Doctoral Programs Student Directory

Amir Masoumi

Amir Masoumi  

Ph.D. Candidate in Management Science
Center Associate at the Virtual Center for Supernetworks


Email: amasoumi@som.umass.edu

Office: Isenberg 28

 

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Education:

Doctoral Candidate (ABD), University of Massachusetts Amherst (Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Anna Nagurney) 

M.S. Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Economic and Social Systems Engineering, Azad
University, Science and Research Campus,
Tehran, Iran, 2006

B.S. Electrical Engineering (Electronics),
Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, 2003.

Research/Teaching Interests:

Network optimization, Supply chains of perishable products, Healthcare supply chains, Blood banking systems, Pharmaceutical supply chains, Disaster relief organizations, Sustainable systems, game theory, multicriteria decision-making.

 

Publications:

An introduction to distance learning systems (with M.J. Tarokh) (2005), National Seminar on E-Learning, Tehran, Iran.Proceedings of National Seminar on E-Learning, Tehran, Iran.

 

Supply chain network operations management of a blood banking system with cost and risk minimization (with A. Nagurney and M. Yu) (2011), Computational Management Science, in press.

 

Supply chain network design of a sustainable blood banking system (with A. Nagurney) (2011) in Sustainable Supply Chains: Models, Methods and Public Policy Implications, T. Boone, V. Jayaraman, and R. Ganeshan, Editors, Springer, London, England, in press.

 

A supply chain generalized network oligopoly model for pharmaceuticals under brand differentiation and perishability (with A. Nagurney and M. Yu) (2011), Transportation Research E, in press.

 

Papers Presented at Conferences:

Supply chain network operations management of a blood banking system with cost and risk minimization (with A. Nagurney and M. Yu), the 22nd Annual POMS Conference, Reno, Nevada, April 29-May 2, 2011; also presented at: the First Northeast Regional INFORMS Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, May 6-7, 2011.

 

Supply chain network design of a sustainable blood banking system (with A. Nagurney), INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 13-16, 2011.

 

Invited Panels:

How to run a successful INFORMS student chapter in: the First Northeast Regional INFORMS Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, May 6-7, 2011.

 

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant, FINOPMGT 341: Transportation and Logistics (Instructor: Prof. A. Nagurney), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, and Fall 2011.

Instructor, FINOPMGT 353-01: Introduction to Management Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 (Overall instructor's teaching rating: 4.9/5.0).

 

Awards and Honors:

Outstanding Service Award, UMass Amherst Student Chapter of INFORMS, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

 

Nominated for the 2011-2012 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) by the Provost's Office; the highest and the only student-driven recognition of teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Offices Held:

President, and Speaker Series Coordinator, UMass Amherst Student Chapter of INFORMS, 2008-2009. The Chapter was honored by INFORMS with a Summa Cum Laude Award, the highest distinction given to a student chapter recognizing the outstanding achievements of the chapter at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, on October 13, 2009.

Treasurer, UMass Amherst Student Chapter of INFORMS, 2007-2008, and 2010-2011.

Coordinator, Iranian Graduate Students Association (IGSA) at UMass Amherst, from April 2010.