Keynote Speakers

Day 1 – December 26 (Saturday), 2026

10:00 – 10:30 am, December 26 – Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

10:30 – 11:00 am, December 26 – Keynote I:

11:00 – 11:30 am, December 26 – Keynote II:

Dr. Jamal Bari
Professor
GameAbove College of Engineering & Technology
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

Dr. Bari is a faculty member at Eastern Michigan University, presently implementing and coordinating the undergraduate program in electronic engineering technology. In the fall of 1997, he defended his dissertation and earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas. The problem he chose for his research is the control of a stochastic, nonlinear and uncertain model using adaptive control systems, including a modified extended Kalman filter and neural networks. Results from his dissertation were published in the proceeding of the IEEE Conference on decision and control. Dr. Bari has over 20 years of teaching experience and several years of industrial experience as an electrical engineer. He has taught a broad range of electronics courses and is experienced in ABET-accredited curriculum development. He was instrumental in developing 3+1 Articulation Agreement with area community colleges, which enabled students to transfer the associate of electronics technology degree program and general education coursework into the electronics engineering technology program without loss of credit hours. He also directed and successfully completed a project funded by NSF for establishing an instrumentation and calibration lab.

Industry Experiences

• Designing, developing and implementing the PLC (Allen Bradley) automated system for Whirlpool Corporation.
• Designing and implementing the wheel clocking mechanism, wheel transfer automation and clear coat operation for the wheel manufacturing company, Superior Industries International Inc.

11:30 am – 12:00 pm, December 26 – Keynote III:

Dr. Shamim Ahamed
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of California, Davis
United States

12:00 – 1:00 pm, December 26 – Keynote VI:

Ahad Ali, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Doctor of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing
Director of Industrial Engineering Program
Director, Graduate Certificate in Lean Six Sigma
Director, Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group
Coordinator, Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, MI 48075, USA

Presentation Title: Industry 4.0 and Industrial Engineering Senior Design and Course Projects with Local Companies: Solving Real-World Industry Problems and Publishing with IEOM Society

Dr. Ahad Ali is an associate professor, director of the Doctor of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing, Director of the Industrial Engineering Program, and Director of Graduate Certificate in Lean Six Sigma at A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics, and Industrial Engineering of the Lawrence Technological University (LTU), Southfield, Michigan, USA. He established the Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab at LTU. Dr. Ali was the primary author of the ABET self-study report of the BSIE Program at LTU in 2022. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh, a Master’s in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Dr. Ali was an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez, a Visiting Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo, and a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna. He received an Outstanding Professor Award from the Industrial Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez. Dr. Ali has been recognized with a Fulbright Award. He has published 75 journal papers and 150 conference papers. Dr Ali conducted research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, New Center Stamping, Whelan Co., Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include manufacturing systems, quality, lean, six-sigma, simulation, artificial intelligence, supply chain, and optimization. He supervised 11 doctoral students in the Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems (DEMS). He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IEOM Society International. Dr. Ali is a Co-Chair of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Dr. Ali organized IEOM conferences around the globe on six continents including Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Bali, Dubai, Orlando, Detroit, Rabat, Bristol, Bogota, Paris, Washington, DC, Lima, Johannesburg, Bangkok, Pilsen, Toronto, Costa Rica, Monterrey, Sao Paulo, Riyadh, Manila, Melbourne, New Delhi, Sydney, Augsburg, Tokyo, and Muscat. He is an associate editor of the IJIEOM (Q1, Scopus Indexing). Dr. Ali is a member of IEOM, INFORMS, SME, and IEEE.

Day 2 – December 27 (Sunday), 2026

11:00 am, December 27 – Keynote V:

11:30 am, December 27 – Keynote VI:

12:00 pm, December 27 – Keynote VII:

12:30 pm, December 27 – Keynote VIII: