18th Wceam Proceedings: Automation, Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, and Beyond: Engineering, Operation and Management of Engineering Assets and
暫譯: 第18屆WCEAM會議論文集：自動化、數位轉型、工業4.0及其後：工程資產的工程、運營與管理

第十八屆工程資產管理世界大會（WCEAM）會議紀錄是參與者之間進行智識討論的學術記錄。此次活動由國際工程資產管理學會主辦，並由印度坎普爾理工學院（IIT Kanpur）承辦。本會議紀錄總結了在主題演講、研究論文發表會、專題討論會、知識實踐工作坊以及產業案例研究發表中的討論。與標題的本質相符，本會議紀錄所探討的主題與基礎設施、製造業、流程產業、自動化、數位轉型、工業4.0等宏觀主題相一致。

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.

Turuna Seecharan 是明尼蘇達大學杜魯斯分校機械與工業工程系的副教授。Seecharan 博士於西印度大學獲得工業工程的學士學位，並在加拿大滑鐵盧大學獲得系統設計工程的碩士及博士學位。她是安大略省專業工程師協會的執照專業工程師，並且是國際工程資產管理學會的董事會成員。她的研究興趣包括遊戲化（Gamification）及人因工程在資產管理中的角色。

Joe Amadi-Echendu 是比勒陀利亞大學技術管理研究所的名譽教授。他專注於工程與技術的管理，並持續為公私部門組織提供有關技術商業化和工程資產管理的各種問題的建議、諮詢和研究。Joe 共同編輯了 9 本書，獨立撰寫了一本書，並在全球各大技術出版物中發表了超過 160 篇文章。Joe 在英國獲得特許工程師資格，是南非的註冊專業工程師和評價研究員。他曾擔任歐盟地平線 2020 MSCA RISE 項目 645733（2014-2018）的經驗研究員，專注於通過總價值和擁有成本進行工業資產的可持續設計與管理。Amadi-Echendu 教授是國際工程資產管理學會（ISEAM）的創始院士、董事和現任董事會主席，並且是國際技術管理協會（IAMOT）董事會成員。

Georges Abdul-Nour 博士是加拿大魁北克大學的名譽工業工程教授。他在德州科技大學完成博士學位。他撰寫和共同撰寫了超過 450 本書籍和章節、同行評審的論文及技術報告。他的研究興趣包括智能資產管理、系統韌性與可靠性、精益智能製造及六西格瑪。他是《國際生產研究期刊》的編輯委員會成員，並且是國際工程資產管理學會（ISEAM）董事會的董事。他是德州科技工業工程學院的當選成員。Abdul-Nour 博士擔任資產管理的 HQ/NSERC 研究主席，並且是 ISEAM 的院士。

Adolfo Crespo Márquez 是塞維利亞大學工程學院的全職教授。他在同一所大學獲得工業工程的榮譽博士學位。2020 年，他獲得西班牙維護獎，該獎項由西班牙維護協會（AEM）頒發。他的研究工作包括超過 150 篇科學論文，已發表於領先的國際期刊。他是八本書的作者，並編輯了六本由 Springer、AENOR、IGI Global 和 INGEMAN 出版的額外卷，專注於維護、保固、供應鏈和資產管理。Crespo 教授是國際工程資產管理學會（ISEAM）的院士和董事，並擔任 Springer 書系列《工程與資產管理評論》的主編。他還領導著專注於維護和資產管理的 SIM（智能維護系統）研究小組，並廣泛參與各種機構的工程和諮詢項目。自 2002 年以來，他一直擔任 INGEMAN，即西班牙國家維護工程發展協會的主席。