Conference Committee – IEOM 2020 Dubai
Conference Chairs
- Dr. Zain Tahboub, Chief Advisor, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Mohammed Shamsuzaman, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Honorary Chair
- Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
Program Chairs
- Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Former Chair, Applied Engineering & Technology Management Dept., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
- Dr. Mohammed Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
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
Industry Solutions Chairs
- Steve Sibrel, Senior Supplier Quality Manager, Harman Becker, Novi, MI, USA and Chair of Professional Development & Past Chair of ASQ Greater Detroit, USA
- Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB, Lean Manufacturing Coach /Six Sigma Master Black Belt,
- Van Dyke Transmission Plant,Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Chairs
- Ms. Ola Alzawati, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Ilham Kissani, Scool of Science and Engineering, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocoo
Publication Chair
- Dr. Mohammed Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Technical Chair
- 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
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
- Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Organizing Committee
- Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE – Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee
- Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Former Chair, Applied Engineering & Technology Management Dept., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
- Dr. Ali Cheaitou, Associate Professor and Chairman of the Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi, Associate Dean for Research, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, UAEU
- Dr. Mohammed Omar – Professor and Interim Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Khalifa University Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr. Mahmood Al-Kindi, Head of Department, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
- Dr. Munir Majdalawieh, Associate Professor, Chair for the Information Systems and Technology Management Department (ISTM), College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University (ZU), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Salah Haridy, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Imad Alsyouf, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Mahmoud Awad, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE
- Gasim Abdelrahman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Waleed K. Ahmed, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
- Dr. Mehmood Khan, Associate Professor of Management, College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
- Souraj Salah, LSSMBB, Juma Al Majid Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Aiman Ziout, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)
- Dr. Malick M. Ndiaye, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Raja Jayaraman, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr. Mojahid F. Saeed Osman, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Prof. Ali Almansoori, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE
- Prof. Ali Elkamel, University of Waterloo, Canada & Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE
- Dr. Ahmed Al Hajaj, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE
- Prof. Abdelkader Mazouz, Al Ain University of Science & Technology, UAE
- Dr. Hedia Fgaier, Al Ain University of Science & Technology, UAE
- Dr. Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
- Amal Alkhamis, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Prof. Diabat from New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Vian Ahmed, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah
Regional Academic Committee
- Dr. Wichai Chattinnawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (Co-Chair)
- Professor Rene D. Estember, Mapua University, Manila, Philippines
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Professor of Technology Management, UTHM, Malaysia
- Dr. Rosemary Seva, Dean of Gokongwei College of Engineering, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Dr.Wahyudi Sutopo, Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
- Dr. Mohammed Iqbal, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Professor Dr. Parames Chutima, Director – Regional Centre for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr. Paveena Chaovalitwongse, Head of IE Department, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University,Phayathai Road, Bangkok, Thailand
- Tuangyot Supeekit, Industrial Engineering Department, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dr. Ganda Boonsothonsatit, Technopreneurship Program, Institute of FIeld roBOtics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Honorary Committee
Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, Director, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Hesham Kamal Al-Fares, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hamidi Bashir, 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. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Former 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. Shekar Babu, Founding Head, AMRITA School of Business, Bangalore, India
- 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. Mustapha Nourelfath, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
- Dr. Nor Hasni Osman, Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
- Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
- Dr. Yassine Ouazene, University of Technology of Troyes, France
- Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- 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. Venkata Seshachala Sarma Yadavalli, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 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
- Prof. K Mpofu, Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Global Engineering Education Committee
- Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA (Chair)
- Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Texas A&M University, Qatar (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa
- Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- 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, Santana de Parnaíba, SP, Brazil
- 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 Hannelie Nel, Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- 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
Program Committee
- Dr. M. Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia(Co-Chair)
- 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
- Dr. Tan Chan Sin, School of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Lina Gozali, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
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
Navpreet Singh Chandok ,O2i Technologies, India
Dr. Rahul Chougule, Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
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)
Hwa Kooi Kok, Intel Malaysia
Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran
Bob Mathur, Sr. Project Manager, Phillips 66 Refinery (Exxon), Linden, NJ, USA
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
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee/ W-IEOM
- 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 Professor, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Dr. Adibah Shuib, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Dr. Vanajah Siva, Chalmers University, Sweden
- Vanessa Victoire, University of Mauritius
- Prof. Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
- Dr. Docki Saraswati, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
Track Chairs
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Dr. Tagwa Ahmed Musa, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
Automation and Agility
- Dr. Tawanda Mushiri, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Business Management
- Dr. Shekar Babu, AMRITA School of Business, Bangalore, India
Case Studies
- Dr. Javad Feizabadi, MIT Global SCALE Network in Asia- Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation
Computers and Computing
- Prof. Dr. Anand Kumar, M.S. Engineering College, Bangalore Karnataka, India
Construction Management
- Hossam Hassaan, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Cybersecurity
Data Analytics and Big Data
- Dr. Ammar Aamer, Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Selatan, Indonesia
Decision Sciences
- Vassilis C Gerogiannis, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
- Dr. Azizur Rahman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna -9203, Bangladesh
Defense and Aviation
- Mejar Wong Wai Loong, National Defence University of Malaysia
- Lt Kol Zamri bin Ismail, National Defence University of Malaysia
Design and Analysis
- Dr. Ahsanul Karim, Ford Motor Company, USA
- Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Khairol Anuar Mohd Ariffin, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia
e-Business/e-Service/e-Commerce
- Dr. Christoph Wunck, Jade University, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Energy
- Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
- Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Engineering Economy
- Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Former Chair, Applied Engineering & Technology Management Dept., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
- Prof. Jerekias Gandure, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Engineering Education
- Dr. Chee-Ming Chan, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Peter Toth, Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineering Education. Obuda University, Hungary
Engineering Management
- Dr. Mehran Doulat. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Dr. Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Environmental Systems Engineering and Management
- Dr.
Facilities Planning and Layout
- Dr. Zeki Ayağ, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Financial Engineering
- Dr. Abbas Ahmadi, Payam-e-Noor University of Bushehr, Iran
Healthcare Systems
- Dr. Farzad Firouzi, Department of Industrial Engineering .University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
- Dr. Vahab VahdatZad, Northwestern University, USA
Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Yoshiki B. Kurata, Industrial Engineering Department, Technological Institute of the Philippines Quezon City, Philippines
IE / OM in Asia
- Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Binus University, Indonesia
Industrial Management
- Dr. Pravin Tambe, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur, India
Industry Best Practices
- Edly Ramly, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, EFR Certification, Malaysia
- Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan
Information Technology and Information Systems
- Prof. Sukhjeet Singh, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Inventory Control and Management
- Dr. Salvatore Miranda, University of Salerno, Italy
Lean and Six Sigma
- Dr. Bernardo Villarreal, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- Edly Ramly, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, EFR Certification, Malaysia
- Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Logistics Management
- Dr. Wahyudi Sutopo, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
Manufacturing and Production
- Dr. Noha Mostafa, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Egypt
- Dr. Wisnu Aribowo, ITB, Indonesia
Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
- Dr. Wichai Chattinnawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Modeling and Simulation
- Dr. Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Dr. Magdy Helal, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Qutubuddin S.M., Industrial & Production Engineering Department, P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
Operations Management
- Dr. Youssef Boulaksil, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
- Dr. Fernando González Aleu, Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
Operations Research
- Prof. Rene Estember, Mapua University, Philippines
- Dr. Michael Mutingi, National University of Science & Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
Optimization and Mathematical Sciences
- Dr. Md. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Bhavin J. Shah, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Dr. Kuldeep Chaudhary, Department of Mathematics, Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida
Product Design and Development
- Dr. Abdalla Alrashdan, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Dr. Ali Allahverdi, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Production Planning and Control
- Dr. Gede Agus Widyadana, Petra Christian University, Indonesia
Project Management
- Dr. Ammar Aamer, Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Bob Mathur, Phillips 66 Refinery (Exxon), Linden, NJ, USA
Quality Control and Quality Management
- Mohamed Alblooshi Department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Ferdous Sarwar, IPE, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Reliability and Maintenance
- Dr.-Ing. Zied Hajej, Université de Lorraine, France
Sensors and Sensing Systems
- Dr. Mukti Rana, Delaware State University, USA
Service Engineering and Service Management
- Dr. Kannapha Amaruchkul, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
- Dr. Surendra Kansara, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), New Cidco, Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Software Testing and Quality Assurance
- Professor Mohammed Mannan, SSA and Adjunct Professor of UDC
Statistical Process Control
- Engr. Maricar M. Navarro, Industrial Engineering Department, Technological Institute of the Philippines Quezon City, Philippines
Supply Chain Engineering
- Dr. Jumah Alalwani, Taibah University, Saudi-Arabia
Supply Chain Management
- Dr. Shao Hung Goh, Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) University, Singapore
- Dr. Jumah E. Al-Alwani, Yanbu-Assinaiyyah, Saudi Arabia
Sustainability in Supply Chain, Enterprise Operations and Strategies including Food Supply Chain
- Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Derby Business School, University of Derby, UK
- Dr. Vikas Kumar, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK
Sustainability and Green Systems
- Dr. Asela K. Kulatunga, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Sustainable Manufacturing
- Dr. Sambil Charles Mukwakungu, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr. Bikram K Bahinipati, Professor – Operations Management Area, Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB), Bhubaneswar, India
Systems Dynamics
- Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Garmsar, Iran
Systems Engineering
- Dr. Olumuyiwa Asaolu, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Dr. Jumah Alalwani, Taibah University, Saudi-Arabia
Technology Management
- Dr. Norizah Mohamad, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Dr. Salah Haridy, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. M. Shamsuzzaman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Transportation and Traffic
- Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, Mehrastan University, Gilan, Iran
Waste Management
- Ms. Sebonkile Thaba, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Work Design, Measurement, Standardization and ISO
- Dr. Yunos Ngadiman, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
- Dr. Mehran Doulat: Visiting Senior Research Fellow & Guest Lecturer, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Master Thesis Competition Chairs
- Dr. Seifedine Kadry, Beirut Arab University Lebanon
- Dr. Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Graduate/Postgraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, MehrAstan University, Gilan, Iran
Senior Design Capstone Project / FYP Poster Competition Chair
- Dr. M. Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, UAE
Undergraduate Research Competition Chair
- Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
High School / Middle School STEM Competition Chairs
- Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, MI, USA
Poster Competition Chair
- Dr. Docki Saraswati, Industrial Engineering, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
- Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
- Dr. Majedul Islam, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Simulation Competition Chair
- Dr. Neil Murray, ZF-TRW, USA
Technical / Scientific 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. Fernando González Aleu, Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Prince Sultan University
- Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan
- Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- 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. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, 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. Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Brac University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Salah Haridy, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- 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. M. Manzoor Hussain, JNTU Hyderabad, India
- Dr. Md. Abdus Samad Kamal, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia
- 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
- Prof. Dr. Anand Kumar, M.S. Engineering College, Bangalore Karnataka, India
- Dr. Nani Kurniati, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China
- Dr. Motah Mahendrenath, University of Technology, Mauritius
- 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. Ratri Parida, National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- 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. Ramakrishnan Ramamoorthy, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- 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. Sharan Shetty, School of Management & Business, Manipal International University, Putra Nilai, Malaysia
- Dr. Abdussalam Shibani, Coventry University, UK
- Dr. Sarbjit Singh, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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- Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
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- Dr. Qutubuddin Syed Mohammed, Industrial & Production Engineering Department, P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
- 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. Jiří Tupa, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan
- Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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- Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France
- Dr. Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
- Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Garmsar, Iran
- Dr. Hamed Shakouri G., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Reza Ramazani K., Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Ahmad Taher Azar, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
- Dr. Farzad Firouzi, Department of Industrial Engineering .University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
- Dr. Murat Kucukvar, Qatar University, Qatar
- Dr. Noha Mostafa, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Egypt
- Dr. Dani Harmanto, Research Cluster for Advanced Design and Simulation, Visiting Professor for Indonesia Ministry of Higher Education, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Derby, UK
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