{"id":26,"date":"2017-01-15T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom2018\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2022-12-30T04:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T04:55:23","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/australia\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Conference Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Honorary Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Sami Kara,&nbsp;Professor,&nbsp;School of Mechanical &amp; Manufacturing Engineering,&nbsp;University of New South Wales (UNSW),&nbsp;Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Conference Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Hasan H. Turan, Lecturer and Research Lead at Capability Systems Centre, University of New South Wales (UNSW Canberra), Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Conference Co-Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Professor Dr. Azharul Karim, Faculty of Engineering, School of Mechanical, Medical &amp; Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Associate Professor Dr. Matthew Pepper, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia and Director of IEOM Australia Operations &#8211; <a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"mailto:australia@ieomsociety.org\">mizanur@ieomsociety.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Ir. Wahyudi Sutopo, ST, M. Si, Professor of Industrial Engineering Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Surakarta, Indonesia and Director of IEOM Asia Pacific Operations<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA and Executive Director of IEOM Society International<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Program Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Imran Ali, Lecturer in Operations and Innovation Management,&nbsp; School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University (CQU), Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Professor Kannan Govindan, Chair of Operations &amp; Supply Chain Management, Head, Centre for Sustainable Supply Chain Engineering, Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Industry Chairs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Diversity and Inclusion Chairs \/ Women in Industry and Academia Chairs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Ashini Soysa, Import and Export Coordinator at General Mills, Chadstone, Victoria, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Global Engineering Education Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Sabrina Fawzia, Senior lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">School of Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">IEOM Global Business Management Education Chairs<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Associate Professor Dr Ferry Jie, School of Business and Law<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">&nbsp;Edith Cowan University,&nbsp;Western Australia, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Industry<\/b><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">4.0 Chairs<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Industry Solutions Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Technical Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Adjunct Professor, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, KSA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Publication Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Conference Secretariat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Track Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Santoso Wibowo, Associate Professor, Centre for Intelligent Systems, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Automation and Agility\/<b>Artificial Intelligence for Supply Chain\/Automotive Manufacturing Systems<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Ripon K. Chakrabortty, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Leader and Founder of&nbsp; Decision Support &amp; Analytics Research Group, School of Engineering &amp; Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Matthew Pepper,&nbsp;Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Case Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Associate Professor Ambika Zutshi, HDR Director, Department of Management&nbsp;Chair, Deakin University, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Construction Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Xiaohua (Sean) Jin, Assoc Prof in Project Management,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Director of Project Management Programs, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">School of Engineering, Design &amp; Built Environment, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cyber Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Shamsul Huda, Lecturer in Computer Science, Cyber Security Research and Innovation Centre (CSRI), School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Data Analytics \/ Business Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Spring Zhou, Lecturer, Operations Discipline Group, School of Management, Operations and Marketing, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decision Sciences\/Design and Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Dr Sanjoy Paul, Program Director, Master of Strategic Supply Chain Management programs, Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Defense and Aviation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Dr Mumtaz Karatas<\/strong>, Professor of Operations Research, Department of Industrial Engineering, National Defence University, Turkish Naval Academy, Turkey.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Associate professor Dr Jukka Paatero, <a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/research.lut.fi\/converis\/portal\/detail\/Organisation\/224691?auxfun=&amp;lang=en_GB\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"\/converis\/portal\/detail\/Organisation\/224691?auxfun=&amp;lang=en_GB\">LUT School of Energy Systems,&nbsp;<\/a> Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT), Finland<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Energy Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Professor Jan-Harm Christiaan Pretorius, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Engineering Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Ki Pyung Kim, Senior Lecturer,&nbsp; UniSA STEM, City East Campus, University of South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environmental Systems Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Md. Mofijur Rahman, Faculty of Engineering and Technology <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007,&nbsp;Australia<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Healthcare Operations and Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Reema Harrison, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research,&nbsp;Australian Institute of Health Innovation,&nbsp;Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Information Systems and Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Nagesh Shukla, Senior Lecturer,&nbsp;School of Professional Practice and Leadership, Faculty of Engineering and IT, \u200bUniversity of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karla Alvarez-Uribe, School of Engineering, Faculty of Sci Eng &amp; Built Env, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Inventory Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Reza Kiani Mavi, Senior Lecturer, the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, WA 6027, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Priyabrata Chowdhury, Lecturer (ECDF) in Supply Chain Management, School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, College of Business,&nbsp;RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Ir. Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali, Mechanical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei<br \/>\nBrunei Darussalam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mathematical Modeling\/Heuristics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Feng-Jang Hwang, Senior Lecturer, Operational Research, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Modeling and Simulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Sean Arisian (n\u00e9e Sobhan Asian), Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Operations Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Lusheng Shao, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Department of Management and Marketing, the University of Melbourne, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Operations Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Xin Ma, Associate Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optimization<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Amany Mohamed Mamdouh AKL, Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Prof. Dr. Frank Schultmann, Professor of Complex Project Management, Adelaide Business School, The University of Adelaide<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Adelaide SA, Australia<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Suraiya Binte Mostafiz, Senior Research Fellow, School of Bioscience, University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reliability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr. Gopinath (Gopi) Chattopadhyay, Maintenance and Reliability Engineering, Federation University Australia, VIC 3841, Australia, Chair of Asset Management Council Australia, Gippsland Chapter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supply Chain \/ Supply Chain Sustainability \/ Green Supply Chain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Imran Ali, Lecturer in Operations and Innovation Management,&nbsp; School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University (CQU), Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dr Mohsin Malik, Senior Lecturer &amp; Director &#8211; Master of Project Management, Swinburn Business School, Swinburn University of Technology, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sustainable Manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Statistical Process Monitoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Samrad Jafarian-Namin, Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Yazd University, Iran; and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Systems Dynamics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr Oz Sahin, Senior Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Systems Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Dr Sumana Biswas,&nbsp; <\/strong>Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA),&nbsp; Research Associate,&nbsp; Capability Systems Centre School of Engineering and Information Technology,&nbsp; University of New South Wales, Canberra<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total Quality Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Prof. Dr. M. Shamsuzzaman, <\/strong>Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Engineering,&nbsp;University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transportation and Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Dr Cafer Avci<\/strong>, National Electric Vehicle Sweden, NEVS, Saabv\u00e4gen 5, SE-461 38 Trollh\u00e4ttan, Sweden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Competition Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Masters Thesis Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senior Design Project Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Undergraduate Research Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simulation and PLM Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High School and Middle School STEM Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Website Coordinators<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Suvro Sudip, IEOM Webmaster, Michigan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Australian Academic Committee (AAC) \/ IEOM Australia Community<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr Ataur Rahman, Professor in Water Engineering in Western Sydney University, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Shamsul Huda, Lecturer in Computer Science, Cyber Security Research and Innovation Centre (CSRI), School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr Anisur Rahman, Griffith University, South East Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Azharul Karim, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, QLD, AUSTRALIA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohammadali Abedini, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohammad Hassan Abolbashari, University of New South Wales, Campbell, ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Shougi Abosuliman, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Elias Abou Maroun, UTS Sydney, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Delwar Akbar, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Hasan Akpolat, University of Technology Sydney Australia, Broadway, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Muhammad Indra al Irsyad, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Imran Ali, Central Queensland University, Melbourne, Victora<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Saad Alshahrani, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Karla Alvarez-Uribe, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Yousef Amer, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ravindra Bagia, University of Technology, Sydney<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Prince Bhandari, Central Queensland University &#8211; Melbourne campus, Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Behrooz Bodaghi, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn East, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Soumava Boral, Curtin University, Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Caroline Chan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Elizabeth Chang, University of New South Wales Canberra, ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Prem Chhetri, RMIT University, Melbourne, Melbourne<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Maxwell Chiu, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Zahra Daneshfar, Curtin University, South Perth\/ Perth, Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Wike Agustin Prima Dania, University of South Australia&nbsp; Mawson Lakes&nbsp;&nbsp; South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Hadrian Djajadikerta, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Colin F. Duffield , The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Jerome Egwurube, Macquarie University, Rockhampton, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Palaneeswaran Ekambaram, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn,Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Biyanka Ekanayake, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ali El Hanandeh, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Rodney Entwistle, Curtin University, Bentley, WA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Farshid Evazabadian, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Callaghan, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Behnam Fahimnia, University of Sydney&nbsp; Sydney&nbsp; New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Susan Fenton, Fenton Partners Pty Ltd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Box Hill Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohammad Rizal Firmansyah, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Eva Marie Gacasan, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Roger Hadgraft, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Alhasan Hakami, RMIT University, Carlton, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Anthony Halog, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Asadul Haque, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Zahidul Haque, Zahid Hoque, Manager Pavement Performance at Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mojtaba Heydar, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Thi Phuong Dung Ho,RMIT University, Elsternwick, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ian Howard, Curtin University, Bentley, WA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Xiancun Hu, University of Canberra, Geelong, Victorian<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Yakubu Ibrahim, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Yousef Ibrahim, Federation University Australia&nbsp;&nbsp; Churchill, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Rafiqul Islam, Western Sydney University, Rooty Hill, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Sardar Islam, Victoria University Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Prof. Sardar M N Islam (Naz), Victoria University Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Naeem Janjua&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UNSW, Canberra, Canberra, ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ananda Jeeva, Curtin University of Technology, Perth,Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ferry Jie, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohammed Kaosar, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Gayani Karunasena, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Marwa Keshk, University Of New South Wales-Canberra Canberra, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Omar Khadeer Hussain, UNSW Canberra, Canberra, ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Hadi Khorshidi, Monash University, Churchill, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Arun Kumar, RMIT, Melbourne<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Nateque Mahmood, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohsin Malik, The University of Melbourne, Melbourn, MB<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Abijith Maniyeri,University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Philip Mathew, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Muhammad Ilyas Mazhar, Curtin University, Bentey, WA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dia Milani, CSIRO, Mayfield West, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Iman Mohammadian, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology&nbsp;&nbsp; Melbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Abbas Mohammed, University of South Australia, Adeliade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Sherif Mostafa, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Bajjet Sylvester&nbsp; Naresho, Central Queensland University Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ross Nicoll, NTGR Pty Ltd, Imbil, QLD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Matt Pepper, UOW, Wollongong<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Minh Phan,Central Queensland University, Hawthorn, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Andy Wijaya Putra, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Shams Rahman, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Sagheer Ranjha, Swinbunre University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Roesfiansjah Rasjidin, RMIT University (Bundoora East Campus), Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Sahani Rathnasiri, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Amrit Sagoo, RMIT University, Australia&nbsp; Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Premaratne Samaranayake, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Aparna Samaraweera, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Frank Schultmann, Adelaide Business School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mohammad Abdullah Shaikh, Deakin University&nbsp; Burwood East, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Nirajan Shiwakoti, RMIT University, elbourne, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Md. Rezaul Hasan Shumon, RMIT University, Melbourne Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dumindu Soorige, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ikram Ul Haq, Deakin University Australia, Ballarat, Vic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Raghavendra Vasudeva Upadhyaya, Central Queensland University &#8211; Melbourne campus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Melbourne, Victoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Mark Wiggins, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Joseph Wood, Curtin University, Bentley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , WA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Yong Wu, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Krystina Yen, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Atefe Zakeri, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation &amp; Innovation Centre (ECIC), Adelaide&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Rafed Zawawi, UTS, Chippendale, NSW<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Honorary Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, \u00c9cole Mohammadia d\u2019ing\u00e9nieurs, Rabat, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Hamidi Bashir, Chairperson, University of Sharjah, UAE<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Devashis Mitra, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Prof. Dr. Mohd Razali Muhamad, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Professor Dr. Norazman Mohamad Nor, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), National Defence University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&amp;M University at College Station and Qatar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ismail Tag, SVP &amp; Provost, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, \u00c9cole Mohammadia d\u2019ing\u00e9nieurs, Rabat, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ins. of Eng. Sci. &amp; Tech., Pakistan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Umar AL-Turki, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mohammed Ben-Daya, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Raj Das, University of Auckland, New Zealand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Kudret Demirli, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Moncer Abdelhamid Hariga, American University of Sharjah, UAE<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Arun Kumar, RMIT University, Australia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Samar Mukhopadhyay, GSB-Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Nor Hasni Osman, Universiti Utara Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University \u2013 VNUHCM, Vietnam<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee \u2013 Knoxville, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University \u2013 Manila, Philippines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute \u2013 Asia Pacific, Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Masine Md. Tap, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Zulkifli Mohamed Udin, Universiti Utara Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Alok Verma, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Hari Agung Yuniarto, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Henk Zijm, University of Twente, Netherlands<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ravi Inder S Jassar, Birla Institute of Technology and Sci., Pilani, India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Department of Industrial &amp; Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Lina Aboueljinane, Industrial Engineering Program, \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Mines de Rabat (ENSMR), Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Bouloiz Hafida, Industrial Engineering Department, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Jaouad Boukachour, Universit\u00e9 Le Havre, France<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Global Engineering Education Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Abu Masud, Boeing Global Engineering Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&amp;M University (College Station) and Qatar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">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<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Vitor M. Caldana, Professor, Depto. de Eletroeletr\u00f4nica, IFSP \u2013 Instituto Federal de S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering &amp; Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University \u2013 Manila, Philippines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">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<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Industry Solutions Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Zeki Aya\u011f, Kadir Has University, Turkey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Sameh Moh. Nour El-Din A-Razek, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co., Alexandria, Egypt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Natasha Dzulkarnain, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Kenichi Funaki, Hitachi, Yokohama, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Adel Hejaaji, Engineering Services Management Limited, Essex, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Anwar Hossain, Daikin Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. MAS Kamal, Toyota Central R&amp;D Labs. Inc., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Hwa Kooi Kok, Intel Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">German Moya, President at IEEE Costa Rica Section, Costa Rica<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Paul Moore, International Mining, England, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Gerard O\u2019Connor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Banu Ozkeser, Istanbul, Turkey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Sushil K. Shetty, Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Mey Goh, Loughborough University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering &amp; Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Stefanie Pillai, Dean and Associate Professo, Faculty of Languages &amp; Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Funda Sivrikaya \u015eerifo\u011flu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Adibah Shuib, Head of Strategic Planning (Monitoring), Centre for Strategic Planning,Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dr. Vanajah Siva, Chalmers University, Sweden<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Vanessa Victoire,&nbsp; University of Mauritius<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Prof. Soumaya Yacout, \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Technical Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Maram Al-Shammari, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Peter M. Tase, IFEES &#8211; GEDC Secretariat<\/li>\n<li>Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Abdollah Aghaie, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE<\/li>\n<li>Gasim Al-Hawarii, Senior Fleet Management Engineer, Dubai Municipality, UAE<\/li>\n<li>Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Basel Alsayyed, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Behnam Bahrami, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>Dr.&nbsp; D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d\u2019Ing\u00e9nieurs, Rabat, Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Mahdi Bashiri, Shahed University, Iran<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Vladimir Beresnev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Mohammad Ishak Desa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Dinusha Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad Adolfo Ibaez, Chile<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Vassilis Gerogiannis, Department of Project Management, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ravi Gor, St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Universiti Utara Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Javad Khamisabadi, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Rashmi Jha, Gitarattan International Business School (GIBS), Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Shahrul B. Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Boudouda Malik, University of Champagne-Ardenne, France<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Yuan Xue Ming, SIMTech: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ruchi Mishra, Institute of Management, Nirma Univ., Ahmedabad, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Vladimir Modrak, TUKE, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Norhamidi Muhamad, UKM, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Arun N. Nambiar, California State University \u2013 Fresno, USA<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Sawat Pararach, Thammasat University, Thailand<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&amp;T State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. T. Ramayah, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bhuvenesh Rajamony, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Mohd Abdur Rashid, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Syed Asif Raza, Qatar University, Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. P. 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Tsurkov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Suhaiza Hanim Zailani,University Malaya, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Student Support Committee<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Committee Honorary Chair Dr. Sami Kara,&nbsp;Professor,&nbsp;School of Mechanical &amp; Manufacturing Engineering,&nbsp;University of New South Wales (UNSW),&nbsp;Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Conference Chair Dr. Hasan H. 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