Ahmed Umair
Research fellow
Ahmed Umair
Research fellow
Umair Ahmed hold a Ph.D. in Technological Innovation Engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy (2023), a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia (2017), and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan (2010).
Throughout his academic journey, He secured multiple scholarships and served as a research and teaching assistant.
In June 2024, he joined Politecnico di Milano as a Research Fellow, where he is currently contributing to the METABRAKE and other projects.
His research interests encompass maintenance digitalization, predictive maintenance, decision-making models, maintenance optimization, human-machine interaction, root cause failure analysis, lean manufacturing, reliability and safety, and zero-error systems.
Additionally, he has over five years of professional experience in manufacturing and service industries, where he held various roles in production, production planning and control, leanm continuous improvement, and project management.
Career
PHD: Technological Innovation Enginering, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.
Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia.
Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineeirng and Management, Pakistan.
Research
His research interests encompass maintenance digitalization, predictive maintenance, decision-making models, maintenance and process optimization, human-machine interaction (AR/VR/MR), root cause failure analysis, lean manufacturing, reliability and safety, and zero-error systems.
Selected Publications
Ahmed, U., S. Carpitella, A. Certa, J. Izquierdo, A Feasible Framework for Maintenance Digitalization. Processes 2023, 11, 558.
Certa, A., Ahmed, U., Carpitella, S., (2022) Digital Transformation in Maintenance Management. Proceedings of The 27th Summer School “Francesco Turco”, Riviera Dei Fiori, Italy, September 7-9.
Ahmed, U., Carpitella, S., Certa, A. (2022) Characterizing Uncertainty in Decision-Making Models for Maintenance in Industry 4.0. Proceedings of The 12th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing WUPES, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, June 1-4.
Ahmed, U., Carpitella, S., Certa, A. (2021) An Integrated Methodological Approach for Optimizing Complex Systems Subjected to Predictive Maintenance. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 216, 2022, 1-16.
Ahmed, U., Carpitella, S., Certa, A. (2021) Managerial Decision Making for Complex Service Systems Optimisation. Proceedings of “The 26th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality In-Design”, Virtual, Online, August 5-7, 6-10.