{"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":"2026-06-17T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:52:26","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conference Committee
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Conference Leadership Team<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Conference Chairs <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Dr. Muhammad Noor E Alam<\/strong><\/em>, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Director of the Decision Analytics Lab at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Program Chairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Prof. Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society International<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Representatives from Northeastern and local universities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Competition Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

        High School STEM Competition<\/p>\n

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          Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS<\/p>\n

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          • A\/P<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied<\/p>\n

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              Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus<\/p>\n

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                Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation<\/p>\n

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                • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Master’s Thesis Competition<\/p>\n

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                    Final Year Project (FYP)\/Senior Design Project Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech Group<\/p>\n

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                      Supply Chain Management Competition sponsored by aThingz<\/p>\n

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                        AI-ML Competition<\/p>\n

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                          Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition<\/p>\n

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                            Simulation Competition<\/p>\n

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                              Lean Six Sigma Competition<\/p>\n

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                                Global Design Competition<\/p>\n

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                                  Poster Competition \u2013 Undergraduate + Graduate<\/p>\n

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                                    Program Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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                                      Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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                                      • Dr Abdul Hakim Halim, Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Abu Masud, Wichita State University, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Adedeji Badiru, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Albertus Retnanto, Program Chair of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Ali Elkamel, Professor of Process Systems Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Director General, Institution for Innovation, Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Charles Mbohwa, University of South Africa<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Devdas Shetty, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • 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<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Edly Ferdin Ramly, Certification Director, EFR Certification, Johor Bahru, Malaysia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Eldon Caldwell, Director, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Costa Rica<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Grace Mukondeleli Kanakana-Katumba, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Montana, Pretoria, South Africa<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Gunduz Ulusoy, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Ho Hwi Chie, Dean, Binus Aso School of Engineering, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Jafri Mohd. Rohani, Associate Professor, Materials, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Jiri Tupa, Vice Dean for Faculty Development, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Jihong Yan, Professor, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      • 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<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Leonardo Frizziero, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Leslie Monplasir, Chair of IME at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Lianfeng (Linda) Zhang, Professor, IESEG School of Management, Paris, France<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Luz Mar\u00eda Valdez de la Rosa, Professor of Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr M. Affan Badar, CPEM, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mario Chauca, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mario Fargnoli, Associate Professor, Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Matthew Pepper, Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mohammed Ahmed, Professor and Director of Engineering, Management, College of Engineering and Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mohammed Alkahtani, Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering and Vice-Dean of Advanced Manufacturing, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mohammed Khadem, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Mohammed Manzoor Hussain, Registrar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, Telangana, India<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Paul Ako, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Renduchintala Raghavendra Sharma, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Rosemary Seva, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Gokongwei College of Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Sarma Yadavalli, Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, South Africa<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Shekar Babu, Associate Dean & Professor, AMRITA University, Mysuru, India<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr T. Yuri M. Zagloel, Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia<\/li>\n
                                      • 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<\/li>\n
                                      • Dr Wahyudi Sutopo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Surakarta, Indonesia<\/li>\n
                                      • Made Dana Tangkas, Plant Manager, Toyota plant, Indonesia<\/li>\n
                                      • Steve Sibrel, Senior Quality Manager at Harman International, Novi, MI, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                        Technical Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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                                        • Dr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                          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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":261,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/boston2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}