COMMITTEE
3rd North American IEOM Conference
Conference Chairs
Dr. Devdas Shetty
Dean
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
University of the District of Columbia (UDC)
Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Ahad Ali
Associate Professor and Director of IE Programs
Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Industry Solutions Chairs
Majid Abab
Industrial Engineering Manager of Boeing – Retired
Dr. Rupy Sawhney
Professor and Heath Fellow in Business & Engineering
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Executive Director of CASRE (Center for Advanced System, Research and Education)
University of Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Honorary Chair
Dr. Abdul Rahim
Faculty of Business Administration
University of New Brunswick (UNB)
Fredericton, Canada
Global Engineering Education Chairs
Dr. Abu Masud, P.E. (Retired)
Boeing Global Engineering Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Hamid Parsaei, P.E.
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University (College Station)
and
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University Qatar
4th NA Conference Chairs (2019 Toronto)
Dr. Ali ElKamel
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Dr. Srinivas Ganapathyraju
Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
Professor Don Reimer
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan
Logistics Chair
Abdul Mannan
U.S. Social Security Office
and
Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Colombia, Washington DC
Track Chairs
Artificial Intelligence
Ehsan Teymourian
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
NJ, USA
Automation and Agility
Alok K. Verma, Ph.D., P.E., CMfgE
Ray Ferrari Professor
Engineering Technology Department
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Automotive Manufacturing Systems
Dr. Mukdam Kena
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
Business Management
Dr. Luis Rocha-Lona
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Mexico City, México
Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed
Program Director, Business Department
University of Minnesota Crookston
Case Studies
Ghorbanmohammad Komaki
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Cellular Manufacturing
Dr. Gursel Suer
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Computer Aided Design, Applications and Computing
Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov
Department of Industrial Engineering
Keimyung University
Daegu, South Korea
Construction Management
Dr. Rakesh Ramnath
The University of the West Indies
St Augustine Campus, West Indies
Cyber Security
Dr. Gahangir Hossain
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas
Data Analytics / Business Analytics
Bharat Kolluri
Barney School of Business
University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut
Mehdi Davoodi
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Decision Sciences
Ing. Johanna Trujillo Díaz, M.Sc.
Programa Ingeniería Industrial
Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Design and Analysis
Dr. Mohammadsadegh Mobin
Western New England University
Springfield, Massachusetts
Dr. Ahsanul Karim
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
Defense and Aviation
Dr. Farshid Azadian
Management, Marketing and Operations Department
College of Business
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, Florida
e-Business/e-Service / e-Commerce
TBA
Energy
Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Hossain Sadi
University of Central Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Engineering Education
Dr. Daniel M. Ferguson
Engineering Education
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Engineering Management
Dr. Adrian Ramirez Nafarrate
ITAM
Mexico City, Mexico
Dr. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa
Engineering Management Program
Division of Engineering and Technology
Universidad de Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Engineering
Financial Engineering
Cesar Acosta
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Healthcare Operations and Services
Dr. Joonyup Eun
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Vahab Vahdat
PhD Candidate – Industrial Engineering
Northeastern University
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Dr. Fabio Frugiero
University of Basilicata, Italy
Industrial Services
Dr. Joseph Ogundu
Emerald Global Consulting
Southfield, Michigan
Information Systems and Management
Dr. Farouq Alhourani
Information and Technology Management
University of Tampa
Tampa, Florida
Innovation
Dr. Gilson Ditzel Santos
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)
Pato Branco, Brazil
Inventory Management
Dr. Salvatore Miranda
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Salerno, Italy
Lean
Dr. Faranak Fathi Aghdam
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Logistics
Shahram Taj, Ph.D.
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, Florida
Manufacturing
Dr. Ramy Harik
McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Modeling and Simulation
Dr. Mohammad Dehghani
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Ali ElKamel
University of Waterloo
Canada
Operations Management
Hans-Jürgen Sebastian
Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
Dr. Amr Elbadan
University of Business and Technology
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Operations Research
Dr. Azadeh Maroufmashat
University of Waterloo
Canada
Optimization
Dr. Mahdi Fathi
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Dr. Bill Edwards, PhD, PE, PMP
Industrial, Systems, & Engineering Management
Pawley Lean Coordinator
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan
Md Tanbiruj Jaman
AGCO Corporation
Hesston, Kansas
Production Planning and Management
Dr. Edmund L. Ijumba
Evergreen Packaging
Memphis, Tennessee
Project Management
Dr. Arun Nambiar
California State University
Fresno, California
Afshan Roshani
Permasteelisa North America
Windsor, Connecticut
Quality
Dr. Andy Pandian
Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU)
Saginaw Valley, Michigan
Reliability
Dr. Seyed A. Niknam
Western New England University
Springfield, Massachusetts
Sensors and Sensing
Dr. Mukti Rana
Delaware State University
Dover, Delaware
Service Engineering
Six Sigma
Saso Krstovski
Ford Motor Company
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Supply Chain / Supply Chain Sustainability / Green Supply Chain
Dr. Faisal Aqlan
Penn State Behrend
Erie, Pennsylvania
Sustainability
Dr. Amarjit Singh
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sustainable Manufacturing
Dr. Omar Ashour
Penn State Behrend
Erie, Pennsylvania
Statistics
Dr. Arjun K. Gupta
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
Systems Dynamics
Dr. Mahdi Bastan
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Eyvanekey, Semnan, Iran
Systems Engineering
Dr. Wilkistar Otieno
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Technology Management
Dr. Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi
University of Technology, Malaysia
Transportation and Traffic
Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi
Mehrastan University
Gilan, Iran
Competition Committee
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, MehrAstan University, Gilan, Iran
Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair
Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
Dr. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Masters Thesis Competition Chair
Dr. Suat Kasap, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Senior Design Capstone Project / FYP Poster Competition Chair
Dr. Md. Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, UAE
Undergraduate Research Chair
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Simulation and PLM Competition Chair
Dr. Magdy Helal, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait
High School and Middle School STEM Competition Chair
Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Tech University, Michigan
Dr. Charles Chen, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, California
Poster Competition Chair
Dr. Seifedine Kadry, Beirut Arab University Lebanon
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
Dr. Ahmed Al Jabr
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
TBA
Website Coordinators
Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Suvro Sudip, Undergraduate Student at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
North American Academic Committee (NAAC)
- Professor Abdul Mannan, Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Colombia, Washington DC, USA
- Dr. Masud Rana, Delaware State University, USA
- Dr. M. El-Shark, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
- Dr. Mohamed Awwad, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, New York
- Dr. Reza Akhavian, Construction Management Program, School of Engineering, California State University, East Bay
- Dr. Sampson Gholston, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Dr. Jacqueline Chestnut, Adjunct Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, College of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
Honorary Committee
Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, Director, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Fouad Al-Sunni, Department of Systems Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Richard Bush, Dean, College of Information Technology at Baker College, Flint, Michigan
Dr. Hamidi Bashir, Chairperson, Department of Industrial and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, Professor and Director (Dean), ENSIAS College of Engineering – Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Devashis Mitra, Dean – Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Prof. Dr. Mohd Razali Muhamad, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Professor Dr. Norazman Mohamad Nor, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), National Defence University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University at Qatar and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University
Dr. Ismail Tag, SVP & Provost, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Advisory Committee
Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, Director, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Umar AL-Turki, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Mohammed Ben-Daya, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Raj Das, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Kudret Demirli, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK
Dr. Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Dr. Moncer Abdelhamid Hariga, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dr. Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Dr. Arun Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia
Dr. Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan
Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Samar Mukhopadhyay, GSB-Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea
Dr. Nor Hasni Osman, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
Dr. Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA
Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal
Dr. Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, Singapore
Dr. Masine Md. Tap, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Zulkifli Mohamed Udin, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Alok Verma, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Dr. Hari Agung Yuniarto, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Dr. Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Henk Zijm, Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dr. Ravi Inder S Jassar, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
Program Committee
Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea
Dr. Lina Aboueljinane, Industrial Engineering Program, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat (ENSMR), Morocco
Dr. Bouloiz Hafida, Industrial Engineering Department, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
Dr. Jaouad Boukachour, Université Le Havre, France
Global Engineering Education Committee
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
Industry Solutions Committee
Dr. Zeki Ayağ, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Sameh Moh. Nour El-Din A-Razek, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co., Alexandria, Egypt
Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Natasha Dzulkarnain, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
Dr. Kenichi Funaki, Hitachi, Yokohama, Japan
Dr. Adel Hejaaji, Engineering Services Management (ESM) Limited, Essex, UK
Dr. Anwar Hossain, Daikin Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
Dr. MAS Kamal, Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Hwa Kooi Kok, Intel Malaysia
Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran
German Moya, President at IEEE Costa Rica Section, Costa Rica
Paul Moore, International Mining, England, UK
Dr. Gerard O’Connor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Banu Ozkeser, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Sushil K. Shetty, Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan
Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee
Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK
Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Mey Goh, Assoc Professor in Product Design, Loughborough University, UK
Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Stefanie Pillai, Dean and Associate Professo, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Adibah Shuib, Head of Strategic Planning (Monitoring), Centre for Strategic Planning,Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Dr. Vanajah Siva, Chalmers University, Sweden
Vanessa Victoire, University of Mauritius
Prof. Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Technical Committee
Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
Dr. Abdollah Aghaie, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Gasim Al-Hawarii, Senior Fleet Management Engineer, Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates
Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Hungary
Dr. Basel Alsayyed, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan
Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Dr. Behnam Bahrami, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
Dr. D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Mahdi Bashiri, Shahed University, Iran
Dr. Vladimir Beresnev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia
Dr. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Dr. Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
Dr. Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia
Dr. Mohammad Ishak Desa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dr. Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya
Dr. Dinusha Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad Adolfo Ibaez, Chile
Dr. Vassilis Gerogiannis, Department of Project Management, Greece
Dr. Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia
Dr. Ravi Gor, St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA
Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq
Dr. Md. Abdus Samad Kamal, Toyota Central R&D Labs, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
Dr. Javad Khamisabadi, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Dr. Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Rashmi Jha, Gitarattan International Business School (GIBS), Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
Dr. Shahrul B. Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Boudouda Malik, University of Champagne-Ardenne, France
Dr. Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
Dr. Yuan Xue Ming, SIMTech: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
Dr. Ruchi Mishra, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Vladimir Modrak, TUKE, Slovakia
Dr. Norhamidi Muhamad, UKM, Malaysia
Dr. Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana
Dr. Arun N. Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA
Dr. Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
Dr. Sawat Pararach, Thammasat University, Thailand
Dr. Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Dr. T. Ramayah, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Bhuvenesh Rajamony, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
Dr. Mohd Abdur Rashid, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
Dr. Syed Asif Raza, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Dr. P. Sanjeevikumar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Dr. Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Dr. Abdussalam Shibani, Coventry University, UK
Dr. Sarbjit Singh, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian, University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Zuraidah Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia
Dr. Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Laurent Tchommo, Operations Management, Department of CIS & BSAN, College of Business, James Madison University, VA, USA
Dr. Murat Caner Testik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
Dr. Vladimir I. Tsurkov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan
Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Dr. Suhaiza Hanim Zailani,University Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France