Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

• Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA and Executive Director of IEOM Society International
• Dr. Chan-Jin (CJ) Chung, Professor of Computer Science and Founder of Robofest & Director of CAR (CS and AI Robotics) Lab, Math + Computer Science Department, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
• Dr. Leslie Monplaisir, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Steve Sibrel, Senior Supplier Quality Management, Harman International
• Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB, Past University Program Manager, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

• Professor Don Reimer, COO of IEOM and Adjunct Professor of LTU
• Kush Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Global Organizational Excellence Solutions LLC (GOES) and GM Fellow, ASQ Fellow, SSMBB, DFSS MBB, Shainin Red X Master, Design Thinking Coach, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CSSBB, CQE, CQA, CBA, Michigan, USA
• Dr. Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Professor of Engineering Management, School of Engineering, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

Program Committee

• Dr. Neil Murray, Adjunct Professor at LTU and Manager at ZF
• Dr. Joseph Ogundu, Emerald Global Consulting Inc., Southfield

Conference Secretariat

• Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International

Student Support Committee

• Omar Ali, MSIE Student, LTU
• Sai Abhijith Medavarapu, MSIE Student, LTU
• Sushil Dev Kumar, MSIE Student, LTU

Technical Committee

• Aaron Rubel, University Research & Technology Partnerships Manager, Airbus Americas, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, USA
• Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Rabat
• Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
• Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
• Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE
• Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Abu Masud, Professor Emeritus, Wichita State University, Kansas
• Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
• Ahmad Elshennawy, University of Central Florida, Orlando
• Ahsanul Karim, Ford Motor Company, Michigan
• Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
• Andy Pandian, Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Michigan
• Anwar Hossain, Daikin Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Arun Kumar, RMIT University, Australia
• Ayeley Tchangani, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes, France
• Bernaro Villarreal Celstino, University of Monterrey, México
• Bhaskar Bhandarkar, IIIE Mumbai, India
• Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
• Cesar Acosta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• D.K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
• David Ogbuaku, Quality/Reliability Engineer, Ford Motor Company
• Daw Alwerfalli, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield
• Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
• Doga Demirel, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, USA
• Eldon Caldwell, University of Costa Rica
• Farouq Alhourani, University of Tampa, Florida
• Fernando González Aleu, Engineering Department, UDEM, Mexico
• Foad Hosseinkhanli, Amor Health Services, Inc., Brownsville, Texas
• George Pappas, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University
• Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station)
• Hayder Zghair, Southern Arkansas University, USA
• Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
• Irshad (Ali) Saberi, Partner at TRANSFORMability, Rochester, Mi
• Jafri Bin Mohd Rohani FKM, UTM, Malaysia
• Jenny Díaz, Engineering Dept., University of Monterrey, México
• Jihong Yan, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
• Johanna Trujillo Díaz, Vice President for Research, Fundación Universitaria Internacional De La Rioja (UNIR), Bogotá, Colombia
• Joonyup Eun, Korea University, South Korea
• Leonardo Frizziero, Department of Industrial Engineering ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna Bologna – Italy
• Loubna Benabbou, UQAR- Lévis Campus, Lévis, QC, Canada
• Luis Rocha-Lona, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, México
• Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
• M Affan Badar, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
• Mahdi Bashiri, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
• Mario Chauca, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru
• Matteo Mario Savino, University of Sannio, Italy
• Mellak Abderrahmane, Boumerdes University – Algeria
• Mohamed A Awwad, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
• Mohammad Khasawneh, Binghamton University, New York, USA
• Mohammed Anwar Rahman, Central Connecticut State University
• Mohd Khairol Anuar bin Mohd Ariffin, University Putra Malaysia
• Mohd Khairolden Ghani, R&D Manager of Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM), Malaysia
• Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ins. Eng.Sci.&Tech., Pakistan
• Mukdam Kena, Ford Motor Company, Michigan
• Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, Tshwane University of Technology
• Mukti Rana, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware
• Niamat Hossain, Arkansas State University
• Nidhal REGZ, University of Lorraine, France
• Noor Ruhul Alam, The Woodbridge Group, Troy, Michigan
• Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes
• Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Omar Ashour, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA
• Patrick Dallasega, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
• Qipeng Phil Zheng, University of Central Florida
• Qutubuddin S.M., PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga, India
• Rakesh Ramnath, University of the West Indies, St Augustine
• Rakesh Raut, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, India
• Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
• Reinaldo Sanchez-Arias, Florida Polytechnic University, Florida
• Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, Singapore
• Rodrigo Luiz Gigante, FACENS University, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
• Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
• Salvatore Miranda, University of Salerno, Italy
• Sandro Paz, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru
• Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
• Shekar Babu, AMRITA University, Bangalore, India
• Subrata Talapatra, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh
• Tarun Mohan Lal, Atrium Health Navicent, Georgia
• Teresa Verduzco, Engineering Department, UDEM
• Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
• Turki Sadok, University of Lorraine, France
• Umar AL-Turki, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
• Vahab Vahdat, Northeastern University, USA
• Vassilis Gerogiannis, University of Thessaly, Greece
• Vikas Kumar, University pf the West England, UK
• Vitor M. Caldana, Professor, Depto. de Eletroeletrônica, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
• Walid Abdul-Kader. University of Windsor, Canada
• Wilkistar Otieno, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
• Yong WU, Griffith University, Australia