Idriss El-Thalji

Førsteamanuensis i industriell teknologi- og driftsledelse

Idriss El-Thalji

Kontakt

Telefon: 51832794

E-post: idriss.el-thalji@uis.no

Rom: KE E-244

Avdeling

Det teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet

Institutt for maskin, bygg og materialteknologi

Kort om meg

Associate Professor in the field of Industrial asset management.

Holds a D.Sc (Tech) in Condition Monitoring and Systems Dependability, Tampere University of Technology, (Finland), Licentiate (Tech) in Systems Dependability Engineering, Linnaeus University, Sweden, M.Sc in Terotechnology/ Maintenance Design, Växjö University, Sweden and B.Sc in Industrial Engineering, University of Jordan.

Worked as Maritime engineer, CNC Engineer (Omalmkvist AB, Sweden), Research Scientist (VTT Machine Health, Finland), Lab Manager and Study Program Leader for Master program of Industrial Asset Management (Jan 2022-July 2024)

The total funding secured as a Principal Investigator (PI) is around 16MNOK (1.4 MEuro) and co-PI is 3MNOK throughout your career, besides customer projects performed in VTT and collaboration and industrial projects performed in CIAM. Managing industrial projects for more than 12 years and certified scrum master (Agile project management).

Teaching several master courses: (1) Operations and Maintenance Management, (2) Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance, (4) Agent Simulation and Digital Twin, (4) Applying Industry 4.0.

Research Interest

Developing Predictive Maintenance Solutions and Simulation Models for Industrial Maintenance. My research interests are:

  • Vibration Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance
    • Wear Evolution of Rolling Bearing
    • Erosion evolution of wind turbine blade, Offshore Wind
    • PdM ready Equipment Engineering
  • Advances in Industrial Simulations and Sustainability Modelling
    • Lifetime benefits of Intelligent Maintenance, Oil & Gas
    • Patient flow in the Emergency Department, Healthcare
    • Availability and OPEX Modelling for Unmanned Installations
    • Shared Maintenance Logistics and Spare Parts Evaluation
    • Waste-2-Energy facilities
  • Risk-based Maintenance and Emerging Practices
    • Maintenance and Test Concept
    • Model-based Maintenance Engineering
    • RBM for wind energy and Tunnel Industry

Supervised 68 Industrial Master theses with 37 industrial partners from oil and gas, offshore wind energy, public transportation and tunnel industries.  

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Terning, Gaute; El-Thalji, Idriss; Brun, Eric Christian

(2023)

The Impact of Patient Infection Rate on Emergency Department Patient Flow: Hybrid Simulation Study in a Norwegian Case.

Healthcare.

ISSN 2227-9032.

Volum 11.

Hefte 13.

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11131904

Barua, Soumya; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2023)

Systems dynamic model of wear evolution for sheaves used in oil and gas hoisting operations.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012039

Shalfawi, Majid Fouad; El-Thalji, Idriss; Turkyilmaz, Ali

(2023)

Service and inventory model for maintenance workshop in the short cycle operation region: Agent-based simulation approach.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 1294.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012040

El-Thalji, Idriss; Khattab, Yasmine

(2023)

Internal clearance behaviour in healthy and faulty bearings .

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012041

Beisekenov, Ildar; Suleiman, Zhanybek; Tokbergenova, Akmaral; Shaikholla, Sabit; Dikhanbayeva, Dinara; El-Thalji, Idriss; Emiris, Dimitrios; Turkyilmaz, Ali

(2022)

Maturity Assessment of Industry 4.0 Implementation in Kazakhstani and Norwegian Oil and Gas Contexts.

Journal of Industrial Integration and Management: Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

ISSN 2424-8622.

Volum 7.

Hefte 4.

DOI: 10.1142/S2424862222500191

Terning, Gaute; Brun, Eric Christian; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2022)

Modeling Patient Flow in an Emergency Department under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions: A Hybrid Modeling Approach.

Healthcare.

ISSN 2227-9032.

Volum 10.

Hefte 5.

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10050840

Terning, Gaute; Brun, Eric Christian; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2022)

The Patient Flow Effect of Pandemic Policies: A Hybrid Simulation Study in a Norwegian Emergency Department.

Healthcare.

ISSN 2227-9032.

Volum 11.

Hefte 1.

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11010001

Nordal, Helge; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2021)

Lifetime Benefit Analysis of Intelligent Maintenance: Simulation Modeling Approach and Industrial Case Study .

Applied Sciences.

ISSN 2076-3417.

Volum 11.

Hefte 8.

s.1-29.

DOI: 10.3390/app11083487

Nordal, Helge; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2021)

Assessing the Technical Specifications of Predictive Maintenance: A Case Study of Centrifugal Compressor .

Applied Sciences.

ISSN 2076-3417.

Volum 11.

Hefte 4.

s.1-17.

DOI: 10.3390/app11041527

Joghee, Sharath Chandar; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2021)

Workflow and concept study to design mixed reality assisted safety training in the wind energy sector.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1201/1/012087

Tleuken, Aidana; Turkyilmaz, Ali; Unger, Kristina; Tokazhanov, Galym; El-Thalji, Idriss; Mustafa, Mohamad; Guney, Mert; Karaca, Ferhat

(2021)

Which qualities should built environment possess to ensure satisfaction of higher-education students with remote education during pandemics?.

Building and Environment.

ISSN 0360-1323.

DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108567

Nguyen, Bao Gia Ngoc; Lemu, Hirpa G.; Gabrielsen, Ole; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2021)

Characterization of acoustic emission signals under 3-point bending test.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 1201.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1201/1/012034

El-Thalji, Idriss; Jantunen, Erkki

(2020)

A summary of defect evolution and health monitoring of wind turbine blades.

International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management (IJSEAM).

ISSN 1759-9733.

Volum 3.

Hefte 3.

s.177-197.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEAM.2019.108452

Nordal, Helge; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2020)

Modeling a predictive maintenance management architectureto meet industry 4.0 requirements: A case study.

Systems Engineering.

ISSN 1098-1241.

Volum 24.

s.34-50.

DOI: 10.1002/sys.21565

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Context analysis of Offshore Fish Farming.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 700.

Hefte 1.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012065

Domínguez Santana, Dunia Alicia; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Scalability and compatibility analyses of airborne wind technology for maritime transport.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 700.

Hefte 1.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012064

Ahadov, Anar; Asgarov, E. S.; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

A summary of adapting Industry 4.0 vision into engineering education in Azerbaijan .

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 700.

Hefte 1.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012063

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Predictive maintenance (PdM) analysis matrix: A tool to determine technical specifications for PdM ready-equipment.

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

ISSN 1757-8981.

Volum 700.

Hefte 1.

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/700/1/012033

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Design for predictive maintenance: planning, preliminary and detailed analyses. I: 10th International Symposium on intelligent manufacturing and service systems. 9. - 11. september 2019.

ISBN 9786050312492.

s.793-802.

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Simulation architecting process: a framework to conceptualize behaviors and impacts of cyber-physical systems . I: 10th International Symposium on intelligent manufacturing and service systems. 9. - 11. september 2019.

ISBN 9786050312492.

s.803-812.

Nordal, Helge; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Operations dynamics of gas centrifugal compressor: Process, health and performance indicators.

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings.

ISSN 1650-3686.

Hefte 170.

s.229-235.

DOI: 10.3384/ecp20170229

Fox, Stephen; El-Thalji, Idriss; Altarazi, Safwan

(2017)

Good intentions with limited outcomes: Three limitations of trying to reduce mass migration with industrial thinking.

Technology in society.

ISSN 0160-791X.

Volum 50.

s.31-32.

DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2017.04.002

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2015)

Grand features of Systems of System development in Engineering asset management: A practitioner’s perspective within the Wind energy sector.

Engineering Asset Management Reviews.

ISSN 2190-7846.

DOI: 10.1007/8663_2015_3

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2012)

On the Operations and Maintenance practices of Wind power assets: A status review and observations.

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering.

ISSN 1355-2511.

Volum 18.

Hefte 3.

s.232-266.

DOI: 10.1108/13552511211265785

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna; Hjøllo, Magnar

(2012)

Scalable and Customer oriented Life cycle costing model: A case of an innovative Vertical wind turbine concept. I: Proceedings of the Twenty-second (2012) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference.

International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineers.

ISBN 978-1-880653-94-4.

s.423-425.

Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2011)

Architecting decision support of integrated asset diagnostic & prognostic system : systems challenges within wind power applications. I: Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management (COMADEM2011).

COMADEM International.

ISBN 0-9541307-2-3.

s.1060-1070.

Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna; Eren, Nordan; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2011)

Maintenance optimization practices within wind power systems : : State-of-the-art. I: Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management (COMADEM2011).

COMADEM International.

ISBN 0-9541307-2-3.

s.1103-1108.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2011)

Integrated asset management for Large scale wind energy farms. I: Engineering Asset Management and Infrastructure Sustainability: Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM-2010).

Springer.

ISBN 9780857293015.

s.181-194.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2011)

Design for environmental compatibility of Wind power systems: A case study on Offshore and Cold climate from a dependability perspective. I: Proceedings of the Twenty-First (2011) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference.

International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineers.

ISBN 978-1-880653-96-8.

s.533-539.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2011)

An asset management solution for Offshore wind farms based on System dynamics simulation: A case study. I: Proceedings of the Twenty-First (2011) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference.

International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineers.

ISBN 978-1-880653-96-8.

s.487-492.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2010)

Integrated asset management practices for Offshore wind power industry: A critical review and a road map to the future.

ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings.

ISSN 1098-6189.

s.934-941.

Bøker og kapitler

Pavlou, Dimitrios; Correia, José A.F.O.; Fazeres-Ferradosa, Tiago; Gudmestad, Ove Tobias; Siriwardane , Sudath C.; Lemu, Hirpa G.; Ersdal, Gerhard; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna; Hansen, Vidar Folke; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; RATNAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE, Chandima; Delimitis, Andreas; El-Thalji, Idriss; Adasooriya, Mudiyan Nirosha Damayanthi; Samarakoon, Samarakoon Mudiyansele Samindi; Hemmingsen, Tor

(2024)

Analytical and experimental methods in mechanical and civil engineering : Contributions of the 1st olympiad in engineering science (OES 2023).

Springer Nature.

ISBN 978-3-031-49722-3.

Volum 28.

Hefte ..

Rafique, Baber; Raza, Jawad

(2020)

Prepare a Road Map for the Application of Machine Learning in Condition-Based Maintenance.

Universitetet i Stavanger.

Formidling

Turkyilmaz, Ali; Dikhanbayeva, Dinara; Lukhmanov, Yevgeniy; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2023)

Managing Digital Transformation: Maturity Model Development.

MakeLearn, TIIM & PIConf International Conference;

2023-05-18 - 2023-05-20.

Nguyen, Bao; Lemu, Hirpa G.; Gabrielsen, Ole; El-Thalji, Idriss

(2021)

Characterization of acoustic emission signals under 3-point bending test.

COTech Conference;

2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26.

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Design for Predictive Maintenance: planning, preliminary and detailed analyses.

10th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems;

2019-09-09 - 2019-09-11.

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2019)

Simulation Architecting Process: A framework to conceptualize behaviors and impacts of cyber-physical systems.

10th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems;

2019-09-09 - 2019-09-11.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Abdusselam, M. S.,; Duque, Santiago E.; Liyanage, Jayantha Prasanna

(2018)

Augmented reality technology for predictive maintenance education: A pilot case study.

The 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM-2018);

2018-09-24 - 2018-09-26.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Nordal, Helge

(2018)

Intelligent Maintenance practices within Norwegian continental shelf toward Industry 4.0 vision: An overview.

WCEAM 2018 world Congress on Engineering Asset Management;

2018-09-24 - 2018-09-26.

El-Thalji, Idriss; Nordal, Helge

(2018)

Design for intelligent maintenance: A potential reference standard complies with industry 4.0 requirements.

WCEAM 2018 world Congress on Engineering Asset Management;

2018-09-24 - 2018-09-26.

El-Thalji, Idriss

(2018)

Intelligent maintenance maturity of offshore oil and gas platform: A customized assessment model complies with industry 4.0 vision.

WCEAM 2018 world Congress on Engineering Asset Management;

2018-09-24 - 2018-09-26.