Zin Eddine Dadach obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Refining and Petro-chemistry from the Algerian Institute of Petroleum in 1980. He received his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.; USA) in 1984. Dr. Dadach obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Laval University (Quebec, Canada) in 1994 and conducted a research in enzymatic degradation of biomass at the Osaka National Research Institute (Osaka, Japan) for two years. Since he joined the Higher Colleges of Technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE) in 2005, Dr. Dadach has developed active learning strategies to enhance the intrinsic motivation of students. He supervised a number of student’s final industrial projects including the exergy analysis of power generation plants.

enzymatic degradation of biomass, Refining and Petro-chemistry

Tariq Tashtoush is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his PhD and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Electromechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering for Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005. Throughout his working experience and formal education in multidiscipline of engineering, he acquired a sound knowledge and experience of leading edge engineering principles, tools and practices in the field of simulation and systems design, production quality and management, lean manufacturing principles, robotics and automation, 3D printing processes, engineering statistical analysis, project management, optimization, instruments and electrical devices, reliability, Healthcare Systems, and Human Factors. He is Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certified, he worked at Continental Automation Systems where he implemented Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles, machine production control, preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality monitoring to reduce non-added value actions and increase productivity and the production lines’ throughput. His research interests lie in the area of systems designs and optimization, production quality, electronics manufacturing, electronics reliability and robotics.

Systems and Industrial Engineering, Mechanical-Mechatronics, Engineer Mechanics, Production Planning and Control

Viliam Makis has received his PhD from Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague in 1981. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as the Chair of the Engineering Science Option: Manufacturing Systems at the University of Toronto in 2000. He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals such as Advances in Operations Research (as an Editor), Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science (as an Editor), Central European Journal of Engineering (as an Editor, Industrial Engineering), Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. He has authored or co-authored 70 research articles published in refereed journals, 65 papers published in Conference Proceedings, 100 conference presentations, 3 books as the first author and 6 chapters in books. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society for Quality, a member of INFORMS and CORS. He has been honored as a Fellow of the Int. Society of Engineering Asset Management (FISEAM) in October 2011.

Modelling, control, and development of estimation procedures for partially observable systems subject to condition monitoring. Applications in multivariate quality control, maintenance, medical screening, production and inventory control.

Qingde Li received the BSc in mathematics from Beijing Normal University in 1982 and PhD in computer science from the University of Hull in 2002. Dr. Qingde Li has been a Lecturer in Computer science at the University of Hull since 2001. Previously he was a professor and the deputy head of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Anhui Normal University, China. He was a visiting scholar in the Department of applied Statistics at the University of Leeds from Oct 1990 to May 1992, and in the Department of Computing at the University of Bradford from Sept 1996 to Aug 1997. Before he joined the department, his research interests were mainly with fuzzy sets and random sets. His most current research interests are in the area of 3D graphics, such as shape modeling, medical image processing and visualization, GPU-based scientific simulation and special graphics effects. His most recent notable research contributions have been the development of two mutually related spline techniques, namely, PSP-spline (PSPS) and 2D solid spline (2DSS), where PSPS is simpler than B-spline in its mathematical representation but much more powerful than NURBS in geometric design, and 2DSS is a kind of area spline technique, which is a powerful tool for freeform solid modelling.

GPU based real time 3D medical image processing Computer graphics Implicit surfaces for shape modelling and processing Biologically-based geometric modelling Heterogeneous solid modelling Big data visualization

Professor Kameswara Rao did PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He was teaching in IIT Kanpur continuously since 1966 and joined Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in 2004 and continuing. He held several academic and administrative positions during the last 50 years of service. He published more than 150 papers in Journals and Conferences and also authored 4 books, the last one in 2011 published by John Wiley and Sons. He is serving as a reviewer and editorial board member of technical journals. He was a consultant to several projects of national importance.

Civil Engineering, Mechanics, FEM, Vibrations, Geotechnical Engg

Ahmet Yucekaya is the department head at the Department of Industrial Engineering in Kadir Has University. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s in strategy development from Istanbul Technical University, a Master ’s degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Auburn University. He worked as a Research & Teaching Assistant at the Department of Industrial Engineering in University of Pittsburgh and Auburn University during his master and doctoral studies. He also has industry experience both in Turkey and USA in application and development of engineering systems for production facilities and energy generation plants.

Industrial Engineering

Zeki AYAĞ is currently working as an Associate Professor at Industrial Engineering Department of KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY. He is also Director of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering after have been serving as Chairman of Industrial Engineering between 2006-2015, an Assistant Professor between 2005 and 2008 at the same university. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering Department of Faculty of Business Administration, a Master’s in Engineering Management Program of Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering Program of Industrial Engineering at ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (I.T.U). Before joining to KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY, he worked as an Assistant Professor in ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY for almost 2 years. In addition to his academic experience, he has national and international industrial experience such as; CAD Engineer in MAGNA INTERNATIONAL, INC., CamSlide Mfg. (CANADA), Engineering Designer in MOLD-MASTERS LTD. (CANADA), Construction Department Chief in MAKINA TAKIM ENDUSTRISI A.S., and Quality Assurance Engineer in PIMAS A.S. He also worked as a full-time Research and Teaching Assistant in the IE Department at I.T.U. for 4 years.

Multiple-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Analytic Hierarchy/Network Process (AHP/ANP), Fuzzy Logic, Simulation of Manufacturing Systems, New Product Development (NPD).

Ayman Batisha holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Cairo University (Egypt, 2001). He has been practicing, consulting, training, and researching in Sustainability for over twenty-four years. He was a faculty at Cairo University. He is a certified Environmental Consultant “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)”. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Practice, Progress,and Proficiency in Sustainability Book Series. He is the founding General Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Sustainability.He is an advisory board member in the Sustainable Development and Sustainability Institute of East Africa (SDSIEA). He is a member in Egyptian National Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE, established by the International Council for Science (ICSU)

Sustainability,Environment, Climate Change, Water Knowledge and Civil Engineering

Dr Sanjeev Kumar completed his M.Tech and PhD in 2003 and 2011, respectively, from National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (India). He is currently an Associate Professor in the department of mechanical engineering at YMCA University of Science & Technology Faridabad. He also served as Professor and Head at AKG Engineering College Ghaziabad about 8 years. He is the member of societies like IAENG, AIMS, IIIE, IE(I). His research interests include Reliability Engineering, Performance evaluation and optimization, decision support systems, RAMS etc. He has published about 60 research papers in International journals and conferences; he is serving as an editorial board member of Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering.He also served as a member of advisory board of number international and national conferences and as a reviewer of many papers submitted to international journals of repute. He also chaired the many technical sessions during the conferences and delivered the expert talk. He had been awarded best researcher of the year in 2009 by Ghaziabad Management Association.

Reliability Engineering, Performance evaluation and optimization, decision support systems, RAMS

Hamed Fazlollahtabar is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management and Technology of Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran, has been graduated in BSc and MSc of Industrial Engineering at Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran at 2008 and 2010, respectively. He received PhD of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran at 2015. He is in the editorial board of WASET (World Academy of Science Engineering Technology) Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural and Applied Sciences, International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, and member of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS). He has become a member of Iran Elite Council. His research interests are mathematical modeling, optimisation in knowledge-based systems, supply chain planning and manufacturing systems. He has published over 200 research papers in international book chapters, journals and conferences. Also he published 5 books which three of them are internationally distributed to the academicians.

mathematical modeling, optimization in knowledge-based systems, supply chain planning and manufacturing systems.