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Ahmed Ghoniem

Associate Professor Operations & Information Management

Office: Isenberg N397

Tel: 413.545.3927

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Academic Background

Education

PhD, Virginia Tech, 2007

MSc, Virginia Tech, 2003

MSc, Ecole des Mines de Nantes (France), 2002

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Operations & Information Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 7/2015-Present

Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2008-6/2015

Postdoctoral Associate, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 8/2007-8/2008

Research Interests

Retail Analytics
Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Routing & Scheduling
Airport Operations Management
Mathematical Modeling
Optimization Methodologies

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

Manufacturing & Service Operations Methods
Supply Chain Management

Masters

Deterministic Models in Management Science

PhD

Integer Programming
Deterministic Models in Management Science

Recent Honors & Awards

Analytics for System-Wide Infrastructure and Capacity Planning for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup", Qatar National Research Fund ($530,477), 2013-2016

Isenberg School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award, 2012-2013

IIE Transactions Best Paper Prize, 2012

ISERC Conference, winning paper in OR Track, 2012

"Cutting-Edge Optimization for Modern, Consumer-Focused Retailing"; Qatar National Research Fund ($511,185), 2012-2014

Nominated for Isenberg School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award, 2011-2012

Chancellor's Junior Faculty Fellow., 2011-2012

"Integrated Modeling and Optimization Approaches for Airport Terminal Area Management."; Qatar National Research Fund ($493,032), 2010-2013

Selected Publications

Ghoniem, A., Maddah, B., and Ibrahim, A. (2014), Optimizing assortment and pricing of multiple retail categories with cross-selling, Journal of Global Optimization, (forthcoming).

Farhadi, F., Ghoniem, A., Al-Salem, A. (2014), Runway capacity management -- an empirical study with application to Doha International Airport, Transportation Research Part E, 68, 53-63.

Ghoniem, A., Sherali, H. D., and Baik, H. (2014), Enhanced models for a mixed arrival-departure aircraft sequencing problem, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 26 (3), 514-530.

Ali, A. I., Ghoniem, A., and Franke, A. (2014), Evaluating capacity management tactics for a legacy manufacturing plant, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65, 1361-1370.