Committee – IEOM 2017 Bogota

Conference Chairs:

Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Sandra Milena Chacon Sanchez, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia

Technical Chairs

Professor Carlos Franco, School of Management, University del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia
Professor Victor Jaime Garcia Urdaneta, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia

Global Engineering Education Chairs

Dr. Abu Masud, Boeing Global Engineering Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Director of Academic Outreach – Texas A&M University, Qatar

Program Chair

Dr. Mohammed Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Publication Chair

Dr. Anwar Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA

Student Chair

Valeria Mendoza Cortes, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia 

Regional Academic Committee

Dr. Sepideh Abolghasem, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Dr. Igor Bello, Human Factors and Ergonomics Cathedra, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
Dr. Susana Boeykens, Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Eldon Glen Caldwell, University of Costa Rica
Dr. José R. Deliz Álvarez, Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
Vladimir Robles Bykbaev, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador
Dr. Nubia Velasco, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Dr. Wilson Adarme Jaimes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Bogota, Colombia
Dr. Jose Ismael Peñaa, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Bogota, Colombia
 Dr. Bernardo Villarreal, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
Dr. Ing. Humberto R. Álvarez A., Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama
Dr. Cristian Rusu, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Dr. Victor Esteves, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Chiappetta Jabbour Charbel Jose, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil / University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Dr. Eduyn Lopez Santana, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Dr. Germán Mendez Giraldo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Dr. Lindsay Álvarez Pomar, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Dr. Juan Carlos Figueroa García, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Dr. Juan Guillermo Villegar, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Dr. Gabriel Mauricio Zambrano Rey, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Dr. Edgar Hernán Alfonso Lizarazo, Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia
Dr. Jaime Andrés Castañeda, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Dr. Nubia Velasco, Management School, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Technical Committee

Dr. William Javier Guerrero Rueda, Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia
Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Joseph I. Ajiri, South University, Novi, Michigan, USA
Dr. Mohsen Alardhi, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait
Dr. Hesham K. Alfares, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Dr. Farouq Alhourani, University of Tampa, Florida, USA
Dr. José R. Deliz Álvarez, Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
Dr. Soroor Alkhafaji, Baghdad University, Iraq
Dr. Behrooz Arbabshirani, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
Dr. Fatemeh Almasi, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran
Dr. D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
Vladimir Robles Bykbaev, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador
Dr. Omar Ghrayeb – Northern Illinois University, USA
Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Babylon City, Hilla, Iraq
Dr. Ajay Joneja, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr. Murat Kucukvar, Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey
Dr. Anand Kumar, M.S. Engineering College, Navarathna Agrahara, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Dr. Muammer Koc, Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey
Dr. Vladimir Modrak, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Dr. Yunos Ngadiman, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Dr. Galia Novakova, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dr. Celestine A Ntuen, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Dr. Kamran Paynabar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Dr. Kit Fai Pun, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Dr. Kutub Uddin, Khulna University of Engineering & Tech, Bangladesh
Dr. Sarder E. Sadique, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
Dr. Sushil K. Shetty Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA
Dr. Seema Singh, Delhi Technological University, India
Mr. Peter M. Tase, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institute (LACCEI)
Dr. Nubia Velasco, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Dr. Li Xu, Old Dominion University, USA

Advisory Committee

Dr. Ing. Humberto R. Álvarez A., Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama
Dr. Nadia Bhuiyan, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dr. Eldon Glen Caldwell, University of Costa Rica
Dr. Srinivas R. Chakravarthy, Kettering University, Flint, MI, USA
Dr. Wei Tong Chen, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Touliu, Taiwan
Dr. Robert de Souza, National University of Singapore
Dr. Victor Esteves, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Funso Falade, Professor at University of Lagos, Nigeria and President, African Engineering Education Association
Dr. Emilio Insfran, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Dr. Arun Kumar, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Eui Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick – Fredericton, Canada
Dr. Cristian Rusu, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of District of Colombia, USA
Dr. S P Sarmah, IIT-Kharagpur, India
Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippine
Dr. Ing Eckart Uhlmann, Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, Germany
Dr. Bernardo Villarreal, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea

IEOM Support Committee

Dr. Akand Islam, Chief Operations Officer, IEOM Society International
Dr. Taufiqul Islam, IEOM Conference Secretariat
Dr. M. Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Prof. Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, USA
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada