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C.V., Omar Ghrayeb, Ph.D.

OMAR A. GHRAYEB, Ph.D.

Work Address: Office of the Provost, Altged 308, Phone: 815.753.6922 Northern Illinois

University, DeKalb IL 60115 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, 2000. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

MSIE - Industrial Engineering, 1998. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

B.S. - in Industrial Engineering, 1992. University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

7/2017 – present Provost Fellow, Office of the Provost, Northern Illinois

University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

7/2016- 6/2017 Acting Dean, College of Engineering and Engineering

Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

7/2010 – 6/2016 Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Engineering

Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

2007- present ABET Program Evaluator, ABET

3/2010 - 2012 Director of External Programming, College of Engineering and

Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb,

Illinois, USA.

2013 – present Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

7/2006 – 6/2012 Chairman and Associate Professor (served as Associate Dean in

parallel for 2 years), Department of Industrial and Systems

Engineering, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

2001 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering,

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

2000 – 2001 Assistant Professor, Technology Department, Southwestern

Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, USA.

1997 – 2000 Instructor / Graduate Teaching Assistant, Industrial Engineering

Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.


1994 – 1996 Executive Manager, International Company for Plastic Industries

(35 employees), Hebron, West Bank.

1993 – 1994 Project Engineer, CIC-Consulting Company. Amman, Jordan.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN ACTING DEAN (JULY/2016-

JUNE/2017):

As an acting dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (60

faculty and instructors, 30 staff members, about 2000 undergraduate and graduate

students). Four strong discipline-based academic departments compose the College:

Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

and Technology. The College offers B.S. and M.S. degrees in each department as

well numerous emphases, minors and certificates of study. I reported to the provost

and was responsible for the overall academic, administrative, and fiscal leadership of

the college. A summary of some of my main duties and accomplishments include the

following:

Successful ABET accreditation visit by AEC and ETAC for five programs

(mechanical, electrical, industrial and systems, manufacturing engineering

technology and electrical engineering technology)

Working with the Provost Office, proposed and presented a differential tuition

model. The model was approved by BOT and will be implemented fall 2017.

The additional funds will be significant to improving the learning experience

and engaging undergraduate and graduate students.

In an effort to improve retention of our current students, additional student

support initiatives have been introduced in collaboration with the Department

Chairs and Associate Deans:

1. 5-minute solutions: Initiated the 5 minute solutions project which is a series

of 5 minute tutorial videos designed to assist students enrolled

in various fundamental engineering along with Math 155, 229, and 230 (the

pre-calculus and calculus I and II sequence). In five minutes or less, the 5

Minute Solution videos give students step-by-step instructions on how to

work through concepts they find complicated. So far, 342 videos have been

developed for 12 courses and students enrolled in any of these courses will

have access to all the videos via the Blackboard tutoring community. A

student survey end of fall semester indicated that many of them found these

videos helpful. Based on the success of this CEET initiative, the University

has embraced this idea for the entire campus and is now working on NIU’s

branding of 5 minute solutions.

2. Spatial visualization workshop: Spatial Visualization (SV) skill is the ability

to mentally manipulate 2D and 3D figures which plays a key role in


engineering. SV skills of students can be measured with the Purdue Spatial

Visualization (PSV) test.

3. Cultural sensitivity training: Working with Faculty Development and

Instructional Design Center, initiated a mandatory diversity and equity

training for all TA’s and tutors titled “Recognizing and embracing cultural

communications and sensitivity in the classroom”.

4. Student organization budget approval process streamlining: Student

organizations both design teams and the professional development

organizations get funded by the associate Dean’s office to go to conferences

and competitions. We streamlined the process to equip students with

project management skillsets for handling these projects.

5. Blackboard communities for student organizations: Created new Bb

communities for the technical manager, outreach coordinator and student

organization members to seamlessly communicate with other. A common

portal to discuss project progress and concerns. This has been a convenient

channel to connect all the student members.

6. Honor societies: Initiated conversations to start the honor society in

Mechanical engineering and renew the honor society for Electrical

engineering department. Paper work has been completed by both

departments and they are in communication with the national

chapters to start/restart their honor societies in Fall 2017. Students

belonging to the honor societies would serve as excellent role

models for others in the department and college.

Working with the department chairs, developed action plan for the entire

college in response to the recommendations of Program Prioritization Task-

Force.

o Filling seven additional positions across the four academic departments

(6 faculty positions and one instructor position)

o Developing proposals for two new bachelor’s degree programs; one B.S.

degree program in Biomedical Engineering and one in Computer

engineering

Working with the Provost Office, Graduate School and RIPS to develop and

propose an Engineering Doctorate degree program. The proposed degree

program includes three components; core competencies, professional

component, and the culminating experience (applied research)

Signed the last MOU with “Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)” to offer three

double degree programs in Technology. This partnership is expected to add 600

additional undergraduate students.

Developing strategic plans to revamp international recruitment effort in China,

India, Indonesia, Latin America, and Middle East. Visiting multiple universities

in India in February 2017 to conduct on-the-spot admission for the four


graduate programs. Currently, we are working on articulation with three

universities in China, one university in Indonesia, two universities in the Middle

East.

Developing a college plane to address equity issues regarding graduation rates

of minority student groups.

Managing budget (more than ($6M) and space within CEET. Securing

needed resources by working closely with the Provost Office.

Reaching out to many companies to promote the capabilities of the college in

terms of research, facilities, and students.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN ASSOCIATE DEAN (2010-6/2016):

The office of the Associate Dean for Outreach and Undergraduate Programs is

responsible for curriculum development, assessment, ABET accreditation,

enrollment management, retention and engagement, public relations, and

outreach.

CURRICULUM:

I have successfully coordinated the effort through ABET accreditation and

for our mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial and

systems, manufacturing engineering technology, and electrical

engineering technology, as well as leading our industrial management and

technology program through ATMAE accreditation.

Worked with community colleges across the State of Illinois to develop

articulation agreements and off-campus degree programs providing

student access to engineering and technology programs. Developed 2+2

seamless pathways with all feeder community colleges (30 community

colleges) in Illinois.

Working with the departments, the college played an important university

role in regional industrial outreach and external instructional delivery with

unique on-line undergraduate and graduate educational programs (B.S in

applied manufacturing technology, MS in technology management, and

MS in engineering management) as well as onsite MS in mechanical

engineering.

Leading the effort to develop three ABET accredited curriculum in

engineering technology (BS in electrical engineering technology, BS in

manufacturing engineering technology, and BS in environmental and

energy technology) in Malaysia (2011-present.) These programs are

projected to have enrollment of 600 Malaysian students.

Working with the University Honors, developed Engineering Honors Program

(first discipline specific honors program on campus)


Working with Office of Students Success, established Engineering Theme

Learning Community (TLC: Calculus and Physics for Engineers)

Working with the four academic departments, added many courses,

emphases, minors to the different engineering and technology programs in

response to feedback from employers and alumni.

Worked with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to offer special

sections of Math and Physics for CEET students.

Oversaw the Program Review for eight programs as well as Oversaw the

engineering General Education courses approval process.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT:

Streamlined the recruitment process. Currently, we work with all feeder

high schools in the State as well as PLTW middle and high schools:

Visiting high schools and middle schools at a regular bases

Invite schools for a field trip to tour the Engineering Building and meet

students

Created hands-on experiments for middle schools, high schools, and

PLTW schools where students spend 4 hours in the Engineering

building working on the experiments.

Increased enrollment more than 50% over 6 years.

Created different pipeline groups (i.e. middle school, high school, senior

high school, PLTW, community colleges) where prospective students

receive email blasts on regular bases.

Keeping track of all students who apply to engineering, get admitted,

and confirmed students.

Established an annual campaign to improve the Yield (Admit to confirm),

as a result, CEET Yield rate improved significantly.

RETENTION AND ENGAGEMENT:

Restructured advising in the college and changed it from faculty based

advising to hybrid advising model

Created the Central Advising Office and added two professional advisors

Redesigned the Introduction to Engineering course. The new course

focuses more on skills needed for students’ success in engineering.

Work with the office of Students Success to monitor students’ performance

and intervene at the right time.

Restructured the Tutoring Center.

Established Engineering Ambassadors Club (currently 30+ student

Ambassadors)

Restructured the Students Activity Committee (SAC) that includes 18

students organizations and 6 clubs (SAE teams)

Restructured the Engineering job fairs (fall and spring,) currently, up to 50

different companies attend each job fair


Established Senior Design Day (every semester)

Working with Alumni Board, created the Engineering and Technology

Challenge Coin.

PUBLIC RELATIONS:

Branded the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

“Bridging Theory with Practice”

Redesigned the College and Departments Web sites so that they are more

students friendly

Redesigned all brochures, banners, and publications in the College

Hired and retained a marketing specialist with the responsibility to maintain

the

Brand and publicize all accomplishments of students, faculty, and staff.

OUTREACH:

Oversee the National Safety Educational Center (one of 28 centers in the

country.) Through the Center, we offer all OSHA numbered courses as well

as 10-hrs and 30-hrs cards training.

Worked with many corporations to:

Fund scholarships

Sponsor senior design projects

Establish internship programs

Placement of our graduates

Sponsor different students’ groups and activities

Funding different initiatives.

Established the Engineers-in-Resident program. We already secured more

than 150 contracts since we launched it in 2009.

Established the Corporate Scholars program. We just started this program

two back and already have 5 companies.

Partnered with Caterpillar and started the Annual “Tee Up Fore

Scholarships” golf outing. As a result, we raised enough money to support

5 additional scholarships every year.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A DEPARTMENT CHAIR (2006-

6/2012):

A summary of some of my main duties and accomplishments include the following:

As the Chief Academic Officer of the department, I served as the advocate

and spokesperson for the department before the Office of the Dean and all

other organizations and bodies within and outside the college.

Increased the enrollment from about 70 to 125 students at the undergraduate

and from 25 to 75 students at the graduate level.


Recruited 4 faculty members and 2 staff members. One faculty and two staff

members were due to the Department’s growth.

Established and maintained annual evaluation of “Progress toward Tenure”

for junior faculty members as well as rigorous Third-Year merit evaluation.

Established and served as a Director of Baxter Reliability Laboratory.

Established a new Industrial Advisory Board (IAB). The IAB was made

of 16 members representing different major corporations.

Created a vision and a new strategic direction for the department. This was

accomplished by engaging the entire faculty in a strategic planning process

in my first year. The plan addressed issues critical to the department’s

competitiveness. In particular, the strategic plan addressed undergraduate

education, graduate education, research, faculty development, partnership

with alumni and industry, and service to society.

Working with faculty, designed and implemented a new merit evaluation

procedure to accurately measure and reward faculty contributions to the

mission of the ISYE department. . Carried out annual faculty evaluation and

needs assessment. The faculty evaluations were based on the faculty

productivity and performance in the three basic areas (teaching, research,

and service) that mirror criteria for faculty promotion and tenure decisions.

The outcomes of the evaluation were used in assessing future faculty needs,

salary raises, and other rewards.

Guided the development of the Program assessment and evaluation

procedure for the Program Educational Objectives and Outcomes. Prepared

and submitted all ABET accreditation reports. Managed all the

correspondence with ABET to follow up on their visit in 2004. We

succeeded to resolve all the concerns and weaknesses cited during the 2004

visit. As a result, ABET visit in 2010 was very successful and resulted in a

full 6-year accreditation.

Successfully completed the Program Review for the undergraduate and

graduate programs as required by the State of Illinois.

Sought and promoted partnership with industry. My effort resulted in many

funded projects from different industrial partners, which involved many

undergraduate/graduate students and many faculty members from

ISYE/CEET. Also, designed and launched the Engineers-In-Residence

(EIR) Program in summer 2009. As a result:

o All senior design projects are sponsored from industry which gives our

graduates the experiential learning opportunity to work on real world

projects

o Since its launching, the EIR had attracted more than 100 contracts with the

industry which provided funding for many graduate students and their

faculty advisors

I worked with the faculty and the Curriculum Committee to update our

curriculum in response to the feedback of our constituents. This resulted in the following additions to our curriculum:


1. Emphasis in Health Systems: Students who choose this emphasis will be

better prepared to work for the health care sector. This emphasis will

better prepare interested students to help improving productivity and

efficiency of health sector.

2. Emphasis in Engineering Management: In today’s engineering field,

there is an increasing need for engineering-oriented management skills

or scientific management. This emphasis prepares students who are

interested in pursuing management positions at engineering or

technological oriented companies.

3. Minor in Sustainable Engineering: Sustainable engineering is concerned

with the integration of social, environmental, and economic

considerations into product, process and energy systems design methods.

The objective is to minimize the total of the negative environmental

impacts across the entire lifecycle and maximizing the positive social

and economic impacts. Also, sustainable engineering encourages the

consideration of the complete product and process lifecycle during the

design cycle.

4. Undergraduate/Graduate Certificates in Lean Six Sigma: Acquiring

skills in lean production and six-sigma is necessary to streamline

processes and increase productivity and efficiency for different

industries. This certificate introduces undergraduate students to those

skills required in manufacturing and service plants that apply the

principles of lean production and Six Sigma. Industry, in general,

expects graduates of industrial and systems engineering to have a strong

background in lean production and six sigma concepts. Feedback from

our constituents; students, employers and alumni, show their desire and

support for this certificate program.

5. We also added many new courses:

ISYE 474/574, Scheduling and Logistics

ISYE 439/539, Six Sigma Performance Excellence and Modern Problem

Solving

ISYE 466/566, Analysis and Design of Supply Chain Systems

ISYE 250, Introduction to Lean Systems Engineering

ISYE 505, Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering

ISYE 490/590, Systems Engineering Management

ISYE 494, Health Systems Design Project

ISYE 493, Engineering Management Design Project

Developed a new Lean Manufacturing Lab. Currently, the lab is heavily

used to teach lean concepts to current students as well as summer camps.


Worked closely with the College of Engineering Development Office in

fundraising effort. This was accomplished by identifying successful alumni

and potential donors to the department from the alumni database. Those

identified were contacted or visited to make financial gifts to the

department.

Managed department resources such as budget, space, and staff.

Department space was earmarked primarily for instructional

laboratories, research laboratories, and office space. Space allocation

was based on the department priorities as defined in the strategic plan.

Carried out other duties such as the appointment of faculty advisers to

students’ organizations, allocating office space to students’ organizations,

appointment of advisers to students, appointment of faculty to committees,

and the engagement of the faculty in teaching and research workshops.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS:

MEMBER OF UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING TASK FORCE (2006-2007)

Great universities have historically been shaped by two seemingly contradictory forces:

a commitment to constancy, on the one hand, and, on the other, an equally determined

pursuit of change. Indeed, much of what we do as members of the academy serves to

advance the process of change – changing the knowledge base, changing people’s lives,

changing how both individuals and communities interact with one another. But we

often accomplish these ends by reminding ourselves of the constancy of our means – an

unfettered commitment to teaching and learning, an equally passionate commitment to

academic freedom and the pursuit of scholarly and artistic purpose. It is in that spirit we

offer the development of a strategic plan for Northern Illinois University (NIU),

recognizing both the importance of our mission and our willingness to explore

constantly evolving ways to achieve its ends.

I was honored to be nominated and selected to represent the College of Engineering and

Engineering Technology to the University Strategic Planning Task Force. The selection

process was based on the following characteristics of the members:


a broad understanding of the context and role of public higher education;

ability to view one’s role from a university-level perspective rather than a

college- or discipline-specific one;

willingness to be creative, think big, and value both historic strengths and

emerging opportunities;

a track record for timely fulfillment of responsibilities and willingness to take

on new challenges; and

a strong sense of ownership about and pride in NIU and a commitment to make

the university a better place

Task force efforts culminated in June 2007 with issuance of a report that identified four

strategic imperatives to guide NIU’s planning efforts: 1) Preserve, strengthen and

extend NIU’s teaching and learning environment; 2) Develop a strategy for investing in

multidisciplinary scholarship and artistic clusters that complements NIU’s focus on

individual scholarly and artistic achievement; 3) Strengthen and extend NIU’s

global/regional impact; and 4) Make NIU an institution of ‘first choice’ for faculty,

students and staff.

MEMBER OF BACCALAUREATE REVIEW STEERING COMMITTEE (MAY 2008 – 2010)

The Baccalaureate Review Steering Committee was formed and included 10 faculty and

staff representing all the undergraduate colleges at NIU.

The NIU Great Journeys Strategic Plan identified general education reform as a top

priority. The first phase of this reform requires a review and discussion of the

University’s baccalaureate degree goals. During the spring 2009 semester, the NIU

Baccalaureate Review Task Force gathered information on these questions through

focus groups and a web-based survey.

Based on input received from these strategies, the Baccalaureate Review Task Force

developed the following purpose statement:

NIU undergraduates develop competencies in critical thinking, communication, and

creativity by participating in an engaged learning environment to prepare for success

in a diverse, global society.

The concepts embodied in the statement will provide a foundation during the Spring

2010 semester for further development of meaningful and measureable student learning

goals, which we are working on currently. Each of the goals is to be considered in

relationship to the students’ disciplines, co-curricular activities, as well as broader

contexts such as science, history, culture, social systems, and global/local concerns.

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ABET) EVALUATOR

(JULY 2007 – PRESENT)

ABET accreditation is assurance that a college or university program meets the quality

standards established by the profession for which it prepares its students. For example,

an accredited engineering program must meet the quality standards set by the


engineering profession. An accredited computer science program must meet the quality

standards set by the computing profession.

As ABET evaluator, I represent ABET to evaluate engineering programs (industrial

engineering and engineering management programs) when they seek accreditation.

During the on-campus visit, the evaluation team reviews course materials, student

projects, and sample assignments and interviews students, faculty, and administrators.

The team investigates whether the criteria including the program Educational

Objectives and Outcomes are met and tackles any questions raised by the self-study.

Following its campus visit, the team provides the school with a written report of the

evaluation.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Damodaran, P., P. Vohra, O. Ghrayeb, 2014, Curricular innovation: engineering

management for global audience. Global Journal of Engineering Education,

16(1), 43-46.

2. Rayon A., Damodaran P., Ghrayeb O., 2013, Improving the Quotation Process:

A Lean Case Study at a Job Shop, International Journal of Rapid

Manufacturing, 3(4), 248-265.

3. Damodaran, P., Ghrayeb, O., Guttikonda, M. C., 2013, GRASP to Minimize

Makespan for a Capacitated Batch Processing Machine, International Journal

of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 68(1-4), 407-414.

4. Ghrayeb, O., Damodaran, P., 2012, A Hybrid Random-Key Genetic Algorithm

to Minimize Weighted Number of Late Deliveries for a Single Machine,

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (accepted).

5. Pohlman, N., Ghrayeb, O. and Vohra, P., 2012, Developing a disciplinary

honors program within an engineering college, Global Journal of Engineering

Education, Vol. 14, No. 1 pp.20–26.

6. Damodaran, P., Diyadawagamage, D.A., Ghrayeb, O., 2012, and Vélez-

Gallego, M., A particle swarm optimization algorithm for minimizing makespan

of nonidentical parallel batch processing machines, International Journal of

Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 58, 1131-1140.

7. Ghrayeb, O., Damodaran, D., Vohra, P., 2011, Art of triangulation: an effective

assessment validation strategy, Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.

13, No. 3, pp.96–101.

8. Ghrayeb, O. and Vohra, P., 2011, Experiential learning in engineering

education: A Case Study at NIU, Global Journal of Engineering Education,

Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.82–89.


9. Wang, N., Moraga, R.J. and Ghrayeb, O., 2011, A modified rapid access

heuristic for flowshop scheduling problem, Int. J. Applied Management Science,

Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.327–340.

10. Ghrayeb, O., Phojanamongkolkij, N. And Tan, B., 2009, A Hybrid Push/Pull

System in Assemble-to-order Manufacturing Environment. Journal of

Intelligent Manufacturing Vol. 20, No. 4, 379-387.

11. Phojanamongkolkij, N. And Ghrayeb, O., 2005, Batch size determination for

wafer fabrication using Genetic Algorithms. Revista de Ingenieria Industrial

(Journal of Industrial Engineering, ISSN0717-9103), 4(1), pp.5-12.

12. Ghrayeb, O. And Phojanamongkolkij, N., A study of optimizing the

performance of Genetic Algorithms using Design of Experiments in job-shop

scheduling application. International Journal of Industrial Engineering 12(1),

35-42, 2005.

13. Ghrayeb, O., Phojanamongkolkij, N., Marcellus, R., and Zhao, W., A Practical

framework to evaluate and select robots for assembly operations. Journal of

Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004, pp 1-17.

14. Ghrayeb, O., A Bi-Criteria Optimization: Minimizing the Integral Value and

Spread of the Fuzzy Makespan of JSSPs, Special Issue on "Soft Computing in

Manufacturing Enterprise Systems", Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 2, No. 3F,

2003, pp 197-210.

15. Ghrayeb, O., Phojanamongkolkij, N., and Finch, P., A mathematical model and

heuristic procedure to schedule printed circuit packs on sequencers.

International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 41, No.16, 2003, pp 3849-

3860.

16. Phojanamongkolkij, N., Grabenstetter, D., And Ghrayeb, O., Scheduling Jobs to

improve weighted on-time performance of a single machine. SME Journal of

Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2003, pp 148-156.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Mirman, C.R. and Ghrayeb, O: Articulation between Academic Institutions –

The growing need in Engineering Technology. Proceedings of the 2015

Engineering Technology International Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 2015.

2. Ghrayeb, O., Vohra, P., Nicholas P., and Francine S.C, “Summer Mathematic

Bridge Program at CEET.” 4th WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering

and Technology Education, Cairns, Australia, Feb 11-15, 2013

3. Vohra, P., Ghrayeb, O., and Kasuba, R., “ICE-T: Internationalizing

Curriculum in Engineering and Technology.” 4th WIETE Annual Conference

on Engineering and Technology Education, Cairns, Australia, Feb 11-15, 2013.


4. Vohra, P., Ghrayeb, O., and Kasuba, R., “Embedding innovation in a typical

engineering curriculum.” 3rd WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering and

Technology Education, Pattaya, Thailand, Feb 6-10, 2012.

5. Carrier, A., Ghrayeb, O., and Vohra, P., “Enhancing STEM awareness and

STEM pipeline through integrated pipelines of communications.” 3rd WIETE

Annual Conference on Engineering and Technology Education, Pattaya,

Thailand, Feb 6-10, 2012.

6. Zinouri, N., Muskeyvalley, R., Damodaran, P., Ghrayeb, O., “Scheduling A

Batch Processing Machine to Minimize Total Weighted Tardiness,”

Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research

Conference (accepted)

7. Damodaran, P., Diyadawagamage, D.A., Ghrayeb, O., “PSO for minimizing

makespan of non-identical parallel batch processing machines.” Proceedings of

the 20th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, May 21-

25, 2011.

8. Pasupuleti, L., Ghrayeb, O., Mirman, C., Ley, H., and Park, Y.: Disaster

Planning for a Large Metropolitan City Using TRANSIMS Software,

Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference, Austin, Tx, 2009.

9. Vallette, M.A., Khadgi, P., Moraga, R., Asoudegi, E., and Ghrayeb, O.,

“Simulation In Retail: A Case Study For Process Improvement In The

Receiving Area,” Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference,

Austin, Texas.

10. Ning Wang, Reinaldo Moraga, and Omar Ghrayeb, “A Modified Rapid Access

Heuristic for Flowshop Scheduling Problems,” Proceedings of Industrial

Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, May 2008.

11. Phojanamongkolkij, N. And Ghrayeb, O., “Simulation Study of a Radio Repair

Facility,” Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research Conference,

Houston, Texas, May 2004.

12. Ghrayeb, O., Tan, B., "Integrated Approach to Workforce Planning and Shift

Scheduling: A Case Study," Proceedings of the 31st conference on Computers

and Industrial Engineering, San Francisco, California, 2003.

13. Ghrayeb, O., Azad, K.M., and Otieno, A., “Internet Based Approach to

Develop Remote Tool Monitoring System," Proceedings of Industrial

Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 2003.

14. Azad, K.M., Otieno, A., and Ghrayeb, O. "Internet Based Experiments for

Physical Laboratory Set-up," Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2003.

15. Ghrayeb, O., “Comparative Study between Crisp and Fuzzy Solutions for Job-

Shop Scheduling Problems,” Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research

Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2002.

16. Marcellus, R. and Ghrayeb, O., “Effect of smart classrooms on learning and

teaching effectiveness: the students’ point of view,” Proceedings of ASEE

Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2002.


17. Ghrayeb, O., "A sensitivity analysis: Effect of genetic algorithm's parameters

on solution quality," Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research

Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 2001.

18. Finch, P. and Ghrayeb, O., "A heuristic procedure for loading the sequencers

in a printed circuit pack production environment," Proceedings of Industrial

Engineering Research Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 2001.

19. Ghrayeb, O., "An efficient genetic algorithm for JSSP with fuzzy durations,"

Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cleveland, Ohio,

May 2000.

20. Ghrayeb, O., "Solving JSSP with Imprecise Processing Times," Proceedings

of the 4th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory,

Applications and Practice, San Antonio, TX, November 1999.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. (PI) Development of Engineering Technology program for University of Malaysia – Funded

by the University of Malaysia, from 6/12 – present – Developed complete model for

undergraduate programs in Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology,

and Energy and Environmental Technology programs in Malaysia. Worked with University

officials and Department chairs to develop models for program assessment, internships, and

senior projects; work also included laboratory development and setting up program advisory

boards - Total amount awarded - $500,000 (first three phases).

2. (Co-PI) Improving warehouse operations at 3M distribution center, 3M Corporation,

$292,358, August 2011-May 2014.

3. (Co-PI), Process improvement for Power Team product line at SPX, SPX Hydraulic

Technologies, $160,974, 8/12 – 5/14,

4. (Co-PI) Analyzing and Minimizing transportation Costs, Navteq (Nokia),

$27,565 April 2012 – May 2013.

5. (Co-PI) Improving warehouse operations at Del Monte Foods, Del Monte

Foods, $43,010, July 2012 – March 2013.

6. (Co-PI) Process improvement for Power Team product line at SPX, SPX,

$75,333, August 2012 – May 2013.

7. (Co-PI) Analyzing the Paint lines at Caterpillar, Caterpillar, $40,841, August

2012 – December 2012.

8. (PI) Design for Manufacturability, SWES and Time Standards, Caterpillar,

$633,809 (multiple phases) May 2010 – March 2012.

9. (PI) Simulation for Process Improvements at CAT, Caterpillar, $347,364 (multiple

phases) Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2012.

10. (PI) Developing Standard Operating Procedures and Process Improvements

(multiple phases), Suncast Corporation, $261,817, Sept. 1, 2009 – May 15,

2012.

11. (Co-PI) Improving Warehouse Operations at 3M Distribution Center, 3M

Corporation, $56,875, Aug. 11, 2011 – Sept. 30, 2012.

12. (PI) Process improvements at Suncast, Suncast Corporation, $65,504, May 2011

– May 2012.


13. (Co-PI) Improving warehouse operations at Montgomery distribution center, Suncast

Corporation, $61,415, Jan. 2011 – May 2012.

14. (Co-PI) Process improvements for CAT Aurora wheel loader assembly lines,

Caterpillar, $35,092, Sept. 11 – Dec. 11.

15. (PI) TRANSIMS Model Development for Regional Evacuation Studies for

Large Metropolitan Areas, Argonne National Laboratories, $78,567, Aug. 2010

– June 2011.

16. (PI) Mixed model assembly line balancing for LWL at Caterpillar, Caterpillar,

$76,813 Oct. 2010 – May 2011.

17. (PI) Experimental design and testing at Suncast, Suncast Corporation, $34,326,

March 11-Dec. 11.

18. (PI) Product quality testing, Suncast Corporation, $32,212, June 2010 – May

2011,

19. (Co-PI) Analyzing the Quotation Process and Production System at Ford Tools, Ford

Tool, Inc, $76,863, Sept. 1, 2009 – Feb 28, 2011.

20. (PI) Using Simulation Modeling to Identify Manpower Needs at Caterpillar,

Caterpillar Inc., $5,000, Jan. 2010 – April 2010.

21. (PI) Optimizing the Tube Raw Material for the Mill Operation, Elgin Industries,

$5,000, Jan. 2010 – April 2010.

22. (PI) Line Balancing for the Assembly Operation, Motorola, $5,000, Jan. 2010 –

April 2010.

23. (PI) Part Picking Process Improvement, SPX Hydraulic Technologie, $5,000, Jan.

2010 – April 2010.

24. (Co-PI)Improvements of the TRANSIMS Chicago Metropolitan Area Network and

the Evacuation Simulation Capabilities, Argonne National Laboratories, $77,286,

April 2009 – Dec. 2009

25. (PI) A throughput related process improvements for the Assembly Operation

area, S&N Manufacturing, $21,000, June – December 2009.

26. (Co-PI) Modeling & Simulation of an Emergency Evacuation Scenario for the

Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois Department of Transportation through

ANL, $472,189, Sept. 2007 – Feb. 2009.

27. (PI) Reliability Characteristics of Large Volume Infusion Pumps, Baxter Healthcare

Corporation, $27,495, June – August 2009.

28. (PI) Impacts of Increased Inventories on Process Standards, Sears Holding Corp.,

$30,000, August – December 2008

29. (PI) Line Balancing for the DC Motor Assembly line, Bison Gear & Engineering

Corp., $6,000, January – May 2008.

30. (PI) Process Improvement for the CNC Machining Center, SPX, $5,000, January –

May 2008.

31. (PI) Process Mapping and Improvement for the Secondary Operation, Caterpillar,

$2,500, January – May 2008.

32. (PI) Cycle Time Reduction for PO process, Motorola, $5,000, January – May 2008.

33. (PI) Feasibility Analysis for Implementing Communication Devices to Coordinate

Production Efficiently at HydraForce, HydraForce Inc., $10, 000, August –

December 2007.

34. (PI) Plant Layout Analysis and Redesign, SPX, $5,000, January – May 2007.


35. (PI) Process Improvement for Motorola’s CCSI Sector, Motorola, $5,000,

January – May 2007.

36. (PI) Process Flow Improvement in a Large Manufacturing and Assembly Facility,

Caterpillar, $5,000, January – May 2007.

37. (PI) Inventory Management System for Elgin Industries, Elgin Industries, $5,000,


38. (PI) Analysis and Time Study of Assembly Operation, Bergstrom Inc., $5,000,


39. (PI) Inventory Management for Ideal’s T-Stripper Product, Ideal Industries Inc.,

$5,000, January – May 2006.

40. (PI) Ideal Process Capability for the T-Stripper, Ideal Industries Inc., $5,000,


41. (PI) Cycle Time Reduction for an Assembly Operation using Kitting, Elgin

Industries, $5,000, January – May 2006.

42. (PI) Mirage 500 (manual controls) Accelerated Testing, Belvedere USA

Corporation, $10,500, August – September 2005

43. (PI) Freight Overcharge Analysis, Motorola Radio Support Center, $8,100, February

-June 2005.

44. 45. (PI) Failure Rate Reduction, S&N Manufacturing, Inc., $23,750, April – August

2005.

45. (PI) Redesign of the Existing Layout of the Packing and Assembly Department,

Elgin Industries, $8,000, January – August 2005.

46. (PI) Managing Inventories in the Clipper Cord Supply Chain, Wahl Clipper

Corporation, $5,000, January – May 2005.

47. (PI) Line Balancing for the Clipper Assembly and Packing Operations, Wahl Clipper

Corporation, $5,000, January – May 2005.

48. (PI) Redesign of the Existing Layout of Plant 4 –Macro and Micro Analysis, Raynor,

$10,000, January – May 2005

49. (Co-PI) Elgin Inbound Analysis for Repair Process, Motorola Radio Support Center,

$4,950, February 2004 - May 2004

50. 49. (Co-PI) Elgin Inbound Analysis for Distribution Processes, Motorola Radio

Support Center, $4,950, February 2004 - May 2004

51. (Co-PI) Elgin Process Mapping, Motorola, Rockford, Illinois, $4,919, February 2003

- May 2003

52. 51. (Co-PI) Two-way ATE area at Rockford Facility, Motorola, Rockford, Illinois,

$4,919, February 2003 - May 2003

53. 52. (Co-PI) Simulation Study and Flow Analysis of Motorola’s Radio Repair

Facility, Motorola, Rockford, Illinois, $4,950, Sept. - Dec., 2002

54. (Investigator) sub-project: “Task 3. Virtual Supply Chain Network” as part of the

Rapid Optimization of Commercial Knowledge (ROCK) project,

Department of Defense (through the Dean’s office), $45,000, 2003 for 3 years

55. (PI) Software and Equipment Grant, Automatic Identification & Data Capture

Technical Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, $32,711, summer 2002.


UNIVERSITY SERVICE

1. NIU Strategic Enrollment Steering Committee, 2017-present

2. Tuition and Fees Steering Committee, 2017-present

3. NIU Council of Deans, 2016-present

4. NIU University Council, 2016-2017

5. College Council, 2016-2017

6. Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), panel member, 2010-2017.

7. Council of Curricular Deans, member, 2010-2016.

8. Council of Advising Deans, member, 2010-2016.

9. College Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2010-2016.

10. CEET Senate, member, 2006-2017.

11. NIU Outreach Advisory Committee, member, 2010-present.

12. Chaired and served on many Search Committees.

13. The University Strategic Planning Task Force, member, 2006-2007.

14. Baccalaureate Review Steering Committee, member, May 2008 – 2010.

15. The Responsible Conduct of Scholarship committee, member, Fall 2005-2007.

16. College Curriculum Committee, member, Spring 2005-2006.

17. NIU Faculty Senate, member, Spring 2001 – Spring 2005.

18. Executive Committee of Faculty Senate, member, Fall 2002 – Spring 2004.

19. Academic Affairs Committee of Faculty Senate, member, Fall 2003 – Spring

2005

20. Engineering floor program for Engineering and Engineering Technology,

Faculty Advisor, Fall 2002-2006.

21. Curriculum Committee of Industrial Engineering Department, member,

Fall 2001- 2005.


COURSES TAUGHT:

- Northern Illinois University

Design and Analysis of Supply Chains (Undergraduate/Graduate).

Facilities Planning and Design (Undergraduate/Graduate). Production Planning and Inventory Control (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Integrated Manufacturing Systems (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Advanced Production Planning and Inventory Control (Graduate only)

Discrete Optimization (Graduate only).

Statistics for Engineering (Undergraduate only).

Engineering Economy (Undergraduate only).

Supply Chain Management (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Advanced Production Planning and Inventory Control (Graduate)

- Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Material Handling/Facilities Planning

Industrial safety

Manufacturing Processes

Automation

- New Mexico State University

Operations Research (IE 413)

Computational Methods in Industrial Engineering II (IE 351)

Computational Methods in Industrial Engineering I (IE 151)

GRADUATE STUDENTS

I. Completed theses/project (Advisor):

1. Konduri, Narasimharao, “A Genetic Algorithm for Jobshop Scheduling Problem

with Fuzzy Processing Times and Fuzzy Due Dates,” Northern Illinois

University, (Advisor), Master’s thesis, December 2002.

2. Katamaraja, Krishna, " Minimizing Earliness/Tardiness of Jobshop Scheduling

Problem with Fuzzy Processing Times and Fuzzy Due Dates," Northern Illinois

University, (Advisor), Masters project, May 2003.

3. Rizwan, Mohamed, "Comparison of Two Clustering Algorithms: A Case

Study," Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Masters project, May 2003.

4. Madipalli, Sharath, " Random Keys GA to schedule jobs on Parallel flexible

machines," Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Master’s thesis, December

2003.


5. Tan, Boon, "A push-pull hybrid production planning system," Northern Illinois

University, (Co-Advisor), Master’s thesis, May 2003.

- Note: This student’s thesis won as the second best master’s thesis at the

university level

6. Pradeep Ramamurthy, "A genetic local search to minimize earliness/tardiness of

jobs with common due dates," Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Master’s

thesis, December 2004.

7. Nicole Lohmeier, " Cycle time reduction of internal supply chain using value

stream mapping," Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Masters project,

December 2004.

8. Sunil Musilreddy, " A meta heuristic approach to product simplification,”

Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Masters project, May 2005.

9. Lohita Gogineni, “Improving order picking efficiency,” Northern Illinois

University, (Advisor), Masters project, May 2005.

10. Ameesh Arora, “Managing Inventories in the Supply Chain,” Northern Illinois

University, (Advisor), Masters Project, May 2005.

11. Anandan, Sathya, “Solving Job-Shop Scheduling Problem using Ants

Algorithm,” Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Master’s Thesis, December

2006.

12. Bittorf, Joe, “Redesign of the Existing Layout of the Packing and Assembly

Department for Elgin Industries, (Advisor), Masters project, December 2006.

13. Juli Smith, " Using simulated annealing and genetic algorithms to determine the

batch size in a G/G/1 system,” Northern Illinois University, (Co- Advisor),

Master’s Thesis, December 2006.

14. Sujana Kokkanti, " On the design and implementation of ERP system,”

Northern Illinois University, (Advisor), Masters Project, December 2006.

15. Dan Baily, " MARRV simulation and project,” Northern Illinois University,

(Co-Advisor), Masters Project, December 2006.


II. Completed theses/project (Committee member):

16. Hermes, Christian, “Modeling Queues using Cellular Automata,” Northern

Illinois University, (Committee member), Master’s thesis, December 2004.

17. Pyreddy, Premchandra Reddy, "Biomechanic analysis of Printing Operation,"

Northern Illinois University, (Committee member), Masters project, December

2004.

18. Asadi, Akbar, "Heart Rate Analysis to Optimize the Rest Break Schedule Using

Neural Network," Northern Illinois University, (Committee member), Master’s

thesis, May 2004.

19. Zhao, Zhiwei, "Evaluation and Selection of Robot for Assembly," Northern

Illinois University, (Committee member), Master’s thesis, May 2002.

20. Shin, Kwangjin, "Selection of Optimal Batch Size in Scheduling of Wafer

Fabrication to Reduce the Cycle Time by Setup Reduction," Northern Illinois

University, (Committee member), Master’s thesis, June 2002.

21. Shu, Zhang, Tool Wear Monitoring: A sensor Fusion Approach," Northern

Illinois University, (Committee member), Master’s thesis, June 2002.

22. Vinnakota, Dinakar, "Allocating Trucks to Drivers to Achieve Optimal Use of

Trucks," Northern Illinois University, (Committee member), Masters Project,

November.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Students’ Choice Award, voted by the students of NIU, 2006.

Outstanding Faculty Award, voted by the students of Industrial Engineering,

Northern Illinois University, 2002-2003, 2003-2004.

My student won the second place in the Best Maters Thesis at the university

level, Northern Illinois University, 2003.

My students won the first place in IIE/TEFEN Graduate Student Competition

Excellence in Industrial Engineering was organized by The Institute of

Industrial Engineers (IIE), Orlando, Florida, May 2002.

Alpha Pi Mu, The Industrial Engineering Honor Society, 1999


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Senior member of American Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

REFERENCES

Bradley Bond,

Dean, Graduate School

Phone: 815-753-9402

Email: [email protected] Jason Rhode

Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Design

Phone: 815-753-2475

Email: [email protected]

Purush Damodaran,

Professor and Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering

College of Engineering and Engineering Technology Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815) 753-5660 [email protected]

Federico Sciammarella,

Associate Professor and Interim Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Phone: 815-753-1288


Shanthi Muthaswami,

Associate Professor and former Acting associate Dean

College of Engineering and Engineering Technology


Phone: 815-753-4155

mailto:[email protected]

tel:815-753-2475





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