When	8th – 11th May, 2024
Where	Hilton Hotel Golden Beach, Qingdao, P. R. China
Organizer	Qingdao University of Technology
Tel	+86 184 5327 6561
Email	tepen2024@163.com

Welcome

The emergence of Industry 4.0 has brought new opportunities and challenges to the society as the internet, big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence are transforming the tradition industry to the high-end digitalized and automated manufacturing. Whereas an efficient health management and maintenance is the key to ensure a success transformation and integration of such technologies. We are greatly honored to announce that the International Workshop on Fault Diagnostics and Prognostics to be held on 8th – 11th of May 2024 in the Hilton Hotel Golden Beach, Qingdao, P. R. China will pay a special attention on the relevant technologies to ensure such transformation.

The workshop aims to provide an effective knowledge-sharing and exchange platform for field practitioners, specialists, academics and research students in machine and structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and fault detection, diagnostic and prognostic for both operational and manufacturing processes. The workshop is featured with keynote speeches by renowned scholars and researchers, a panel discussion on the new trends, opportunities and challenges in the era of Industry 4.0 by well-established industry leaders and researchers, as well as parallel technical sessions. The workshop will also provide a sociable and professional environment for participants to encourage networking, forge new collaboration relationships and consolidate on the existing one.

It is the very breadth of the scope and the scale of the event that will make it so interesting and beneficial to those who attend. The organizing committee for the workshop is excited to extend a warm welcome to you in Qingdao in May 2024! 

Download Call for Paper.

Scope

The workshop welcomes the submission of papers in the nature of original research, technical review and tutorial from the following, but not limited to, areas:

Paper submission

The paper submission is managed by Easy Chair conference management system. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer (EI). High quality papers will be recommended to publish in SCI journals.

Please submit your abstract and manuscript through: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tepen2024iwfdp

Please use the Word template to format your manuscript. Download Word template.

Important dates

Full paper submission	31st March, 2024
Registration deadline	15th April, 2024

Workshop Chairs and co-Chairs

Local Organising Committee

Executive Committee

General affairs: keynote organisation, academic co-sponsors, workshops, lab visiting and Handbook editing, conference prices, printings (badge, posters), dissemination leaflet, social networks, Lecture room and virtual meeting background, registration desks,

Chair: Prof Feng Guo

Members: Prof Tian Ran Lin, Prof Fengshou Gu, Dr Zuolu Wang, Dr Xiaoxia Liang, Dr Bingyan Chen, Dr Kai Zhang, Dr Guoqing Mu, Dr Tao Lu

Program Committee

Paper handling including template, review, similarity checking and acceptance.

Chair: Dr Xiaoxia Liang

Members: Prof Wenxian Yang, Dr Jinzhen Kong, Prof Yuandong Xu, Prof Kexiang Wei, Dr Kai Zhang, Dr Yuan Xie, Prof Hongjun Wang, Dr Tongtong Liu, Mr Shiqing Huang, Dr Zuolu Wang, Mr Rongfeng Deng, Mr Zewen Zhou, Mr Zhifeng Hu, Miss Yang Chen

Publication Committee

Proceeding publication affairs: publisher, cost and format, timelines

Chair: Dr Bingyan Chen

Members: Prof Tian Ran Lin, Prof Fulei Chu, Prof Andrew Ball, Dr Xiaoxia Liang, Dr Zuolu Wang, Dr Kai Zhang, Dr Ke Feng, Dr Yuandong Xu, Prof Wenxian Yang

Publicity Committee

Refreshment, banquet, social activities, gift preparation, health and safety

Chair: Dr Jingjing Wang

Members: Dr Kai Zhang, Dr Guoqing Mu, Dr Yakui Liu, Dr Hui Xi, Dr Yu Jiang, Ms Yajun Shang

Finance Committee

Invitation and registration

Chair: Prof Tian Ran Lin

Members: Ms Tengteng Yuan

IT Committee

Conference venue arrangement, IT facilities, WIFI-guest, website updating.

Chair: Dr Zuolu Wang

Members: Mr Dawei Shi, Mr Chiheng Huang, Mr Samuel Ayankoso, Mr Ali Amirizaniani, Mr Yinghang He, Mr Yubin Lin, Mr Rongfeng Deng

Exhibition and Sponsorship Committee

Chair: Dr Yaqiang Jin

Members: Dr Jingjing Wang, Dr Kai Zhang, Ms Xiaoyu Zhao, Ms Zhexiang Zou, Ms Chun Li

International Committee

• Prof Basim Al-Najjar, Linnaeus University, Sweden
• Mr Nasser Alshahrani, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
• Dr David Baglee, University of Sunderland, UK
• Prof Andrew Ball, University of Sunderland, UK
• Prof Mohamed Ben-Daya, American University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Gopinath Chattopadhyay, Federation University Australia, Australia
• Prof Filipe Didelet, IPS (Polytechnic Institue of Setubal), Portugal
• Prof Zuzana Dimitrovová, FCT, Portugal
• Prof José Torres Farinha, CEMMPRE and ISEC, Portugal
• Prof Luís Andrade Ferreira, University of Porto, Portugal
• Dr Wolfgang Hahn, EDF, UK
• Prof Benoit Iung, Cran University, France
• Dr Akilu Kaltungo, The University of Manchester, UK
• Prof Mirka Kans, Linnaeus University , Sweden
• Dr Moray Kidd, The University of Manchester, UK
• Prof. Uday Kumar, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
• Mrs María del Carmen García Lizárraga, INEEL, Mexico
• Prof David Mba, De Montfort University, UK
• Dr Kassandra Papadopoulou, The University of Manchester, UK
• Prof Len Gelman, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Dr Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University, UK
• Prof José Sobral, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
• Prof Zhike Peng, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Prof R. Zimroz, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
• Prof Stephan Heyns, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Prof Niaoqing Hu, National University of Defense Technology, China
• Prof Qian Ding, Tianjin University, China
• Prof Qingbo He, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Dr Dong Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Prof Shixi Yang, Zhejiang University, China
• Prof Yimin Shao,  Chongqing University, China
• Dr Wenbo Duan, University of Hertfordshire, UK
• Dr Yuhua Li, Cardiff University, UK
• Prof Isa Yesilyurt, University of Usak, Turkey
• Prof Oscar García Peyrano, National University of Cuyo, Argentina
• Dr Ming Luo, University of Bristol, UK
• Prof Al-Hussein Albarbar, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• Dr Yuandong Xu, Imperial College London, UK
• Dr Wei Wang, Tianjin University, UK
• Prof Tianran Lin, Qingdao University of Technology, China
• Prof Lei Hu, Hunan University of Technology, UK
• Prof Chao Fu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
• Dr Guoxing Li, Taiyuan University of Technology, UK
• Dr Xiange Tian, Jiangsu University, China
• Dr Xiaoli Tang, Aston University, UK
• Dr Kaibo Lu, Taiyuan University of Technology, UK
• Prof Pavlos Lazaridis, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Prof Khaldoon F. Brethee, University of Anbar, Iraq
• Prof Pingyu Zhu, Guangzhou University, UK
• Prof Dong Zhen, Hebei University of Technology, China
• Prof Hao Zhang, Hebei University of Technology, China
• Prof Guojin Feng, Hebei University of Technology, China
• Dr Shan Lou, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Dr Wenhan Zeng, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Dr Tianyang Wang, Tsinghua University, China
• Prof Ruiliang Zhang, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
• Prof Baoshan Huang, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China
• Mr Rongfeng Deng, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China
• Prof Guoji Shen, National University of Defense Technology, China
• Prof Xiaojun Xu, National University of Defense Technology, China
• Prof Guangbin Wang, Lingnan Normal University, China
• Prof Jigang Wu, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China
• Prof Lingli Jiang, Foshan University, China
• Dr Ashraf Sheri, North-West University, South Africa
• Prof Huaqing Wang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
• Prof Lingli Cui, Beijing University of Technology, China
• Prof Hongjun Wang, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, China
• Prof Chao Zhang, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, China
• Prof Weihua Li, South China University of Technology, China
• Prof Zhipeng Feng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
• Prof. Konstantinos Gryllias, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Prof Mohammad A Al-Shudeifat, Khalifa, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
• Prof Magd Abdel Wahab, Ghent University, Belgium
• Prof Maosen Cao, Hohai University, China
• Prof Tommy HT Chan, Queensland
• Prof Geert Degrande, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Prof Alessandro Fasana, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
• Prof Spilios D Fassois, University of Patras, Greece
• Prof C P Fritzen, University of Siegen, Germany
• Prof Michael I Friswell, Swansea University, UK
• Prof Luigi Garibaldi, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
• Prof Marek Krawczuk, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
• Prof Andreas Kyprianou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
• Prof Nuno MM Maia, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Dr Cristinel Mares, Brunel University London, UK
• Dr Laurent Mevel, Inria, center Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, France
• Prof Wiesław Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Prof Luděk Pešek, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia
• Prof Jean-Jacques Sinou, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
• Prof Wieslav Staszewski, AGH University of Scienece and Technology, Poland
• Prof Zhongqing Su, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Dr Branislav Titurus, University of Bristol, UK
• Prof Tadeusz Uhl, AGH University of Scienece and Technology, Poland
• Prof Keith Worden, The University of Sheffield
• Dr Ling Yu, Jinan University, China
• Prof Vadim V. Silberschmidt, Loughborough University, UK
• Prof J Barton, University of Bristol, UK
• Prof M Lucas, University of Glasgow, UK
• Prof D Inman, Virginia Tech, USA
• Prof C Surace, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Prof J E Mottershead, University of Liverpool, UK
• Prof E Cross, University of Sheffield, UK
• Prof Basim Al-Najjar, Linnaeus University, Sweden
• Dr Erkki Jantunen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland
• Prof Aditya Parida, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
• Mr Nasser Alshahrani, ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia
• Prof Tore Markeset, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Dr Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo, The University of Manchester

About Qingdao University of Technology

Qingdao University of Technology was founded in 1952, originally as a Civil Engineering School. It has expanded and transformed to a modern and multi-disciplinary university after more than 70 years of continuing development. The university was conferred the right to enroll postgraduate students since 1993 and the right to enroll doctoral students since 2005 by the Ministry of Education of China. Nowadays, the university has three main campuses, two located in Qingdao and one located in Linyi City which offers 66 undergraduate programs within its 12 academic schools with 33478 full time enrolled undergraduate students and 3574 Masters and PhD students. The university currently has more than 2,604 staffs including 1791 full time academics, and has established close research and teaching collaborations with more than 100 well-known universities and research institutions across the world. 

Co-organizers

Official Sponsors

• Fault Diagnosis Technical Committee of Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering (中国振动工程学会故障诊断专业委员会)
• Dynamic Testing Technical Committee of Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering (中国振动工程学会动态测试专业委员会)
• Zhejiang Vibration Engineering Society (浙江省振动工程学会)
• Journal of Dynamics, Monitoring and Diagnostics (JDMD)

Commercial Sponsors