Conference Committee – IEOM 2018 South Africa
Conference Chairs
Dr. Bolanle Tolulope Abe, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
Prof. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa (UNISA)
Prof. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg (UJ)
Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
Prof. John Alfred Trimble, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
Prof. Thomas Tengen, Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
Prof. Sarma Yadavalli, University of Pretoria (UP)
General Chair
Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Tech University, Michigan, USA
Honorary Chairs
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
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
Women in Industry and Academia Chairs
Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK
Dr. Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Program Chairs
Dr. Mohammed Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Technical Chairs
Publication Chairs
Dr. Mohammed Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
Dr. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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 STEM Research Competition Chair
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Simulation and PLM Competition Chair
Dr. Rohaizan Ramlan, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Poster Competition Chair
Dr. Docki Saraswati, Industrial Engineering, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
High School / Middle School STEM Competition Chairs
Dr. Charles Chen, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, California, USA
Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, MI, USA
Website Coordinators
Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Suvro Sudip, Undergraduate Student at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Conference Secretariat
Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Freelance Consultant, Michigan, USA
African Academic Committee
- Grace Kanakana, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
- Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Venkata Seshachala Sarma Yadavalli, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Bolanle Abe, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Joe Amadi-Echendu, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Guateng, South Africa
- MELLAK Abderrahmane, Boumerdes University – Algeria
- Ambrosia Moeng, University of Botswana
- Kamga Tchwaket, President, Head of Economics, ISSEA, Cameroon
- Noha Jalal, Zagazig University, Egypt
- Abebayehu Abdela, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
- Thierry Ngoundou Boulamatari, Gabon
- Felix Atsu Ackuayi, President, Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ghana
- Veronica Ngunzi, Kisii University , Kenya
- Nickson Kipngetich, Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng. Dept. Kenyatta University, Kenya
- Saber Elmabrouk, University of Tripoli, Libya
- Santaram Venkannah, University of Mauritius
- Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
- Michael Mutingi, Namibia Univ. Sci. and Tech., Namibia
- Elkanah Oyetunji, President, Lagos State University, Nigeria
- GAYE Khalifa, University Assane Seck of Ziguinchor, Senegal
- Tagwa Musa, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
- Safa Layeb Bhar, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia
- Kizito Mubiru, Makerere University, Uganda
- Tawanda Mushiri, University of Zimbabwe
Track Chairs
Globally Competitive Rail Manufacturing – Special Track
Prof. Khumbulani Mpofu, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa
Systems Dynamics
Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Garmsar, Iran
Quality Control and Quality Management
Dr. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- 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. 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. 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
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 of Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Program Committee
- Dr. M. Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- 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
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
- 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
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. Fernando González Aleu, Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- 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. Salah Haridy, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- 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. 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, 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. 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
- 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. 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. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Student Committee
- Santosh Gudagunti, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological Univeristy, Michigan, USA