DIMA'NAZZAL,'Ph.D.' - Industrial Engineering - University of Central ...

DIMA NAZZAL, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
A.CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd
P.O. Box 162993
Orlando, FL 32816-­‐2993
Office Phone: (407) 823-­‐1664
Fax: (407) 823-­‐3413
E-­‐mail Address: dima.nazzal@ucf.edu
B. EARNED DEGREES
August 2006 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Dissertation Title: “Analytical Approach to Estimate AMHS Performance in 300mm
Wafer Fabs”
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Leon F. McGinnis
• Recipient: General Motors Manufacturing Scholarship, 2004
May 2001 M.S. Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering &
Management Systems, University of Central Florida,
Orlando, FL
Thesis Title: “A Cost Benefit Analysis of Cycle Time Reduction in Semiconductor
Manufacturing”
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghasemi
• Recipient: Lucent Technologies Industrial Fellowship, 1999–2001
June 1998 B.S. Industrial Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan
C. EMPLOYMENT
August 2010–
present
August 2006–
present
I. Academic Appointments
Co-­‐Director, Optimization and
Advanced Simulation Lab
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Assistant Professor Department of Industrial Engineering &
Management Systems, University of Central
Florida, Orlando, FL
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September 1999–March
2001
II. Industry Appointments
Industrial Engineering Co-­‐op
Responsibilities included: capacity
planning, simulation modeling and
statistical data analysis
Lucent Technologies
Orlando, FL
Summer 1997 Research Co-­‐op Schweißtechnische Lehr-­‐ und
Versuchsanstalt (Welding
Training and Research Institute)
Munich, Germany
D. TEACHING AND EDUCATION
I. List of Courses Taught at the University of Central Florida
Semester Course Title Class Enrollment New Course
Level
prep?
Spring 2012 Production and Inventory Control Senior 73 N
Spring 2012 Engineering Statistics (Professional
Engineering Management Program)
Graduate 30 N
Fall 2011 Engineering Statistics Graduate 49 Y
Fall 2011 Operations Research Junior 75 N
Spring 2011 Production and Inventory Control Graduate 29 Y
Spring 2011 Engineering Statistics (Professional
Engineering Management Program)
Graduate 16 N
Fall 2010 Engineering Statistics (Professional
Engineering Management Program)
Graduate 13 N
Fall 2010 Operations Research Junior 57 N
Spring 2010 Production and Distribution Systems Senior 63 N
Fall 2009 Operations Research Junior 59 N
Summer 2009 Engineering Statistics (Professional
Engineering Management Program)
Graduate 16 N
Spring 2009 Engineering Statistics (Professional
Engineering Management Program)
Graduate 15 Y
Spring 2009 Production and Distribution Systems Senior 44 Y
Fall 2008 Operations Research Junior 40 N
Fall 2008 Operations Research Graduate 17 N
Spring 2008 Engineering Logistics Graduate 10 Y
Fall 2007 Operations Research Graduate 33 Y
Summer 2007 Discrete Systems Simulation Graduate 22 Y
Fall 2006 Operations Research Junior 31 Y
II. Major Course Development/Revision Activities
As shown in the table above, in the past five years (Fall 2006 to Spring 2011), I successfully prepared,
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evised, and taught 7 new courses (5 graduate courses and 2 undergraduate courses). All courses were
new preps for which I undertook major revisions and enhancements, such as:
1. EIN 6336: Production and Inventory Control – This is a core course in the IE Doctoral Program. In
addition to the activities required when preparing a new course, I
a. increased the level of theoretical grounding and mathematical rigor
b. invited a guest lecturer from a leading supply chain management solutions provider
company to cover “Emerging Topics in Supply Chain Management”
2. EIN 5346: Engineering Logistics – This is an elective course that had not been taught in at least three
academic years prior to my teaching it in Spring 2008; I entirely redesigned this graduate-­‐level and
the redesign highlights include:
a. Coverage of several more contemporary, theoretical course topics not covered in previous
semesters, including multi-­‐echelon inventory management, network planning, value of
information in supply chains, supply chain strategies, distribution strategies, strategic
alliances, procurement and outsourcing, and smart pricing
b. Assignment of a mixture of individual and team case study based assignments and term
papers
3. EIN 4333: Production and Distribution Systems – This is a core undergraduate course that had not
been revised for the three academic years prior to my teaching it in Spring 2009. The highlights of
my redesign activities include:
a. The use of Littlefield Technologies Game, a web-­‐based simulator of a simple factory;
students access their factories from web pages, form teams and manage their factories by
purchasing and selling machines, changing inventory order policies, etc.; students learn to
make decisions in response to the historical records of inventory levels, queue lengths,
machines’ utilization, lead times, cash flows, and based on their position relative to the
competing teams
b. Inviting a guest speaker from the supply chain management industry to give a presentation
on “The Evolution of Supply Chain Planning”
c. Created a blog to encourage students to post their thoughts; the blog is a collection of
professional reflective statements and questions on particular topics, projects, papers,
teams, time management and research skills, etc.; timely feedback allows me to quickly
assess student comprehension, generate ideas for discussion, etc.
4. ESI 5219: Engineering Statistics – This course is part of the Professional Engineering Management
Program which focuses on high-­‐achieving working professionals selected by their own organizations,
I use both an online learning approach and a live, intensive learning session. The course in the
described format had never been offered prior to my teaching it in Spring 2009. I designed the
course to include videos, case studies, and readings relevant to working professionals, all-­‐day
learning sessions and a group project and guest lecturers from industry to provide the students with
real-­‐world applications of classroom theories.
III. Summary of UCF Student Perception of Instruction Course Evaluations
The primary instrument used to assess and help improve the quality of teaching at UCF is the Student
Perception of Instruction course evaluation. The current course evaluation form has 20 questions. For
each course, students respond to the first 16 questions using a 1–5 scale, where 5 is “Excellent” 4 is
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“Very Good” 3 is “Good” 2 is “Fair” and 1 is “Poor”. Question 16 is: “Overall assessment of instructor”.
Questions 17–20 are open-­‐ended questions:
“The thing(s) I like the MOST about this course:”
“The thing(s) I like the LEAST about this course:”
“What is your reaction to the method of evaluating your mastery of the course?”
“Additional comments and suggestions for improvement:”
The table below provides the Overall Assessment of Instructor score (out of 5.0) for each course I have
taught at UCF since Fall 2006.
Semester Course Number and Title Credits Class Level Enrolled Resp. Score (5.0
point scale)
Spring ‘12 EIN 4333 Production and
Distribution Systems
3 Senior 73 72 4.4
Spring ‘12 ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics
(Professional Engineering
Management Program)
3 Graduate 30 26 4.3
Fall ‘11 ESI 4312 Operations Research 3 Junior 75 33 4.3
Fall ‘11 ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics 3 Graduate 49 12 4.1
Spring ‘11 EIN 6336 Production and
Inventory Control
3 Graduate 29 15 3.9
Spring ‘11 ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics
(Professional Engineering
Management Program)
3 Graduate 16 13 4.4
Fall ‘10 ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics
(Professional Engineering
Management Program)
3 Graduate 13 13 4.2
Fall ‘10 ESI 4312 Operations Research 3 Junior 57 32 4.7
Spring ‘10 EIN 4333 Industrial Control
Systems
3 Senior 63 37 4.8
Fall ‘09 ESI 4312 Operations Research 3 Junior 59 42 4.7
Summer ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics 3 Graduate 16 16 4.2
‘09 (Professional Engineering
Management Program)
Spring ‘09 ESI 5219 Engineering Statistics
(Professional Engineering
Management Program)
3 Graduate 15 15 4.2
Spring ‘09 EIN 4333 Industrial Control
Systems
3 Senior 44 32 4.8
Fall ‘08 ESI 4312 Operations Research 3 Junior 40 32 4.6
Fall ‘08 ESI 5306 Operations Research 3 Graduate 17 13 4.4
Spring ‘08 EIN 5346 Engineering Logistics 3 Graduate 10 6 3.8
Fall ‘07 ESI 5306 Operations Research 3 Graduate 33 31 4.0
Summer ESI 5531 Discrete Systems
3 Graduate 22 16 4.1
‘07 Simulation
Fall ‘06 ESI 4312 Operations Research 3 Junior 31 28 4.1
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The most recent report from the College of Engineering that compares my course evaluations (across all
16 questions) to the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) and to the
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) is summarized below.
Note that this report is for Fall 2006–Spring 2010, using a 0–4 scale, where 4 is “Excellent,” 3 is “Very
Good,” 2 is “Good,” 1 is “Fair,” and 0 is “Poor”.
Nazzal Average IEMS Average CECS Average
Q 16: “Overall Assessment of Instructor” (out of 4) 3.363 2.845 2.899
Average Score across Q1-­‐Q16 (out of 4) 3.226 2.811 2.845
IV. Teaching-­‐related Honors, Awards, and Special Recognition
• Recipient, UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award (2011)
• Recipient, Most Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the UCF Chapter of IIE (2011)
• Recipient, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science Award for Excellence in Graduate
Teaching (2010)
• Recipient, UCF professor “Solution Provider”, an annual award given by the Professional Engineering
Management Program to one professor each year (2009)
V. Curricula Development
• Sustainability Education: Leading the effort to integrate modules of sustainability education into
Industrial Engineering courses. This work is being performed in collaboration with Dr. Waldemar
Karwowski from Industrial Engineering and Dr. Debra Reinhart from Environmental Engineering.
- Module Development:
o Developed Humanitarian Logistics module that has been integrated into EIN 4333
Production and Distribution Systems
o Co-­‐developed Sustainable Packaging module that has been integrated into EIN 4364
Facilities Planning and Design
o Developed Green Supply Chains module that has been integrated into EIN 4333
Production and Distribution Systems
o Design for Sustainability
o Environmentally and Energetically Limited Resources
o Life Cycle Assessment
o Total Environmental Quality Management
VI. Doctoral and Master Thesis Advisory Committees (Chair or Co-­‐chair)
Ph.D. Dissertations Completed/In Progress
1. Diala Gammoh (co-­‐chair with Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy); Graduated August 2010
Dissertation Title: “Enterprise Business Alignment using Quality Deployment with Business Modeling
Tools”
Most recent employment: Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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2. Vernet Lasrado; Graduated Fall 2011
Dissertation Title: “Design of a Manufacturing Facility Layout with a Closed Loop Conveyors Using
Queueing Theory and Genetic Algorithms”
Current Employment/Location: Office of Research and Commercialization, University of Central
Florida, Orlando, FL
3. Ahmed El-­‐Nashar; Ph. D. Candidate; Expected Graduation: Summer 2012
Dissertation Title: “Multi-­‐Vehicle Dispatching and Routing with Time Window Constraints”
4. Patricia Buchanan (Co-­‐chair with Dr. Chris Geiger); Ph.D. Candidate; Expected Graduation: Spring
2013
Dissertation title: “Investigating the Effects of Random Disturbances in Job Shops in the Presence of
Sequence-­‐dependent Setup Times and Incompatible Job Families”
5. Afrifah Bobbie, Ph.D. student in IEMS; passed qualifier exam in Spring 2010; advisement began Fall
2009; Expected Graduation: Spring 2013
Dissertation title: “Modeling Emergency Department Patient Flow: A Queuing Network with Blocking
Approach”
6. Ali Bozorgi, Ph.D. student in IEMS; advisement began in Spring 2010; Expected Graduation: Fall 2013
Tentative Dissertation Topic: Life Cycle Analysis of Reverse Logistics Networks
7. Bo Rankin (Co-­‐chair with Dr. Jose Sepulveda), Ph.D. student in IEMS; advisement began Fall 2009
Dissertation topic: TBD
M.S. Theses Completed/In Progress
1. Alexander Hugar, M.S. student in IEMS; advisement began Fall 2010; Expected Graduation: Summer
2012
Thesis title: “A Systems Approach to Revising a University Degree Curriculum With an Eye Toward
Sustainability”
VII. Supervision of Undergraduate Research (Advisor)
1. Tatiana Viecco, Program: McNair; Semester Advised: Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
Career and graduate studies mentorship
2. Lina Joundy, Program: The UCF Research and Mentoring Program (RAMP); Semester Advised: Fall
2010 and Spring 2011
Project title: “Operations Research and Sustainable Energy Systems”
3. Josh Patzner; Program: Honors in the Major; Semester Advised: Fall 2010
Project title: “Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Electronic Products Through Sustainable
Consumption and Extended Producer Responsibility”
4. Jennifer Ulrich; Program: EXCEL in STEM; Semester Advised: Spring 2010
Project title: “Service Policies in Green Supply Chains to Extend Product Lifespan”
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5. Josh Patzner; Program: EXCEL in STEM; Semester Advised: Spring 2010
Project title: “Improving Truck Operations at the Central Florida Food Bank”
6. Patrick Stauffer; Program: Honors in the Major; Semester Advised: Spring 2010
Project title: “Improving Emergency Relief Operations in the Aftermath of Large-­‐scale Disasters”
7. Omar Nassereddin; Program: Honors in the Major; Semester Advised: Fall 2008
Project title: “The effect of New Dispatching and Routing Policies on the Performance of AMHS in
Semiconductor Wafer Fabs”
VIII. Supervision of Undergraduate Independent Study (Advisor)
1. Elbert Cabansay, Semester Advised: Spring 2012
Study title: “Sustainable Supply Chain Networks”
2. Catherine Cum; Semester Advised: Summer 2011
Study title: “Operations Research and Environmental Management: An integrative perspective on
supply chain decisions and environmental initiatives”
3. Darren Martin; Semester Advised: Spring 2011
Study title: “Sustainable Production and Consumption”
4. David Garcia; Semester Advised: Spring 2011
Study title: “Industrial Engineering in the Supply Chain”
IX. Doctoral and Masters Thesis Advisory Committees (Member)
Ph.D. Dissertations Completed/In Progress
1. Dayana Cope; Graduated Fall 2007; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Automatic Generation of Supply Chain Simulation Models from SCOR based
Ontologies”
2. Sandra Archer; Graduated Fall 2008; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Stochastic Resource Constrained Project Scheduling with Stochastic Task
Insertion”
3. Tareq Ahram; Graduated Fall 2008; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Information Retrieval Performance Enhancement Using the Average Standard
Estimator and the Multi-­‐Criteria Decision Weighted Set of Performance Measures”
4. Oscar Martinez; Graduated Fall 2008; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Multiobjective Coordination Models or Maintenance and Service Parts Inventory
Planning and Control”
5. Suebpong Kittirattanapaiboon; Graduated Spring 2009; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Emergency Evacuation Route Planning Considering Human Behavior During Short
and No-­‐notice Emergency Situations”
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6. Haluk Akin; Graduated Spring 2009; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “New Heuristics for 0-­‐1 Multidimensional Knapsack Problems”
7. Cyrus Hillsman; Graduated Summer 2009; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “An Analogy Based Costing System for Injection Molds Based Upon Geometry
Similarity with Wavelets”
8. Ola Batarseh; Graduated Summer 2010; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “An Interval-­‐based Approach to Model Input Uncertainty in Discrete-­‐event
Simulation”
9. Eric Tucker; Graduated Summer 2010; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Knowledge Management Determinants of Continuance Behavior: Evaluating the
air force knowledge now knowledge management system”
10. Angel Millian, Graduated Summer 2011, IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Characterization and Modeling of Acute Stress under Dynamic Task Conditions”
11. Rawad Haddad, Graduated Summer 2011, Computer Engineering, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Sustainable Modular Adaptive Redundancy Technique Emphasizing Partial
Reconfiguration for Reduced Power Consumption”
12. Emad Abulsaoud, Ph.D. candidate in IEMS, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Integrating Multiobjective Optimization with the Six Sigma Methodology for
Enhanced Process Control Decision-­‐Making”
13. Ghaith Haddad, Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, CECS, UCF
Dissertation title: “Specification and Verification of Timing Constraints in Safety Critical JAVA”
M.S. Theses Completed
1. Abhishek S. Vootukuru; Graduated Fall 2008; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Thesis title: “DMARC: A Framework for the Integration of DMAIC and DMADV”
2. Reza Hajikordestani; Graduated Fall 2010; IEMS, CECS, UCF
Thesis title: “Taxonomy of Lean Six Sigma Success Factors for Service Organizations”
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E. SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I. Key Words of Areas of Research Interests
Facility logistics, Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems, Sustainable
Production Systems, Sustainability Education in Engineering
Refereed Journal Papers
II. Publications (*indicates student co-­‐author)
1. Nazzal, D. (2011). “A Closed queueing network approach to analyzing multivehicle material handling
systems 1 ”. IIE Transactions, v 43, n 10, p. 721-­‐738.
2. Nazzal, D., Mollaghasemi M, Hedlund, H.K., Bozorgi* A. (2011). “Using genetic algorithms and an
indifference-­‐zone ranking and selection procedure under common random numbers for simulation
optimization”. Journal of Simulation. doi: 10.1057/jos.2011.14
3. Hong, S., Johnson, A., Carlo, H. J., Nazzal, D., Jimenez, J. A. (2011). “Optimising the location of
crossovers in conveyor-­‐based automated material handling systems in semiconductor wafer fabs”.
International Journal of Production Research, v 49, n 20, p. 6199-­‐6226.
4. Batarseh*, O., Nazzal, D., and Wang, Y. (2010). “A metamodel approach to simulate material handling in
wafer fabs”. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, v 23, n 4, p. 527–537.
5. Nazzal, D., Jimenez, J. A., Carlo, H. J., Johnson, A., and Lasrado* V. (2010). “An analytical model for
conveyor-­‐based material handling system with crossovers in semiconductor wafer fabs”. IEEE
Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, v 23, n 3, p. 468–476.
6. Gammoh*, D., Nazzal, D., Elshennawy, A, Furterer, S. (2010) “A framework for integrating
quantitative quality function deployment with business architecture”, Journal of Management and
Engineering Integration, v 3, n 1, p. 14–20.
7. Nazzal, D. and L.F. McGinnis. (2008). “Throughput performance analysis for closed-­‐loop vehicle-­‐
based material handling systems”. IIE Transactions, v 40, n 11, p. 1097–1106.
8. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L.F. (2007). “Expected response times for closed loop multi-­‐vehicle
automated material handling systems”. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, v
4, n 4, p. 533–542.
9. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L.F. (2007). “Analytical approach to estimating AMHS performance in
300mm fabs”. International Journal of Production Research, v 45, p. 571–590.
10. Nazzal, D., Mollaghasemi, M. and Anderson, D. (2006) “A simulation-­‐based evaluation of the cost of
cycle time reduction in Agere Systems wafer fabrication facility -­‐ A case study”. International Journal
of Production Economics v 100 n2, p. 300–313.
11. Duwayri, Z., Mollaghasemi, M., Nazzal, D. and Rabadi, G. (2006). “Scheduling setup changes at
bottleneck workstations in semiconductor manufacturing”. Production Planning & Control, v 17, p.
717–727.
Submitted to Refereed Journals
12. Nazzal, D., Batarseh O., Patzner*, J., and Martin*, D.R. (2012). “Product servicing for lifespan
extension and sustainable consumption: an optimization approach”. Resubmitted after revisions to
International Journal of Production Economics.
1 Paper was featured in the Industrial Engineering magazine, October 2011 issue.
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13. Bozorgi*, A., Razzaghi*, T., Mollaghasemi, M, and Nazzal, D. (2012). “Fuzzy facility location model
for electric vehicle recharging stations”, submitted to Transportation Science.
14. Gammoh*, D., Nazzal, D., and Elshennawy, A. (2012). “A multivariate data analysis approach that
aligns business strategies to customer requirements”. Submitted Total Quality management and
Business Excellence Journal.
15. Hillsman*, C., Wang, Y., and Nazzal, D. (2010). “An analogy based costing system for injection molds
based upon geometry similarity with wavelets”. Submitted to International Journal of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology.
In Preparation to Refereed Journals
16. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “A genetic algorithm and queueing theory based methodology for
facilities layout design” to be submitted to IIE Transactions. Anticipated submission date: June. 2012.
17. El-­‐Nashar*, A., Nazzal, D. “Multi-­‐vehicle dispatching and routing with time window constraints” to
be submitted to Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. Anticipated
submission date: July. 2012.
18. Nazzal,D., Karwowski, W., and Reinhart, D. “Integrating sustainability education into the Industrial
Engineering curriculum” to be submitted to Journal of Engineering Education. Anticipated
submission date: Aug. 2012.
19. Hugar*, A., Cum* C. and Nazzal, D. “Integrating environmental metrics into design and operations of
supply chain networks” to be submitted to Journal of Cleaner Production. Anticipated submission
date: Jul. 2012.
20. Hugar*, A., and Nazzal,D. “Integrating sustainability into Industrial Engineering courses at UCF: A
systems engineering approach” to be submitted to Journal of Engineering Education. Anticipated
submission date: Jul. 2012.
Other Publications
21. Nazzal, D., and Hillsman*, C. “Better together: On the state of collaboration between academia and
industry in Industrial Engineering”. Industrial Engineer. Sept. 2010.
Published or Accepted Papers in Peer-­‐Refereed Conference Proceedings:
1. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “Design of a manufacturing facility layout with a closed loop conveyor
with shortcuts using queueing theory and genetic algorithms”. Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
Simulation Conference, p. 1964–1975.
2. Hillsman*, C., Wang, Y., and Nazzal, D. “A semi-­‐automatic cost estimation framework based upon
geometry similarity”. Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
3. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “Impact of variability on system performance for conveyor-­‐based
material handling”. Proceedings of the 2010 International Material Handling Research Colloquium, p.
328–337.
4. Johnson, A., Carlo, H. J., Jimenez, J. A., Nazzal, D., and Lasrado* V. “A greedy heuristic for locating
crossovers in conveyor-­‐based AMHS in wafer fabs”. Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation
Conference, p. 1667–1676.
5. McGinnis, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Iken, M. A., Meller, R. D. and Nazzal, D. “DELnet: An EVO for Discrete
Event Logistics Systems”, Proceedings of the 2009 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation
Conference, 1{6 (CD), Honolulu, HI, 2009.
6. Nazzal, D., Johnson, A., Carlo, H. J., and Jimenez, J. A. “An analytical model for conveyor based
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AMHS in semiconductor wafer fabs”. Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, p.
2148-­‐2155.
7. Nazzal, D. and El-­‐Nashar*, A. “Survey of research in modeling conveyor-­‐based automated material
handling systems in wafer fabs”. Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1781-­‐
1788.
8. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L. F. “An analytical model of vehicle-­‐based automated material handling
systems in semiconductor fabs”. Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1871-­‐
1879.
9. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L. F. “Analytical approach to estimating AMHS Performance in 300mm
fabs”. Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor
Manufacturing (MASM).
10. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L. F. “Queuing models of vehicle-­‐based automated material handling
systems in semiconductor fabs”. Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 2464-­‐
2471.
11. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis, L. F. “Analytical models of vehicle-­‐based automated material handling
systems in semiconductor fabs”. Proceeding of the 2005 International Symposium on Semiconductor
Manufacturing (ISSM), p. 285-­‐288.
12. Nazzal, D. and Bodner, D. A. “A simulation-­‐based design framework for automated material handling
systems in 300mm fabrication facilities”. Proceeding of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, p.
1351-­‐1359.
13. Nazzal, D. and Mollaghasemi, M. “Critical tool identification and characteristics curves construction
in a wafer fabrication facility”. Proceeding of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1194-­‐1199.
14. Duwayri, Z., Mollaghasemi, M. and Nazzal, D. “Scheduling setup changes at bottleneck facilities in
semiconductor manufacturing”. Proceeding of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1208-­‐1214.
15. Nazzal, D., Mollaghasemi, M. and Malone, L. “Evaluation of the effectiveness of group-­‐screening
methods as compared to no-­‐group-­‐screening”. Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation
Conference, p. 1499-­‐1504.
Conference Abstracts
1. Nazzal, D. “A Closed Queueing Network Approach to Analyzing Multi-­‐vehicle Material Handling
Systems”, presented at the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando,
May 2012.
2. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “Design of a manufacturing facility with a closed loop conveyor with
shortcuts using queueing theory and genetic algorithms”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting,
Charlotte, Nov. 2011.
3. Bozorgi, A.*, Mollaghasemi, M., Nazzal, D., and Razzaghi, T. “Optimal location of electric-­‐car
charging stations”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, Nov. 2011.
4. Hugar, A.*, Nazzal, D., Reinhart, D., and Karwowski, W. “Impact of packaging on the environment
and evaluation of sustainable packaging”, presented at the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research
Conference, Reno, May 2011.
5. Hugar, A.*, and Nazzal, D. “Humanitarian applications of supply chain and inventory management”,
presented at the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, May 2011.
6. Nazzal, D., Gledhill-­‐Holmes*, R., and Batarseh*, O. “An optimization model to determine product
servicing policies in green supply chains”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov, 2010.
7. Bozorgi, A.*, and Nazzal, D. “Integrating environmental considerations into pricing and production
planning models”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov. 2010.
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8. Batarseh*, O., Nazzal, D., and Wang, Y. “An interval-­‐based metamodeling approach to simulate material
handling in semiconductor wafer fab”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov. 2010.
9. El-­‐Nashar*, A., Nazzal, D. “A near optimal algorithm for multivehicle dispatching and routing with
time window”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov. 2010.
10. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “Estimating the WIP on a conveyor based material handling system with
multiple stations”, presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov. 2010.
11. Gledhill-­‐Holmes*, R., and Nazzal, D. “An optimization model to determine the service and recovery
policies in green supply chains”, presented at the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference,
Cancun, June 2010.
12. Gammoh*, D., Nazzal, D., and Elshennawy, A. “A framework for integrating quantitative quality
function Deployment with business architecture”, presented at the 2010 Industrial Engineering
Research Conference, Cancun, June 2010.
13. Lasrado*, V., and Nazzal, D. “Evidence of variance induced by looped conveyor based material
handling systems”, presented at the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, June
2010.
14. Johnson, A., Carlo, H., Jimenez, J., and Nazzal, D. “A problem-­‐specific heuristic to design conveyors
in wafer fabs”, presented at the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, June
2010.
15. Nazzal, D., Jimenez, J. A., Carlo, H. J., Johnson, A., and Lasrado* V. “An analytical model for
conveyor-­‐based material handling system with crossovers in semiconductor wafer fabs”, presented
at INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, Oct. 2009.
16. McGinnis, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Meller, R. D. and Nazzal, D. “DELnet: An EVO for Discrete Event
Logistics Systems”, 2008 International Material Handling Research Colloquium, Dortmund, Germany,
June 2008. (Invited Keynote Presentation).
17. McGinnis, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Meller, R. D. and Nazzal, D. “DELnet: An EVO for Discrete Event
Logistics Systems”, WGLT International Day, CeMAT Trade Show, Hannover, Germany, May 2008.
(Invited Keynote Presentation).
18. Nazzal, D. “Variability in performance of vehicle-­‐based material handling systems”, presented at the
2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 2008.
19. McGinnis, L. F., Fowler, J. W., Meller, R. D. and Nazzal, D. “Panel: DELnet: An Engineering Virtual
Organization on Discrete-­‐Event Logistics Systems”, presented at the 2008 Industrial Engineering
Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 2008.
20. Nazzal, D., Johnson, A., Jimenez, J., and Carlo, H. “A Queuing Model of a Conveyor-­‐based AMHS to
Support Configuration Design of Semiconductor Wafer Fabs”, presented at INFORMS, Washington D.C.,
Oct. 2008.
21. Batarseh*, O. Wang, Y., and Nazzal, D. “A Metamodel Approach to Simulate Material Handling in Wafer
Fabs”, presented at INFORMS, Washington D.C., Oct. 2008.
22. Nazzal, D., Johnson, A., Jimenez, J., and Carlo, H. “Analytical Modeling of Conveyor-­‐based Automated
Material Handling Systems (AMHS) in Semiconductor Wafer Fabs” presented at the ISMI Symposium,
Austin, Oct. 2008.
23. El-­‐Nashar*, A. and Nazzal, D. “An analytic model for design and analysis of multi-­‐vehicle automated
material handling systems” presented at the 2007 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Nov. 2007.
24. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis L. F. “Throughput Capacity Analysis of AMHS in 300mm Wafer Fabs"
presented at the 2006 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Nov. 2006.
25. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis L. F. “Analytical Models of Vehicle-­‐based Automated Material Handling
Systems in Semiconductor Fabs” presented at the 2005 INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
Nov. 2005.
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26. Nazzal, D. and McGinnis L. F. “Material Handling in Wafer Fabs: Impact of variability” presented at
the 2005 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Atlanta, May 2005.
27. Reveliotis, S. and Nazzal D. “Applying Banker’s Control Logic for Deadlock Avoidance in AGV Systems”
presented at the 2003 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Oct. 2003.
28. Nazzal, D. and Bodner D. A. “Formulating the AMHS Design Problem for the 300mm Fab” presented
at the 2003 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Oct. 2003.
F. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
I. Funded
1. “Investigating Variability in Facilities Improvement Projects Expenditure at WDW Parks and
Resorts, Phase 2”
Funding Agency: Walt Disney World Co.
May 2012–December 2012
PI: Dima Nazzal
2. “RCN-­‐SEES: The Global Food, Water, Energy, and Land (FWEL) Sustainability Network”
Funding Agency: UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science
August 2011–February 2012
PI: Kaveh Madani; Co-­‐PI: Dima Nazzal
3. “Sustainability in Engineering: Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar”
Funding Agency: UCF’s Burnett Honors College
August 2013 – August 2015
PIs: Dima Nazzal and Kaveh Madani
4. “Integrating Sustainability into the Industrial Engineering Curriculum”
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
July 2010–June 2012
PI: Dima Nazzal; Co-­‐PIs: Waldemar Karwowski, and Kaveh Madani
5. “Investigating Variability in Facilities Improvement Projects Expenditure at WDW Parks and
Resorts”
Funding Agency: Walt Disney World Co.
March 2011–July 2011
PI: Dima Nazzal
6. “Collaborative Research: Establishing an Engineering Virtual Organization for Discrete Event
Logistics Systems”
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation.
September 2007–August 2009 (extended to August 2010)
PIs: Leon F. McGinnis (Georgia Institute of Technology), John W. Fowler (Arizona State
University), Russell D. Meller (University of Arkansas), Dima Nazzal (UCF), Mark A. Iken (Georgia
Institute of Technology)
7. “Assessment of the Applicability and Requirements for the Development of an Electronic Work
Control System for NASA/KSC”
Funding Agency: Florida Space Grant Consortium
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August 2008–August 2009
PI: Ahmad Elshennawy, Co-­‐PIs: Dima Nazzal and Mark Calabrese
8. “Optimization of Routing Strategies for Brinks’ Securities Cash-­‐in-­‐Transit operations”
Funding Agency: Advanced Engineering Technologies
August 2007–June 2008
PI: Dima Nazzal
II. Pending
1. “Florida Trade, Logistics and Distribution Consortium”
Funding Agency: US Department of Labor
September 2012–August 2016
PI: Dima Nazzal, Co-­‐PI: Steven Leon
2. “RCN-­‐SEES: The Global Food, Water, Energy, and Land (FWEL) Sustainability Network”
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
January 2013–December 2017
PI: Kaveh Madani; Co-­‐PIs: Dima Nazzal, and Peter Jacques
3. “Sustainable Solid Waste Collection”
Funding Agency: Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
August 2012 – July 2014
PI: Pamela McCauley Bush; Co-­‐PIs: Debra Reinhart and Dima Nazzal
G. SERVICE
I. National and International Service
• Conferences and Workshops:
- Conference Co-­‐Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (2013)
- Member, Technical Program Committee, Modeling and Simulation of Semiconductor
Manufacturing (MASM) a sub-­‐conference of the Winter Simulation Conference (2012)
- Coordinator and Chair, Supply Chain Sustainability sessions at the Industrial and Systems
Engineering Research Conference (2012)
- Invited participant, NSF and EPA workshop on the “Design of Sustainable Products Systems
and Supply Chains” (2011)
- Chair, Applied Operations Research session at Industrial Engineering Research Conference
(2010)
- Invited participant, “NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop”, Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL, (2008)
- Chair and Co-­‐organizer, Facility Logistics Track session at Industrial Engineering Research
Conference (2008)
- Chair, Facility Logistics Track session at INFORMS (2008)
- Moderator, “Optimizing Asset Utilization through Shared Resource Modeling” seminar for
the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP) Central Florida Roundtable
• Editorial and Funding Reviewer
- Referee for: IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions
on Semiconductor Manufacturing, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative
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Management, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Journal of
Manufacturing Systems, and Waste Management
- Reviewer for National Science Foundation for Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (2007,
2012), NSF Cyber-­‐enabled Discovery and Innovation (2009), NSF Course, Curriculum, and
Laboratory Improvement (2010)
• Professional Societies
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals UCF Student Chapter, Faculty Advisor
(2011–present)
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Central Florida Roundtable, Member of
the Board of Directors, (2010–present)
- INFORMS, Member (2003–present)
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Member (2003–present)
II. University-­‐level Service
• Judge, Undergraduate Research Grants (2012)
• Member, Undergraduate Research Council (2010–present)
• Member, Undergraduate Course Review Committee (2011–present)
• Mentor in the STATESS @ UCF Program (2011–present)
• Judge, Graduate Research Forum at UCF (2010, 2012)
• Mentor, Inspire Women’s Leadership Program at UCF (2009)
• Presenter, “experience university life” program by giving a presentation to a group of eighth graders
from Osceola County Middle Schools about Industrial Engineering and played a game to illustrate
poor management policies and the natural variability in production systems (2009)
III. College-­‐level Service
• IEMS Department representative, Engineering Leadership and Innovation Institute (eli2) (2011–
present)
• Member, UCF Teaching Incentive Award Program Evaluation CECS Committee (2010)
• Member, Undergraduate Program College Committee (2007)
• Mentor, EXCEL-­‐ URE program (2010)
IV. Department-­‐level Service
• Undergraduate Program Assessment Coordinator (2006–present)
o Recognized by the University Assessment Committee (UAC) for the “outstanding
professionalism reflected in the reports for the Industrial Engineering B.S. program: an
excellently designed assessment plan, superior data collection and analysis, and well-­‐
documented use of the data to improve academic programs and supporting assessment
plans-­‐a highly effective, closed-­‐loop process supporting continuous quality improvement”.
o IEMS Assessment process was showcased in UAC presentations on assessment.
• Member, Ph.D. Admissions Committee (2011–present)
• Member, ABET Committee (2007–present)
• Member, tenure-­‐track faculty search committee (2010)
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• Member, visiting faculty search committee (2008)
• IEMS Department Undergraduate Committee (2007–present)
• Ph.D. Operations Research Qualifying Examination Committee (2006–present)
- Chair (2009–present)
• M.S. Operations Research Oral Examination Committee (2008–present)
- Chair (2009–present)
• Undergraduate and graduate students recruitment:
- CECS Open house, IEMS Department representative (2010)
- Recruitment brochure contributor (2010)
- Recruiting seminar at the University of Jordan to increase the enrollment from international
universities and recruit top students (2007)
H. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Workshop, “Design of Sustainable Products Systems and Supply Chains”, National Science
Foundation, Arlington, VA, September 2011
2. Workshop, “NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop”, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL,
February 2008
3. Workshop, “New Faculty Colloquium”, Institute of Industrial Engineers Industrial Engineering
Research Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2007
4. Workshop, “Assessing Outcomes for Engineering Programs”, Faculty Center for Teaching and
Learning, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Fall 2008
I. HONORS AND AWARDS
• Recipient, UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award (2011)
• Recipient, Most Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the UCF Chapter of IIE (2011)
• Recipient, College of Engineering and Computer Science Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
(2010)
• Recipient, “Solution Provider” award; an annual award given by the Professional Engineering
Management Program to one professor each year (2009)
• Recipient, General Motors Manufacturing Scholarship (2004)
• Recipient, Lucent Technologies Industrial fellowship (1999-­‐2001)
• Recipient, Kodak Engineering Scholarship (1999)
• Recipient, Schweißtechnische Lehr-­‐ und Versuchsanstalt Research Co-­‐op (Welding Training and
Research Institute) (1997)
Honors and Awards by Students Advisees
• Joshua Patzner
- UCF Undergraduate Researcher of the Month (April 2012)
• Tatiana Viecco
- UCF Order of the Pegasus Award (April 2012)
• Philip Rounds
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Travel Award (2012)
• Diala Gammoh
- UCF Graduate Student Association Travel Award (2008)
- UCF Student Government Association (SGA) Graduate Travel Award (2008)
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- Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computing Travel Grant (2009)
- Grad Cohort Workshop for Women in Computing Travel grant (2009)
• Afrifah Bobbie
- McKnight Doctoral Fellowship (2008 -­‐ present)
• Vernet Lasrado
- UCF Graduate Student Association Travel Award (2011)
- UCF Student Government Association (SGA) Graduate Travel Award (2010)
• Ahmed El-­‐Nashar
- UCF Student Government Association (SGA) Graduate Travel Award (2010)
• Alexander Hugar
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Travel Award (2011)
- UCF Graduate Student Association Travel Award (2011)
- UCF Student Government Association (SGA) Graduate Travel Award (2010)
• Ali Bozorgi
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Travel Award (2010)
- UCF Student Government Association (SGA) Graduate Travel Award (2010)
• Paul Rohrbaugh
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Travel Award (2010)
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