IEOM Global Council
Upcoming IEOM Global Council Meetings:
- At the 15th Annual IEOM Conference in Singapore, Feb. 18-20, 2025
Presidents
- 2018 – 2021: Dr. Abu Masud
- 2021 – 2023: Dr. Hamid Parsaei
- 2023 – 2025: Dr. Eldon Caldwell
- 2025 – 2026:
Council Members
- Prof. Vitor Mendes Caldana, Federal Institute of Sao Paulo (IFSP) – Sorocaba Campus, Brazil (South America)
- Dr. Eldon Caldwell, University of Costa Rica (Central America) – President, 2023-2025
- Professor Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK (Europe)
- Professor Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (Africa)
- Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University – Qatar/USA (Middle East + North America) – Vice President (2019-2021), President, 2021-2023
- Dr. Adedeji B. Badiru, Ph.D., PE, PMP, FIIE, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Professor of Systems Engineering, AFIT/EN, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA (North America)
- Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, Chair and Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI), Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco (Africa)
- Dr. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Ph.D., Profesora del Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Gestión, Escuela de Ingeniería y Tecnologías, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico (North America)
- Dr. Ir. Wahyudi Sutopo, ST., M.Si, IPM, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Vice Dean for General and Financial Affairs, Faculty of Engineering, 2019-2023, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Surakarta, Indonesia (Asia)
- Dr. Ali Elkamel, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Mr. Aaron Rubel, University Research & Technology Partnerships Manager, Airbus Americas, Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Prof. Dr. Linda Zhang, Full Professor of Operations Management, Department of Management, IESEG School of Management, Paris, France
Biographies
2025 – 2029
Dr. Devinder Kumar Banwet
Vice Chancellor (Founding)
University of Engineering & Management
Kolkata, India
Former Professor and HOD
Department of Management Studies
IIT Delhi, India
A dedicated teacher, good researcher, effective trainer, reputed consultant & an able administrator (D.O.B. 10 Dec 1946) Teaching Experience spanning over 40 years at IIT Delhi (25+ years) and Panjab University UBS Chandigarh (10 years). Group Chair Professor (Operations & SCM), Ex Dalmia Chair Professor (2 years).
Awarded prestigious Lillian Gilbreth Award 2022-23 by IIIE 65th IIIE National Convention at Bengaluru in Awards Ceremony December 16, 2023 : Recognition and Appreciation of Lifelong Dedication for Teaching, Research, Consultancy, Educational Administration, Effective Extension, Training, Skilling, Appropriate Mentoring especially to enhance Capacity Building and promote vocational competency to the profession of Industrial Engineering: Its relevance, benefits and an all-pervasive philosophy that is applicable in all spheres and stages of life.
As a great enthusiast and motivator, Prof. Banwet is an Ambassador of Industrial Systems Engineering & Management both globally and locally active in promoting and disseminating information, interacting in physical and virtual mode. From a systems holistic point of view soft skill development, personality confidence building measures were taken up by going beyond formal curriculum extending from Industry to Service Sector, devising courses on Services Operations Management, Operations Strategy, Project and Entrepreneurship Management, Services Sector SCM, Health Care, TQM, Energy, Transportation, Education, Sports Facilities Planning Administration & Management etc.
Prof. D. K. Banwet exhibits a holistic outlook with a positive attitude in life inclusive of Values/Virtues / qualities of Integrity, Innovation, Inquisitiveness with Enthusiasm (IIIE). As an Industrial Engineer (IE) he believes one needs to keep his eyes and ears open adopting the 4WH (What Who When Where How) approach to Rethink Relearn Rebuild Reengineer to be in sync with the present and be ready for the future.
Prof. D. K. Banwet is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer, with Master of Industrial Engineering and PhD from IIT Delhi.
2025 – 2029
Dr Mario Chauca
Professor
Engineering Department
National Technological University from South Lima
Lima, Perú
Mario Chauca is Executive Committee Member IFEES (2019-2021), was a Director of the AOTS-Kenshu Kiokay-Peru (2010-2014), member of the technical committees since 2010, invited by the University of Washington IEEE, in 2010 joined the Steering Committee of the IEEE-MWSCAS, and has participated in more than 30 committees in the European Union, Asia, Africa, America and Australia. All event proceedings are indexed in Scopus, journals and others database.
Chauca was participant as speaker and Chair Session at WEE2019-Chennai (India), IEM2019-Toronto (Canada), WEEF2018-Albuquerque (USA), ICIMA2018-Penang (Malaysia), WEEF2017-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), CONeGOV2016-Florianopolis (Brazil), ISIT2014,17-Guanajuato (Mexico), MWSCAS2010-Washington (USA), JAIIO2009-Mar del Plata (Argentina), CONIELECOMP2007,9,10-Puebla (Mexico), SIE2004-Santa Clara (Cuba). He obtained a scholarship from the AOTS Tokyo (Japan), from the NIPA and Ministry of Science, ICT and Planning of the Future of Korea Seoul (Korea). He is a Consultant in Information and Communication Technologies, he was consultant in the project of United Nations-Inter-American Development Bank-Congress of the Republic of Peru and the Ministry of the Interior of Peru. He is a researcher by RENACYT-CONCYTEC in the Peruvian Government, adviser first award paper CONEIMERA2018, adviser of the First General Award Project for more than 5000 projects in the contest from the Romero Group, adviser for first projects in congress INTERCON, CONEIMERA, and was nominated for the Graña y Montero Prize for Research in Peruvian Engineering. Nominated Peruvian Research Southern Prize 2019 and nominated research award 2018 MEXICO. As author and advisor of papers he has more than 50 letters of acceptance, served organizer of international academic events, editor of proceedings, and advisor to the IEEE chapters at the National University of Callao and the Ricardo Palma University. He teaches at the postgraduate and undergraduate level, with 30 years of experience. He graduated as an Electronic Engineer from Ricardo Palma University in Lima Peru, obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a mention in “Business Management” and his Doctorate in Education from San Luis Gonzaga National University.
2025 – 2029
Dr Matthew Pepper
Professor
School of Business
Faculty of Business and Law
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522 Australia
Dr Matt pepper is currently a full professor within the School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, at the University of Wollongong Australia. Matt sits on the editorial advisory boards of a number of academic journals, including the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma and the International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education. Within the faculty of Business and Law, his teaching responsibilities include supply chain management and strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Matt’s core research interests lie in the application of systems thinking to supply chain disruption, performance management and continuous improvement in the public sector. Most recently, his work has focused on engaging with public sector organizations to develop appropriate performance measurement and management strategies.
Matt has currently supervises a number of industry based candidates in these areas of interest and has been an external examiner for a number of PhD theses.
2025 – 2029
Dr. Luis Rabelo
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL, USA
Dr. Luis Rabelo received the BS in Electro-Mechanical Engineer from the Technological University of Panama in 1983, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1987 Master’s and Doctorate in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri. He was a Postdoc at the University of Missouri in Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Rabelo received a dual MS in Systems and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has worked for the Advanced Technology Group (Goodrich) and Honeywell Laboratories. Dr. Rabelo was a NASA Fellow from 2002 to 2005, and a Project Manager at NASA from 2009 to 2011. He is currently Professor in the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at UCF. He is also the Undergraduate Coordinator. He has written more than 300 articles and a book in Artificial Intelligence. He has been the principal advisor for 39 Master’s students and 29 PhDs. He received the award for the Best Scientific Article of the Year 2004 from the Society of Automotive Engineers, received the distinction “ONE NASA” in 2006. He was the recipient of the Fulbright Distinction in 2008. In November 2008, he received the honor of the Technological University of Panama (UTP) of being the 2008 Distinguished Alumni. In 2011, he was the Henaac Award Winner in Education. In 2013 and 2018, he received the Forest R. McFarland Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE). Lately, he received the SAE Russell S. Springer Award for his article on the modeling of space operations systems in 2017.
2023 -2028
Dr. Ali Elkamel
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Ali Elkamel is a Professor of Chemical Engineering. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and BSc in Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines, MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University – West Lafayette, Indiana. His specific research interests are in computer-aided modelling, optimization and simulation with applications to energy production planning, carbon management, sustainable operations and product design. Prof. Elkamel supervised over 90 graduate students (of which 35 are PhDs) and more than 30 post-doctoral fellows/research associates. Among his accomplishments are the Research Excellence Award, the Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award, the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Best teacher award, and the IEOM (Industrial engineering and Operations Management) Outstanding Service and Distinguished Educator Award. He has more than 280 journal articles, 141 proceedings, and 33 book chapters. He is also a co-author of four books; two recent books were published by Wiley and entitled Planning of Refinery and Petrochemical Operations and Environmentally Conscious Fossil Energy Production.
2023 – 2028
Aaron Rubel, M.S.E.M.
University R&T Partnerships Manager
Americas Research and Technology – AATU
Intellectual Property Focal Point – AA
Airbus Americas, Inc.
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Aaron Rubel is a University R&T Partnerships Manager, Americas Research and Technology – AATU and Intellectual Property Focal Point – AA, Airbus Americas, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, USA. He was Head of Aircraft Maintenance Programs Development at the Mobile, Alabama Engineering Center of Airbus Americas. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has earned patented inventions. Aaron has over 30 years of combined professional aerospace and automotive experience in areas of engineering, design, risk analysis, problem solving, manufacturing, and leadership. Mr. Rubel earned a M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), a B.S. in Engineering Technology from Lawrence Technological University (LTU), and an Associate of Applied Science from Macomb Community College. Mr. Rubel’s honors include the Dr. Ron Cox Graduate Engineering Management Student Award given by UTC, and he was inducted into the LTU College of Engineering Hall of Fame. Service in the community is important to Aaron. He served on a Mobile (Alabama) Area Education Foundation strategic planning committee for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and for three years was the strategic planning committee chair and voting member on a local school board.
2023 – 2028
Professor Linda Zhang
Full Professor of Operations Management
Department of Management
IESEG School of Management
Paris, France
Linda L. ZHANG is currently a Professor of Operations Management in Department of Operations Management at IESEG School of Management (LEM-CNRS 9221), Lille-Paris, France. She obtained her BEng and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering in 1998 and 2007, respectively. Her research interests include sustainable supply chain and operations management, product and production configuration, financial management, etc. On these areas, she has published many articles in international refereed journals, such as Decision Support Systems, IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, European Journal of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, etc. She serves as an associate editor for several peer-reviewed international journals, such as Decision Analytics Journal, Supply Chain Analytics, and Journal of Engineering Design. Professor Zhang has obtained many paper awards from different peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. She has been elected as a Fellow of the IEOM Society International.
2022 -2028
Dr. Ir. Wahyudi Sutopo, ST., M.Si, IPU
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS)
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
President, IEOM Indonesia Chapter & Director, IEOM Asia Pacific Operations
Professor Wahyudi Sutopo teaches industrial engineering at Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), where he also serves as the head of the Industrial Engineering and Techno-Economics Research Group (GR-RITE) and conducts research at the Center of Engineering Education (CEE) of Faculty of Engineering & Center of Excellence for Electrical Energy Storage Technology (CE-FEEST) UNS. As a certified engineer with a broad academic background that includes a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering (ITB, 1999), a master’s degree in management (UI, 2004), and a doctorate in industrial engineering & management (ITB, 2011), he blends academic distinction with real-world experience (Ir, 2018).
Research and Innovation
Prof. Sutopo specializes in logistics and supply chain engineering, techno-economic analysis, and technology commercialization. As the owner of 17 intellectual property rights and co-founder of a start-up commercializing research from the CE-FEEST, he bridges research with impactful industry applications. His prolific contributions include 211 Scopus-indexed articles (H-Index 16), 17 authored books, and numerous awards, including the Academy of IEOM Fellow (2019), Distinguished Service Award (2021), and Distinguished Academic Leadership Award (2023).
Leadership and Education
A passionate advocate for advancing industrial engineering education, he focuses on curriculum development, accreditation, and quality assurance. Prof. Sutopo’s leadership drives GR-RITE’s mission of synthesizing ASEAN market challenges into innovative industrial engineering solutions.
2022 -2027
Dr. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa
Professor of Engineering Department
School of Engineering and Technologies
University of Monterrey (UDEM)
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Luz María Valdez de la Rosa is a professor of Engineering Department at School of Engineering and Technologies at University of Monterrey (UDEM). She has been in the academic field for more than 15 years, as a Director of Engineering Management and Industrial Engineering Bachelor Academic Programs and as a teacher at UDEM, in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Systems and master’s in quality management at University of Monterrey, Mexico, and Ph. D. in Administration Sciences from the Autonomous University of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She has 18 years of experience in the Quality field and 13 years as a higher education teacher. She has participated as consultant for the manufacturing and services in the quality field and participated as ASQ and IISE member.
2022 – 2027
Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado
Professor and Academic Coordinator
Department of Industrial Engineering
The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI)
School of Engineering
Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco
Abdelaziz BERRADO is Professor and Academic Coordinator of Industrial Engineering in EMI School of Engineering at Mohammed V University in Rabat. He was previously Industrial Engineering Department Chair at the same institution. Prior to his current position, he was a faculty member of Engineering Management at AlAkhawayn University in Ifrane. He holds a Ph.D. in Decision Systems and Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University. He researches advanced analytical methods and frameworks for knowledge generation and decision support in organizations. He focuses on data analytics for Operations and Supply Chain Modelling, Planning, Improvement and Control with applications in Healthcare, Education and other Industries. He has led several funded applied research projects with local and international impact and published research papers in renowned journals. In addition to academic work, he interacts closely with the industry through training and consulting projects. He is a fellow of IEOM Society and a member of INFORMS and IEEE. Previously, he was a senior engineer and data analytics lead at Intel.
2016 – 2026
Professor Charles Mbohwa, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Pretoria, South Africa
Past Pro-VC, University of Zimbabwe
Former Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg
Professor Charles Mbohwa is a Visiting Professor at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a Pro-Vice Chancellor Strategic Partnerships and Industrialisation at University of Zimbabwe and an affiliated Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. He is an established researcher and professor in the field of sustainability engineering and energy. He was the Chairman and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe from 1994 to 1997 and was Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Studies Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg from 2014 to 2017. He has published more than 350 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, 10 book chapters and three books. He has a Scopus h-index of 11 and Google Scholar h-index of 14. Upon graduating with his BSc Honours in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe in 1986, he was employed as a mechanical engineer by the National Railways of Zimbabwe. He holds a Masters in Operations Management and Manufacturing Systems from University of Nottingham and completed his doctoral studies at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Japan. He was a Fulbright Scholar visiting the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, a Japan Foundation Fellow, is a Fellow of the Zimbabwean Institution of Engineers and is a registered mechanical engineer with the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe. He has been a collaborator in projects of the United Nations Environment Programme. He has also visited many countries on research and training engagements including the United Kingdom, Japan, German, France, the USA, Brazil, Sweden, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mauritius, Austria, the Netherlands, Uganda, Namibia and Australia. He has had several awards including British Council Scholarship, Japanese Foundation Fellowship, Kubota Foundation Fellowship; Fulbright Fellowship.
2018 – 2026
Professor Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, IJIEOM
Professor of Operations Management
Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement
College of Business, Law and Social Sciences
Derby Management School
University of Derby
Derby, United Kingdom (UK)
Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is a 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. He is actively involved in industrial projects where he combines his knowledge, expertise and industrial experience in operations management to help organisations achieve excellence in their internal functions and supply chains. He has also led and managed international research projects funded by the British Academy, British Council and Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). As a leading academic, he has published extensively in leading scientific journals, including the Int. Journal of Production Research, Int. Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, TQM & Business Excellence, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, etc., and a number of international conferences. Professor Garza-Reyes has also published four books in the areas of operations management and innovation, manufacturing performance measurement and quality management systems. He is Co-founder and current Editor of the Int. Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience (Inderscience) and will lead the launch of the official IEOM’s journal Int. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management as its Editor-in-Chief. Professor Garza-Reyes has also led and guest edited special issues for Production Planning & Control, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Int. Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Int. Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, Int. Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, and Int. Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation. Areas of expertise and interest for Professor Garza-Reyes include general aspects of operations and manufacturing management, business excellence, quality improvement, and performance measurement. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a certified Six Sigma-Green Belt, and has over eight years of industrial experience working as Production Manager, Production Engineer and Operations Manager for several international and local companies in both the UK and Mexico. He is also a fellow member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the Institution of Engineering Technology (MIET).
2018 -2025
Prof. Vitor Mendes Caldana
Federal Institute of Sao Paulo (IFSP)
Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Began the academic career with a technician course in Electronics from Liceu de Artes e Ofícios (1999) followed by an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 2004. In 2016, finished the Masters course in Industrial Engineering with the Quality of Engineering Education and its Relation to Regional Development as his area of research.
As a technical profession, from 1999 until 2016, started in Caltronic Automação Industrial, a service-based company in Brazil that represents American and European automation equipment for the printing industry, and finished as Service and Projects Manager, serving not only Brazil but the whole of South America with services performed also in USA and China. During the professional career took several courses in USA and Europe to Automation and dedicated equipment maintenance. In 2016 left the company for full-time dedication to IFSP.
In 2014 began his teaching career in FIEB as a substitute teacher for the Technical Course of Electronics. In 2016 moved to IFSP to start the electronics Technical Course in the city of Sorocaba and has been engaged with this project since. In this 4,5 years taught a variety of courses in electronics. In 2018 began his Research Group in Industry 4.0 and is currently working with colleagues in this research area as well as the project for the PhD.
2017 – 2025
Professor Eldon G. Caldwell Marin, Ph.D., Sc.D, Dr.Ed. – IEOM President, 2023-2025
Professor, Industrial Engineering Department
Engineering School
University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Eldon Caldwell is full professor/Cathedraticus of the University of Costa Rica, Central America; member of the IEOM Society Academy of Fellows and member of the IEOM Society Global Council. Also, he has been recognized by the IEOM Society with the “Outstanding Service Award” for his career of over 30 years as an educator, researcher and promoter of development of industrial engineering and as “Distinguished Professor” by IEEE Computer Society, USA.
Dr. Caldwell earned his B.Sc. and Master degree in Industrial Engineering at University of Costa Rica and he earned a Master degree in Service Marketing, as well in Financial Analysis at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; M.Sc. Health Management Systems at UNED, Costa Rica and a M.Sc. Operations Management at ITESM, México. Finally, he earned three doctoral degrees: 1-Ph.D. in C.Sc. / Industrial Engineering, Autonomous University of Central America; 2- Ph.D. (Sc.D.) in Robotics and Automation, University of Alicante, Spain; and 3-Ph.D. (Dr. Ed.) in Education at the University of Costa Rica, developing the “Theory of Socio-educational Exergy-Anergy and Entropy”.
He is author of many scientific articles and two books: “Marketing of Social Products & Services”, UCR Publications; and “Lean Manufacturing: Fundamentals and techniques for cycle time reduction”, Kaikaku Ins. Press, USA.
Dr. Caldwell served as Director of Industrial Engineering Department at Engineering School of University of Costa Rica, Operations Manager at MASECA, CA; Lean Manufacturing Project Manager at Eaton Corp. Costa Rica, General Manager at Quirós & Cía-Bandag Inc. and General Manager at Lean Systems Intl., USA. He has more than 30 years of experience as advisor and consultant in Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing and Lean Logistics at Interamerican Bank for Development, WHO, UN, World Wide Bank, Coca-Cola, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá, Costa Rican Institute for Electricity, RTC- Perú, Young Electrical Signs, Nevada, USA, AirCare Inc., Reno, Nevada, Plan International-Honduras, Bournes Co., DOLE Co. and many others. In addition, Dr. Caldwell currently serves as Director of the Central America Robotics and Industry 4.0 Challenge Contest (ROBOTIFEST) and General Manager at Kaikaku Institute Latin America.
2016 – 2025
Professor Hamid Parsaei, Ph.D., PE
President, 2021-2023; Vice President, 2019-2021
Fellow, IISE, ASEE, SME, IEOM
Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Director, College of Engineering Accreditation and Assessment
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, USA
Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei is an internationally recognized leader in the field of manufacturing automation, leadership, engineering education, additive manufacturing, economic and financial decision making, and project management with more than three decades of experience in academia. He is awarded as a fellow IISE, ASEE, SME and IEOM.
Dr. Parsaei’s leadership experience and accomplishments include serving as Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ.) He also served as the Director of Outreach and Accreditation and the Interim Chair of the Mechanical Engineering at TAMUQ while holding the rank of Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Parsaei served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at University of Houston for 10 years and Director of Graduate Studies and Graduate Advisor for five years. He also served as Director of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center’s Gulf Coast Region from March 2001 to September 2005.
Dr. Parsaei is highly regarded worldwide for his scholarship. He served as Area Editor, Methodology, and as an editorial board of The Engineering Economist from June 1990 until January 1995, and he was editor in chief of three international refereed archival journals. He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards and associate editor to over fifteen peer-refereed journals. He has been guest editor for several special issues of peer-reviewed archival journals, and has served as series editor to nine book series published by Wiley and Sons, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, and several other publishing houses. His newest journal, Engineering Education Letters is a clear testament to Dr. Parsaei’s dedication to engineering education.
Dr. Parsaei has been principal and co-principal investigator on projects funded by NSF, Qatar Foundation, the US Department of Homeland Security, Texas Department of Transportation, Houston Transtar, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institute of Safety and Health, among others, with total funding in excess of $24 million. He has authored or co-authored 26 archival books and over 280 refereed publications that appear in archival journals and conference proceedings.
He has received several prestigious recognitions from IISE including, the Wellington Award (1993) from the Engineering Economy Division of the Institute for his original contributions to the field of engineering economics, Award of Merit in recognition of his service to the Engineering Economy Division during 1991–1992, the 2006 UPS Excellence Award for innovative development of programs directed to the development of women, minorities and people with disabilities within the field of industrial engineering. He garnered the 2016 George L. Smith Award and in 2018, he was honored with the Fred C. Crane Award for meritorious service to the IISE.
Dr. Parsaei received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from Western Michigan University and the University of Texas at Arlington, respectively. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commissioner and Program Evaluator.
2022 – 2025
Dr. Adedeji Badiru
Dean
Graduate School of Engineering and Management
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio, USA
Deji Badiru is the Dean and senior academic officer for the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He is responsible for planning, directing, and controlling all operations related to granting doctoral and master’s degrees, professional continuing cyber education, and research and development programs. In his post-high-school days, Deji worked as a graphic artist for children television programs, as a writer and columnist for community newspapers, and as an accounts clerk. These are practical skills that he frequently uses, even today, in his administrative and professional duties.
Deji Badiru was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial & Information Engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He holds BS in Industrial Engineering, MS in Mathematics, and MS in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, systems efficiency analysis, and high-tech product development. He is the author of over 30 books, 35 book chapters, 75 technical journal articles, 115 conference proceedings and presentations. He also has published 30 magazine articles and 20 editorials and periodicals. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies.
Deji Badiru has won several awards for his teaching, research, and professional accomplishments. He is the recipient of the 2009 Dayton Affiliate Society Council Award for Outstanding Scientists and Engineers in the Education category with a commendation from the 128th Senate of Ohio. He also won 2010 IIE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He also won 2010 ASEE John Imhoff Award for his global contributions to Industrial Engineering Education, the 2011 Federal Employee of the Year Award in the Managerial Category from the International Public Management Association, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the 2012 Distinguished Engineering Alum Award from the University of Central Florida, and the 2012 Medallion Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers for his global contributions in the advancement of the profession. In February 2013, he was selected as a finalist for the Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program by the US National Academy of Sciences and the US Department of State. Prof. Badiru was the leader of the AFIT team that won the 2013 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for Air University C3 (Cost Conscious Culture). His most recent award is the 2015 National Public Service Award at the overall US Air Force level.
Deji Badiru has served as a consultant to several organizations around the world including Russia, Mexico, Taiwan, Nigeria, Ghana, and Canada. He has conducted customized training workshops for numerous organizations including Sony, AT&T, Seagate Technology, U.S. Air Force, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Oklahoma Asphalt Pavement Association, Hitachi, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, and ExxonMobil. He holds a leadership certificate from the University Tennessee Leadership Institute. He has served as a Technical Project Reviewer, curriculum reviewer, and proposal reviewer for several organizations including The Third-World Network of Scientific Organizations, Italy, National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and the American Council on Education. He is on the editorial and review boards of several technical journals and book publishers. Deji has also served as an Industrial Development Consultant to the United Nations Development Program. He is also a program evaluator for ABET, the international engineering and technology accreditation body. In 2011, Prof. Badiru led a research team to develop analytical models for Systems Engineering Research Efficiency (SEER) for the Air Force acquisitions integration office at the Pentagon. He has led a multi-year composite manufacturing collaborative research between the Air Force Institute of Technology and Wyle Aerospace Group.
Deji Badiru has diverse areas of avocation. His professional accomplishments are coupled with his passion for writing about everyday events and interpersonal issues, especially those dealing with social responsibility. Outside of the academic realm, he writes motivational poems, editorials, and newspaper commentaries; as well as engaging in paintings and crafts. As a contribution to sparking the interest of kids in science and engineering, Deji runs the Physics of Soccer website (www.physicsofsoccer.com). He is the founder of the Association of Military Industrial Engineers (AMIE). He also runs ABICS Publications, through which he publishes non-technical guide books for home, work, and leisure. A prolific researcher and author, Deji espouses the spirit of sharing knowledge freely and widely, which is the reason he offers self-published guide books to make his publications affordable and accessible to the general public.
Education
- PhD, Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida
- MS, Mathematics, Tennessee Technological University
- BS, MS, Industrial Engineering, Tennessee Tech University
Past Global Council Members
2016 – 2023
Professor Abu Masud, Ph.D., P.E. – President, 2019 – 2021
Professor Emeritus
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Wichita State University
Kansas, USA
Dr. Abu Masud is a professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Wichita State University. He has been named the Boeing Global Engineering Professor at Wichita State University. In this new post, Dr. Masud is expected to advance the College of Engineering’s strategic alliances for global enrichment and experiential learning of students as well as international research collaborations and partnerships. He received Duane and Velma Wallace Outstanding Educator Award from WSU College of Engineering. Previously he was held various positions at Wichita State including associate dean, graduate school (2008-2013), coordinator, college ABET affairs (2006-2008), associate dean, college of engineering (2004-2005), chair, industrial and manufacturing engineering department (1994-2004) and graduate coordinator of IME (1991-94, 1996-98, 2001-2004). Dr. Masud has engaged with various companies and governmental research centers including NASA Langley Research Center, VA, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow (1991 and 1992), Boeing, Consulting Analyst, and Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. He is member of Accreditation Review Council (2011-2014). Dr. Masud published book, book chapters, and numerous journal and conference papers. He is registered Professional Engineer at Kansas State. Dr. Masud is an IIE fellow. He received Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.
2016 – 2023
Dr. Umar Al-Turki
Professor
Systems Engineering Department
Past Dean, College of Computer Sciences and Engineering,
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Umar Al-Turki is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in the Department of Systems at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1994. He obtained M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University in 1989. He served as the Dean of College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, the director of the center of excellence in maintenance research and the head of the Systems Engineering Department. Dr. Al-Turki’s research in production planning and scheduling is presented in many international conferences and published in highly prestigious international scientific journals. He is a senior member of the International Industrial Engineering Society, and a fellow and a member of the global advisory board of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International. He was involved in strategic planning for several national and international organizations in higher education and in water resource planning.
2016 – 2023
Professor Abdul Talib Bon, Ph.D.
Professor of Technology Management
Department of Production and Operations Management
Faculty of Technology Management and Business
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon is Professor of Technology Management in Department of Production and Operations Management, Faculty of Technology Management and Business at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. He has a PhD in Computer Science, which he obtained from the Universite de La Rochelle, France in the year 2008. His doctoral thesis was on topic Process Quality Improvement on Beltline Moulding Manufacturing. He studied Business Administration major in Quality Management at the master’s level in the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for which he was awarded the MBA in the year 1998. He’s bachelor degree and diploma in Mechanical Engineering which his obtained from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He received his postgraduate certificate in Mechatronics and Robotics from Carlisle, United Kingdom in 1997. He is Managing Director of UTHM Teaching Factory and Manager of Centre for Technology (Furniture Innovation Technology) from 1 September 2016 and Head of Program Bachelor of Technology Management (Furniture Design and Manufacturing) with Honours from 2014 until now. Before this he was the Deputy Dean (Research and Development) at the Faculty of Technology Management and Business in the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia from 2008 until December 2011. Dr. Abdul Talib Bon has had over 28 year experience of teaching in higher learning education. A major part of his teaching experience involves teaching mechanical engineering students in polytechnics. However, from the year 1999, he was given the opportunity to be jointed in the Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department. In this institute, he teaches engineering management and quality control at the under-graduate level. Dr. Abdul Talib Bon has multidisciplinary research interests that encompass industrial engineering, quality management and production and operation management. His completed ten research grant projects include applications of forecasting in industries. His current research project is looking into developing process quality improvement (PQI) in manufacturing industries. He has supervised more than 65 undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. He has served as a reviewer for a number of engineering management and computer science conferences and journals as part of his expertise sharing initiatives. He had published more than 150 International Proceedings and International Journals and 8 books. He is also President of Industrial Engineering and Operation Management Society (IEOMS, Malaysia), Council member of Management Science and Operation Research Society of Malaysia (MSORSM), member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG), member of Institute of Industrial Engineer (IIE), USA, member of International Institute of Forecasters (IIF), member of Technological Association of Malaysia (TAM) and associate member of Malaysian Institute of Management (AMIM).
2016 – 2022
Dr. Abdur Rahim
Professor, Faculty of Business Administration
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Dr. Abdur Rahim is a Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, Canada. He joined UNB in 1983 and is a member of the Quantitative Methods area. He received his B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc in Statistics from the University of Dhaka, D.S. in Operations Research from the University of Rome, M.Sc. in Systems Theory from the University of Ottawa, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Windsor. He teaches Management Science, Operations Management and TQM in the BBA and MBA programs. Dr. Rahim is a recognized world expert in Quality Control and Quality Management. He has taught a wide range of courses in Universities in Canada, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia. He has served as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems Science, Quality Engineering, and Engineering Optimization. He is a member of the Advisory or Editorial boards for Economic Quality Control, the Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, the Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology, and the International Journal of Production Research. Dr. Rahim received the UNB Merit Award in 1992, 1999, 2000, and 2009 for his excellence performance in research, service, and teaching.
2016 – 2022
Professor Bernardo Villarreal, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Engineering
Universidad de Monterrey
San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL
Mexico
Bernardo Villarreal is a full professor of the Department of Engineering of the Universidad de Monterrey. He holds a PhD and an MSc of Industrial Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo. He has 20 years of professional experience in strategic planning in several Mexican companies. He has taught for 20 years courses on industrial engineering and logistics in the Universidad de Monterrey, ITESM and Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He has made several publications in journals such as Mathematical Programming, JOTA, JMMA, European Journal of Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Industrial Management and Data Systems and the Transportation Journal. He is currently a member of the IIE, INFORMS, POMS and the Council of Logistics Management.
2016 – 2022
Dr. Ilham Kissani
Assistant Professor of Engineering & Management Science
School of Science & Engineering
Al Akhawayn University
Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Ilham Kissani is an assistant professor in the field of engineering management for the School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. She has served as the main advisor and lead instructor for the undergraduate and MS programs in Engineering and Management Systems since 2010. She has helped create very close ties with the AUI School of Business Administration, which allows both schools to leverage our resources and deliver a greater diversity of courses to students, such as supply chain management and operations management. Her background is diverse and includes industrial experience as well as academic. Her degrees are from INSEA, Morocco (Engineer) and Université Laval, Canada (Master and Ph.D). She has worked with Royal Dutch Shell as a project manager and with Modellium Québec, where she consulted in logistics and supply chain issues. Additionally, Dr. Kissani contributes in research in supply chain management, planning, and operations research. She is a member of ASEM, IEEE, IEOM, IIE, and INFORMS.
2016 – 2022
Professor Eui H. Park, Ph.D.
Graduate Program Coordinator
Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Dr. Eui H. Park, Professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at North Carolina A&T (NC A&T) State University, received his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University in 1983. Upon completion of his Ph.D., he joined NC A&T and has since initiated and developed a successful Human-Machine Systems Engineering program and interdisciplinary manufacturing program. He has also conducted STEM outreach programs, the Para-Research Program, Partnership in Education and Research, REU, and RET, for the past sixteen years. He is the founder of teaching factory, Piedmont Triad Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Dr. Park was also the Chairperson of the ISE Department for sixteen years from July 1990. He has been an IIE Fellow since 2000. His research interest include Human-Machine Systems Engineering and Quality Assurance. He has been a principle investigator in 24 awarded funded research projects totaling over $12 million in the past ten years.
Executive Committee
- Dr. Ahad Ali – Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Professor Don Reimer – Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Dr. Taufiq Islam – Operations Manager
- Dr. Mizanur Rahman – Associate Operations Manager and Director of IEOM Australia
- Ms. Rocksana Ahmed – Associate Program Manager
- Dr. Md Nazrul Islam – Editor
- Ms. Kazi Nusrat Islam – Assistant Editor
- Ms. Tahera Parvin – Assistant Editor
- Mr. Aqib Choudhury – Assistant Editor and IEOM Bangladesh Operations Director
- Ms. Rubana – Associate Marketing and Promotions Manager
- Ms. Shipa – Associate Marketing and Promotions Manager
- Tipu Sultan – Associate Marketing and Promotions Manager
- Dr. Anwar Rahman – Director of Publication
- Dr. Saso Krstovski – Workshop Director
- Dr. Mohammed Khadem –Director of Program
- Dr. Hayder Zghair – Associate Program Director
- Dr. Joseph Ogundu, Director of Certification
- Suvro Sudip – Web Admin Director / Web Administrator
Dr. Ahad Ali, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IEOM Society International
Associate Professor
Director of Industrial Engineering Programs
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Dr. Ahad Ali is an associate professor and director of industrial engineering programs (BSIE & MSIE) and director of a 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 Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems (DEMS). He is a 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. Dr. Ali is a member of IEOM, INFORMS, SME, and IEEE.
Professor Don Reimer
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
IEOM Society International
Souhtfield, Michigan, USA
Professor Don Reimer is a Chief Operating Officer of the IEOM Society International. He is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, USA. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Professor Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Professor. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Professor Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.
He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Professor Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. He is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Professor Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Professor Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He is a fellow of IEOM.
Dr. Taufiqul Islam
Operations Manager and Chief Publication Officer
IEOM International Society
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Dr. Taufiqul Islam is an operations manager of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International, Michigan, USA. He is managing IEOM membership, conference activities, editing newsletter, arranging tour and coordinating training activities. He received B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) from the Bangladesh Agricultural University in 1981 and M.S. (Agricultural Engineering) from the Newcastle University, United Kingdom, in 1984. He has earned Ph.D. degree in Bio-Systems Engineering from the Michigan State University in 2004.
In 1981 Dr. Islam joined in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) as Scientific Officer and became Senior Scientific Officer in 1990 and Principal Scientific Officer in 1996. He has modeled and investigated experimentally Seed Corn Drying in a commercial seed processing facility. The model was used to assess the effect of the main operating parameters on the dryer capacity and energy cost. Dr. Islam served in different capacity (as a Research Assistant, Research Associate, Software Engineer, QA Tester) in Tumblewind Corporation, Avtrex Inc., and AdeptMax Corporation.
Dr. Islam attended industrial training in the field of Agricultural Machinery Testing (IAM, BRAIN, Japan) and Principles of IC Engine Operation (BADC, Bangladesh). He was awarded Agricultural Research Management Program scholarship (1998), and Japan International Cooperation Agency scholarship, Agricultural Machinery Testing (1992). Dr. Islam has also published number of papers in different journals around the World. Dr. Islam has attend seminars and conferences. He is a member of IEOM Society.
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman
Associate Operations Manager
Australia Operations Director
IEOM Society International
Sydney, Australia
Md. Mizanur Rahman was a Senior Lecturer at Thermo-Fluids Panel, School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Dr. Mizanur is a certified Chartered Energy Engineer by Energy Institute UK. Before joining at UTM, he has served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University School of Engineering, Finland. Mizanur also has more than 12-year working experience in a government statutory body namely Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB), Bangladesh. During his tenure in BREB, Mizanur has gathered practical experiences in dealing with techno-economic and sociocultural challenges faced by rural electrification program. He has accumulated deep insights towards the solution pathways for the Global Mega-challenge of having 1.2 billion people without access to electricity yet. Mizanur has sound understanding into the global energy sector challenges and its societal implications. He has received his Ph.D. in Energy Economics and Power plant Engineering from Aalto University, Finland, M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden, and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. His research interests include Thermodynamics, low temperature Kalian cycle, energy economics, energy management, energy efficiency and system, sustainable and renewable energy, energy system modelling, Life-Cycle analysis, distributed power generation, multicriteria evaluation etc. Mizanur has several publications in International referred journals in energy engineering domain.
Dr. Nazrul Islam
Editor
IEOM Society International
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam is currently working as an Associate Editor (Proceedings) at IEOM Society International, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam received his Master’s degree in Irrigation, majoring Groundwater Engineering from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK and Ph. D. in Biosystem Engineering from Michigan State University (MSU) , USA. He received the “ Distinguished Academic Achievement “ award in recognition of his outstanding academic accomplishment by the College of Engineering , MSU.
Dr. Islam worked on the initiation of a research project on development of an ex -situ biological treatment method for removing arsenic from drinking water as a post doctoral research fellow, in the Civil engineering Department at University of Toronto, Canada. This method was consist of an ex-situ soil based reactor in which reduced metals including Arsenic (III) could be oxidized biologically and adsorbed onto soil particles. Dr. Islam is also interested in applying his knowledge to the design of low cost Subsurface-Flow -Constructed -Wetland (SFCW) to provide access to contaminant free water to rural areas.
Dr. Islam obtained his graduation degree in Agricultural Engineering, joined the Rural Electrification Board (REB) and worked diligently to develop a power use programme for boosting irrigation projects and rural industries in Bangladesh. Then he joined BRRI (Bangladesh Rice Research Institute) as a Scientific Officer in the department of IWM( Irrigation & Water Management), and conducted field experiments on Irrigation and water management for increasing the crop production in Bangladesh .
Dr. Islam contributed to establish a quantitative water management approach for GK -Irrigation Project of BWDB( Bangladesh Water Development Board) . As a result, the overall Water Use Efficiency (WUE) of the GK– Irrigation Project was increased by nearly 25% and it contributed to the food production by producing about 0.1 Million tons of additional food grain in Bangladesh.
Dr. Nazrul Islam authored twelve (12) professional research papers and published in national and international scientific journals.
Rocksana Ahmed
Associate Program Manager
IEOM Society International
Rocksana Ahmed serves as an Associate Program Manager at the IEOM Society International. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, USA. Currently, Ms. Ahmed is pursuing a Master’s degree in Engineering Management at Lawrence Tech.
She has also completed coursework at Oakland Community College and Wayne Community College. Her international experiences include visits to Canada, Turkey, the UAE, France, Italy, and Austria. Additionally, she has earned a Six Sigma Black Belt certification from The Council for Six Sigma Certification.
Ms. Ahmed’s research interests include lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, operational excellence, and occupational safety.
Takiyah Ali
Chief Graphic Designer of IEOM Society International
BSME Student at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Takiyah Ali is a senior bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is working as an intern at Adient. She did a year-long internship with ZF. Takiyah was an intern at IRMA. She completed her high school at Michigan Islamic Academy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and middle school at Crescent Academy International, Canton, Michigan, USA. Takiyah has received the presidential award and participated in the IEOM Middle School and High School STEM Poster Competition at Lawrence Tech in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Takiyah also joined the STEM poster competition of the Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit in 2017, 2019 and 2020. She served in various clubs including Honor Society, MIST, Yearbook, and Peer-to-Peer at her school and served as a secretary for one of them. Takiyah attended the Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program Conference on Monday, November 4 and the 2020 Girls Who Code Virtual Summer Immersion Project from August 10-14, 2020. She is also a member of the Teen Leadership Council at the Canton Public Library and of the Teen Advisory Board at the William P. Faust Westland Public Library. She has also completed an online course at the University of Sydney, the University of Michigan, and Duke University.
Dr. Mohammad Khadem, Director of Program
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mohammad Khadem is working as an associate professor at Univeristy of Sharjah, UAE since 2021. He was associate professor and assistant professor at Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from 2005 to 2020. He received his PhD from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA in 2004. He received his Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of South Alabama, USA in 2001. His research interest lies in the area of Simulation and Optimization, Decision Support System, Intelligent Manufacturing System, Lean Manufacturing, Flexible Manufacturing System, Logistic and Supply Chain, Production Planning and Control. He has published several research papers both in international journals and in conference proceedings.
Dr. Mohammad Anwar Rahman, Director of Program
Associate Professor
Manufacturing and Construction Management
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT, USA
Dr. Mohammad Anwar Rahman is a faculty at the Central Connecticut State University in Manufacturing and Construction Management. He has published papers in referred journals and presented results in conferences. His research focuses on logistics, supply chain management, stochastic process and designing quality procedure. Dr. Rahman conducted several research projects with Mississippi Dept. of Education (MDE) and US Dept. of Transportation (USDOT). He has various certifications including Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Purdue University), Lean Principles (Purdue University), Demonstrated Master Logistician (The International Society of Logistics), Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Examiner (Louisiana Quality Foundation), and Certified Transportation & Logistics (American Society of Transport & Logistics). Dr. Rahman is affiliated with ISERC, DSI, AST&L and IEOM.
Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB, Director of Workshops
Lean Manufacturing Coach /Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Van Dyke Transmission Plant
Ford Motor Company
Michigan, USA
Dr. Saso Krstovski works for Ford Motor Company – Van Dyke Transmission Plant as a Lean Manufacturing Coach and Six-Sigma Master Black Belt. With over twenty years of service with Ford Motor Company, Dr. Krstovski has held a multitude of engineering assignments, which includes time working as a Test Engineer, Launch Test Engineer, and Electrical Control Engineer. During his time with Ford Motor Company, Dr. Krstovski has worked in several plant environments and skill teams such as Dearborn Tool & Die Plant, Information Technology, and has held front-line supervision roles managing hourly UAW-Ford production employees. This exposure to new work concepts within Ford has allowed Dr. Krstovski to amass a holistic approach to engineering. As such, Dr. Krstovski has gained an extensive understanding of the Six-Sigma methodologies. As a detail oriented and data-driven engineer, Dr. Krstovski is an invaluable contributor to Ford Motor Company. He is highly distinguished and skilled with problem identification and resolution to avoid time and cost expenditures. Dr. Krstovski recently joined Lawrence Technological University as an Adjunct Professor and is currently teaching in the Engineering Department. Dr. Krstovski’s research interests lie in the area of System Optimization. He continues to collaborate actively with researchers at several universities. Dr. Krstovski provides guidance globally to doctoral candidates on dissertation direction. He graduated from Lawrence Technological University with a Doctorate of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems (DEMS). In addition, to his doctorate degree, Dr. Krstovski has a Masters in Electrical Computer Controlled Systems and a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. Dr. Krstovski has authored several publications and scientific articles on various engineering topics.
Dr. Joseph M. Ogundu, Director of Certification
President/CEO
Emerald Global Consulting Inc.
West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
Dr. Joseph M. Ogundu is the president /CEO of Emerald Global Consulting Inc., a Farmington Hills, Michigan based consulting firm. Dr. Ogundu has extensive experience in academia, leadership, project management, business process excellence, lean transformation, six-sigma, supply chain management and supplier quality, change management, operations, industrial engineering, manufacturing and process engineering, quality engineering and quality assurance. Dr. Ogundu is a lean practitioner and six-sigma practitioner that sees lean six-sigma as operations management philosophy that is based on the relationship between waste reduction and elimination, quality improvement and operations performance measures.
Dr. Ogundu was Adjunct professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering at both Lawrence Technological University, Southfield Michigan and Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, as well Adjunct Professor: Business Administration, Kettering University, Flint Michigan. He thought courses in both undergraduate and graduate levels and the courses were Lean Systems Application, Quality Assurance and Control, Total Quality Management, Operations Research and Stochastic Processes, Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Quality Planning, Supplier Quality, Business Statistics, Lean Six-Sigma, Production Planning and Control, Materials and Inventory Management and Operations Management, Dr. Ogundu worked in the following industries, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Consulting, Energy and Health Care. Dr. Ogundu is the author of the book “The Relationship between Types of Waste and Operating Performance Measures.
Dr. Ogundu graduated with a Doctorate Degree in engineering and manufacturing systems, Masters in business administration from Lawrence Technological University, Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Wayne State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Ogundu spent the earlier years of his career in engineering, leader and senior management positions as director and executive director at Country Coach Inc, process engineering manager at DaimlerChrysler AG, Senior Operations leader at Chrysler Corporation, facilities engineer and project manager at Ford Motor Company and Senior Product Engineer at General Motors Corporation. Dr. Ogundu has served as board member of Lawrence Tech University College of Management Alumni Association, Finer Cabinetry & Woodwork Inc., Citation Plastics, LLC., River State Foundation Inc., as well as Board member of Health Care Management department at South University Novi, Michigan Campus. Also, he served as Vice President of Chapter Development Institute of Industrial Engineers SE Michigan/Toledo Chapter from 1991 to 1992.
Dr. Hayder Zghair, Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Southern Arkansas University
Arkansas, USA
Hayder Zghair is an assistant professor in industrial engineering at Southern Arkansas University since January 2022. He was an Assistant Teaching Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State Berks, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA since August 2020. He was an adjust professor at A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering Department, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA. Dr. Zghair was a Faculty in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Kettering University, Michigan, USA during 2017 to 2019. Mr. Zghair earned Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems and Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems from Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, Master in Production Engineering and B.Sc. in Production Engineering from University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq. He has published journal and conference papers. Mr. Zghair has completed E-Learning project with UNISCO. His research interests include Flexible Automated Manufacturing, Robotics, Analytical Modeling & Simulation, and Optimization. He is member of ASEE, IEOM & IEU.
Suvro Sudip, Web Admin, Director of Web Services
Software Engineer II
Jervis B. Webb Company
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial automation industry and automotive infotainment industry. Skilled in C++, C#,JavaScript, .NET Core, Angular, PHP, Mobile Applications, Test Planning. Strong engineering professional with an entrepreneurial mindset. Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM).
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