Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

Dr. Wilkistar Otieno, Associate Professor and Chair, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Luis Rabelo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA (Chairman)
Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor, Director of Doctor of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

Professor Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society International
Dr. Mohammad Habib Rahman, Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr Muhammad Noor E Alam, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

Industry Chairs

Organizing Committee

Faculty from UWM

Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair

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

Conference Secretariat

Dr. Mizanur Rahman, IEOM Society International
Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International

Track Chairs

1. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

2. Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

3. Business Management and Operations Management

4. Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 and IoT

5. Engineering Education and Curriculum Improvement

6. Engineering Management and Project Management

7. Entrepreneurship and Innovation

8. Facility Planning and Layout

9. Human Factors, Ergonomics and Healthcare Systems

10. Lean Six Sigma and Operations Excellence

11. Manufacturing, Assembly and Design

12. Quality, Reliability and Maintenance

13. Simulation, Optimization and Productivity Improvement

14. Supply Chain and Logistics

Senthilkumar Thiyagarajan, Sr Analyst Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Medline Industries, LP, Chicago, IL

15. Sustainability, Green Systems and Energy

16. Case Studies and Best Practices

Competition Chairs

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair

Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair

Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair

Masters Thesis Competition Chair

Senior Design Project Competition Chair

Undergraduate Research Competition Chair

Simulation and PLM Competition Chair

High School and Middle School STEM Competition Chair

Professor

Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair

Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair

Website Coordinator

Suvro Sudip, IEOM Webmaster, Michigan

North American Academic Committee (NAAC)

Dr. Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
Dr. Ivan Garibay, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Dr. Abu Masud, Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University (College Station)
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Leslie Monplaisir, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Dr. Daw Alwerfalli, Professor and Director of Engineering Management Program, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfoeld, Michigan, USA
Professor Abdul Mannan, Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Masud Rana, Delaware State University, USA
Dr. M. El-Shark, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Dr. Mohamed Awwad, CSUN, New York
Dr. Reza Akhavian, California State University, East Bay
Dr. Sampson Gholston, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dr. Jacqueline Chestnut, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
Dr. Mohammed Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Dr. Hayder Zghair, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Dr. Andy Pandian, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, USA
Dr. Devashis Mitra, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Dr. Jay Lee, University of Maryland, USA
Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
Dr. Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

International Program Committee

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
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
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
Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK
Prof. Vikas Kumar, University of Plymouth, UK
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, UTHM, Malaysia
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. 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. 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
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan
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. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
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. 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

Global Engineering Education Committee

Dr. Abu Masud, Boeing Global Engineering Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, VUT, South Africa
Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Al Haddad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Prof. Vitor M. Caldana, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Ilham Kissani, 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, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Industry Solutions Committee

Steven Sibrel, Sr. Supplier Quality Manager, Harman International, Novi, Michigan, USA
Sameh Moh. Nour El-Din A-Razek, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co., Alexandria, Egypt
Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
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
Paul Moore, International Mining, England, UK
Dr. Gerard O’Connor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Sushil K. Shetty, Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan

Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee

Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Mey Goh, Loughborough University, UK
Dr. Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Stefanie Pillai, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Adibah Shuib, 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, 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, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Amine Belhadi, 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), 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, 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

Student Support Committee

Dinesh Talha, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Aditha, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA