Global Engineering Education
Tokyo, Japan, September 10-12, 2024
IEOM Society International addresses the issues of Global Engineering Education. There are various levels of readiness of engineering graduates from various parts of the world. One of the main themes is how to reduce the readiness gap of engineering graduates around the world. The special focus is given to Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering including Engineering Management. Are the engineering graduates ready to take on the challenges of the current global economy? With the great success of Global Engineering Education Series of last IEOM conferences, IEOM Tokyo, Japan Conference will have a dedicated session for the 52nd Global Engineering Education where distinguished speakers will discuss the readiness of engineering graduates for workforce around the world. Fifteen featured speakers will be from various part of the world to address engineering education challenges and opportunities.
Global Engineering Education Topics can be related on:
- Accreditation
- Learning Assessment
- Problem based learning
- Project based learning
- Active collaborative learning
- Student learning assessment
- Teaching and learning
- Pedagogy
- Curriculum improvement
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Global engineering education challenges
- Industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, integrated engineering, reliability engineering, quality engineering and similar Education
Each speaker needs to submit a title of the talk, photo and a short bio as well as power point presentation. All will be included in the IEOM 2024 Tokyo, Japan Conference proceedings. If you are interested to be distinguished feature speaker, please contact info@ieomsociety.org for details.
All speakers need to register for the 5th Asia Pacific IEOM Tokyo, Japan Conference. Please pay your registration fee ONLINE:
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
September 10, Tuesday
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Meeting Room 1 (Onsite)
Session Chair:
Dr. Erialdi Syahrial
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business and Economics
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Erialdi Syahrial is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He had been appointed as a Visiting Researcher at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States for research collaboration with Goddard School of Business and Economics. Dr. Erialdi Syahrial obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical-Industrial) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia and Master of Science (Manufacturing System Engineering) from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia.
Dr. Erialdi Syahrial was a section head, lead engineer and project leader at Research and Development (R&D) Department at PROTON, Malaysia’s first national car manufacturing company. He worked in the R&D department, PROTON for 11 years and the main responsibility was associated with after-sales service and customer satisfaction. Dr. Erialdi Syahrial had also been appointed to perform after-sales service projects in United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, and Germany. He dealt with CEO, managing directors, customers, suppliers, and consultants to support after-sales service and customers. Then, he pursued his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Japan and graduated with a Doctoral degree in Engineering from Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. He stayed in Japan for almost 8 years.
Dr. Erialdi Syahrial teaching, and research fields are focusing on Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Operation Management, Project Management, Research Methodology, Work Design/Ergonomics, Logistic Management and Business Mathematics. He currently active with research and consultation as well as continuing looking for future collaboration with other universities and agencies.
Dr. Erialdi Syahrial presented his research during the Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) in Florida, United States. He was also a session chairperson during the Asia Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) as well as he had been appointed as panel speaker and session chairperson during the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) in Dubai, UAE.
Panel Speaker I
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon
Professor of Technology Management
Department of Production and Operations Management
Faculty of Technology Management and Business
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Dr. Abdul Talib Bon is Professor of Technology Management in Department of Production and Operations Management, Faculty of Technology Management and Business at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. He has a PhD in Computer Science, which he obtained from the Universite de La Rochelle, France in the year 2008. His doctoral thesis was on topic Process Quality Improvement on Beltline Moulding Manufacturing. He studied Business Administration major in Quality Management at the master’s level in the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for which he was awarded the MBA in the year 1998. He’s bachelor degree and diploma in Mechanical Engineering which his obtained from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He received his postgraduate certificate in Mechatronics and Robotics from Carlisle, United Kingdom in 1997. He is Managing Director of UTHM Teaching Factory and Manager of Centre for Technology (Furniture Innovation Technology) from 1 September 2016 and Head of Program Bachelor of Technology Management (Furniture Design and Manufacturing) with Honours from 2014 until now. Before this he was the Deputy Dean (Research and Development) at the Faculty of Technology Management and Business in the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia from 2008 until December 2011. Dr. Abdul Talib Bon has had over 28 year experience of teaching in higher learning education. A major part of his teaching experience involves teaching mechanical engineering students in polytechnics. However, from the year 1999, he was given the opportunity to be jointed in the Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department. In this institute, he teaches engineering management and quality control at the under-graduate level. Dr. Abdul Talib Bon has multidisciplinary research interests that encompass industrial engineering, quality management and production and operation management. His completed ten research grant projects include applications of forecasting in industries. His current research project is looking into developing process quality improvement (PQI) in manufacturing industries. He has supervised more than 65 undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. He has served as a reviewer for a number of engineering management and computer science conferences and journals as part of his expertise sharing initiatives. He had published more than 150 International Proceedings and International Journals and 8 books. He is also President of Industrial Engineering and Operation Management Society (IEOMS, Malaysia), Council member of Management Science and Operation Research Society of Malaysia (MSORSM), member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG), member of Institute of Industrial Engineer (IIE), USA, member of International Institute of Forecasters (IIF), member of Technological Association of Malaysia (TAM) and associate member of Malaysian Institute of Management (AMIM).
Panel Speaker II
Professor Donald M. Reimer
Chief Operating Officer
IEOM Society International
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.
He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Panel Speaker III
Professor Ichiro Sugimoto
Dean and Professor
Faculty of International Liberal Arts
Soka University, Japan
Representative of the Center for Malaysian Studies and the Director of the South Asia Research Center
Professor Ichiro Sugimoto is the Dean and a Professor at the Faculty of International Liberal Arts at Soka University, Japan. He also holds positions as the Representative of the Center for Malaysian Studies and the Director of the South Asia Research Center at the university, reflecting his commitment to advancing academic exchange and research in these fields. Ichiro earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Malaya, after completing his undergraduate studies at Soka University. His academic pursuits are primarily centered on the quantitative economic history and empirical analysis of long-term economic statistics for former British colonies in Malaya and Borneo. His early career was marked by a significant role in a research project led by HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah, which focused on constructing historical GDP estimates for Malaya from 1900 to 1939. This project provided him with invaluable expertise and insight into historical economic research, laying the foundation for his future endeavors. Building upon this experience, Ichiro has developed historical GDP estimates for Singapore for the periods 1900–1939 and 1950–1960. Leveraging these datasets, he has conducted several empirical studies that explore the economic growth and welfare dynamics of colonial Singapore. Currently, he is extending his research to construct comprehensive time series data on income and prices in former British colonies across Southeast Asia, aiming to shed light on the region’s economic history with a rigorous quantitative approach. Ichiro’s research is characterized by robust collaboration with scholars in Malaysia and Singapore, enhancing cross-border academic partnerships. His efforts have been recognized through the award of 11 competitive research grants, both public and private, including those from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). In addition to his research, Ichiro is deeply committed to education, teaching a wide range of courses in economics and statistics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His work not only contributes to the field of economic history but also fosters a deeper understanding of Southeast Asia’s colonial and post-colonial economic landscapes.
Panel Speaker IV
Dr. Taku Jiromaru
President of OME Inc., Japan
President of Conference Service Inc., Japan
Part-time Lecturer of Kurume University, Japan
Member of The Japan Association for Research on Testing, The Japan Association for Developmental Education and Japan Association for Research into IB Education
Board member of International ICT Application Research Society
Dr. Taku Jiromaru is the president of two companies and a part-time lecturer of Kurume University. He graduated from Kyushu Institute of Technology in 2001 and worked for a general company for three years. In 2006, he established OME Inc., whose main business is a private teacher, and assumed the position of president. In 2011, he entered the doctoral program at Yamagata University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering and he established Conference Service Inc., whose main business is the support and management of academic conferences. In 2014, he took the degree of doctorate. Main research area is educational technology. He has started teaching basic mathematics and career education at Kurume University on same year.
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Dr. Taku Jiromaru is a member of The Japan Association for Research on Testing, The Japan Association for Developmental Education and Japan Association for Research into IB Education. Also he is a board member of International ICT Application Research Society.
Panel Speaker V
Professor Kazuyuki Inubushi
Professor
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
Faculty of Applied Bio-Science
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Tokyo, Japan
Panel Speaker VI
Abdullah Al Masud
Lead Data Scientist, Hiperdyne Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Doctoral researcher in Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
Former Process Engineer, Samsung-Fair Electronics Bangladesh
Former Machine Learning Consultant in Solera Advisors, Interplai.
Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
Title: Anomaly detection, analysis and prediction in industrial engineering
Abdullah Al Masud is serving as the lead data scientist in Hiperdyne Corporation, located in Tokyo, Japan. He is leading AI-based technological innovations in multiple departments in Hiperdyne including computer vision, vehicle routing optimization, time series analysis, reinforcement learning and so on. He is pursuing his doctoral program in Keio University and his research works involve pose estimation and human activity recognition from mmWave radar, LIDAR point-clouds. He obtained Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2017 from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. He holds multiple certifications in advanced Machine Learning technologies. He also possesses certification in Data Science and Deep Learning by taking part in advanced professional training program in 2018. He was awarded honorary mention in IEEE Signal Processing cup in 2017. He was also awarded Bangladesh Government talent pool scholarship in 2010 by obtaining 43rd merit position. His research projects fields span in multiple domains including ECG signal analysis, toxicity classification, pose estimation and human activity recognition, vehicle routing optimization etc. He is an active contributor in multiple Machine Learning related open source projects.
Dr. Tamer Sebaey
Professor
Production and Manufacturing Engineering
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tamer Ali Sebaey is a distinguished scholar and professor at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a career spanning over two decades in engineering education and research. He earned his PhD from the University of Girona in Spain. Prof. Sebaey’s expertise lies in the design of composite structures, optimal material selection, finite element analysis, automotive engineering, and the development of lightweight materials. He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented over 40 conference papers, achieving an h-index of 32. Currently, he leads the research efforts in composite design and mechanics at the Structures and Materials Research Lab at Prince Sultan University. Recognized among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University list, Prof. Sebaey has been instrumental in promoting sustainable practices in materials engineering. In addition to his research, he leads the activities in the quality assurance and accreditation within the College of Engineering at Prince Sultan University and serves as an external reviewer for Saudi Arabia’s national accreditation agency. Prof. Sebaey is also engaged in training and consultancy to enhance productivity in various engineering sectors.