Proceedings
3rd NA IEOM Conference – Washington DC 2018
ISSN: 2169-8767 ISBN: 978-1-5323-5946-0
ID 001 Integrative Municipal Sewage Sludge Management through Biogas Production: A Case Study of Municipal Plants in Harare, Zimbabwe
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
T. Patsanza, Chemical and Process Systems Engineering Department, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 002 Value Addition of Brewers Spent Grains to Bio Coal Using Hydrothermal Carbonization
M. M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
M. Mugoronji, Chemical and Process Systems Engineering Department, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 003 Bio Treatment of Brewery Wastewater Treatment using Hycura
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Center, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 004 Assessment into Injuries Related With Sand Shoveling Work
Adeyemi H. Oluwole, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
ID 005 Mixtures-based Value at Risk Estimates of Financial Stocks
Raven Castro, Shengyu Huang, Jolene Liu, and Cesar Acosta-Mejia, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Rafael Blay, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ID 006 Rheological Properties of NBR/CR blends as a Function of SiO2 Grain Size Gradation
Mohammed H. Al-Maamori, College of Engineering Materials, University of Babylon, Babylon, Hilla, Iraq
Ali I. Al-Mosawi and Kálmán Marossy, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Hungary
ID 007 Precision Agriculture
Ojas Rahate and Yash Khandekar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.I.T College of Engineering, Kolhapur, India
ID 008 Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Fundamentalist, Technical and Hybrid Strategies by a Set of Simulated Scenarios
William Dias, Department of Strategic Planning, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins- IFTO, Palmas – TO, Brazil
Guilherme Vaccaro, Business and Polytechnic Department, Universidade do Vale do Rio Sinos – UNISINOS, São Leopoldo – RS, Brazil
ID 009 Projector Nonlinear Gamma Compensation by Response Surface Methodology
Javier Cruz-Salgado and Noé Alcalá Ochoa, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, AC, Guanajuato, México
ID 010 Design of a Retractable Chassis for a City Vehicle
Yashwantraj Seechurn, Mechanical and Production Engineering Department, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 80837, Mauritius
Lekhraj Pariag, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 80837, Mauritius
ID 022 Extended Work: Empirical Correlation of Consistency and Time of Trajectory for Industrial Robotics a, b, c Hayder Zghair, c Ahad Ali and c Salem Lakrash
a Engineering Department of Automated Manufacturing Systems, University of Baghdad, Main Campus, Aljadria St., Baghdad, IQ 00964
b Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Kettering University, 1700 University Ave., Flint, MI 48504
c A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Tech University, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075
ID 023 RF Tuning Micro Cantilever Array Design, Modeling, and simulation
Said Kafumbe, Department of Electronic Engineering Technology, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Alun HARRIS and Jim BURDESS, School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, and School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
ID 024 Engineering Course Curriculum Development with Application Specific Mathematics Course Content
Said Kafumbe and Zine-Eddine Abid, Electrical Engineering Technology, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
ID 025 The Effects of Technology Growth and Information Assurance for Individuals with Autism and the Healthcare System Tasfia Bari, Department of Information Assurance, College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
ID 026 Redesign of the Monthly Report of Key Performance Indicators of a Mexican Brewery Plant
Priscila Ocañas and Rafael Cruz, Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL 66238, Mexico
ID 035 Using Categorical Variables in Linear Models
Jolene Liu, Sarah Kim, and Cesar Acosta-Mejia, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
ID 036 Waterfall vs. Agile, are you on the right path?
Laura Adkins, Sr. Consultant, Broadsword Solutions, Waterford, MI 48329, USA
ID 037 An Alerting Device to Prevent Death Risk in Dental Treatment Kanticha Hothai and Thanadon Pitakwarin, Princess Chulabhorn’s College Chonburi, Thailand
ID 038 Valorization of Corn Sillage through Vermicomposting
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 039 Feasibility of using Sewage Sludge Bio Char in Treating Municipal Sewage
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 040 Reduce Fast Food Shrinkage due to Distribution: A Case Study
Paola B. Lomas, Alejandra Ahumada, Lucia Flores & Bernardo Villarreal, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L., Mexico
ID 041 Nutrient Removal from Wastewater through Bio Augmentation M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 042 A theoretical Appraisal of Ecologically Sustainable Practices amongst Engineering and Built Environment Professionals
Mpho Ndou and Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 043 Design & Fabrication of Remote Controlled Seed Sowing Vehicle
Kiran B. Salunkhe, M.E. Scholar Assistant Prof. Department of Mechanical Engineering Government Polytechnic, Mumbai, Bandra, Mumbai, India
Mohit Chaudhari, Tejas Jeurkar, Sanket Kadam, Students at Department of Mechanical Engineering Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, India.
ID 044 A Heuristic Approach for the General Flowshop Scheduling Problem to Minimize the Makespan
Mohsen Ziaeea, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran
ID 045 A New Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem Mohsen Ziaee, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bojnord, 94531-55111 Bojnord, Iran
ID 046 VAM – MODI Mathematical Modelling Method for Minimizing Cost of Transporting Perishables from Markets to Cafeterias in Covenant University
1,2Agarana M.C, 3Omogbadegun Z.O. and 3Makinde S.O.
1Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Nigeria
2Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
3Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria.
ID 047 Managing Factors Responsible for Climate Change in Nigeria using Mathematical Modelling Technique 1,3Michael C. Agarana and 2Olajide Oluwole
1Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Nigeria
2Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria
3Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 048 Modelling of A36 Steel Plate Dynamic Response to Uniform Partially Distributed Moving Iron Load using Differential Transform Method
1,2Agarana Michael C and 1Akinlabi Esther T
1Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Nigeria
ID 053 Straightforward Derivation of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Equation of a Diffusion Process for Undergraduates Minchul Kang, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75428, USA
ID 054 Reclamation of Pyrolysis Liquid from Medical Plastic Waste by Using Batch Reactor-Bangladesh Perspective Md. Shameem Hossain, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh
Uday Som, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jessore University of Science & Technology, Jessore-7408, Bangladesh
ID 055 Call Center Experience Optimization: A Case for a Virtual Predictive Queue
William Keith Pugh, College of Business, Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
ID 056 Logistic Cost Optimization for Domestic Market Operations in a Snacks and Candy Company Teresa Verduzco-Garza, Engineering & Technologies Division, Dept. of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico
Edgar Granda, Engineering Graduate Studies Department, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico
Ana Cecilia Davila, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico
Dulce Angelica Ibarra, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico
Pamela Aimee Alanis, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico
Bernardo Villarreal, Engineering & Technologies Division, Department of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, NL, 66238, Mexico
ID 057 Factors Affecting the Growth of SMMES in the Construction Industry in Lusaka, Zambia: A Preliminary Study Clinton Aigbavboa, Douglas Aghimien, Ayodeji Oke and Khanyisa Mabasa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 058 Performance of Selected Funding Schemes Used in Delivering Educational Buildings in Nigeria
Douglas Aghimien and Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 059 Understanding Fix-Cost Allocation and its Effect on Supply Chain Performance
Mozart B. C. Menezes, Kedge Business School, Bordeaux, 33000, France Diego Ruiz-Hernández, Colegio Universitário de Estudios Financieros, Madrid, Spain
ID 060 Integrated Biomass Utilization for Energy Efficiency and Nutrient Recycling
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
W. Stinner, Biochemical Conversion Department, German Biomass Research Institute, Leipzig, Germany
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 061 Modeling Management Strategy Impacts on the Organization Effectiveness and on Social System Rina Sadia, Department of Industrial Engineering, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, 12 Anna Frank St. Ramat-Gan 52526, Israel
ID 062 Potential to Produce Biomass Briquettes from Tea Waste
M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 067 The Impact of Total Quality Management Practices on Organizational Performance of SMEs in Pakistan Kamna Anam, Faculty of Management Sciences, Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
ID 068 A Study of Listed Banking Companies: Sustainability Reporting in Bangladesh
Haragobinda Baidya, MA, MeD, Executive Director, Minority Self Empowerment Foundation, 22 Dilkusha C/A Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh
ID 069 Enhance VSM Tool via Integrating AHP and ARIMA in Scheduling Problem
Ahmed M. Abed, Assist. Professor in Industrial Engineering Dept., Zagazig University, Egypt
ID 070 Optimal Layout Design by Line Balancing Using Simulation Modeling (Case Study on MAA Garment and Textile Factory) Aregawi yemane1
Bahir dar institute of technology, industrial engineering, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
ID 071 Productivity Improvement of BOB T-shirt through Line Balancing Using Control Limit
Aregawi Yemane, Msc, Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Zemen Kassahun,Bsc, Mechanical Engineering, Amhara Pipe Factory, Ethiopia
ID 072 Bottleneck Identification Using Time Study and Simulation Modeling of Apparel Industries Aregawi Yemane, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
ID 073 Management OF Health and Safety Risk Associated with Excavation Cave-In
Wellington Didi Thwala, 1Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Department of Construction Management & Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
Zakari Mustapha, Department of Building Technology, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana
Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Department of Construction Management & Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
ID 074 Small-Medium Sized Contractors’ Growth in Cape Coast Metropolis
Wellington Didi Thwala, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Department of Construction, Management & Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
Zakari Mustapha, Department of Building Technology, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana
Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Department of Construction, Management & Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
ID 075 Solid Fuel Production from Landfill Waste for Promoting Sustainable Development in Africa M.M. Manyuchi, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences, Zimbabwe
C. Mbohwa, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
E. Muzenda, BioEnergy and Environmental Technology Centre, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, P. Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
ID 076 Role of Stakeholders in Enhancing Construction Waste Management in Ghana: A Review Emmanuel Frempong Jnr, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Clinton Aigbavboa and Wellington Thwala, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 077 Digital Predistortion Modeling in DSL Systems Using Volterra Series and Prediction Error Method Emad Abd-Elrady, Abu Dhabi Women’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 41012 Abu Dhabi, UAE
ID 078 Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Human Arm as a Triple Pendulum System using Euler-Lagragian Model 1,2 Michael C. Agarana and 1Akinlabi T. Esther
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2 Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Nigeria
ID 079 Implementing iξk Multipliers Using Virtex-4 FPGAs Abdurrahman M. Ali, Abdul Rauf and Anjum Ali, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
ID 081 Development of a Noise Insulating Cover for Selected Sewing Machine Used in Garments Section HamamahSadiqa, M. Al-Amin and Md. Showkat Osman, Department of Civil Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, Gazipur-1707, Bangladesh
ID 082 Multiple Criteria Master Surgical Scheduling Problem: A Case Study
Amirhosein Mohsenigol, Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Mazandaran, Iran
Ashkan Mozdgir, Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 15875/4416, Iran
Shabnam Bozorgzadeh, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Azin Samiei, Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, West Tehran Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Behnood Ghasriani, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
ID 083 Sedimentation by Bamboo Bandalling Structures near the River Bank
Md. Lutfor Rahman, Director, Hydraulic Research Directorate, River Research Institute, Faridpur-7800, Bangladesh
Prof. Md. Shawkat Osman, Department of Civil Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh
ID 084 The Case for Unified Query Language
Charles Mutigwe and Myra Zhinin, Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
ID 085 Study the Effect of the Weather Strip on Side Door Closing Effort for Passenger Vehicle Mukdam Kena and Dick Newton, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI 48124, USA
Ahad Ali, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 48075, USA
ID 086 Calculate the Cabin Air Bind Effort on Door Closing Efforts for Passenger Vehicle
Mukdam Kena and Dick Newton, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA
Jan Philipp Hakenberg, Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, Dyn. Systeme u. Regelungstechnik; Switzerland
Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, USA
ID 087 Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Reinforcement Steel Bars: Case Study on Construction Sites in and Around Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Tariku Achamyeleh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, Near East University, Lefkosa, Cyprus
ID 088 Design and Development of Alternate Sources of Energy Using Wind Turbulence Created by Moving Vehicles on Highway by Using VAWT’S
Pranav Sarda, Rahul Sahu and Mohit Verma, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
ID 089 Radio Frequency Identification based Communication of Smart Grid with Advance Metering Infrastructure Survey Muhammad Nauman Sheikh, Department of Electrical Engineering, University College of Engineering and Technology (UCET), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
ID 094 Alternative Digital Packaging Design Strategies to Gain Visibility in E-tailing
Leila Denmamode, School of Innovative Technologies and Engineering, Department of Creative Arts, Film and Media Technologies, University of Technology, Mauritius, La Tour Koenig, Mauritius
June Ngo Siok Kheng, Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
ID 095 Perfect Repair Tenability Drawbacks in Manufacturing Firms – A Case Study
Peter Muganyi, Department of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 096 Project Management versus Operations Management: A Comparative Study
Ahmed Osman and Nasr Al Hinai, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
ID 097 Numerical Simulation of Electro-Hydrodynamics Systems
Fatemeh Almasi, CORIA-UMR 6614, INSA of Rouen, France
ID 098 Investigations of Corrosion Resistance and Mechanical Characterization of TIG Welded Aluminum Alloy 2219 Qasim Ali and Mudaser Ullah and Waqas Ahmad, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
ID 099 A Scientometric Study of Twitter Ecem Basak, Levent Atahan and Fethi Calisir, Industrial Engineering Department, Management Faculty,Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Istanbul 34367, Turkey
ID 100 Priority District Road Handling Model with Power Curves Approach Method
La Ode Muh. Magribi, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Halu Oleo, Indonesia
EDWARD NGII, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Halu Oleo, Indonesia
ABD. RAHMAN, Student of Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Haluoleo, Kendari, Indonesia
SYUKRIYANTO, Employee of Transportation Department of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Kendari, Indonesia
LA ODE MUHAMAD NURRAKHMAD ARSYAD, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Halu Oleo, Indonesia
ID 101 Development of Passenger Preference Model in Selecting Sea Transportation Mode: Case on Kendari – Raha Route in Southeast Sulawesi Province
Usman Rianse, Lecturer of Postgraduate Program, Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
La Ode Muh. Magribi, Lecturer of Postgraduate Program, Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Hado Hasina, Head of Transportation Office of Southeast Sulawesi Province,, Indonesia
Bayu P. Adiputra, Students of Post Graduate Program, Planning and Regional Development of Halu Oleo University, Indonesia
Adris A. Putra, Lecturer of Postgraduate Program, Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi
ID 105 An Avanced Ad Hoc Forecasting Technique For Banking Sector Of Bangladesh
Mohammad Babul Hasan and Md. Rajib Sheakh, Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
ID 106 Lean Six Sigma, Crises Management and Innovation: A Theoretical Frame work
Adel A. Alharthi, Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK
Tariq Aziz, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11421, KSA
ID 107 Systems Thinking in a University
Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, P O Box 582, Konedobu, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
ID 108 Changeover Optimization on Cupcake Production Line at Gandour Factory
Abeer Gholam, Majedh Alzahrani, and Batool Bajkhaif, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ID 109 Application of Artificial Neural Network to Analysis of Campus Water Pipe Failure
Paul Amaechi Ozor, Solomon Onyedeke and Charles Mohwa, Department of Quality and Operations management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 111 A Design Procedure to Demonstrate Environmental and Economic Benefits of Energy Efficient Buildings Muhammad Ali Shakir, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering and Technology, University of Sargodha
M. Mujahid Rafique, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Q. Ali, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering and Technology, University of Sargodha
ID 112 Availability Based Comparison of Fixed Age and Life Cycle Cost Replacement
Paul Amaechi Ozor and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 113 Application of Artificial Neural Network to Analysis of Campus Water Pipe Failure
Paul Amaechi Ozor, Solomon Onyekachukwu Onyedeke and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, APB, 2092, South Africa
ID 114 The applicability of FTOPSIS and GP in Ranking (Case Study: Refinery’s Contractors)
Farzad Firouzi Jahantigh, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
Sara Aryaee, PhD student in Industrial Management (Operation Research), Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
ID 115 Fuzzy Logic Approach to Predicting Unsecured Workers’ Work Stations: Exploiting Injuries Frequency Hezekiah Oluwole Adeyemi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye, Nigeria
ID 116 Quality Build Plans Significance to Guaranteeing Physical Assets Reliability
Peter Muganyi, Department of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 117 Physical Assets Reliability through a Mix of Surveillance and Scheduled Maintenance
Peter Muganyi, Department of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 118 Safety and Environmental Compliance Impacts to Physical Assets Maintenance
Peter Muganyi, Department of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 119 Comparative Analysis of Signal Strength in South-South Nigeria
1Uzairue Stanley, 2Victor Matthews Olu, 3Nsikan Nkordeh, 4Amaize Peter, 5Segun Popoola, 6Anyasi Francis, 7Idim F.I. and 8Atayero Aderemi
1,2,3,4,5,8Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria
6Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
7Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Petroleum Training Institute, Nigeria
ID 121 The New Reliance on the Industrial Engineer to Help Transform Healthcare
Tony Chihak, Mayo Clinic, MN, United States
ID 122 A Drivers’ Performance Assessment Model Based on Fuel Economy Measurements
Jenny Díaz Ramírez, Department of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L. 66238, Mexico
José Ignacio Huertas, Energy and Climate Change Research Group, School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrrey, Monterrey, N.L., 68849, México
Laura Armendáriz Santinelli, Department of Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L. 66238, Mexico
ID 123 Offline Handwritten Digits Recognition Using Machine Learning
Shengfeng Chen, Rabia Almamlook, Yuwen Gu and Lee Wells, Dept. of Industrial Engineering Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
ID 124 Structural and Ion Beam Analysis of Reactive Magnetron Sputtered Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films
Emmanuel Ajenifuja1, 2, 3, Abimbola P. I. Popoola1, Olawale Popoola2
1Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
2Centre for Energy and Electric Power, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
3Center for Energy Research and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
ID 125 Apply Statistics on Playing Strategic Video Games
Mason Chen, Stanford Online High School, California, United States
ID 126 Driver Awareness System Using RFID Technology: A collaboration in Senior Design Projects
Emad Abd-Elrady, Abu Dhabi Women’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 41012 Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Osama Abuelkheir, Atlas Telecom AD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Said Kafumbe, Abu Dhabi Women’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology, P.O. Box 41012 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sehrish Mariyam, CASE, Pakistan
ID 130 Anthropometric Study of Facial Indices among Bangladeshi Women
Abu Raihan Bhuiyan, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
ID 132 Analysis of Cleaning Problems in Highly Dedicated and Horizontal Wells
Abderrahmane MELLAK, Hydrocarbons and Chemicals Faculty – Director of Laboratory of Hydrocarbon Engineering (LGPH), Université M’Hamed Bouguara, Boumerdès, Algérie
Khaled Benyounes, Hydrocarbons and Chemicals Faculty – Laboratory of Hydrocarbon Engineering (LGPH), Université M’Hamed Bouguara, Boumerdès, Algérie
Kaddour El Heit, University Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
ID 133 Lung Cancer Survival Prediction Using Random Forest Based Decision Tree Algorithms
Zakarie Hashi, Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Rabia Almamlook, Department of Industrial Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
ID 134 Implications of the 4th Industrial Revolution on Entrepreneurship Education
Sizwe Mkwanazi and Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway & University Road, Auckland Park, South Africa
ID 135 Education Programmes for Manufacturing Cooperatives: United Kingdom and South Africa Study
Sizwe Mkwanazi and Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 136 Challenges in Managing Production Capacity by Manufacturing Cooperatives during Growth Stage
Sizwe Mkwanazi and Charles Mbohwa, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway & University Road, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 137 Development of Electrical Power Generation System Through the Use of Speed Breaker 1AMAIZE Peter Aigboviosa, 1Uzairue Stanley Idiake, 1Nsikan Nkordeh, 2AIROBOMAN Abel Ehimen, and 1KASUWA Victory
1Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria
2Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria
ID 138 Impact of Number Portability on Revenue of Mobile Operators in Nigeria; Comparing Churning Rate in MTN, Glo, Etisalat and Airtel
Nsikan Nkordeh1, Uzairue Stanley2, Victor Matthews Olu3, Segun Popoola4, Ibinabo Bob-Manuel5, Atayero Aderemi6
1,2,3,4,6 Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria
5 IT Consultant, Nigeria
ID 139 Proposal for the Implementation of a Bio Digester with Reverse Logistic in “Escuela De Caninos Bogota Colombia”
Valeria Mendoza Cortes, Student, Escuela Logística del Ejercito Nacional De Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Jhon Jairo Parra Rodríguez, Mayor of the Colombian Army, Escuela Logística del Ejercito Nacional De Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
John Jairo Ramos Forero, Captain of the Colombian Army, Escuela Logística del Ejercito Nacional De Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Luis Eduardo Rivera Virgüez, Industrial Engineer – Professor, Escuela Logística del Ejercito Nacional De Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Alexander Parra Rodríguez, System Engineer – Research Advisor, Escuela Logística del Ejercito Nacional De Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
ID 140 The Relationship between Metacognition, Over-confidence, and Firms’ International Performance
Hiroto Soga, Department of Economics, Kushiro Public University of Economics, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
ID 141 Methodology for the Analysis of the Value Chain in Servuccion Systems: Case Industry of Hospitality
Hernando Garzón Saenz, Darwin Ramos Franco and Stherlyn Imitola Villa, Grupo de investigación CIPTEC – Facultad de Ingeniería – Programa de Tecnología en Producción Industrial – Fundacion Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco – Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias -Colombia
ID 142 IOT and 5G: The Interconnection
Uzairue Stanley, Nsikan Nkordeh and Victor Matthews Olu, Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota Nigeria, Ibinabo Bob-Manuel, IT Consultant, Nigeria
ID 143 Broadband Superhighway; A Detailed Analysis of Nigeria Trans-Atlantic Fibre Optics Cables: Comparing MainOne Cable, Glo-1 Cable, WACS and SAT3
Uzairue Stanley1, Nsikan Nkordeh2, Ibinabo Bob-Manuel3 and Victor Matthews Olu4
1,2,4Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota Nigeria
3IT Consultant, Nigeria
ID 144 Deceptively Sweet: Finding Hidden Sugars (Sucrose and Glucose)
Akshara Karthik and Priya Shah, Orchard Lake Middle School, West Bloomfield, MI, USA
ID 145 Rice Husk Briquette with Shredded Paper Additives: a Potential Energy Source at par with the Progress of Bangladesh
Muhammad Mahbubul Alam, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Manik Miah, Assistant Engineer, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ID 146 Mapping of PSS Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
Muztoba Ahmad Khan and Thorsten Wuest, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
ID 147 Studying the influence of Design for Assembly Method on Redesigning Desktop Punch
Omar Al-Shebeeb, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA and College of Engineering, University of Diyala, Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq
ID 149 Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain: A Literature Revie
Mohamed Awwad, Pranav Kulkarni, Rachit Bapna and Aniket Marathe, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 150 Identification and Evaluation of Critical Success Factors for Construction Projects
Antonio Carlos Pacagnella Junior, School of Applied Sciences – FCA, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Limeira, Brazil
Marcelo Sales Paschoal, Methodist University of Piracicaba, Santa Bárbara D’Oeste – Brazil
Ornella Pacífico, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Ribeirão Preto – Brazil
ID 151 Blockchain Technology for Efficient Management of Supply Chain
Mohamed Awwad, Sohit Reddy Kalluru, Varun Kazhana Airpulli, Madhubala Santosh Zambre, Aniket Marathe and Prasham Jain, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 153 Genetic Algorithm Used To Solve Different Technical Problems Misbah Ziaye and Samina Khalid, CSIT Department, MUST University (Mirpur, AJK), Pakistan
ID 154 Online Monitoring of On-Self Availability
Nermine Harraz, Production Engineering Department, Industrial Engineering Division, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EGYPT
ID 155 Evaluation of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM): A Study of Continuance Intention to Use Whatsapp
Marcos Francisco Briskiewicz and Gilson Ditzel Santos, Master Program in Production Engineering and Systems, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Pato Branco – PR, Brazil
ID 156 Integrating Lean, Green, and Resilience Criteria in Designing a Sustainable Food Supply Chain
Kanchan Das, College of Engineering and Technology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
ID 157 Multi-criteria Decision-making in Situations with a Large Number of Alternatives
Joon-Yeoul Oh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, United States
ID 158 An Effective Heuristic Approach for Multiple-vehicle Routing Problems
Shivani Nilkanth Patil, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
Joon-Yeoul Oh, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
Amir Hessami, Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
ID 159 An Integrative Systems Engineering Framework for Operational Excellence
Adedeji Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology, United States
ID 160 Modeling the Role of Policy, Innovation and Market for the Diffusion of Photovoltaic Industry in Colombia
Juan G. Castillo-Osorio, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Universidad Piloto de Colombia and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Lorena K. Vargas-Ortiz, Department of Marketing Engineering, Universidad Piloto de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Milton M. Herrera, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Piloto de Colombia and Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Bogotá, Colombia
ID 161 Quality Assurance Measurement of Sandcrete Hollow Blocks Manufactured in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, South Western Nigeria
Oluwafemi Ifetayo1, Aigbavboa Clinton2, and Jan-Harm Pretorius3
1,3Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, 2006, RSA
Akinwamide Joshua, Civil Engineering Department, Federal Polytechnic, P.M.B 5351 Ado -Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
ID 162 Real-Time HealthCare Monitoring System Using Locally Made Device
Oluwafemi Ifetayo and Oluwafemi Jesusetemi, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Aigbavboa Clinton, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 163 Effectiveness of Proper Health and Hygiene Practices: A Study on Ensuring Hygienic Environment in Bangladeshi Tourist Destinations
Md. Kamruzzaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mahfuza Sultana Fariha, Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
ID 164 Additive Manufacturing – A Future Revolution in Supply Chain Sustainability and Disaster Management
Krishnamoorthi Muthukumarasamy, Pratheep Balasubramanian, Aniket Marathe and Mohamed Awwad, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 165 Optimum Inventory Policy at Pt. Senahoy Optika Pratama in Indonesia
Bachtiar H. Simamora, Leader of Performance Excellence Research Group, Management Department, BINUS Business School, Undergraduate Program, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia
ID 166 Large Neighborhood Search for Outbound Truck Scheduling Problem in a Cross-docking
Warisa Wisittipanich and Nattapong Kamsura, Department of Industrial Engineering, Excellence Center in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
ID 167 Designing a reliable And Redundant Network for Multiple VLANs with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Fast Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)
Faisal Shahriar, MD.Shah Newaz, Syed Zahidur Rashid, and Mohammad Azazur Rahman, International Islamic University Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Muhammad Foyazur Rahman, University of North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
ID 168 Improved Optimality of Vendor Managed Inventory
Huzef Maqsoodali Kadri, Shrikant Pachpande, Gautham Sekar and Mohamed Awwad, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 169 An Optimization Method for Sustainable Multi-level Capacitated Production Planning with Carbon Emissions
Tao Wu, Ameya Dhaygude and Barnali Bhattacharjee, Advanced Analytics Department, Dow Chemical, 48642 Midland, MI, USA
ID 170 A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the Intermodal Hub Location Problem
Tao Wu, Ameya Dhaygude and Barnali Bhattacharjee, Advanced Analytics Department, Dow Chemical, Midland, MI 48642, USA
ID 171 Comparative Analysis of Switch Mode Power Supplies Using Proportional plus Integral, Sliding Mode and Artificial Neural Network Controllers
Mukhtiar Ahmed Mahar and Abdul Sattar Larik, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
ID 172 Investigating of the Effect of Water Pricing on Refined Water Content: A System Dynamics Approach
Kiumars Heidari, Office of Economic Investigations, Ministry of Energy, Iran
S. F. Ghaderi, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Center of Excellence for Intelligent Experimental Mechanics, and Department of Engineering Optimization Research, College of Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Milad Babazadeh Behestani, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
ID 173 A System Approach to Water Resources Management by Analyzing Tehran Water and Wastewater Company Assets
S. F. Ghaderi, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Center of Excellence for Intelligent Experimental Mechanics, and Department of Engineering Optimization Research, College of Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Milad Babazadeh Behestani, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
ID 174 A Fuzzy Approach for Minimization of Defects in a Production Line by Controlling Input Parameters: A Case Study in Bangladesh
Jannatul Bushra, Department of Engineering, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh and Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Md. Habibor Rahman, Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
ID 175 A Study of Engineering Properties of Cement Modified Termitarium Soil Found Within Ado- Ekiti Metropolis for Bricks Production
Oluwafemi Ifetayo1, Aigbavboa Clinton2, and Jan-Harm Pretorius3
1,3Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, 2006, RSA
2Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Akinwamide Joshua, Civil Engineering Department, Federal Polytechnic, P.M.B 5351 Ado -Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
ID 176 A Comparative Analysis of Supply Side Power Factor in Phase Angle Controlled AC to AC Voltage Converters
Abdul Sattar Larik and Mukhtiar Ahmed Mahar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
ID 177 Evaluation of Effectiveness of Lean, Agile and Leagile Techniques in Supply Chain
Shreyas Ramesh, Gautham Sekar and Mohamed Awwad, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 178 Waste to Energy Plants for Energy and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indian Perspective
Rajat Agrawal and Ankur Goyal, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
ID 179 Sustainable Last-Mile Logistics Operation in the Era of E-Commerce
Mohamed Awwad, Abhijeet Shekhar and Abhishek Sundaranarayanan Iyer, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
ID 180 Comparative Analysis of Anisotropic Sky Models and Experimental Data in Estimating Solar Radiation on Tilted Surface in Sub Saharan Africa Climate
Oguejiofor Miracle Mbah, Paul Amaechi Ozor and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built, Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Chigbo A. Mgbemene and Samuel Ogbonna Enibe, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
ID 181 Safety Assessment of Camera Detection and Classification Systems Used in Autonomous Driving
Paul Liu, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center, Samsung Electronics, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
ID 182 Value at Risk When Covariance is Misspecified
You Chen and Ming Hsieh, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Yaoxiang Nie, Simon Business School, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
ID 184 Electromagnetic Train
Rohan Pavuluri, Schroeder Elementary School, Troy, MI, United States
ID 185 A Mobile Enterprise Cockpit for Big Data Analysis and Decision Support
Alfred Wulff, Larissa Janssen and Christoph Wunck, Department of Management, Information, Technology, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Wilhelmshaven, 26389, Germany
Jonas Kallisch, ABAT AG, Bremen, 28217, Germany
Thomas Deil, WIDE Partners GmbH, Wilhelmshaven, 26382, Germany
ID 186 A Capacitated Location-Inventory Model with Stochastic Demand and Coverage Radius Constraint
Milad Khajehnezhad, Department of Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI 53202, USA
ID 187 Real-time Implementation and Monitoring of Standalone Photovoltaic and Wind Energy using Microcontroller
Sami Al-johni, Wesam Doba, Abdulrahman Alrefia and Rami Aljohni, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology Department, Yanbu Industrial College, RCYCI, Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia Ayman Alhejji, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology Department, Yanbu Industrial College, RCYCI, Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia
ID 188 An Open Source IoT Solution for Building Management
Khalid Abdulaziz Turki, Abdulaziz Salem Baabdullah, Muayad Ismail Hawsawi, Abdulellah Daifallah Assaedi, Sultan Hameed Alshaikh, Arif Rehman and Amro Bagasi, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Technology Department, Yanbu Industrial College, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ID 189 TKFR2: A Multifunction Robot
Nafea Alenezi, Roberto Maximo Cenidoza, Khalid Abdullah Attiatallah Al-Ghanmi and Turki Mohammed Mubarak Ahmed, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, KSA
ID 190 Hand Gesture Control Robot Shakir AlGhamdi, Ronilo Santos, Rayan Meteb Nuwayfe AlHarbi and Ahmed Mohammed Salman Albalawi, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, KSA
ID 192 The Influence of Consumer Behavior on Purchase Decision on Regression-based Model: Application to Portable Kitchen
Muhammad Reza Do. Bagus, Information System Department, School of Information Management and Computer Tidore Mandiri (STMIK Tidore Mandiri), Jl. Sultan Zainal Abidin Syah No. 25, Kota Tidore Kepulauan, North Mollucas Province, 97812, Indonesia
ID 193 Efficiency Improvement in Urban Distribution Centers (Udcs) Using Maintenance and Subcontracting Policies
Nadia Ndhaief and Nidhal Rezg, LGIPM-Lorraine University, Metz, France
Olivier Bistorin, LGIPM-ICN Business School, Metz, France
ID 194 Measuring Hospital Environmental Performance: An Alternative Approach
Andreia Pasqualini Blass and Lilian Adriana Borges, Operations Management Division, Unidavi, Rio do Sul, SC, Brazil
Sergio Eduardo Gouvea da Costa and Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Federal University of Technology – Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
ID 195 Towards a Sustainable Management of End-of-Life Vehicles in Qatar: A Closed-Loop Circular Economy Model
Shimaa Al-Quradaghi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Murat Kucukvar, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Nuri Onat, Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
ID 196 Do Prices Reflect the Performance of Government Controlled Closed-End Mutual Funds? A Panel Data Analysis from Bangladesh Perspective
Md. Shakil Ahmad, Department Head- Advisory Services, United Finance Limited, 22, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Mina Mahbub Hossain, MSc (BSU), Indiana, USA and Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Md. Rakibul Hasan, Lecturer, Department of Management Information Systems, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Asif Imtiaz, Lecturer, Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh
ID 197 Partner Selection for Multiechelon Defective Supply Chain Network using Particle Swarm Optimization
Ferdous Sarwar and Saiara Samira, Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ID 198 How Much Demographically Diversified are They in Making Decision to Invest in ICT Companies? A Study on Two Million Bangladeshi Investors
Md. Rakibul Hasan and Asif Imtiaz, Lecturer, Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh
Md. Shakil Ahmad, Department Head- Advisory Services, United Finance Limited, 22, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Mina Mahbub Hossain, Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
ID 199 Implementation of Statistical Process Control Techniques to Reduce the Defective Ratio: A Case Study
Abdel-Rahman S. Shehata, M. Heshmat, Mahmoud A. El-Sharief, and Mohamed. G. El-Sebaie, Mechanical Engineering Department, Assiut University, Egypt
ID 200 A programming model based on Interaction Nets
Joaquín F Sánchez, Jorge A Quiñones and Juan M Corredor, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
ID 201 Cybercrime as a Detrimental Act to the Development of African Cinema. A Case Study of Nollywood
Fortunate Tatenda Mauyakufa and Anup Pradhan, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 202 An Analysis on the Role of Computer Graphics and Animation in Zimbabwean Film Industry
Anup Pradhan, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 203 Censorship as a Regressive Developmental Instrument for Radio and Television Broadcasting Service in Zimbabwe
Fortunate Tatenda Mauyakufa and Anup Pradhan, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 204 Improvement of Material Supply System through Kitting Concept and IT Solutions
Paola Puentes Vera and Astrid Gándara Martínez, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Jenny Díaz Ramírez, Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
ID 205 Lab-scale Anaerobic Biodigester for Renew Energy from Municipal Solid Waste
Leandro L. Lorente Leyva, Yakcleem Montero Santos, Israel D. Herrera Granda, Carlos A. Machado Orges, Santiago
M. Vacas Palacios and Robert M. Valencia Chapi, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
ID 206 Utilization Improvement of Insulation Material Using Lean Six Sigma in Duct Manufacturing Company in Kuwait
Nourhan Hassan, Lina Hamdan, Noor Khourshed and Walid Smew, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Eqaila, Kuwait
ID 207 Design and Development of a Low Cost Domestic Heating System
Anjum Ali, Department of Electrical Engineering, FAST- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, 54700, Pakistan
ID 208 Analysis of Methods and Techniques Used For Intrusion Detentions in Mobile Device
Olorunfemi Tope Roseline and Nwulu Nnamdi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, 2006, South Africa
ID 209 Technology Detection of Spam SMS in Mobile Phones
Olorunfemi Tope Roseline and Nwulu Nnamdi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, 2006, South Africa
ID 210 An Analysis of Cargo Release Services with Process Mining: A Case Study in a Logistics Company
Sagit Kedem-Yemini, Naor S. Mamon and Gal Mashiah, Logistics Department, Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel
ID 211 Modeling and Optimization of an Autonomous Photovoltaic System Based on Advanced Nonlinear Control
Mansori Mohamed and Zazi Malika, Department of Electrical Engineering, Higher Normal School of Technical Education, Mohammed V University, Rabat, BP 6207, Morocco
ID 212 Professional Certification Engineering: A Goal-Based and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach
Oscar Alejandro Vásquez-Bernal, School of Basic Sciences, Technology and Engineering, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Félix Antonio Cortés-Aldana, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
ID 213 Assessing Organizations Against Excellence Models: Will Subject Matter Experts Add Value to the Assessment Outcomes? An Exploratory Study
Ola Khalid AlZawati, Oussama Yousef Hammad and Imad Alsyouf, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
ID 214 Equipping Graduates for the Future: The Need for Higher Institutions to Collaborate
John Aliu, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Enviroment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built, Enviroment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 215 Exploratory Review of The State of the Art on the Impact of Implementation in SMEs: Case study in the environmental management system
Oscar A. Vásquez-Bernal and María P. Castillo-Castellanos, School of Basic Sciences, Technology and Engineering, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
William E. Mosquera-Laverde, Faculty of Management, Economics and Accountancy, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
ID 216 Application of Open Jackson Networks for Time and Costs Reduction in the Quality Control Process in an Electronic Assembler
Argelia Vargas-Moreno, Leonardo Gabriel Hernández-Landa, Elva Patricia Puente-Aguilar and Patricia Gómez-Fuentes, Industrial Engineering and Management Area, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, NL. 66451, México
ID 217 Green Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Industrial Practices: Bridging the Gap
Peter Onu and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 218 Future Energy Systems and Sustainable Emission Control: Africa in Perspective
Peter Onu and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 219 A Linear Programming Model to Optimize the Production Process in Software Development
Israel D. Herrera Granda, Jorge A. Castro Querembas, Christopher S. Estrella Grijalva, Roberto M. Álvarez Quishpe, Leandro L. Lorente Leyva and Carlos A. Machado Orges, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
ID 220 Sustainable Supply Chain Design using Two-stage Stochastic Modeling under Demand Uncertainty
Vahab Vahdat, Amir T. Namin and Rana Azghandi, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University Boston, MA, USA
ID 221 A Business Process Improvement Method
Younes Tiamaz, Mohammed V University in Rabat, EMI – SIWEB Team, Rabat, Morocco
Farid Lahboube, Moulay Ismail Hospital of Meknes, Meknes, Morocco
Nissrine Souissi, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat, Computer Science Department, Rabat, Morocco
ID 222 Accurate Solutions for Real Instances of the Traveling Salesman Problem using Google Maps APIs
Leonardo G. Hernández-Landa and Rosa Elena Mata-Martínez, Industrial Engineering and Administration Department, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México
ID 223 Design of an Architectural Traceability as an Observatory for Decision Making in Undergraduate Curriculums
Lina Nataly Alvarado Riaño and Jefferson Aldamer Rubiano Forero, Department of Industrial Engineering, Investigative group of Industrial and Environmental Processes (GIPIA), University of Cundinamarca, Bogotá D.C – Soacha, Diagonal 9 No. 595, Colombia
ID 224 Ecotourism an Application of the Cultural Environmental Service to Achieve the Sustainability of Places with High Risk
William E. Mosquera-Laverde, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, Oscar A. Vásquez-Bernal, School of Basic Sciences; Technology and Engineering, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD, Bogotá D.C., Colombi
Claudia P. Gomez-E., Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
ID 225 Simulation and Implementation of Mobile Technology Resources to Enhance Healthcare Service Delivery for Breast Cancer Patients in Developing Nations
Anthony Dixon, Pamela McCauley and Nawaf Khan, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, College of Engineering & Computer Science, University of Central Florida Orlando, FL USA
ID 227 Solid Waste Valorization Strategy in Bogota- Colombia as a Sustainable City Component
William E. Mosquera-Laverde, Faculty of administrative and economic sciences, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Gerardo Avendaño-Prieto, Faculty of Business Administration, EAN University, Bogota Colombia
ID 228 Batch Sizing in Sustainable Production Systems with Imperfect Quality
Farnaz Ghazi Nezami, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504, USA
Mojtaba Heydar, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
ID 229 Probabilistic Project Management Based on Earned Value Management
Lady Vanessa Rangel, Cristina Isabel Aguilar, Leonardo Rivera and Alvaro Cuadros, Industrial Engineering Department, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
ID 230 Risk Management in the Public Sector: Case study in a Brazilian Education Institution
Carine Nunes, Strategic Planning Coordination, IFTO, Tocantins, Brazil
Úrsula Maruyama, Strategic Management Officer/Business Administration School, Cefet/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
William de Sousa Dias, Strategic Planning Coordination, IFTO, Tocantins, Brazil
ID 231 Business Excellence Models: Supporting the Cultural Perspective to Operationalize Excellence Sustainability in Manufacturing Organizations
André Mendes de Carvalho, MIT Portugal Program – EDAM, ALGORITMI Research Centre, Dep. of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal and Sociotechnical Systems, Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Paulo Sampaio, ALGORITMI Research Centre, Department of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
Eric Rebentisch, Sociotechnical Systems Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
ID 232 Findings from the first Global Assessment on the Current State of Organizational Excellence
Dawn Ringrose, Organizational Excellence Specialists, Courtenay, Canada
André Mendes de Carvalho, Ph.D. Candidate, MIT Portugal Program – EDAM, Centro ALGORITMI, Dep. of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal and Visiting Student Researcher, Sociotechnical Systems Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Paulo Sampaio, Centro ALGORITMI, Department of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
ID 233 Selection of Project Duration Forecast Method Using Earned Value Metrics
Juan Pablo Ibarguen, Leonardo Rivera and Alvaro Cuadros, Industrial Engineering Department, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
ID 234 Supply Chain the T-Shirt with Circular Economy Approach: Case Study in Ecuador
Erik Orozco Crespo, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
Neyfe Sablón Cossío, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Daniel Bolaños Bolaños, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
Carlos A. Machado Orges, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
Edwing Ortega Montenegro, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
ID 235 Integration in supply chains. Case study in Colombia and Ecuador
Neyfe Sablón Cossío, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Alexander Pulido Rojano, Industrial Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia
Erik Orozco Crespo, Career Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
Monserrate Ruíz Cedeño, Unidad de Cooperación Universitaria, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
ID 236 Assessment of a Novel Inventory Rotation Policy Using an Empirical Distribution Function (EDF) for Frozen Shrimp Supply Chain
Imran Ahmad and Mark Traynor, Food, Agriculture, and Biotechnology Innovation Lab. Chaplin School of Hospitality, Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus, North Miami, 33181 FL, USA
ID 237 Supply Model Design for a Dairy Company: A Case Study
Carlos A. Machado Orges, Diego J. Haro Morales, Leandro L. Lorente Leyva, Yakcleem Montero Santos and Israel D. Herrera Granda, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador
Ivet Challenger Pérez, Facultad de Ingeniería Informática y Matemática, Universidad de Holguín, Cuba
ID 238 Survey of Feature Selection / Extraction Methods used in Biomedical Imaging
Misbah Ziaye, Samina Khalid and Yasir Mehmood, CSIT Department, MUST University (Mirpur, AJK), Pakistan
ID 239 Design of a Wind Mobile Phone Charger
M.S Chagwe, Nnamdi Nwulu and Kabeya Musasa, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 240 Design and Implementation of a Small Scale Linear Switched Reluctance Motor
JY Lokamba, Nnamdi Nwulu and Kabeya Musasa, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 241 Automatic Solar Street Light Design
Judas Khoza, Nnamdi Nwulu and Kabeya Musasa, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 242 Increase of Operational Reliability of Heterocomposite Polymeric Materials of Machine-Building Designation Operating under Conditions of Hydro Abrasive Wear
Djumabaev A.B., Xalimov Sh.A., Sobirov B.A. and Qaraev F.J., Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
ID 244 Energy Conservation Framework for Green Supply Chain Management
Mohammad Ali Vahdatzad, Department of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, PO box 89195741, Yazd, Iran
Vahab Vahdat, Amir T. Namin, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ali Mohammad Rezai, Planning & Control Unit, Yazd Province Gas Company, Yazd, Iran
ID 246 Sustainability Management in Higher Education Institution: 2030 Agenda’s International Partnership Case Study
Úrsula Maruyama, Strategic Management Officer/Business Administration School, Cefet/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carine Nunes, Strategic Planning Coordination, IFTO, Tocantins, Brazil
William de Sousa Dias, Strategic Planning Coordination, IFTO, Tocantins, Brazil
Aline Trigo, Environmental Strategy Division, Cefet/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
José Aires Trigo, Management and Engineering Department, UNESA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ID 247 Resource Scheduling Algorithm for Maintenance Planning
Sarma Yadavalli, Rikus Kellerman and Kirsten Young, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
ID 248 Integrating Analysis with NIRS and Active-Learning strategies for Developing an Effective ESP Course Design
RUMI TOBITA , Ashikaga University, Japan
ID 249 Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for a multi-campus institution energy consumption forecast in South Africa
Paul Adedeji, Nkosinathi Madushele and Stephen Akinlabi, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 250 Design of Production Planning and Control System for a Manufacturing Plant: Case Study
Ignatio Madanhire, Kumbi Mugwindiri and Nyasha Mushonga, University of Zimbabwe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, P.O Box MP167, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality Management and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
ID 251 Design of Bread Packaging Machine for Small Scale Bakeries Ignatio Madanhire and Batsirayi Marango, University of Zimbabwe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality Management and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
ID 252 Industrial Area into Eco –Industrial Park Case Study of Harare
Ignatio Madanhire and Taurai Mupaso, University of Zimbabwe, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, P.O Box MP167, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, Department of Quality Management and Operations Management, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
ID 253 The Nexus Between Human Capital Development And Economic Growth In Nigeria
Oluwafemi Jesusetemi Funmi, Postgraduate School of Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
E.T. Akinlabi, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
ID 254 A Study Regarding Customer Attitude Towards Advertisement and Challenges Facing Through Social Networking Website
Vikram Singh, RPIIT Technical Campus Karnal, Shanti Nagar, Kurukshetra, India
ID 257 Contribution to the Study of the Impact of Vegetationmanagement on Microclimatic Dynamics and Grape Quality
Guelmani-Hesnaoui Naima, Natural ResourcesLaboratories: Viticulture / Arboriculture, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou 15 000, Algeria
Houamdi-Idir Ouiza, Natural ResourcesLaboratories: Viticulture / Arboriculture, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou 15 000, Algeria
Mellak Abderrahmane, Laboratoire du Génie Physique des Hydrocarbures, FHC – Université M’Hamed Bougara, Boumerdès, 35 000, Algérie
El Heit Kaddour, Natural ResourcesLaboratories: Viticulture / Arboriculture, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou 15 000, Algeria
ID 258 Factors Influencing the Growth of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in the Zambian Construction Industry Olusegun Oguntona and Clinton Aigbavboa, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 259 Exergy Analysis of Refrigeration System using R600a with TiO2 Nano lubricant
Taiwo O. Babarinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
Stephen A. Akinlabi, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Daniel M. Madyira, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 260 Effect of FSW on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of 6082-T6 AA
Stephen Akinlabi, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Samuel Fatoba and Esther Akinlabi, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 261 Model to Define the Optimal Production Program in a Food Processor SME Optimizing Human and Economic Resources
César Alanís Díaz, Edgar Marco Aurelio Granda Gutiérrez and Mtro. Refugio Chávez Hernández, Master in Engineering Administration, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
ID 263 Sustainable Oil Exploitation versus Renewable Energy Initiatives: A Review of the Case of Uganda
Peter Onu and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 524, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 264 Reverse Logistics Challenges in e-Commerce
Chiranjib Biswas and Walid Abdul-Kader, Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering Department, University of Windsor, ON, Canada
ID 265 Cost Based Overall Equipment Effectiveness Analysis via Application of Value Stream Mapping
Sadaf Zahoor and Walid Abdul-Kader, Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Hamza Ijaz, Atif Qayyum Khan, Zeeshan Saeed and Shoaib Muzaffar, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
ID 266 Reliability Assessment of Bufferless Production System: A Boolean Algebra and K-Map Approach
Firas Sallumi and Walid Abdul-Kader, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor (ON) Canada
ID 267 A Novel Integrated AHP-TOPSIS Model to Deal with Big Data in Group Decision Making
Seyedmohammad Salehi, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Maghsoud Amiri, Department of Industrial Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Pezhman Ghahramani, Department of Industrial & Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
Mohammadali Abedini, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia
ID 268 An Enhanced VIKOR MCDM Model to Solve Complex and Multi-Objective Optimization Problems
Seyedmohammad Salehi, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Maghsoud Amiri, Department of Industrial Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Saeed Ramezanzadeh, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of logistics, Amin Olum-e-entezami University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammadali Abedini, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia
ID 269 Inventory Management with Reliability Engineering Approach
Hari Agung Yuniarto, Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55281
Jansen Dapit Sipayung, PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia
ID 270 Arduino Based Solar Tracking System for Energy Improvement of PV Solar Panel
Amaize Peter Aigboviosa, Adoghe Anthony, Awosope Claudius, Stanley Uzairue, Sanni Timilehin and Victor Imafidon, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria
ID 271 Reliable Capacitaed Single Allocation Hub Network Design under Hub Failure: A Scenario Based Approach
Zahra Booyavi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Science and Culture University, Tehran, Iran
Hamidreza Eskandari, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Ehsan Teymourian, Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark & New Brunswick, USA
ID 272 Evaporative Cooling Tower with Nylon Net as Filling Material
Anuj S. Sawarkar, Jatin J. Chafale, Prashik R. Durge and Sagar S. Gulsundare, College of Engineering, Pune, India
Mohan P. Khond Guide, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Pune, India
ID 273 Scheduling Complex Products with Assembly Operations in Hybrid Flow Shop Environment
Vahid Kayvanfar, Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran
GH.M. Komaki, Department of Marketing and Business Analytics, College of Business, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas, USA
Shaya Sheikh, Department of Management Science Studies, School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, Broadway, NY 10023, USA
Ehsan Teymourian, Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, Newark & New Brunswick, NJ, USA
ID 274 An Assessment of The Challenges Facing Power Infrastructure Financing In Developing Countries
Emmanuel Oikelomen Ayorinde and Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa, Department of Civil Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 275 Characterization of a Negative Resistance Amplifier Circuit
Olasunkanmi Ojewande, Charles Ndujiuba, Adebiyi A. Adelakun, Segun I. Popoola, Stanley Uzairue, Simon Adedoyin and Aderemi A. Atayero, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
ID 276 Assessing Employee Motivation in a South African Construction Company
Lerato Ngwenya and Clinton Aigbavboa and Wellington Thwala, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 277 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: Opportunities and Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ayooluwa A. Ajiboye, Segun I. Popoola and Aderemi A. Atayero, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
ID 278 Feasibility of Power Line Communication in Bangladesh and Analyzing the Power Spectral Density of Colored Background Noise
Mohammad Woli Ullah1, Mohammad Azazur Rahman2, Muhammad Mostafa Amir Faisal3, Abdul Gafur4, Syed Zahidur Rashid5, Amran Hasan Jony6, Faisal Shahriar7 and Muhammad Foyazur Rahman8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, International Islamic University Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
8Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
ID 279 Solving the School Bus Routing Problem at a Local School in Kuwait
Anfal Al-Safar, Eman Al-Khayat, Hajar Al-Shawaf, Hawra Othman and Shahad Al-Shawaf, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Magdy Helal, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
ID 281 Analysis and Visualization of City Crimes
Mohamed Badawy, Jared Cirelli, Howie Setyono and Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16509, USA
ID 282 Ergonomic Assessment of Snow Shovels Using Digital Human Modeling
Carly Wolkiewicz, Katherine Collins and Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA, USA
Osama T. Al Meanazel, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
ID 283 Analysis of Production Layout Alternatives Using Lean and Monte Carlo Simulation
David Henry, David Shindledecker and Faisal Aqlan, Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) Program, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16563, USA
ID 284 Process Improvement and Layout Optimization in a Forging Company
Andrea Bogert, William Edwards, Farzad Jalali and Faisal Aqlan, Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) Program, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16509, USA
ID 285 Analysis of Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB)
Nicholas Bowers, Jared Cirelli, Alyssa Andrzejewski, Joseph Lang and Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16563, USA
Anne Pedersen, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA 16550, USA
ID 286 Empowering Undergraduate Student Researchers through Inclusive Research Learning Systems
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
Don Taylor, Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
ID 287 Inclusive Research Advancement: Why Collaboration with HBCUs Matters
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
Fay Cobb Payton, Information Systems/Technology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
ID 288 Descriptive Analysis on Key Issues Preventing the Acceleration of Adequate Delivery of Low-Income Housing
Khotso Dithebe, Clinton.O Aigbavboa, Ayodeji.E Oke, Wellington.D Thwala and Tinyiko Mathebula, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 289 Challenges of Night Time Road Construction in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa
Khotso Dithebe, Clinton.O Aigbavboa, Ayodeji.E Oke, Wellington.D Thwala and Chuma Mnyande, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 311 A Framework about Using Internet of Things for Smart Cancer Treatment Process
M. Heshmat and Abdel-Rahman S. Shehata, Mechanical Engineering Department, Assiut University, E-JUST, Egypt
ID 312 Wireless Sensor Networks: Architecture, Applications, and Challenges
Uyioghosa B. Iyekekpolo1, Francis E. Idachaba1, Francis Mensah2, Segun I. Popoola1 and Aderemi A. Atayero1
1Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
2Department of Electrical Engineering, Ghana Technology University College, Accra, Ghana
ID 313 A Modification to Multi Objective NSGA II Optimization Algorithm
Abdel Rahman Ali M. Ahmed, Master Student, Mechanical Design & Production Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
Mohamed H. Gadallah, Professor, Mechanical Design & Production Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
Hesham A. Hegazi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Design & Production Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
ID 314 Intelligent Mobility Concentration for Undergraduate Students in Data Science and Business Analytics
Mustafa Ilhan Akbas and Shahram Taj, Florida Polytechnic Univesrity, United States
ID 315 Impacts of Low Productivity in Apparel Value Chain
Shibbir Ahmad, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1700, Bangladesh
Sumon Kishore Badra and M.Iqbal, Department of IPE, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
ID 316 Prediction Model for World Ranking of Young Universities using Artificial Neural Network
Segun I. Popoola and Aderemi A. Atayero, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Oluwaseun J. Adeyemi, Center for Systems and Information Services, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
ID 317 Challenges of Sustainable Low-Income Housing Delivery in Harare, Zimbabwe
Douglas Aghimien, Clinton Aigbavboa and Tatenda Ngwari, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 326 Housing Delivery: Making Sense of the Demand for State-Subsidised Housing in South Africa
Prof W.D Thwala, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
Prof C.O Aigbavboa, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
N.T. Ramovha, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa
ID 327 Work Experience for Construction Graduates: An Industry Perspective
John Aliu, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Enviroment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Clinton Aigbavboa, Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Enviroment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 333 Optimal Wireless Access Points Placement in a Manufacturing Facility using Genetic Algorithm
Tarek Ibrahim, Hala A. Farouk and Ahmed F. Abdel Moneim, Industrial and Management Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
ID 334 Study of Tensile Behavior of S355JR Steel Treated by Burnishing -Approach Superficial Hardness by Experimental Plans
Mounira BOUREBIA1, Abdeldjalil BOURI1, Hamid HAMADACHE2, Lakhdar LAOUAR3 and Sihem ACHOURI1
1 Industrial Technologies Research Center. CRTI.P.O.BOX 64, Chéraga-16014, Algeria
2 Research Laboratory in Advanced Technologies and Mechanical Production (LRTAPM), Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria
3 Laboratory of Industrial Mechanics, Badji Mokhtar University BP12 -2300, Annaba, Algeria
ID 335 Warehouse Storage Assignment by Genetic Algorithm with Multi-objectives
Chi-Bin Cheng and Yu-Chi Weng, Department of Information Management, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
ID 344 Optimization Model of Maintenances Services Routes
Edgar Granda & Gerardo Frutos, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, N.L., México
D 345 Taguchi Based Design of Experiments for Optimization of Closed Loop Production Systems
Abdul Salam Khan, Industrial Engineering, LCFC, Arts et Metiers, ENSAM, ParisTech, 57078, France
ID 347 Intertwining Trilogy Premises of Hope, Social Support and Trust Relieving Work Stress Influencing to Well-being
Hwi-Chie Ho, Industrial Engineering Department, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia
ID 349 A Two Stage Risk Assessment and Hazard Prevention Approach: A Case Study for Noise Hazard in Oil Industry
Anwar Ebrahim, Fatemah AbdulRahman, Fatemah Mohammad, Hala Alhouti, Hessah Alrabiah, and Rifat Ozdemir, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Eqaila, Kuwait
ID 350 Application of Markov Model and Artificial Neural Network in Crude Oil Price Forecasting for PETRONAS Malaysia
Abdul Talib Bon and Nuhu Isah, Faculty of Technology Management, Business and Entrepreneurship University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat 86400, Johor, Malaysia
ID 351 Development of Automated Schedule Generator for Nurses in Emergency Department
Ahmed Osman, Nasr Al Hinai and Sujan Piya, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
ID 352 A Two-layer Time Window Assignment Vehicle Routing Problem
Mahdi Jalilvand and Mahdi Bashiri, Department of Industrial Engineering, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
ID 353 Managing Resource Allocation in a National Research Foundation with Multiple Conflicting National Objectives
Olufemi Adetunji and Sarma Yadavalli, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
Aldo Stroebel and Gerhard Moolman, National Research Foundation, Meiring Naude Road, Bummer, Pretoria, South Africa
ID 362 An Alternative Algorithm for the Identification of Influential Nodes and Transmission Lines for Voltage Collapse Prevention in Power Systems Akintunde Samson Alayande and Nnamdi Nwulu, Department of Electrical/ Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 363 Reduction of Patient Prolong Length of Stay in the ED using Lean Six Sigma
Dalal Al-Munayes, Fatima Al-Mahdi, Sarah Bahman, Sara Sadeq, Shahad Bojbara and Lawrence Al-Fandi, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
ID 364 Defect Reduction Using Six Sigma Methodology in Home Appliance Company: A Case Study
Neamat Gamal Saleh AHMED, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Hanaa Soliman ABOHASHIMA, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Mohamed Fahmy ALY, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
ID 365 Implementation of Applicable Models of Customer Analytics for a Retail Company in Mexico
Daniela Garza Gutiérrez, Engineering Management Academic Program, Universidad de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Juan Ignacio González Espinosa, Engineering Department, Universidad de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
ID 366 Corporate Social Responsibility in the Manufacturer Supply Chain of the Luxury Fashion Industry
Neamat Gamal Saleh AHMED, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Hussien Abdel Aziz HEGAB, Mechanical Design and Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Ahmed Hamdi MANSI, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
ID 367 Integrated Operational Logistics Network (Ioln) Design (Case Study: Iran Khodro Automotive Co)
Javad khamisabadi, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Mahmood Majd, Director of Logistics Engineering, IKCO, Tehran, Iran
Javad Shokoufeh Pour, Logistics Technology & Methods Integration Unit, IKCO, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza Motamed, IKCO-Peugeot CEO, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Ahmad Haji Khalili, Deputy of Engineering, IKCO, Tehran, Iran
Babak Rahmani, Deputy of TPS, IKCO, Tehran, Iran
ID 372 Design of a Groundnut Harvester: Case for Zimbabwean Farmers
Takudzwa Dhliwayo, University of Zimbabwe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Post Office Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tawanda Mushiri, University of Johannesburg, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Post Office Box APB 524 Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa
ID 373 Design And Simulation of Upfc and Ipfc for Voltage Stability under a Single Line Contingency: A Comparative Study
Okampo John Ewaoche and Nnamdi Nwulu, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 374 Assessment of Factors Affecting Trade Union in Nigerian Construction Industry
Benjamen Adeyemi and Clinton Aigbavboa, Dept. Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 376 Early Flood Detection and Monitoring System Based on Wireless Sensor Network
Uyioghosa B. Iyekekpolo, Francis E. Idachaba and Segun I. Popoola, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
ID 382 Design of an Automated Livestock Milking Machine: Case for Zimbabwean Small Scale Farmers
David Kulani Hlongwane, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tawanda Mushiri, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 383 Predictive Analytics Models for Student Admission and Enrollment
Jared Cirelli1, Andrea M. Konkol2 and Faisal Aqlan3
1,3Industrial Engineering Department
2Admissions and Financial Aid
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16563, USA
Joshua C. Nwokeji, Computer and Information Science Department, Gannon University, Erie, PA, 16541, USA
ID 384 Design of an Automated Poly-Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe Cutting Machine
Thandolwenkosi E Ncube, University of Zimbabwe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mount Pleasant Harare, Zimbabwe
Tawanda Mushiri, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 385 The effects of using Big Data in Furniture Manufacturing SMEs
Lawrance Seseni and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, RSA
ID 387 Using Analytics to Predict Project Management Success
Nichalin Summerfield, Juheng Zhang, Luvai Motiwalla, Tri Mai, and Kasey Mazza, Department of Operations and Information Systems, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
ID 389 Development of a Simulation Game for the Craft Production Paradigm
John Wingerter and Milinda McCorkle, Erie High School, Erie, PA, USA
Farzad Jalali, Andrew DeVarney and Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA, USA
ID 390 Analysis of Soft Skills Requirements for Manufacturing Jobs
Nicholas Cocolin, Iroquois Junior-Senior High School, Erie, PA 16511, USA
Andrew DeVarney and Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA 16563, USA
ID 398 A Framework for Teaching Manufacturing Paradigms Using Simulation
Scott McCurdy, Cochranton Junior-Senior High School, Cochranton, PA 16314, USA
John Namey, Jefferson Area Junior-Senior High School, Jefferson, OH 44047, USA
Faisal Aqlan, Industrial Engineering Department, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA 16563, USA
ID 399 Ridge Penalization-based Generalized Linear Model (GzLM) for Predicting Risky-Driving Index
Khadija B. Abdur Rouf, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
Galal M. Abdella, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
Khalifa N. Al-Khalifa, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC), Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
ID 400 Modeling Prepositioning of Resources for Humanitarian Logistics
Shaligram Pokharel, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar, Jose Holguin-Veras, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
ID 401 A Multi-Product Multi-Supplier Combined Inventory and Suppliers’ Selection Model
Mohamed Grida and Boshra Taha, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, Abdel Nasser Zaied, Faculty of Computer and Informatics, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
ID 402 Analysis of the Status-Quo of Industrial 4.0 in the SMMEs: A Critical Review
Ndala Yves, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 403 Analyzing the Causes of Poor Quality in the Construction Sector: A Critical Review
Dorcas Niati, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 404 Sustainability Analysis of Food Manufacturing SMEs – A Critical Review
Slindile Mbuyane, Ndala Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 405 A Theoretical Assessment of Warehouse Performance in Manufacturing Industries
Tshepo Phuti Mabotja, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Pule Aaron Kholopane, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 406 An Assessment of Status-Quo of Lean Manufacturing Implementation in Food Industry: A Critical Review
Magaly Madeleine Bolipombo, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Parl, 2006, South Africa
ID 407 A Theoretical Assessment Framework of Inventory Management System in Wind Tunnel Facilities
Sarah Dikgale, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 408 Analyzing the implementation of Lean in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods sector: Critical Review
Tumelo Owen Matinga, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Pule Aaron Kholopane, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 409 Analyzing the Effectiveness of Overhaul Maintenance in the Energy Sector: A Critical Review
Shocky Seloane, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 410 An Analysis of Sustainability Practices in the Construction Sector: A Critical Review
Malingaka Maoeng, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 411 Analyzing the Status Quo of Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in SMEs
Abigail Lekhuleni, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Pule Aaron Kholopane, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 412 A Theoretical analysis of Lean implementation in Airline industry
Linda Malifete, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Pule Aeron Kholopane, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, P O BOX 524, Auckland Park, South Africa
ID 413 The Performance Assessment for the dMEWMA in Capturing Changes in Simple Linear Profiles
Galal M. Abdella, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
Khalifa N. Al-Khalifa, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center (QTTSC), Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
Abdel Magid S. Hamouda, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Al Hala Street, Doha, Qatar
ID 414 An Exploratory Analysis of Rainfall: a Case Study on Western Ghats of India
Pradeep Suryanarayana Barimar Rao, Transportation Engineering Consultant, 2500 Merchants Row Blvd, Apt 164, Tallahassee FL, USA
Swathi Shetty, Pruthviraj Umesh and Amba Shetty, Department of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics, NITK Surathkal, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
ID 415 Numerical Investigation of Wave Interaction with Pile Breakwater
Pradeep Suryanarayana Barimar Rao, Transportation Engineering Consultant, 2500 Merchants Row Blvd, Apt 164, Tallahassee FL 32311, USA
Sheryl Elizabeth Mathew, Praveen Suvarna, Arunakumar Hunasanahally Sathyanarayana, and Pruthviraj Umesh, Department of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics, NITK Surathkal, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
ID 416 A review of Inventory Management System in the South African Aerospace Industry
Sarah Dikgale, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 417 Analyzing the future of Enterprise Resources Planning Techniques in South African Construction Sector
Abigail Lekhuleni, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Pule Aaron Kholopane, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 418 A Review of Preventative Maintenance on South African Electricity Sector
Shocky Seloane, Ndala Yves Mulongo and Clinton Aigbavboa, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
ID 419 A Theoretical Analysis of Industrial 4.0 in the South African SMMEs
Ndala Yves, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 420 Factors Causing Conflicts in South African Construction Industry- A Study Review
Benjamen Adeyemi and Clinton Aigbavboa, Dept. of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 423 Preparation and Evaluation of Carbon Synthesized by Chemical Activation of Mango Seeds
Alicia Chen and Emily Chen, Dublin High School, Dublin, CA 94568, USA
ID 424 Some Recent Developments in Image Segmentation
Li Chen, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20008, USA
D 425 Neural Network Approach in Evaluation of Customer Credit Risk in the Retail Banking Seyed Hossein Iranmanesh and Mahdi Bastan, School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
ID 426 Investigating the Relationship between Lean Six Sigma and Innovation
Mohamed Alblooshia and Mohammad Shamsuzzamanab
b Sustainable Engineering Asset Management (SEAM) Research Group
a Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
ID 435 Software-Defined Networking: Current Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions
Abigail O. Jefia, Segun I. Popoola and Aderemi A. Atayero, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
ID 436 A Review of the Impact of Firms’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Indigenous Construction Firms’ Competitiveness in the Ghanaian Construction Industry
Mohamed Alblooshia and Mohammad Shamsuzzamanab
bSustainable Engineering Asset Management (SEAM) Research Group
aDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
ID 437 Simulation and Optimization Methods Applied to Outpatient Health Center Operations
Vahab Vahdat, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02114, USA
ID 447 The implications of Artificial Intelligence on Soweto Furniture Manufacturing SMEs
Lawrance Seseni and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, RSA
ID 448 Evaluating Employee Performance to Improve Customers Waiting Time at a South African Bank
Dineo Mbalati and Takalani Nemarumane, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 449 An approach to Issues of Stress Management and Burnout in the South African Defence
Palesa Mphou and Takalani Nemarumane, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 450 Challenges of Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) Houses in South Africa
Mashwama Nokulunga, Thwala Didi and Aigbavboa Clinton, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg/Johannesburg, South Africa and Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg/ Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 451 Cost of Poor Quality in Construction Projects in Swaziland
Mashwama Nokulunga, Thwala Didi and Aigbavboa Clinton, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg/Johannesburg, South Africa and Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg/ Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 452 Identifying the Most Common Issue in Project Management and How South African Firms Cope With It – A Case Study of Company X
Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi and Bruce Javani, Department of Quality and Operations Management Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
ID 453 The Impact of Poor Quality In Automobile Manufacturing Industry (Ford) Leading to Customer Dissatisfaction
Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi and Liyama Xundu, Department of Quality and Operations Management Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
ID 454 Analysing the Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Improvising Business Operations of Cooperatives
Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi and Lerato Octavia Mpanza, Department of Quality and Operations Management Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
ID 455 Analysing the Impact of Service Quality on Business Competitiveness
Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi and Oratile Neo Ratlhagane, Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
ID 456 The Impact of Plant Maintenance on Quality Productivity in South African Breweries
Khathutshelo Mushavhanamadi and Brian Tumiso Selowa, Department of Quality and Operations Management Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, PO BOX, 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
ID 457 Evaluating the sustainability of Rea Vaya System through measuring the service quality
Omphemetse Lengana, Phindile Mabaso, Bhenkumuzi Mavuso and Sebonkile Thaba, Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 458 Rea Vaya BRT System Progress and Service Delivery to Commuters since Implementation
Mpho Kenny Tsotetsi, Nomathemba Resego Letlhogile, Thandeka Sithole and Sebonkile Thaba, Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 459 Towards a Smart Warehouse Management System
Walaa Hamdy, Noha Mostafa, and Hesham Elawady, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt
ID 468 Supplier Evaluation and Selection for Logistics Outsourcing: A Conceptual Framework
Asmaa Galal, Noha Mostafa and Hisham Elawady, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt
ID 481 Applications of Virtual Reality in Industrial Repair and Maintenance
Ahm Shamsuzzoha1, Petri Helo1, Timo Kankaanpää2, Rayko Toshev1, and Viet Vu Tuan3
1University of Vaasa, Finland
2Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Finland
3Wärtsiä, Finland
ID 482 Can Senior Capstone Project Course provide Real-world Work Experience?
Pradeep K Behera, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC
ID 483 Improving of Engineering System Based on Fuzzy Logic Control in Industrial Applications
M.M. Sayed, M.H. Saleh, Tarek Madbouly , Eman Serag , Shady Ali, Naguib Saleh and Naguib Saleh, Canadian International College “CIC”, Egypt
ID 488 Influence of Organizational Culture on Brand Switching: A Study in B-2-B Context
Anjali Sharma and R.R.K. Sharma, Dept. of Industrial & Management Eng., Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, U.P. -208016, India
ID 497 Humanitarian Supply Chain Demand Modeling Using Bayesian Approach
Mohammad Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
ID 498 HS STEM Poster
Talhah Rahman Huda, DC Area HS
ID 499 HS STEM Poster
Raffu Khondaker, DC Area HS
ID 500 HS STEM Poster
Ramisa Resha, DC Area HS
ID 501 MS STEM Poster
Muhtasim Hossain, 7th grade, DC Area
ID 502 Fourth Industrial Revolution and its impact on Furniture Manufacturing SMEs
Lawrance Seseni and Charles Mbohwa, Department of Quality and Operations, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, RSA
ID 503 Three Pillars of Sustainability: An overview
Sindisiwe Chauke, Kehinde Sobiyi and Charles Mbohwa, Dept. of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ID 504 The Effect of Ceiling Height on Thermal Comfort for Ceiling-Based Air Distribution Systems Vs Underfloor Air Distribution Systems in an Office Space
Meshal AlOtaibi, Architectural Engineer, and PhD candidate, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
ID 509 What does an Introductory Course look like in Business Analytics?
Bharat Kolluri, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance, Barney School of Business, University of Hartford
ID 510 Delivery of Quant and Business Statistics courses to the Business students and developing MS in Business Analytics to meet the demands of the businesses
James Peta Jr, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance, Barney School of Business, University of Hartford, CT, USA
ID 511 Issues in creating data analytics courses
Lillian Kamal, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance, Barney School of Business, University of Hartford, CT, USA
ID 512 Role of value stream mapping in process development: A Review
Rahul S Mor, Sarbjit Singh, Rahul Bhoria and Arvind Bhardwaj
Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
ID 513 Modular Product Development – Mapping and Prioritizing the Driving Factors by Interpretive Structural Modelling
Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Sujan Piya, Mohammad Taukiruzzaman and Mohammad Khadem, 2Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
ID 514 HS STEM Poster
Noor Ruman, DC Area HS
ID 515 General Organizational Problems and Solutions: A Case Study of XYZ, Inc.
Mark C. Wills and Sergey Ivanov, Department of Management, School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, USA
ID 517 Blockchain in Logistics: Mapping the Opportunities in Construction Industry
Ari Sivula, Ahm Shamsuzzoha and Petri Helo, School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, Wolffintie Vaasa, Finland
ID 518 MS STEM Poster
Arham Ahammad, 8th Grade, Glasgow Middle School, Falls Church, VA
ID 519 HS STEM Poster
Anika Ahammad, 10th grade, Justice High School, Falls Church, VA
ID 520 Exploring Global Value Chains’ Disaggregation through Market Turbulence, Supply Chain Collaboration and Performance Outcomes
Amit Arora and Anshu Arora, University of the District of Columbia
John R McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
ID 521 Analyzing the Moderating Role of Culture in Online Social Networks through Social Spatial Imagery, Xenocentrism, and Word-Of-Mouth
Anshu Arora and Amit Arora, University of the District of Columbia
Vas Taras, University of North Carolina at Greensboro