Conference Committee
Honorary Chairs
VC of Univeristy of Zambia
Conference Chairs
Dr. Bupe Getrude Mwanza
Associate Director and Senior Lecturer
Graduate School of Business
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
bupe.mwanza@gmail.com
Dr. Ahad Ali
Associate Professor
Director of Industrial Engineering Program
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Technical Chairs
Program Chairs
- Professor Don Reimer, Director of Membership and Chapter Development, IEOM Society
Global Engineering Education Chair
Global Business Management Education Chair
Global Supply Chain and Logistics Chair
Industry Solutions Chair
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Chair
Organizing Committee
Global Engineering Education Chairs
IEOM Global Business Management Education Chairs
Industry 4.0 Chairs
Industry Solutions Chair
Technical Chairs
Publication Chair
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
Conference Secretariat
- Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International
- Mr. Mahir Faysal, Associate Operations Manager, IEOM Society International
African Academic Committee (AAC)
African Industry Committee (AIC)
Track Chairs
Agricultural Engineering Systems
- Udomkun, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Bujumbura, Burundi
- Nsabimana, Department of Geography, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
- Minteh, Department of Agriculture (DoA), Ministry of Agriculture, Gambia
Artificial Intelligence
- Dr. L. Razanakolona, LIMAD, Uneversity Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Automation and Control
- Dr. Rajab Abdullah Hokoma, University of Tripoli, Libya
- Dr. G.M. Bouba, LTI Laboratory, ESP/UCAD, Dakar, Senegal
Business Management
- Dr. M Sandada, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Management, University of Zimbabwe
Case Studies
- Dr. G.A. Mboro Nchama, Departamento de Ciencias Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (UNGE), Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Climate
- G.-N.T. Longandjo, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Université Nouveaux Horizons, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic Congo
Cyber Security
- Dr. Sam Takavarasha Jr. Women’s University in Africa
- Dr. Lemma Lessa, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia
- Dr. Alfred Musarurwa, CIO Nedbank, Zimbabwe
Computers and Computing
- Joseph Shitote, Strathmore University, Kenya
Construction Management
- Hossam Hassaan, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Data Analytics
- Rym Nassih, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI) Rabat, Morocco
Decision Sciences
- Dr. Bupe Mwanza, University of Zambia
Design and STEM Workshop
- Dr. Marni Lafleur, University of Madagascar
E-Business and E-Commerce
- Dr. N. Armando, Universidade Kimpa Vita, Kondo Benze Uíge, Angola
Energy
- Rannditsheni Pfunzo, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kátia C.P. Gabriel, Talatona-Município de Belas, Luanda, Angola
Engineering Economy
- Dr. Clarimon Georges Kiakondo, Faculté des sciences et technologies, Brazzaville, Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville)
Engineering Education
- Dr. J. Kamaghe, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
- Dr. Tagwa Musa, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
Engineering Management
- Dr. Ignatio Madanhire, University of Zimbabwe
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Dr. Khedidja Allia, Department of Process Engineering, FGMP – USTHB – Algiers, Algeria
Environmental Engineering Systems
- Dr. Widad FETHALLAH, Industrial Engineering and Sustainability, National School of Applied Sciences at Tangier, Morocco
- Ronald Ragoasha, Council of Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa
- Rui Sitoe, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
Facilities Planning
- Dr. Abderrezzak Hocine, University Badji Mokhtar, Sidi Amar, Algeria
Financial Engineering
- Dr. Amevi Acakpovi, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana
Healthcare Systems
- Tshibasu, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo
- C.O. Bagayoko, DigiSanté-Mali, USTTB, Bamako, Mali
Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Dr. Osatohanmwen Enehizena, University of Benin
iCloud
- M.T. Dandjinou, Nazi BONI University/LAMDI, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Industry 4.0 in African Context
- Emmanuel Lule, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
- Mikeka, Chancellor College, University of Malawi (UNIMA), Zomba, Malawi
Information Technology and Management Information Systems
- Dr. Euchi Jalel, OLID Laboratory, ISGIS, Sfax University, LR19ES21, 3021, Sfax, Tunisia and College of Business and Economics, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
Inventory Control and Management
- Abebayehu Abdela, School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Chair, EiTM – Ethiopian Institute of Technology Mekelle, Mek’ele, Ethiopia
IoT – Internet of Things
- M.M. Wielfrid, Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouët-Boigny (INPHB), Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire
Lean and Six Sigma
- Dr. Adekunle Kolawole, Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Logistics
- Noredine Sadki, Industrial Engineering Science, Faculty of Sciences and Technology Tangier, Morocco and Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
Manufacturing
- Dr. AMM Nazmul Ahsan, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
- Dr. Nicholas Tayisepi, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
- Dr. Khobatha Setetemela, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho
Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
Modeling and Simulation
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
- Dr. A.M. Idriss, Al Aassriya Nouakchott University, Nouakchott, Mauritania
- Dr. F.N. Osman, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, South Sudan
Operations Management
- Lawrance Seseni, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Operations Research
- Dr. Michael Mutingi, National University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
Optimization
- Prof. Lagouge Tartibu, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Prof. Sandile Motsa, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Swaziland
Product Development
- Dr. R. Kumar, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea
Product Lifecycle Management
Production Planning and Management
- Jerekias Gandure, Lecturer at University of Botswana
Project Management
- Edison Lubua, Institute of Accountancy Arusha, Arusha, Tanzania
Quality Control and Management
- Dr. Devkumar Callychurn, University of Mauritius
Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
- Dr. Tawanda Mushiri, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zimbabwe
Reliability and Maintenance
- Thierry Ngoundou Boulamatari, Gabon
Sensors and Sensing Systems
- Kizito Mubiru, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda
Service Systems and Service Management
- Dr. N.D. Lamso, Université de Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
Statistics
- Dr. H. Wurie, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Dr. G. Nallo, University of Liberia Pacific, Monrovia, Liberia
Supply Chain Management
- Ms. Sebonkile Thaba, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Sustainability and Green Systems
- Dr. Loice K Gudukeya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zimbabwe
- F.A. Muvundja, Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Central African Republic
Sustainable Manufacturing
- Dr. Jean Brice MANDATSY Moungomo, Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique (ENSET), Boulevard Léon Mba, Libreville, BP 3989, Gabon
- Dr. I. Pachoukova, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs, University of Lome, Togo
Systems Engineering
- Dr. Kamga Tchwaket Ignace, Chef du département d’Economie à l’ISSEA, Cameroon
Technology Management
- Dr. J. Mbainaibeye, Université de DOBA, Doba, Chad
Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Dr. Salah Haridy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. M. Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Transportation and Traffic
- Dr.
Work Design, Measurement, Standardization and ISO
- Dr.
Competition Committee
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
Masters Thesis Competition Chair
Senior Design Project Competition Chair
Undergraduate Research Competition Chair
Simulation and PLM Competition Chair
High School and Middle School STEM Competition Chair
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
Website Coordinators
Technical Committee (TC) / Review Editorial Board
- Dr. Adnan Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Cherrafi Anass, ENSAM- Meknes, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco
- Taher Azar Ahmad, Benha University, Egypt
- Alimohammad AHMADVAND, University of Eyvanekey, Iran
- Michel ALDANONDO, Ecole des Mine d’Albi, France
- Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
- Ahmad Taher AZAR, Benha University, Egypt
- Armand BABOLI, INSA Lyon, France
- Trishit BANDYOPADHYAY, Xavier School of Management, India
- Andrés Felipe BARCO, Universidad de San Buenaventura-Cali, Colombia
- Samuel BASSETTO, Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
- Mahdi BASTAN, University of Eyvanekey, Iran
- Philipp BAUMANN, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Cedrick BELER, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, France
- Eric BONJOUR, ENSGSI – University of Lorraine, France
- Robert BOUTE, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Xavier BRUSSET, SKEMA Business School, France
- Patricia Alcantara CARDOSO, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Kah Hin CHAI, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Aurélie CHARLES, University of Lyon France, France
- Elyn Solano CHARRIS, Universidad de La Sabana, Columbia
- Anis CHELBI, University of Tunis, Tunisia
- Aidin Delgoshaei, Industrial Engineering Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
- Christine DI MARTINELLY, IESEG School of Management, France
- Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, The University of Derby, UK
- Hamed Shakouri GANJAVI , University of Tehran, Iran
- Laurent ENESTE , Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, France
- Ali GHARBI, ETS Montreal, Canada
- Bernard GRABOT , Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, France
- Elise GRUHIER , University of Bordeaux France, France
- Bhaskar GARDAS, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, India
- Vastag GYULA, Széchenyi István University, Hungary
- Marc Haddad, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
- Khaled HADJ HAMMOU, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
- Ramzi HAMMAMI, ESC Rennes School of Business, France
- Alaa HASSAN, University of Lorraine, France
- Petri HELO, University of Vaasa, Finland
- Lazhar HOMRI, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France
- Lars HVAM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Emmanuel HYON, Sorbonne Université – LIP6, France
- Peter JACOBSEN, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Daouda KAMISSOKO, IMT Mines Albi, France
- Özge Karanfil, Koç Üniversitesi, Turkey
- Laoucine KERBACHE, HEC Paris, France
- Javad KHAMISABADI, Islamic Azad University, Iran
- Reza Ramazani KHORSHID-DOUST, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- Nathalie KLEMENT, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France
- Anil Kumar, University of Derby, UK
- Arun KUMAR, RMIT University, Australia
- Vikas KUMAR, University pf the West England, UK
- Elmar KUTSCH, Cranfield University, UK
- Samir LAMOURI, ENSAM Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France
- Carman LEE, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Danping LIN, Shanghai Maritime University, China
- Chrity Yaqiong LV, Wuhan University of Technology, China
- Lahcen MIFDAL, Universiapolis Agadir, Morocco
- Mehrdad MOHAMMADI, IMT Atlantique, France
- Seyed Meysam MOUSAVI, Shahed University, Iran
- Simon Peter Nadeem, University of Derby, UK
- Balkrishna NARKHEDE, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, India
- Banu OZKESER, KOLUMAN Industry Automotive, Turkey
- Maurice PILLET, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc, France
- Rakesh RAUT, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, India
- Nidhal REGZ, University of Lorraine, France
- Luis Rocha-Lona, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
- Turki SADOK, University of Lorraine, France
- Jérémie SCHUTZ, University of Lorraine, France
- Sara SHAFIEE, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Shakouri G. Hamed, University of Tehran, Iran
- Dellagi SOFIENE, University of Lorraine, France
- Reza TAVAKKOLI-MOGHADDAM, University of Tehran, Iran
- Ayeley TCHANGANI, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, France
- Norbert TRAUTMANN, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Jiri TUPA, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Yazgı TÜTÜNCÜ, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- Eric VILLENEUVE, Ecole Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées, France
- Junqiang WANG, Northwestern Polytechnic University, China
- Yue WANG, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong
- Yong WU, Griffith University, Australia
- Christoph WUNCK, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Esma YAHIA, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France
- Bingwen YAN, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
- Marc ZOLGHADRI, Ecole des Ingénieurs en Mécanique de Paris, France
- Funlade Sunmola , University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
- Ali MOSTAFAEIPOUR, Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Iran
International Committee
- Eldon Caldwell, University of Costa Rica
- Mohammad Abdullah Shaikh, Deakin University, Australia
- Bhaskar Bhandarkar, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE), Mumbai, India
- Mohd Khairol Anuar bin Mohd Ariffin,Co-ordinator Master of Manufacturing System Engineering,Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia
- Shekar Babu, AMRITA School of Business, AMRITA University, Bangalore, India
- Khurshid Khan, Vice Chancelor, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Mahdi Bashiri, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
- MELLAK Abderrahmane, Boumerdes University – Algeria
- Sumit Kumar Gupta, Dean of Science, Parishkar college of global Excellence Jaipur, India
- Sharif, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (India)