Plenary Speakers
45th IEOM Global Engineering Education

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IEOM Society International addresses the issues of Global Engineering Education. There are various levels of readiness of engineering graduates from various parts of the world. One of the main themes is how to reduce the readiness gap of engineering graduates around the world. The special focus is given to Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering including Engineering Management. Are the engineering graduates ready to take on the challenges of the current global economy? With the great success of Global Engineering Education Series of previous IEOM conferences, IEOM Australia Conference will have a dedicated session for the Global Engineering Education where distinguished speakers will discuss the readiness of engineering graduates for workforce around the world. Featured speakers will be from various part of the world to address engineering education challenges and opportunities.

Global Engineering Education Topics can be related on:

Accreditation
Learning Assessment
Problem based learning
Project based learning
Active collaborative learning
Student learning assessment
Teaching and learning
Pedagogy
Curriculum improvement
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Global engineering education challenges
Industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, integrated engineering, reliability engineering, quality engineering and similar Education

Each speaker needs to submit a title of the talk, photo and a short bio as well as power point presentation. All will be included in the 11th Annual Singapore Conference proceedings. If you are interested to be distinguished feature speaker, please contact info@ieomsociety.org for details.

Each Speaker needs to register for the 2023 IEOM Melbourne Conference. Please register online.

Global Engineering Education Chairs

Dr. Abu Masud, Boeing Global Engineering Professor – Retired, 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 Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Academic Outreach, Texas A&M University Qatar

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

All times are in Melbourne Time

Session I: Global Engineering Education (Room – 1)
Session Chair: Dr. Nilupa Herath, Lecturer, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
4:00 – 5:40 pm (Tuesday, November 14, 2023)

4:00 – 4:20pm (Tuesday, November 14)

4:20 – 4:40pm (Tuesday, November 14)

Jan Harm Christiaan Pretorius
Professor
Postgraduate School of Engineering Management
DIng: Electrical and Electronic, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa

Jan Harm Christiaan Pretorius obtained his BSc Hons (Electrotechnics) (1980), MIng (1982) and DIng (1997) degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Rand Afrikaans University and an MSc (Laser Engineering and Pulse Power) at the University of St Andrews in Scotland (1989), the latter cum laude.

He worked at the South African Atomic Energy Corporation (AEC) as a Senior Consulting Engineer for 15 years. He also worked as the Technology Manager at the Satellite Applications Centre (SAC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He is currently a professor: Postgraduate School of Engineering Management in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment where he worked since 1998. He was Head of School: Postgraduate School of Engineering Management (2015 – 2021). He has co-authored over 300 research papers and supervised over 70 PhD and over 300 Master’s students. He is a registered professional engineer, professional Measurement and Verification (M&V) practitioner, senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and a fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering.

4:40 – 5:00pm (Tuesday, November 14)

Prof Lu Aye, PhD
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
University of Melbourne, Australia

Lu Aye is a Professor in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Prof. Aye has more than 40 years of engineering experience in university teaching, research, development, demonstration and commercialisation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

He has been internationally recognised as an expert in low-carbon technologies for built environment applications. His research areas include heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, waste to resources, complex systems modelling. Prof. Aye applied phenomenological modelling and simulation approaches for optimising energy systems. He also utilised computational and participatory approaches for modelling socio-ecological systems under deep uncertainty. These system models have been applied for identifying the effects of policy interventions and robust decision making. He has been recognised as a leading expert in modelling, simulation, optimisation and forecasting of complex systems behaviours.

5:00 – 5:20pm (Tuesday, November 14)

Session II: Global Engineering Education (Room – 1)
Session Chair: Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali, University Technology Brunei
1:00 – 2:40 pm (Tuesday, November 14)

1:00 – 1:20 (Tuesday, November 14)

Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani
Professor and Head of the Industrial Engineering Programme
Department of Materials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Curriculum Design/ Benchmarking of Industrial Engineering Program

Jafri Mohd Rohaniis a Senior Quality and Statistical Engineering Professor. He is also Head of the Industrial Engineering Programme at the Department of Materials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. Currently, he is the President of JohorCost and Quality Engineers Society. He is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Human Factor Society of Malaysia.

1:20 – 1:40 (Tuesday, November 14)

1:40 – 2:o0 (Tuesday, November 14)

2:00 – 2:20 (Tuesday, November 14)

2:20 – 2:40 (Tuesday, November 14)

Professor Ir. Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali
Mechanical Engineering Programme
Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Brunei
Brunei Darussalam
Editor-In-Chief: International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture

Quality Assurance in Engineering Education: Accreditation & Its Global Influence

Mohammad Yeakub Ali is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Programme Area at Universiti Teknologi Brunei. Dr. Ali was a Professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering at International Islamic University Malaysia where he works for 15 years. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published more than 250 articles in journal and conference proceedings. His research interests include manufacturing systems, optimization, scheduling, machining and micromachining. He has supervised many postgraduate students at Masters and PhD level. Dr. Ali has contributed to biannual International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering as a Conference Chair, Technical Chair and Publication Chair since 2012. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK, a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia, a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia and a Professional Engineer with Bangladesh Professional Engineers Registration Board as well as the member of many professional societies including ASME, IEOM, and IEM.

Session III: Global Engineering Education (Room – 1)
Session Chair:
3:00 – 4:40 pm (Tuesday, November 14)

3:00 – 3:20 (Tuesday, November 14)

3:20 – 3:40 (Tuesday, November 14)

3:40 – 4:00 (Tuesday, November 14)

Dr Md Mizanur Rahman
CEng, Chartered Energy Engineer
Casual Lecturer, Western Sydney Unversity
Sydney, Australia

Ex Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering
University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Md. Mizanur Rahman was a Senior Lecturer at Thermo-Fluids Panel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Dr. Mizanur is a certified Chartered Energy Engineer by Energy Institute UK. Before joining at UTM, he has served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University School of Engineering, Finland. Mizanur also has more than 12-year working experience in a government statutory body namely Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB), Bangladesh. During his tenure in BREB, Mizanur has gathered practical experiences in dealing with techno-economic and sociocultural challenges faced by rural electrification program. He has accumulated deep insights towards the solution pathways for the Global Mega-challenge of having 1.2 billion people without access to electricity yet. Mizanur has sound understanding into the global energy sector challenges and its societal implications. He has received his Ph.D. in Energy Economics and Power plant Engineering from Aalto University, Finland, M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden, and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. His research interests include Thermodynamics, low temperature Kalian cycle, energy economics, energy management, energy efficiency and system, sustainable and renewable energy, energy system modelling, Life-Cycle analysis, distributed power generation, multicriteria evaluation etc. Mizanur has several publications in International referred journals in energy engineering domain.

Session V: Global Engineering Education Panel (Room – 1)
9:00 – 10:30 pm (Tuesday, November 14)

Panel Chair

Professor Donald M. Reimer
Director of Membership and Chapter Development – IEOM Society
President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education. He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Panel Speakers

Panel Speaker I

Panel Speaker II

Panel Speaker III

Panel Speaker IV

Past Programs of IEOM Global Engineering Education

2014 Bali – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2015 Dubai – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2015 Orlando – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2016 Kuala Lumpur – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2016 Detroit – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2017 Rabat Global Engineering Education Speakers
2017 Bristol, UK – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2017 Bogota – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2018 Bandung – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2018 Paris – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2018 Washington DC – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2018 Pretoria – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2019 Bangkok – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2019 Pilsen – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2019 Toronto – IEOM Global Engineering Education
2019 Riyadh – IEOM GEE
2020 Dubai- IEOM Global Engineering Education
Detroit 2020
Harare 2020
Singapore 2021

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Plenary Speakers 45th IEOM Global Engineering Education

Global Engineering Education Chairs

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

Jan Harm Christiaan Pretorius Professor Postgraduate School of Engineering Management DIng: Electrical and Electronic, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa

Prof Lu Aye, PhD Department of Infrastructure Engineering University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani Professor and Head of the Industrial Engineering Programme Department of Materials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Professor Ir. Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali Mechanical Engineering Programme Faculty of Engineering Universiti Teknologi Brunei Brunei Darussalam Editor-In-Chief: International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture

Dr Md Mizanur Rahman CEng, Chartered Energy Engineer Casual Lecturer, Western Sydney Unversity Sydney, Australia

Ex Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering University Technology Malaysia (UTM) Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia