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College / Department

College of Engineering

Department of Industrial Engineering

Teaching areas

Operations Research, Production Planning and scheduling, Supply Chain Management

Research areas

Mathematical modeling, Closed loop supply chain, cross-docking operations

Education

PhD, Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Canada, 2010

MS, Industrial Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2006

BS, Industrial Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2003

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - Present

Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2021

Assistant Professor, John Molson School Of Business, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada, 2011 - 2013

Post Doctoral Fellow, Interuniversity Research Center On Enterprise Networks, Logistics And Transportation (cirrelt), University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2011 - 2011

Phd Candidate & Teaching Fellow, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada, 2006 - 2010

Research Assistant, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2003 - 2005

Memberships

Jordanain Engineers Society, Amman, Jordan, July 2003

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4927

Dr. Rami Afif As'ad

Associate Professor

PhD, Concordia University, Canada

Rami As'ad has taught several courses in the areas of operations management and operations research. His research interests are optimizing cross-dock operations, supply chain network design, application of fuzzy set theory to multi-criteria decision-making problems. His research papers have appeared in the International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production among many others.

Publications

Sami Freihat, Moncer Hariga And Rami Asa'd. Cost and sustainability optimization of desalinated water supply chains, Operations And Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025

Noha Hassan, Zied Bahroun, Mahmoud Awad, Rami Asa'd And Zain Hussein. Design Optimization of Heterogeneous Stiffness-Varying Composites, Engineered Science Publisher, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025

Zied Bahroun, Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Rami Asa'd And Rim Zakaria. Integrated proactive-reactive tool for dynamic scheduling of parallel machine operations, Journal Of Engineering Business Management, December 2024

Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Bayan Hamdan. The Truck Selection Problem under Consolidated Shipment Policy: Models and Extensions, International Journal Of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya, Moncer Hariga And Rami Asa'd. A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of Generative AI-Based Chatbot Adoption among Students and Educators in Higher Education, Computers And Education: Artificial Intelligence, December 2024

Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Mohamed Ben-daya. Multi-Retailer Joint Replenishment Problem under Different Carbon Regulation Policies, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, June 2024

Shaza Hammoud, Rami Asa'd, Mohamed Ben-daya And Moncer Hariga. Simulation-Based Optimization of Logistics Decisions under Horizontal Collaboration Following the Can-Order Policy, Operations And Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, June 2024

Mahmoud Ibnouf, Moncer Hariga, Naif Darwish, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asad. Integrated Strategic and Tactical Optimization of Water Supply Chains, Operational Research In Engineering Sciences: Theory And Applications, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Zied Bahroun, Rami Asa'd, Moayad Tanash And Raed Athamneh. The Multi-Skilled Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem: A Systematic Review and an Exploration of Future Landscapes, Management Systems In Production Engineering

Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Mohamed Ben-daya. A Single-Vendor Multi-Retailer VMI Partnership under Individual Carbon-Cap Constraints, Ieee Acess, May 2023

Zied Bahroun, Moayed Tanash, Rami Asa'd And Mohamad Alnajar. Artificial Intelligence Applications in Project Scheduling: A systematic Review, Bibliometric Analysis, and Prospects for Future Research, Management Systems In Production Engineering, May 2023

Hessa Almatroushi, Moncer Hariga And Rami Asa'd. Integrated Material Ordering and Multi-Resource Leveling Problem with Time Varying Resource Profile

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asa'd. Maintenance 4.0 Research Landscape: Insights and Key Trends from a Bibliometric Network Analysis

Moncer Hariga, Mohamed Ben-daya, Rami Asa'd And Afef Saihi. Coordination of closed loop supply chains through buyback contract, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami As'ad. Maintenance and sustainability: A systematic review of modeling-based literature, Journal Of Quality In Maintenance Engineering, March 2023

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asa'd. Underpinning success factors of maintenance digital transformation: A hybrid reactive Delphi approach, International Journal Of Production Economics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Zied Bahroun, Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Rami Asa'd And Rim Zakaria. A user-induced proactive-reactive scheduling tool for dynamic flow-shop environments., International Journal Of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Noha M. Hassan, Zied Bahroun, Mahmoud Awad, Rami Asa'd And Assil Charkaoui. Enhancing Toughness of Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites using Nano-Materials, 12th Annual International Conference On Industrial Engineering And Operations Management, Istanbul, Turkey, March 7-10, 2022

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asa'd. An Investigation of Sustainable Maintenance Performance Indicators: Identification, Expert Validation and Portfolio of Future Research, Ieee Access, November 2022

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asa'd. Role of Internet of Things in Enhancing Supply Chain Collaboration, November 2022

Afef Saihi, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asa'd. A Survey of the Underlying Success Factors of Maintenance Digital Transformation, 10th Ifac Conference On Manufacturing Modelling, Management And Control Mim 2022, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Mehmet Ertem, Rami Asa'd, Mahmoud Awad And Abdulrahman Al-bar. Workers-Constrained Shutdown Maintenance Scheduling with Skills Flexibility: Models and Solution Algorithms, Computers And Industrial Engineering, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Amin Chaabane, Rami Asa'd, Ramin Geramianfar And Zied Bahroun. Utilizing energy transition to drive sustainability in cold supply chains: a case study in the frozen food industry, Rairo - Operations Research, May 2022

Moncer Hariga, Rami Afif As'ad And Mohamed Ben-daya. Vendor managed inventory coordination under contractual storage agreement and carbon regulation policies, Ieee Access

Zied Bahroun, Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Rami Asa'd And Rim Zakaria. Flexible decision support tool for dynamic single machine scheduling problems, Journal Of Industrial And Production Engineering, 22 February 2021

Rami Asa'd, Moncer Hariga And Abdulrahim Shamayleh. Sustainable Dynamic Lot Sizing Models for Cold Products under Carbon Cap Policy, Computers And Industrial Engineering, 1 November 2020

Hessa Almatroushi, Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Abdulrahman Al-bar. The multi resource leveling and materials procurement problem: an integrated approach, Engineering, Construction And Architectural Management, 7 May 2020

Mohamed Ben-daya, Rami Asa'd And K. Nabi. A Single-Vendor Multi-Buyer Production Remanufacturing Inventory System under a Centralized Consignment Arrangement, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 30 September 2019

Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Ali Diabat. Economic and environmental models for cold products with time varying demand, Journal Of Cleaner Production, 1 March 2019

Rami Asa'd, Moncer Hariga And Osama Alkhatib. Two stage closed loop supply chain models under consignment stock agreement and different procurement strategies, Applied Mathematical Modelling, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Rami Asa'd, Moncer Hariga And Abdulrahim Shamayleh. On the joint optimization of transportation and lot sizing decisions for a cold product with time varying demand, December 2018

Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Abdulrahim Shamayleh. Integrated economic and environmental models for a multi stage cold supply chain under carbon tax regulation, Journal Of Cleaner Production, November 2017

Rami Asa'd, Osama Alkhatib And Moncer Hariga. Joint optimization of procurement, production and shipping quantities under consignment stock partnership, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017

Moncer Hariga, Rami Asa'd And Zeinab Khan. Manufacturing-remanufacturing policies for a centralized two stage supply chain under consignment stock partnership, International Journal Of Production Economics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017

Mahmoud Awad And Rami Asa'd. Reliability centered maintenance actions prioritization using fuzzy inference systems, Journal Of Quality In Maintenance Engineering, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016

Wael Nassief, Ivan Contreras And Rami Asa'd. A mixed-integer programming formulation and Lagrangean relaxation for the cross-dock door assignment problem, International Journal Of Production Research, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016

Rami Asa'd And Zied Bahroun. Synchronization of replenishment decisions for the multi stage economic lot delivery and scheduling problem, May 2015

Rami Asa'd, Kudret Demirli And Suresh Goyal. Coping with uncertainties in production planning through fuzzy mathematical programming: application to steel rolling industry, International Journal Of Operational Research, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Mohammed Ben-daya, Rami Asa'd And Mohammed Seliaman. An integrated production inventory model with raw material replenishment considerations in a three layer supply chain, International Journal Of Production Economics, May 2013

Rami Asa'd And Kudret Demirli. A bilinear programming model and a modified branch-and-bound algorithm for production planning in steel rolling mills with substitutable demand, International Journal Of Production Research, 2011

Rami Asa'd. Integrated Production-Inventory Models in Steel Mills Operating in a Fuzzy Environment, December 2010

Rami Asa'd And Kudret Demirli. Production scheduling in steel rolling mills with demand substitution: Rolling horizon implementation and approximations, International Journal Of Production Economics, August 2010

Rami Asa'd. Optimizing production and inventory decisions in a multistage supply chain, 2005

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Digital transformation of maintenance: enablers, barriers and a framework for implementation, American University of Sharjah, June 2022 - May 2025

Grant, Towards Sustainable Maintenance Planning: A Conceptual Framework and Modeling-based Decision-making Approaches, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023

Grant, Optimization of Integrated Water Supply Chain Planning with Technical, Economic, and Environmental Considerations, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 December 2021

Grant, Designing an impact resistant hybrid fiber reinforced composite using nano-fillers and carbon nanotubes, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2021

Grant, An Integrated BIM approach to construction supply chain management, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 31 May 2020

Awards and Honors

A three years full scholarship to pursue PhD degree, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, 5 September 2006

2-years Full time research assistantship, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2 September 2006

Graduated with a high distinction level for the overall university performance in the undergraduate studies, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 14 June 2006