Registration: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=1jNY5mM

Conference Committee

Conference Chairs:

Dr. Bilal Toklu, Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye
Dr. Metin Turkay, Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Dr. Hulya Yavuz Ersan, Professor at Hacettepe University, Türkiye
Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA and CEO, IEOM Society International

Program Chairs:

Dr. Ali Allahverdi, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, Turkey
Dr. Özge Yüksel Orhan, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Ali Elkamel, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo and Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Professor Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society International, Michigan, USA

Organizing Committee

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

Advisory 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
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

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