Nottingham |
| Prof. Andrew Nee Yeh Ching | National University of Singapore |
| Dr. Vi Nguyen | Vietnamese-German University |
| Prof. Peter Nyhuis | Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| Prof. João Fernando G. de Oliveira | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Prof. Mohammed Omar | Masdar Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Aldo Roberto Ometto | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Dr. Tiaan Oosthuizen | Stellenbosch University |
| Prof. Jose Outeiro | École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers |
| Dr. Emanuele Pagone | Cranfield University |
| Prof. Mustafizur Rahman | Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) |
| Prof. Rajkumar Roy | Cranfield University |
| Prof. Henrique Rozenfeld | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Prof. Marco Santochi | Università di Pisa |
| Prof. Robert Schmitt | RWTH Aachen |
| Prof. Günther Schuh | RWTH Aachen |
| Prof. Jeffrey Seay | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Günther Seliger | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Rossi Setchi | Cardiff University |
| Prof. Luca Settineri | Politecnico Di Torino |
| Prof. Semih Severengiz | Hochschule Bochum |
| Prof. Albert Shih | University of Michigan |
| Prof. Wilfried Sihn | Technische Universität Wien |
| Prof. Steven J. Skerlos | University of Michigan |
| Prof. Dusan Sormaz | Ohio University |
| Prof. Frank Straube | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Dr. Sarang Supekar | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Prof. John W. Sutherland | Purdue University |
| Prof. Shozo Takata | Waseda University |
| Prof. Erman Tekkaya | Technische Universität Dortmund |
| Prof. Roberto Teti | University of Naples "Federico II" |
| Dr. Kate Thompson | GE Additive |
| Prof. Tetsuo Tomiyama | Cranfield University |
| Dr. Than Tran | Vietnamese-German University |
| Prof. Mitchell M. Tseng | Feng Chia University |
| Prof. Eckart Uhlmann | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Prof. Alper Uysal | University of Kentucky |
| Prof. Fred J.A.M. van Houten | Universiteit Twente |
| Prof. Dzuraidah Abdul Wahab | The National University of Malaysia |
| Prof. Lihui Wang | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Konrad Wegener | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich |
| Dr. Miri Weiss-Cohen | ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering |
| Prof. Rafael Wertheim | ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering |
| Prof. Tetsuo Yamada | University of Electro-Communications |
| Prof. Lawrence Yao | Columbia University |
| Prof. Fengqi You | Cornell University |
| Prof. Chris Yuan | Case Western University |
| Prof. Muhamad Mat Saman Zameri | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Prof. Hong-Chao Zhang | Texas Tech University |
| Prof. Fu Zhao | Purdue University |
