Engineering Asset Management 2011

This text represents state-of-the-art trends and developments in the emerging field of engineering asset management as presented at the Sixth World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) held in Cincinnati, OH, USA from October 3-5, 2011

The Proceedings of the WCEAM 2011 is an excellent reference for practitioners, researchers and students in the multidisciplinary field of asset management, covering topics such as: Asset condition monitoring and intelligent maintenance; Asset data warehousing, data mining and fusion; Asset performance and level-of-service models; Design and lifecycle integrity of physical assets; Deterioration and preservation models for assets; Education and training in asset management; Engineering standards in asset management; Fault diagnosis and prognostics; Financial analysis methods for physical assets; Human dimensions in integrated asset management; Information quality management; Information systems and knowledge management; Intelligent maintenance; Intelligent sensors and devices; Maintenance strategies in asset management; Optimization decisions in asset management; Prognostics & Health Management; Risk management in asset management; Strategic asset management; and Sustainability in asset management.

• Condition monitoring
• Data modeling and mining
• Engineering asset management
• Maintenance planning and management
• Reliability and remnant life prediction
• Signal processing
• World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) 2011

• Dept. Mechanical, Industrial & Nuclear Engineering (MINE), University of Cincinnati College of Engineering, Cincinnati, USA

  Jay Lee

• University of Michigan Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, USA

  Jun Ni

• Missouri University of Technology, Rolla, USA

  Jagnathan Sarangapani

• Management (CIEAM), Queensland University of Technology Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset, Brisbane, Australia

  Joseph Mathew

Professor Jay Lee is the WCEAM 2011’s Congress Chair. He is Ohio Eminent Scholar and L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor and Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Intelligent Maintenance System (IMS) at the University of Cincinnati, USA.

Professor Jun Ni is co-Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Intelligent Maintenance System (IMS) at the University of Michigan, USA.

Professor Jag Sarangapani is co-Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Intelligent Maintenance System (IMS) at the Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA.

Professor Joseph Mathew was the WCEAM 2010 Congress Chair and is also WCEAM’s General Chair. He is Chief Executive Officer of the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), Australia.

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