Objective
The DMAD Project Group addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing industry today: how to adapt maintenance and asset management strategies to the accelerating pace of digital transformation.
The increasing availability of data, the integration of IoT systems, the rise of Digital Twins, and—above all—the disruptive introduction of Artificial Intelligence into industrial environments are redefining how assets are monitored, maintained, and managed.
At the same time, expectations are shifting from reactive and predictive
In this context, DMAD aims to build a European reference group within ESReDA to:
- Generate shared knowledge and methodologies,
- Promote case-based learning across sectors, and
- Facilitate practical collaboration between academia, industry, and public institutions on the future of digital maintenance and asset digitalization.
Context
This initiative emerged as a direct outcome of the 64th ESReDA Seminar, held in Bilbao in May 2024, titled:“Digital Maintenance in the Digital Twin Era”
The group was officially launched during a preparatory meeting in Madrid on January 21st, 2025, with the support of the Spanish national research project DIGEST (PID2022-137748OB-C32). It brings together academic institutions, companies, and associations with shared interest in digital transformation applied to asset-intensive systems.
Initial Members
The kick-off meeting gathered 15 founding members from academia, research, and industry:
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Adolfo Crespo Márquez | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Antonio Sánchez Herguedas | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Alfonso Carballo Menayo | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Antonio Jesús Guillén López | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Joaquín Ordieres Meré | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) |
| Miguel Ortega Mier | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) |
| Amir Farmanesh: | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) |
| Aitor Goti Elordi | Universidad de Deusto (Deusto) |
| Jokin Alcibar | Universidad de Mondragón |
| José Ignacio Aizpurúa Unanue | Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) |
| Jorge Marcos Acevedo | Universidad de Vigo |
| Manuel Chiachio Ruano | Universidad de Granada (UGR) |
| Ignacio Moratalla Aguirre | AYESA |
| Javier Serra Parajes | Enagás |
| Antonio Solá Rosique | INGEMAN |
Planned Activities
The group’s roadmap includes the following:
- Working Meetings with External Participation: One or two per year, each focused on a specific technical topic involving external experts from academia and industry.
- Workshops with Companies: Hands-on sessions with practitioners to analyze real-world case studies.
- ESReDA Seminar: Organize a dedicated ESReDA seminar in 2026 or 2027 to disseminate key outputs.
- Open Source Community (OSC): Development of an ESReDA-hosted platform to share datasets, models, and tools related to digital maintenance and asset health.
Initial Actions
- Presentation of a draft document by Prof. Adolfo Crespo:
“Digitalization of Assets, Facilities, and Maintenance Management”, to be presented at the World Maintenance Forum 2025 (Jeddah, KSA). - Establishment of the ESReDA Open Source Community, hosted by the University of Granada, to share curated maintenance datasets and models under an approved metadata and security policy.
- Organization of an international workshop:
Advanced CBM & Intelligent Maintenance in the Railway Sector
23–24 June 2025
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden)
In collaboration with SKF, Talgo, Trafikverket, and partner universities.
Expected Deliverables
- Frameworks for predictive and prescriptive digital maintenance
- Demonstration use cases applying AI, IoT, and Digital Twins
- Open-source datasets and collaborative models
- Contributions to ESReDA seminars and publications
Collaborating Institutions
- Academia: Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Granada, Universidad del País Vasco, Universidad de Deusto, Universidad de Mondragón, Universidad de Vigo, Chalmers University of Technology
- Industry: Enagás, AYESA, Talgo, SKF, Trafikverket
- Associations: INGEMAN, International Maintenance Association (IMA), ESReDA