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Conference Committee


Conference Chairs

  • Mr. Javad Mokhbery, CEO and President, FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc., Irvine, California, United States
  • Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA and CEO, IEOM Society

Program Chairs

  • Dr. Luis Rabelo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Technical Chairs

  • Dr. Mohamed Awwad, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Shokoufeh Mirzaei, Chair & Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • Dr. Arun N Nambiar, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Technology, California State University – Fresno
  • Dr. Hamid Pourmohammadi, Professor, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
  • Dr. Sina Zare, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles County, California

Conference Secretariat

  • Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman, IEOM Society International

Track Chairs

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Dr. Hayder Zghair, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Physics, and the Director of Industrial Engineering Development in the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University, USA
Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Business Management and Operations Management
Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 and IoT
Engineering Education and Curriculum Improvement
Engineering Management and Project Management
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Facility Planning and Layout
Human Factors, Ergonomics and Healthcare Systems
Lean Six Sigma and Operations Excellence
Manufacturing, Assembly and Design
Quality, Reliability and Maintenance
Simulation, Optimization and Productivity Improvement
Supply Chain and Logistics Dr. Himadri Sen Gupta, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Colorado State University Pueblo, USA
Sustainability, Green Systems and Energy
Case Studies and Best Practices
EV – Vehicle Electrification
Smart Mobility
Advanced Manufacturing
Semiconductor and Electronic Manufacturing

 


Competition Chairs

EV – Vehicle Electrification
Smart Mobility
Advanced Manufacturing
AI-ML Competition
Global Design Competition sponsored by Amatrol Inc.
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS
Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation
Master’s Thesis Competition
Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus
Senior Design Project Competition
Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied
High School STEM Competition Prof. Don Reimer
Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition
Lean Six Sigma Competition
Simulation Competition
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition sponsored by aThingz
Poster Competition

 


Advanced and Smart Manufacturing Committee 

  • TBA

Program Committee

  • Dr. Hayder Zghair, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Physics, and the Director of Industrial Engineering Development in the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University, USA

IEOM World Congress Advisory Committee 

  • Dr. Felix Kin Peng Hui, Associate Professor, Program Director and Academic Coordinator, Master of Engineering Management Program, Leader of the Sustainable Production Systems and Systems Engineering Group, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • Dr. Hiroyuki Goto, Full Professor in the Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Hosei University, Japan
  • Dr. Neil Murray, Senior Technical Specialist at ZF Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
  • Dr. Devinder Kumar Banwet, Vice Chancellor (Founding), University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India and Former Professor and HOD, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India
  • Dr. Leonardo Frizziero, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
  • Dr. Matthew Pepper, Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
  • Dr. Grace Mukondeleli Kanakana-Katumba, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Montana, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Dr. Jafri Mohd. Rohani, Associate Professor, Materials, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • Dr. Mario Chauca, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru
  • Dr. Mario Fargnoli, Associate Professor, Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy
  • Dr. Paul Ako, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
  • Dr. Rosemary Seva, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Gokongwei College of Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
  • Dr. M. Affan Badar, CPEM, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
  • Dr. Adedeji Badiru, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
  • Dr. Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Director General, Institution for Innovation, Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Mr. Aaron Rubel, Head of Maintenance Programs Development and Intellectual Property Focal Point, Airbus Mobile Engineering Center, Airbus Americas, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, USA
  • Dr. Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
  • Dr. Gunduz Ulusoy, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Dr. Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Professor of Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, México
  • Dr Robert de Souza, Executive Director and CEO, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific & Senior Fellow, National University of Singapore
  • Dr Jiri Tupa, Vice Dean for Faculty Development, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • Dr Leslie Monplasir, Chair of IME at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
  • Made Dana Tangkas, Plant Manager, Toyota plant, Indonesia
  • Steve Sibrel, Senior Quality Manager at Harman International, Novi, MI, USA
  • Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK
  • Foad Hosseinkhanli, Director of Quality Assurance, Performance and Business Improvement, Amor Health Services, Inc., Brownsville, Texas, USA
  • Dr Devdas Shetty, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
  • Dr Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
  • Dr Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
  • Dr Charles Mbohwa, University of South Africa
  • Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan

Technical Committee 

  • TBA
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