The following summarizes some of my main research areas over the years:
1. Supply Chain Management
- Reverse Bullwhip Effect in Pricing
- Group Buying in Supply Chains
- Characterization of Motor Vehicle Industry Supply Chain
- Green Purchasing
- Optimizing Natural Gas Supply Chains
- Impact of RFID on Supply Chain Operations
2. Manufacturing Operations Management and Scheduling
- Stabilizing Production Plans using Flexible Requirements Planning
- Test Wafer Management in Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Optimization of Broaching Process
- Optimal Fuzzy Scheduling
3. Lean Six Sigma
- Innovative Applications of Lean Six Sigma in Non-traditional Industries
- Simulation Games for Lean Six Sigma Education
- Case Studies of Lean Six Sigma Applications
4. Energy Systems Modeling
- Lean Energy Production in Oil and Gas Industry
- Energy Efficient Building Design Optimization
- Dynamic Programming for Water Reservoir Management
5. Engineering and Management Education
- Online Learning and Virtual Reality
- Effective Frameworks for Teaching Supply Chain Management
- Simulation Games for Lean Six Sigma Education
6. Fuzzy Logic
- Multi-Objective Fuzzy Regression
- Fuzzy Rule-Based Modeling
7. Environmental and Sustainable Systems Modeling
- Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainable System Design
- Analyzing water resources alternatives and handling criteria by multicriterion decision techniques
- Dynamic Programming for Water Reservoir Management
- Optimization of Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Models
- Fuzzy Rule-Based Precipitation Forecasting
- Spatial Interpolation of Climate Data Using Remotely Sensed Data
