Conference Committee

Honorary Chair

Dr. Gunduz Ulusoy, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey

Conference Chairs

Dr. Zeki Ayag, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfiled, Michigan, USA

Program Chair

Dr. Kemal Kılıç, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sabancı University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey

Technical Chairs

Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia (Chairman of the Review Committee)

Global Engineering Education Chair

Dr. Ali Rıza Kaylan, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Chair

Dr. Gülçin Büyüközkan, Galatasaray University, Turkey

Industry Solutions Chair

Dr. Ali Tamer Ünal, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Industry 4.0 Chair

Dr. Gündüz Ulusoy, Sabancı University, Turkey

Women in Industry and Academia Chair

Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Istanbul Aydin University and TULIP Leadership Improvement Program, Istanbul, Turkey

Organizing Committee

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Deniz Yücekaya, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Funda Samanlıoğlu, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Doç. Dr. Gökhan Kirkil, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Burak Çavdaroğlu, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Esra Ağca Aktunç, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Durul Ulutan, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Mustafa Hekimoğlu, Industrial Engineering Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish Academic Committee

Prof.Dr. Semra Birgün
Prof.Dr. Coşkun Özkan
Prof.Dr. Fethi Çalışır
Prof.Dr. Cengiz Kahraman
Prof.Dr. İbrahim Çil
Prof.Dr. Fatih Taşgetiren
Prof.Dr. Aşkıner Güngör
Prof.Dr. Adil Baykasoğlu
Prof.Dr. Hakan Tozan
Prof.Dr. Zerrin Aladağ
Prof.Dr. Yusuf Tansel İç
Prof.Dr. Fulya Altıparmak
Prof.Dr. Necdet Aras
Prof.Dr. Şule Önsel Ekici
Prof.Dr. Kenan Özden
Doç.Dr. Serkan Altuntaş

Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair

Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Conference Secretariat

Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International

Track Chairs

Artificial Intelligence

Automation and Agility

Dr. Adil Baykasoğlu, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey

Automotive Manufacturing Systems

Dr. Yusuf Tansel İç, Başkent University, Turkey

Business Analysis and Marketing

Dr. Hojjatollah Miandehi Roodsari, Mehrastan University, Guilan, Iran

Business Management

Dr. Soroush Avakh, Senior Lecturer in Business & Management, London Metropolitan University, UK

Case Studies

Dr. Mustafa Hekimoğlu, Kadir Has University, Turkey

CAD, Applications and Computing

Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Keimyung University, South Korea

Construction Management

Dr. Gökhan Kirkil, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Continuous Improvement

Robert H. Simonis, Manufacturing and Operations Consultant at KCE Consulting LLC, Troy, Michigan, USA

Cyber Security

Sam Takavarasha Jr, Women’s University in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

Data Analytics / Business Analytics

Lemma Lessa, School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Decision Sciences

Ing. Johanna Trujillo Díaz, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

Design and Analysis

Dr. Leonardo Frizziero, Department of Industrial Engineering, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna, Bologna – Italy

Defense and Aviation

Dr. Farshid Azadian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida

Energy

Dr. Ahmet Yücekaya, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Engineering Education

Dr. Ali Rıza Kaylan, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Engineering Management

Engr. Lourdes Lasian, Chairperson, Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Adamson University, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Dr. Fethi Çalışır, İstanbul Technical University, Turkey

Environmental Systems Engineering

Dr. Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada

Financial Engineering

Cesar Acosta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Healthcare Operations and Services

Dr. Hakan Tozan, İstanbul Medipol University, Turkey

Human Factors and Ergonomics

Dr. Fabio Frugiero, University of Basilicata, Italy

Industrial Services

Dr. Burak Çavdaroğlu, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Information Systems and Management

Mohammed Emad Alshaikh, Department of Management Information Systems (MIS), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Innovation

Dr. Serkan Altuntaş, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

Inventory Management

Dr. Coşkun Özkan, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

Lean

Dr. Adnan Hassan, University Teknologi Malaysia

Logistics

LDCS Layangani, Department of Transport and Logistics Management, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Naila Fares, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Manufacturing

Dr. Durul Ulutan, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Mathematical Modeling/Heuristics

Dr. Fulya Altıparmak, Gazi University, Turkey
Dr. Aidin Delgoshaei, University of Kharazmi, Iran

Modeling and Simulation

Dr. Abdallah Sofiane Berrouk, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada

Operations Management / Production Management

Dr. Ümit Bilge, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Operations Research

Dr. Funda Samanlıoğlu, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Optimization

Dr. Necati Aras, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

HADDACH Abdelhay, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

Production Engineering

Dr. Şule Önsel Ekici, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Turkey

Production Planning and Management

Fatima Zahra Dabaj, ENSAM School, Moulay Ismail University, Al Mansour, Meknes, Morocco

Project Management

Dr. Gündüz Ulusoy, Sabancı University, Turkey
Dr. Öncü Hazır, Rennes Schools of Business, France

Quality and Reliability

Dr. Cengiz Kahraman, İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Zied Hajej, University of Lorraine, Metz, France

Sensors and Sensing

Abhijeet Kumar, Automations & Robotics, Tata Metaliks Limited, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

Six Sigma

Dr. Adnan Hassan, University Teknologi Malaysia

Smart Mobility

Dr. Bülent Çatay, Sabancı University, Turkey

Supply Chain Management

Dr. Gülçin Büyüközkan, Galatasaray University, Turkey

Sustainability in SCM / Green Supply Chain

Dr. Simon Peter Nadeem, Center for Supply Chain Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Univeristy of Derby, UK

Sustainability

Dr. Amarjit Singh, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Sustainable Manufacturing

Dr. Durul Ulutan, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Dr. Esra Ağca, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Statistics

Dr. Esra Ağca, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Systems Dynamics

Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Iran

Systems Engineering

Dr. Wilkistar Otieno, Univ. of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Technology Management

Dr. Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi, UTM, Malaysia

Transportation and Traffic

Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, Mehrastan University, Gilan, Iran

Competition Committee

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair

Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair

Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair

Dr. Mehran Doulat, Xiamen University Malaysia

Masters Thesis Competition Chair

Senior Design Project Competition Chair

Undergraduate Research Competition Chair

Simulation Competition Chair

High School STEM Competition Chair

Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition Chair

Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair

Dr. Adnan Hassan, University Teknologi Malaysia

Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair

Poster Competition

Website Coordinators

Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Suvro Sudip, IEOM Web Admin Director

Honorary Committee

Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Hamidi Bashir, Chairperson, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Devashis Mitra, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Prof. Dr. Mohd Razali Muhamad, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Professor Dr. Norazman Mohamad Nor, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), National Defence University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at College Station and Qatar
Dr. Ismail Tag, SVP & Provost, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Advisory Committee

Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ins. of Eng. Sci. & Tech., Pakistan
Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Umar AL-Turki, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Mohammed Ben-Daya, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Raj Das, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Kudret Demirli, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK
Dr. Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Dr. Moncer Abdelhamid Hariga, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Dr. Arun Kumar, RMIT University, Australia
Dr. Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan
Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Samar Mukhopadhyay, GSB-Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea
Dr. Nor Hasni Osman, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
Dr. Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA
Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal
Dr. Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, Singapore
Dr. Masine Md. Tap, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Zulkifli Mohamed Udin, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Alok Verma, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Dr. Hari Agung Yuniarto, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Dr. Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Henk Zijm, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dr. Ravi Inder S Jassar, Birla Institute of Technology and Sci., Pilani, India

Program Committee

Prof. Ing. Leonardo Frizziero, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea
Dr. Lina Aboueljinane, Industrial Engineering Program, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat (ENSMR), Morocco
Dr. Bouloiz Hafida, Industrial Engineering Department, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
Dr. Jaouad Boukachour, Université Le Havre, France

Global Engineering Education Committee

Dr. Abu Masud, Boeing Global Engineering Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Qatar
Dr. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa
Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Al Haddad, Program Coordinator for MSc in Industrial Engineering and Associate Fellow, Center for Engineering Education (CEE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
Dr. Vitor M. Caldana, Professor, Depto. de Eletroeletrônica, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
Dr. Jihong Yan, Professor in Industrial Engineering and Deputy Dean of School of Mechatronics Engineering, Head of intelligent Manufacturing Scientific Research Team, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Industry Solutions Committee

Dr. Zeki Ayağ, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Sameh Moh. Nour El-Din A-Razek, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co., Alexandria, Egypt
Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Natasha Dzulkarnain, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia
Dr. Kenichi Funaki, Hitachi, Yokohama, Japan
Dr. Adel Hejaaji, Engineering Services Management Limited, Essex, UK
Dr. Anwar Hossain, Daikin Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
Dr. MAS Kamal, Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Hwa Kooi Kok, Intel Malaysia
Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran
German Moya, President at IEEE Costa Rica Section, Costa Rica
Paul Moore, International Mining, England, UK
Dr. Gerard O’Connor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Banu Ozkeser, Koluman Otomotiv Endustri R&D Center, Mersin, Turkey
Dr. Sushil K. Shetty, Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan

Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee

Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK
Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Mey Goh, Loughborough University, UK
Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Stefanie Pillai, Dean and Associate Professo, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Adibah Shuib, Head of Strategic Planning (Monitoring), Centre for Strategic Planning,Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Dr. Vanajah Siva, Chalmers University, Sweden
Vanessa Victoire, University of Mauritius
Prof. Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

Technical Committee

Maram Al-Shammari, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Peter M. Tase, IFEES – GEDC Secretariat
Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
Dr. Abdollah Aghaie, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Gasim Al-Hawarii, Senior Fleet Management Engineer, Dubai Municipality, UAE
Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, Hungary
Dr. Basel Alsayyed, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan
Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Dr. Behnam Bahrami, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
Dr. D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Mahdi Bashiri, Shahed University, Iran
Dr. Vladimir Beresnev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia
Dr. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Dr. Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
Dr. Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia
Dr. Mohammad Ishak Desa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya
Dr. Dinusha Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad Adolfo Ibaez, Chile
Dr. Vassilis Gerogiannis, Department of Project Management, Greece
Dr. Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia
Dr. Ravi Gor, St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA
Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq
Dr. Javad Khamisabadi, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, India
Dr. Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Rashmi Jha, Gitarattan International Business School (GIBS), Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
Dr. Shahrul B. Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Boudouda Malik, University of Champagne-Ardenne, France
Dr. Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Malaysia
Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of South Africa
Dr. Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
Dr. Yuan Xue Ming, SIMTech: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
Dr. Ruchi Mishra, Institute of Management, Nirma Univ., Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Vladimir Modrak, TUKE, Slovakia
Dr. Norhamidi Muhamad, UKM, Malaysia
Dr. Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana
Dr. Arun N. Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA
Dr. Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
Dr. Sawat Pararach, Thammasat University, Thailand
Dr. Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Dr. T. Ramayah, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Bhuvenesh Rajamony, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
Dr. Mohd Abdur Rashid, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
Dr. Syed Asif Raza, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Dr. P. Sanjeevikumar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Dr. Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
Dr. Abdussalam Shibani, Coventry University, UK
Dr. Sarbjit Singh, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Zuraidah Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Laurent Tchommo, Operations Management, Department of CIS & BSAN, College of Business, James Madison University, VA, USA
Dr. Murat Caner Testik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
Dr. Vladimir I. Tsurkov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan
Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Dr. Suhaiza Hanim Zailani,University Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France
Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran