Conference Committee

Conference Leadership Team

Conference Chairs

Dr. Muhammad Noor E Alam, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Director of the Decision Analytics Lab at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

Prof. Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society International

Organizing Committee

Representatives from Northeastern and local universities

Competition Chairs

High School STEM Competition

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS

Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied

Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus

Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation

Master’s Thesis Competition

Final Year Project (FYP)/Senior Design Project Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech Group

Supply Chain Management Competition sponsored by aThingz

AI-ML Competition

Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition

Simulation Competition

Lean Six Sigma Competition

Global Design Competition

Poster Competition – Undergraduate + Graduate

Program Committee

Advisory Committee

Dr Abdul Hakim Halim, Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
Dr Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
Dr Abu Masud, Wichita State University, USA
Dr Adedeji Badiru, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
Dr Albertus Retnanto, Program Chair of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Dr Ali Elkamel, Professor of Process Systems Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Dr Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Director General, Institution for Innovation, Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Dr Charles Mbohwa, University of South Africa
Dr Devdas Shetty, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
Dr Devinder Kumar Banwet, Vice Chancellor (Founding), University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India and Former Professor and HOD, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India
Dr Edly Ferdin Ramly, Certification Director, EFR Certification, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dr Eldon Caldwell, Director, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Costa Rica
Dr Grace Mukondeleli Kanakana-Katumba, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Montana, Pretoria, South Africa
Dr Gunduz Ulusoy, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr Ho Hwi Chie, Dean, Binus Aso School of Engineering, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Dr Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Dr Jafri Mohd. Rohani, Associate Professor, Materials, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Dr Jiri Tupa, Vice Dean for Faculty Development, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Dr Jihong Yan, Professor, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK
Dr Leonardo Frizziero, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Dr Leslie Monplasir, Chair of IME at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Dr Lianfeng (Linda) Zhang, Professor, IESEG School of Management, Paris, France
Dr Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Professor of Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, México
Dr M. Affan Badar, CPEM, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Dr Mario Chauca, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru
Dr Mario Fargnoli, Associate Professor, Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy
Dr Matthew Pepper, Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr Mohammed Ahmed, Professor and Director of Engineering, Management, College of Engineering and Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Dr Mohammed Alkahtani, Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering and Vice-Dean of Advanced Manufacturing, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr Mohammed Khadem, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Dr Mohammed Manzoor Hussain, Registrar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Dr Paul Ako, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Dr Renduchintala Raghavendra Sharma, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Dr Rosemary Seva, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Gokongwei College of Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Dr Sarma Yadavalli, Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
Dr Shekar Babu, Associate Dean & Professor, AMRITA University, Mysuru, India
Dr T. Yuri M. Zagloel, Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
Dr Vikas Kumar, Prof. of, Director of Research and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Business and Law (FBL), University of the West of England, UK
Dr Wahyudi Sutopo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Surakarta, Indonesia
Made Dana Tangkas, Plant Manager, Toyota plant, Indonesia
Steve Sibrel, Senior Quality Manager at Harman International, Novi, MI, USA

Conference Committee

Conference Leadership Team

Competition Chairs

Program Committee

Advisory Committee

Technical Committee