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Thorsten Lammers

Adjunct Associate Professor

School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG

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  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
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BIO

Thorsten is an expert in digital technology management. He builds bridges between the academic and professional worlds using his extensive experience in practice-oriented research as well as in top-tier management consulting.

As adjunct member of the UTS Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) he deals with smart operations and supply chain management, such as the application of AI to improve job scheduling in manufacturing or the pilot training process in aviation.

Thorsten also works on wider societal implications of digital transformation, such as sustainability impacts and knowledge spillovers in deep tech startup ecosystems.

Thorsten designs and teaches classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students and for industry executives in the areas of digital and AI strategy, smart operations management and complex systems modelling.

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Technology Sydney, School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Sydney, Australia1 Aug 2022 - present
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, School of Information, Systems and Modelling, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2016 - 31 Jul 2022
  • Manager Business Relationships
    University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and IT, Sydney, Australia1 May 2016 - 31 Jul 2016

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ORGANISATIONAL UNITS MEMBERSHIP

  1. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
    Faculty
  2. School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
    School

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice President Teaching and Professor
    XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany1 Sep 2022 - 31 May 2024
  • Research Associate
    Hamburg University of Technology, Germany1 Apr 2008 - 30 Sep 2012

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Head of Learning on Campus
    IU Group, Germany1 Jun 2024 - present
  • Senior Consultant
    Ernst and Young, Strategy and Operations Advisory, Germany1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015

DEGREES

  • PhD (Dr. rer. pol.)
    Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Postgraduate Degree in Physics (Dipl.-Phys.)
    University of Hamburg, Germany

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate: Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Executive Program: Artificial Intelligence - Implications for Business Strategy
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Membership of an advisory committee

DISCIPLINES