Conference Committee

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Conference Chairs

Dr. Luis Rabelo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Dr. Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, FL, USA

Program Chairs

Industry Chairs

Diversity and Inclusion Chairs / Women in Industry and Academia Chairs

Organizing Committee

Global Engineering Education Chairs

IEOM Global Business Management Chairs

Industry 4.0 Chairs

Industry Solutions Chair

Technical Chairs

Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair

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

11th NA Conference Chairs (2026 Milwaukee / Chicago)

Conference Secretariat

Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International

Track Chairs

Competition Committee

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

Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair

Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair

Website Coordinator

Suvro Sudip, IEOM Webmaster, Michigan

North American Academic Committee (NAAC)

Dr. Masud Rana, Delaware State University, USA
Dr. Mohamed Awwad, University of Buffalo, 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

Advisory Committee

Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Umar AL-Turki, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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, USA
Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan
Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of South Africa
Dr. Samar Mukhopadhyay, USA
Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Turkey
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. Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Henk Zijm, University of Twente, Netherlands

Program Committee

Global Engineering Education Committee

Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Qatar
Dr. Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, TUT, South Africa
Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Al Haddad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Industry Solutions Committee

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
Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran
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. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

Technical Committee

Morteza Nazari Heris, East Carolina University, USA
Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
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. 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. 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. 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. Shahryar Sorooshian, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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, James Madison University, VA, USA
Dr. Murat Caner Testik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
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