Conference Committee
Conference Chairs
- Dr. Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Professor, Engineering Management, School of Engineering, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
- Dr. Leslie Monplaisir, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Dr. Wilkistar Otieno, Associate Professor and Chair, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Program Chairs
- Dr. Daw Alwerfalli, Professor and Director of Engineering Management Program, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfoeld, Michigan, USA
- Dr. Jihong Yan, Professor in Industrial Engineering and Deputy Dean of School of Mechatronics Engineering, Head of intelligent Manufacturing Scientific Research Team, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Industry Chairs
- Steven Sibrel, Se. Supplier Quality Manager, Harman International, Novi, Michigan, USA and Professional Development Chair & Past Chair-ASQ Greater Detroit
- Dr. Saso Krstovski, Lean Manufacturing Coach/Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA
Diversity and Inclusion Chairs / Women in Industry and Academia Chairs
- Shannon Dare, Global Technology Planning & Strategy, Body & Chassis, Ford Motor Company
- Cheryl Thompson, Founder and CEO of CADIA, Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement, Detroit, Michigan
Organizing Committee
- Dr. George Pappas, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University
- Dr. Hayder Zghair, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University
- Dr. Saso Krstovski, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University
- Dr. Andy Pandian, Associate Professor, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan
- Dr. CJ Chung, Professor of Computer Science and Director of Robofest, Lawrence Technological University
- Dr. Sibrina N. Collins, Executive Director, The Marburger STEM Center, Lawrence Technological University
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)
IEOM Global Business Management Education Chairs
- Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, The University of Derby, UK
- Prof. Vikas Kumar, Director of Research and Scholarship and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK
Industry 4.0 Chairs
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, UTHM, Malaysia
- Dr. Mehran Doulat, Xiamen University Malaysia
Industry Solutions Chair
- Dr. Joseph Ogundu, President at Emerald Global Consulting Inc., Detroit, Michigan
Technical Chairs
- Dr. Hayder Zghair, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
- Dr. Andy Pandian, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, USA
Publication Chair
Dr. Mohammed Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
6th NA Conference Chairs (2021 Monterrey)
- Dr. Bernaro Villarreal Celstino, University of Monterrey, México
- Ing. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, University of Monterrey, México
- Ing. Jacobo Tijerina Aguilera, University of Monterrey, México
Conference Secretariat
- Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International
Track Chairs
Artificial Intelligence
- Dr. Samira A. Rahimi, McGill University, Canada
- Ehsan Teymourian, Rutgers University, USA
Automation and Agility
- Dr. Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University, Norfolk
Automotive Manufacturing Systems
- Dr. Mukdam Kena, Ford Motor Company, Michigan
Business Management
- Dr. Luis Rocha-Lona, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, México
- Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed, Program Director, Univ. of Minnesota Crookston
Case Studies
- Ghorbanmohammad Komaki, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Cellular Manufacturing
- Dr. Gursel Suer, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
CAD, Applications and Computing
- Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Keimyung Univ., South Korea
Construction Management
- Dr. Rakesh Ramnath, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, West Indies
Cyber Security
- Dr. Shamsul Huda, Lecturer in Computer Science, Cyber Security Research and Innovation Centre (CSRI), School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
- Dr. Gahangir Hossain, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas, USA
Data Analytics / Business Analytics
- Bharat Kolluri, University of Hartford, Connecticut
- Mehdi Davoodi, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Decision Sciences
- Ing. Johanna Trujillo Díaz, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Design and Analysis
- Dr. Mohammadsadegh Mobin, FCA
- Dr. Ahsanul Karim, Ford Motor Company, Michigan
Defense and Aviation
- Dr. Farshid Azadian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
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
- Dr. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Environmental Systems Engineering
- Dr. Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
Financial Engineering
- Cesar Acosta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Healthcare Operations and Services
- Dr. Joonyup Eun, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vahab Vahdat, Northeastern University, USA
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, University of Tampa, Florida
Innovation
- Dr. Gilson Ditzel Santos, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Pato Branco, Brazil
Inventory Management
- Dr. Salvatore Miranda, University of Salerno, Italy
Lean
- Dr. Faranak Fathi Aghdam, FCA), Michigan
Logistics
- Dr. Shahram Taj, Florida Polytechnic University
Manufacturing
- Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Mathematical Modeling/Heuristics
- Dr. Aidin Delgoshaei, University of Kharazmi, Iran
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. Qipeng Phil Zheng, University of Central Florida
- Dr. Azadeh Maroufmashat, Univ. of Waterloo
Optimization
- Dr. Mahdi Fathi, Mississippi State University
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Dr. Bill Edwards, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
- Md Tanbiruj Jaman, AGCO Corp., Hesston, Kansas
Production Engineering
- Dr. José Lázaro Ferraz, Engineering College of Sorocaba – BRAZIL
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
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, PA
Sustainability
- Dr. Amarjit Singh, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sustainable Manufacturing
- Dr. Omar Ashour, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA
Statistical Process Monitoring
- Dr. Mojtaba Pasha, University of Calgary, Canada
Statistics
- Dr. Arjun K. Gupta, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Systems Dynamics
- Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Iran
Systems Engineering
- Dr. Wilkistar Otieno, Univ. of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Technology Management
- Dr. Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi, UTM, Malaysia
Transportation and Traffic
- Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, Mehrastan University, Gilan, Iran
Competition Committee
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr. Andy Pandain, SVSU, Michigan
Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr. Saso Krstovski, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
- Dr. Mehran Doulat, Xiamen University Malaysia
Masters Thesis Competition Chair
- Dr. Mehran Doulat, Xiamen University Malaysia
Senior Design Project Competition Chair
- Dr. Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, UAE
Undergraduate Research Competition Chair
- Dr. Hayder Zghair, Penn State Berks, ISA
Simulation and PLM Competition Chair
- Dr. Neil G. Murray Jr, ZF-TRW, Michigan, USA
High School and Middle School STEM Competition Chair
- Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Tech University, Michigan
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
- Dr. Ogundu, Emerald Consulting Services, Detroit, Michigan
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
- Dr. Mohammed Anwar Rahman, Central Connecticut State University
Website Coordinators
- Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
- Suvro Sudip, IEOM Webmaster, Michigan
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, University of Buffalo, New York
- Dr. Reza Akhavian, 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, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Hamidi Bashir, Chairperson, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Devashis Mitra, 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, Texas A&M University at College Station and Qatar
- Dr. Ismail Tag, SVP & Provost, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Advisory Committee
- Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ins. of Eng. Sci. & Tech., Pakistan
- Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr. Umar AL-Turki, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
- Dr. Mohammed Ben-Daya, KFUPM, 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, UAE
- Dr. Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Dr. Arun Kumar, 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 the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 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, University of Twente, Netherlands
- Dr. Ravi Inder S Jassar, Birla Institute of Technology and Sci., 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, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Qatar
- Dr. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa
- Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Al Haddad, Program Coordinator for MSc in Industrial Engineering and Associate Fellow, Center for Engineering Education (CEE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
- Dr. Vitor M. Caldana, Professor, Depto. de Eletroeletrônica, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
- Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Dr. Jihong Yan, Professor in Industrial Engineering and Deputy Dean of School of Mechatronics Engineering, Head of intelligent Manufacturing Scientific Research Team, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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
- Dr. Kenichi Funaki, Hitachi, Yokohama, Japan
- Dr. Adel Hejaaji, Engineering Services Management 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, 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
- Maram Al-Shammari, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Peter M. Tase, IFEES – GEDC Secretariat
- 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, UAE
- Gasim Al-Hawarii, Senior Fleet Management Engineer, Dubai Municipality, UAE
- Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, 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, 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
- 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. Javad Khamisabadi, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, 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, Malaysia
- Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of 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 Univ., 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 of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Zuraidah Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi 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
- Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Student Support Committee
- Kaustubh Kale, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
- Swapnamurti Bhagwat Wagh, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA