Bio: Kurt Doughty is Senior Engineer of PHM and Data Analytics at UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS). He has led the development of an Aerospace PHM Center of Excellence in Singapore since February 2015 by creating and validating prognostic analytic models and driving proactive maintenance to avoid aircraft schedule interruptions.
Kurt has developed standards for advanced reliability analyses to quantify component failure risk and to support component scheduled replacement plans. He has established processes for engineering teams to manage in-service data review, maintenance recommendations, communication with airlines, and airline maintenance activity. He also provides training for aircraft systems, reliability analyses, prognostics, and data analytics.
Kurt has worked for UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Hamilton Sundstrand) since 2001. Prior to his PHM and reliability work in Singapore, Kurt supported aircraft final assembly and delivery (FA&D) functional and flight test for UTAS systems and components on the Boeing 787. He held senior system engineering positions leading design and verification of aerospace components, system controls, and integrated system labs.
Kurt has been awarded five US patents related to aircraft system controls and design. He received his B.S. in Engineering Physics and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

  Bio: Jin-Ho Park is a principal researcher at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. He has done research in vibration & acoustic analysis, R&D on structural safety analysis of mechanical components in nuclear power plants, technology development for mechanical system's integrity monitoring/diagnostics/prognostics, development of vibration reduction techniques for the plant piping systems, development of nuclear steam supply system integrity monitoring & diagnosis technologies such as reactor internals vibration monitoring, loose part monitoring, acoustic leak monitoring, and reactor coolant pump vibration monitoring, R&D on condition based maintenance technology, etc.
He is a member of the Korea Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering and the Korean Nuclear Society. Park has a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.

  Bio: Kwok L Tsui is head and chair professor in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at City University of Hong Kong. Prior to the current position, Dr. Tsui has been professor/associate professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990-2011; and member of technical staff in the Quality Assurance Center at AT&T Bell Labs in 1986-1990. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Professor Tsui was a recipient of the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. He is Fellow of the American Statistical Association, American Society for Quality, International Society of Engineering Asset Management, and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; elected council member of the International Statistical Institute; and U.S. representative to the ISO Technical Committee on Statistical Methods. Professor Tsui was Chair of the INFORMS Section on Quality, Statistics, and Reliability and the Founding Chair of the INFORMS Section on Data Mining. Professor Tsui’s current research interests include big data analytics, surveillance in healthcare and public health, prognostics and systems health management, calibration and validation of computer models, process control and monitoring, and robust design and Taguchi methods.

  Bio: Dr. Jay Lee is Ohio Eminent Scholar, L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor, and Distinguished Univ. Professor at the Univ. of Cincinnati and is founding director of National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent Maintenance Systems (www.imscenter.net) which is a multi-campus NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center which consists of the Univ. of Cincinnati (lead institution), the Univ. of Michigan, Missouri Univ. of S&T, and the Univ. of Texas-Austin. Since its inception in 2001, the Center has been supported by over 85 global companies including P&G, GE Aviation, Eaton, National Instruments, Boeing, Goodyear, Toyota, Caterpillar, Siemens, Chevron, Honeywell, Parker Hannifin, Spirit AeroSystems, Ingersoll Rand, Intel, Applied Materials, Automated Precision Inc (API), Bosch Rexroth (Germany), Alstom (France), Omron (Japan), Nissan (Japan), Tekniker (Spain), FMTC (Belgium), Kistler (Switzerland), Samsung (Korea), Shanghai Electric (China), Baosteel (China), etc. He is one of the pioneers in the field of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) and has mentored his students and won 1st prize of PHM Data Challenges five times since 2008. He also mentored his students and developed a spin-off company Predictronics through NSF ICorps Award in 2012.
  He serves as Committee member for White House Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) American Challenge Program in Dec. 3013, a member of Technical Executive committee (TEC) of Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation (DMDI) in Feb. 2014, as well as a member of Leadership Council of MForesight which is a NSF/NIST Newly established manufacturing think tank in Sept. 2015. He also serves as honorary professor and visiting professor for a number of institutions including Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Cranfield Univ. in UK, Lulea Univ. of Technology in Sweden, etc. He also serves as advisor to a number of global organizations, including a member of the Manufacturing Executive Leadership Board of U.S., Scientific Advisory Board of Flanders' MECHATRONICS Technology Centre (FMTC) in Leuven, Belgium, International S&T Committee for Alstom, France, Scientific Committee of SIMTech of Singapore, etc. In addition, he serves as editors and associate editor for a number of journals including IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, Int. Journal on Prognostics & Health Management (IJPHM), Int. Journal on Service Operations and Informatics, etc..
  Previously, he served as Director for Product Development and Manufacturing at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), E. Hartford, CT as well as Program Directors for a number of programs at NSF during 1991-1998, including the Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) Program, the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs) Program, and the Div. of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation. He also served as an advisory member for a number of institutions including, Johns Hopkins Univ., Cambridge Univ.,etc.
  He has authored/co-authored numerous highly influential articles and technical papers in the areas of Prognostics and Health Management, E-Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and Cyber Physical Systems in Manufacturing, etc. He has over 20 patents and trademarks. He is a frequently invited speaker and has delivered over 300 invited speeches worldwide including over 200 keynote and plenary speeches at major international conferences. He is a Fellow of ASME, SME, as well as a founding fellow of International Society of Engineering Asset Management.
  He has received a number of awards including the most recent Prognostics Innovation Award at NI Week by National Instruments in 2012 and NSF Alex Schwarzkopf Technological Innovation Prize and MFPT (Machinery Failure Prevention Technology Society) Jack Frarey Award in 2014. In 1994, he received President Clinton’s Appreciation Letter for his participation and contribution to the United States Partnership for Next Generation Vehicle (PNGV) Program. He is also a honorary advisor to the Heifer International-a charity organization working to end hunger and poverty around the world by providing livestock and training to struggling communities.

  Bio: Andy Hess is globally recognized as a leader and expert in the fields of advanced diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+), asset management, big data analytics, and predictive maintenance. For over 35 years, at the Naval Air System Command, Andy lead the innovation, development, and implementation of condition monitoring systems for all the Navy fixed wing and helicopter applications. He is widely recognized as a leader in the area of turbine engine monitoring systems. Andy helped formulate the autonomic logistics concept and lead the PHM development for the JSF F-35 program. Andy is a widely used consultant to industry, government, and academic organizations in the fields of advanced diagnostics, prognostics, health and asset management, and enterprise wide applications. Andy is the current president of the PHM Society and remains active in many other professional, advisory, and standards organizations and committees. Andy started his career in flight testing at the Naval Air Test Center and Naval Air Warfare Center evaluating aircraft systems; developing the first comprehensive engine monitoring system; and playing significant roles in the development of military aircraft. He has been a Senior Engineering Fellow at NAVAIR and a Fellow of the Society for Integrated Engineering Asset Management. He lead the PHM effort for the Joint Strike Fighter JPO. Through his consulting firm, Andy helped DARPA structure and manage their large materials and structures based Prognosis program. Some of his other clients have included: Bell Helicopter, Boeing, General Atomics, NASA Ames, Honeywell, the US Army CECOM, Sikorsky, Teledyne Controls, the SAS Institute, the Australian and Canadian governments, the University of Maryland CALCE, and sundry small businesses.