Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

• Dr. Devdas Shetty, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA
• Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor, Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

• Professor Don Reimer, Adjunct Professor at LTU and Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society
• Dr. Otieno, UWM

Organizing Committee 

• Dr. Anshu Arora
• Dr. Amit Arora
• Dr. Hossain Azam
• Dr. Pradeep Behera
• Ms. Uzma Amir
• Mr. Mohammad Mannan
• Dr. Nian Zhang
• Dr. Paul Cotae
• Dr. Amir Shahirinia
• Dr. Esther Ososanya
• Dr. Ji Chen
• Dr. Alexander Peebles

Program Committee

• Dr. Mukti M. Rana, Professor of Engineering, Division of Physics, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901, USA
• Dr. Anwar Rahman, CCSU
• Dr. Taj, FL Poly University
• Dr. Luis Rabelo, UCF
• Dr. Akif A. Bulgak, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
• Dr. Onur Kuzgunkaya joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
• Dr. Mohammed Fazle Baki, Management Science, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada
• Dr. Ben A. Chaouch, Management Science, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada
• Amir Kordijazi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Southern Maine
• Dusan Sormaz, Professor Emeritus at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States
• Dr Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Ismail, Professor, Industrial Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
• Dr Linda Zhang, Professor, Operations Management, IÉSEG School of Management – Business School, France
• Dr Sharifu Ura, Professor, School of Regional Innovation and Social Design Engineering – Intelligent Machines and Biomechanics, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
• Dr Azharul Karim, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
• Dr Ahm Shamsuzzoha, Associate Professor, School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, Finland
• Dr Hamdi Bashir, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Salah Haridy, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr. Mahmoud Awad, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Technical Committee and Reviewers

• Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Mohammad Khadem, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Sujan Piya, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Zehra Canan Araci, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Ridvan Aydin, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Salah Haridy, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Alblooshi, Assistant Professor, College of Business/Operations Management, Zayed University, UAE
• Dr Suzan Alaswad, Chair, College of Business, Zayed University, UAE
• Dr Chumpol Yuangyai, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Thailand
• Dr Ahmed Maged, Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States.
• Dr. Hanen Shall, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
• Dr. Ilyes Boulkaibet, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
• Dr. Nadhira Khezami, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
• Dr. Ivan Kristianto Singgih, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Surabaya, Indonesia
• Dr. Dina Natalia Prayogo, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Surabaya, Indonesia
• Dr. Eric Wibisono, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Surabaya, Indonesia
• Dr. Anak Agung Ngurah Perwira Redi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Sampoerna University, Indonesia
• Abdulaziz  Alshammari       Oakland University
• Abdulaziz            Ahmed  University of Minnesota
• Abdulhadi           Altherwi              Oakland University
• ABDULLAH-AL-MUTI       FAKRUDDIN        Asian Institute of Technology
• Abdulrahman     Alzahrani            Oakland University
• Abedeh Gholidoust         University Canada West
• Abigail  Bowers Florida Polytechnic University
• Adekunle             Jinadu   Square Engineering Limited
• Adel       Fadhel   Northeastern University
• Ademola             Abodunrin          Morgan State University
• Afia        Farjana University of South Dakota
• Ahmad  Elshennawy        University of Central Florida
• Ahmad Badawy Saluy     Universitas Mercu Buana
• Ahmed  Gailan Qasem    Binghamton University
• Ahmed  CHERIFI ÉTS
• Ahmed  Aziz Ezzat            Rutgers, The State University of NJ
• Ahmed  Azab      University of Windsor
• Ahmed  Alsaadi Wichita State University
• Aiyngaran           Chockalingam    University at Buffalo, State University of New York
• Akbar    Eslami   Elizabeth City Stae University
• Alberto Betancourt         University of Waterloo
• Aldo      McLean University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Ali          Alshehri               University of Missouri-Columbia
• Alireza Farhang Doost    Dalhousie University
• Allen      Greenwood        Poznan University of Technology
• Alyssa   Andrzejewski     Penn State Behrend
• Anissa   Frini       Université du Québec à Rimouski
• Anjali    Awasthi Concordia University, Montreal
• ANJUM ALI         FAST-NUCES
• Anna Paula         Galvao Scheidegger         Texas A&M University
• Armando             Elizondo-Noriega             Texas Tech University
• Armando             Chávez Flores     Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Armstrong          Aboah   University of Arizona-Tucson
• Arvin     Shadravan          Texas A&M University
• Ashutosh             Devulkar             California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Barbara Barros   Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
• Bashar  AbdulNour          Kettering University
• Bassou  El Mansour         Indiana State University
• Bilquis   Ferdousi              Eastern Michigan University
• Bradley Chase    University of San Diego
• Brianna Charlot Michigan Technological University
• Brittney               Jimerson             North Carolina A&T State University
• Camille Garlick  California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Catherine            Amelink               Virginia Tech
• CESAR   ACOSTA-MEJIA  University of Southern California
• Chamila               Dissanayake       Pennsylvania State University
• Christian             Chamoun            California State University Northridge
• Claver   Diallo    Dalhousie University
• Daniel   Granot  Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
• Danilo   Almeida               Stefanini
• Daoud   Ait Kadi                Universite Laval
• David    Evans    Minnesota State University Mankato
• Dhiraj    Bagul     Rutgers, The State University of NJ
• Diana    Abbasi  Auburn University
• Dima     Jawad   Ontario Tech University
• E Shirl   Donaldson          University of Michigan Flint
• Edgar    Avalos-Gauna    Rice University
• Edward Huang   George Mason University
• Egbe-Etu              Etu         San Jose State University
• Elif Elcin               Gunay   Iowa State University
• Emad    Attalla   ECS
• Emad    Abualsauod        Taibah University
• Eman    Almehdawe        University of Regina
• Esther   Adeyemi              University of Dayton
• Eugene A McKenzie, Jr.  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Farah    Altarazi The State University of New York at Binghamton
• Faramak              Zandi     University
• Farhad  Azadivar              University of Massachusetts
• Farnaz   Ghazi Nezami    Kettering University
• Farshid Azadian Embry-Riddle University, College of Business
• Farzad   Jalali      Penn State Behrend
• Francis  Andoh-Baidoo   The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• Garrick Cabour Polytechnique Montreal
• Gaurav  Ghosh   Minnesota State University –  – Mankato, MN
• Goksu   Avdan   Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Golam   Kabir     University of Regina
• Hamed  Akbarpour          Pennsylvania State University
• Hamza  Adeinat University of Scranton
• Hamzeh               Alshraida            Foxconn Industrial Internet
• Hari       Elangeswaran    Bradley University
• Hengameh          Fakhravar           Old Dominion University
• Honey   Bhatia   University of Alberta
• Hossein Beheshti Fakher               Laval University Quebec Canada
• Hossein Goudarzi             University of New Mexico
• Hussein A. Taha Polytechnique Montréal
• Huzef Maqsoodali           Kadri     University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• Isaac      Atuahene            University of Tennessee
• ISHAK    ABD AZID            UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
• Jack       Krivitsky              University of New Haven
• Jacques A.           Ferland University of Montreal
• JAMAL  BARI      EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
• James   Ejiwale  Jackson State University
• Jamil     Abdo     Frostburg State University
• Javier    Gonzalez-Sanchez           Arizona State University
• Jerry      Diabor  Bowie State University
• Jinkala   Chandra              Marshall University
• John      Carrier  MIT Sloan School of Management
• John      Carlsson              University of Southern California
• Johnson Adebayo            Fadeyi   Wayne State University
• Jonathan             Cabrera Universidad Ana G. Mendez
• Jose       Holguin-Veras    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Jose       Espiritu Texas A&M University at Kingsville
• Jose R    Deliz      Univ. Turabo
• Joshua  Akinwamide       The federal polytechnic Ado-Ekiti
• Juvani   Downer The University Of the District OF Columbia

1. Gita Ayu Arizona State University

• Kalkidan              Gebrehiwot        Methodist University
• Kasim    Korkmaz              Eastern Michigan University
• Kaverinathan     Dhanapal            New Mexico State University
• Kelechi  Eze         Prairie View A&M University
• Kennedy              Barnes  Ecotek Laboratory
• Kenneth               Blocker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Kent       Derbyshire          University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Khadija Elsewedy             Northeastern University
• Kingsley               Gnanendran       University of Scranton
• Kudret   Demirli Concordia University
• Leonardo            Bedoya-Valencia               Colorado State University – Pueblo
• Leslie    Monplaisir          Wayne State University
• Lidia      Filus      Northeastern Illinois University
• Lucas     Braga Carani      Florida State University
• Mahmoud          Awad     American University of Sharjah
• Mansur Arief      University of Michigan
• Marek   Balazinski            Polytechnique de Montreal
• Margaret            Brandeau            Stanford University
• Maria    Ibanez   Northwestern University
• Mark     Ricard   University of Texas at Arlington
• Mary     Acosta  University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
• Maryam              Afzalabadi          Sharif university of technology
• Mastoor              Abushaega          University of Oklahoma
• MD MOTAHER   HOSSAIN             Bowling Green State University
• Md Rasedul        Islam     University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• MEHMET            GOCERI SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

• Meshal Alotaibi University of Kansas
• Michael Walter Button  University of Calgary
• Michel  GENDREAU         Université de Montréal
• Miguel Jaller     University of California Davis
• Milad    Jasemi  University of Montevallo
• Mohamadreza   Azar Nasrabadi  École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) university
• Mohamed           Elnoor   University of Maryland
• Mohamed Dhia Eddine  Baccouche               Université Laval
• Mohammad       Jahanbakht         University of Texas at Arlington
• Mohammad Jabed Perves            Bappy               Louisiana tech university
• Mohammed       Baaoum              King Fahd University / Virginia Tech State University
• Mohammed       Alsharqawi         Township of South Stormont
• Mohammed       Alrezq   Virginia Tech
• Mondher             Hachicha             University of Sfax
• Morris  Girgis    Central State University
• Mostafa              Ghafoorivarzaneh               University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Muhammad       Ahmed  Eastern Michigan University
• Muhammad Fazal            Ijaz         Melbourne Institute of Technology , Victoria, Australia
• Murat   Kucukvar             Qatar University
• Nadia    Bhuiyan               Concordia University
• Nadiye  Erdil       University of New Haven
• Nagi       Gebraeel             Georgia Institute of Technology
• Natali Ann           Camacho Cruz   Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
• Navid    Ghaffarzadegan Virginia Tech
• Nayan   Chakrabarty       University of Arkansas
• Nazmul Ahsan    Western Carolina University
• Neal      Bachman             Memorial Hermann
• Nicholas              Bambos Stanford University
• Nicole   Co          Ateneo de Manila University
• Nourredine         Boubekri             University of North Texas
• Omar    Galil       Florida Institute of Technology
• Omar    Abbaas The University of Texas at San Antonio
• Onome Edo        Auburn University at Montgomery
• Osama  Elfar      École Polytechnique de Montréal
• Parag    Gandhi  University of Pittsburgh
• Paul       Componation    The University of Texas at Arlington
• Peter     ElKhoury             Ontario Tech University
• PRIYANKA           ANNAPUREDDY Kenco Logistics, Chattanooga, TN
• Rachel   Chai       University of South Alabama
• Rafael   Diaz       Old Dominion University
• Rodrigo Augusto dos Santos        The University of Texas at Arlington
• Rogelio Emmanuel          Jauregui Miramontes               University of Toronto
• Saeid     Delshad Sisi        Clemson University
• Saeid     Abbasiparizi       Laval University
• Safae     Er-Rbib UQAR
• Said       Echchakoui         Université du Québec à Rimouski
• Sajad     Ebrahimi             North Dakota State University
• Samuel Bassetto              Ecole Polytechnique
• Sandip  Agarwalla           Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
• Sanjeev Adhikari              Kennesaw State University
• Sanjith  Gopalakrishnan McGill University
• Sara       Babaee Wilfrid laurier university
• Sarah    Ali          Loyola University Chicago
• Saundra               Braxton               Jones International University
• Semih   Boz        University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Seyed Ehsan       Elahi      University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Shantanu            Dutta     University of Ottawa
• Sharon  Bommer              University of Dayton
• Shubhada            Deshmukh          Vishwakarama Institute of Technology
• SILA       CETINKAYA         SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
• Solomon             Edo        University of Arizona
• Soufiane              CHAMI  University of North Dakota
• Srinivas Ganapathyraju  Sheridan Institute of Technology
• Sterling Jones     Buffalo State University
• Sudhakar             Deshmukh          Kellogg School of management
• Sunjae   Choi       Purdue University
• Syed Hasib Akhter           Faruqui Sam Houston State University
• Tanner  Funderburk        Northwestern State University
• Terril     Falls       Mississippi State University
• Tiffany  Fuzak    Buffalo State College
• Timothy              Greene Western Michigan UNiversity
• Tobias   Goulet  University of the District of Columbia
• Tomas Agustin   Bas        Polytechnique Montreal University
• Travis    Forgach University of Michigan
• Umme Salma     Ferdousi              University of Wyoming
• Valeria  Jaqueline Oceguera Castillo         Cape Breton University
• Venkat  Allada   Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Veronica             Diaz       University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
• Vincent Johns Jr.              University of Michigan Flint
• Walid    Abdul-Kader       University of Windsor
• Wallace Burns    American Military University
• Wenqi   Deng     University of Michigan – Dearborn
• Xiyue     Deng     Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Yanu      Endar Prasetyo  University of Missouri
• Yeling    Jiang      Purdue University
• Yiyun     Fei          Georgia Institute of Technology
• Yoo-Sang             Chang   North Carolina A&T State University
• Yuhao   Huang   University at Buffalo
• Yuvraj   Gajpal   University of Manitoba
• Zhangchen          Hu          California State University Fullerton
• Ziaul      Huq       University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

North American Academic Committee (NAAC)

• Abdulaziz Ahmed, Program Director, Univ. of Minnesota Crookston, USA
• Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
• Adedeji Badiru, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
• Ahmad Elshennawy, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
• Ali Elkamel, Professor of Process Systems Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
• AMM Nazmul Ahsan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA
• Arun N. Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA
• Azadeh Maroufmashat, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Basel Alsayyed, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
• Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada
• Daniel M. Ferguson, Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Devashis Mitra, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
• Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
• Doga Demirel, Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Computer Science Department at Florida Polytechnic University, Florida, USA
• Doga Demirel, FL Poly
• Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
• Farouq Alhourani, University of Tampa, Florida
• Farshid Azadian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
• Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station)
• Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
• Hayder Zghair, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Southern Arkansas University, USA – Conference Coordinator
• Jacqueline Chestnut, Adjunct Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, College of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
• Jay Lee is Clark Distinguished Chair and Director of Industrial Artificial Intelligence Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park
• Jim Mennie, FL Poly
• Jing Hou, FL Poly
• Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
• Leslie Monplasir, Chair of IME at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
• Luis Rocha-Lona, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, México
• Luz María Valdez de la Rosa, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• M. Affan Badar, CPEM, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, , Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
• M. El-Shark, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
• Mahdi Fathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology & Decision Sciences, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
• Masud Rana, Delaware State University, USA
• Mohamed Awwad, University of Buffalo, New York
• Mohammad Ashraf Hossain Sadi, University of Central Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
• Mohammad Dehghani, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA
• Mohammed Ahmed, Professor and Director of Engineering, Management, College of Engineering and Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
• Mojtaba Pasha, University of Calgary, Canada
• Mojtaba Pasha, University of Calgary, Canada
• Muztoba A. Khan, Assistant Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
• Qipeng Phil Zheng, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
• Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA
• Reinaldo Sanchez-Arias, Assistant Chair Department of Data Science and Business Analytics, Assistant Professor of Data Science, Florida Polytechnic University, Florida, USA
• Reza Akhavian, California State University, East Bay
• Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
• Sampson Gholston, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Sanchez-Arias, FL Poly
• Seyed A. Niknam, Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts
• Shahram Taj, Chair and Professor, Department of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
• Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
• Vahab Vahdat, Northeastern University, USA
• Wilkistar Otieno, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Co-Director (Co-PI), UWM Industrial Assessment Center and Director, NSF/S-STEM: Preparing Engineers Computer Scientists, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
• Laurent Tchommo, Operations Management, Department of CIS & BSAN, College of Business, James Madison University, VA, USA
• Niamat Hossain, PhD, Assistant Professor, Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Arkansas State University
• Cesar Acosta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan,
• Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
• Professor Abdul Mannan, Adjunct Professor, University of the District of Colombia, Washington DC, USA