Committees

Find all committees and members listed below under their respective headings.

Honorary Chairs

Prof. Dr. (Anthony) Shun Fung CHIU PIE ASEAN Eng FAPIEMS,

  • President, International Foundation for Production Research
  • University Fellow and Adviser to the University President on Sustainability, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
  • Board Member, DENR Pollution Adjudication Board, Republic of the Philippines
  • Panel Member, United Nations International Resource Panel

Dr. Gonzalo Mejía Delgadillo, Professor

  • College of Engineering, University of La Sabana, Sabana, Collumbia
  • President of the Americas Region at the International Foundation of Production Research.

Dr. David Koonce, Professor

  • Vice-President of Research and Creative Activity, Dean of Graduate College, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

Organizing Committee  

Conference Co-chairs

  • Dusan Sormaz, Ohio University, General Chair
  • Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, Conference Co-chair
  • Zhaohui Geng, Ohio University, Conference Co-chair

Local Organizing Committee

  • Dusan Sormaz, Ohio University, OH, General Chair
  • Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, OH, Conference Co-chair
  • Zhaohui Geng, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Conference Co-chair
  • Tao Yuan, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
  • Jesus Pagan, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Mandvi Fuloria, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Nikki Ohms, Event Services, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Liam McSteen, Event Services, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Program Committee

Chair

Dusan Sormaz, Ohio University (USA)

Co-Chairs

Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, Conference Co-chair

Zhaohui Geng, Ohio University, Program Chair

Members

  • Gilson Adamczuk Oliveira, UTFPR, Brazil 
  • Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky, USA 
  • Bopaya Bidanda, University of Pittsburgh, USA 
  • Emre Bilgin-Sari, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkiye
  • Jelena Borocki, University of Novi Sad, Serbia 
  • Jose Ceroni, Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile 
  • Sergio Eduardo Gouvea da Costa, UTFR, Brazil 
  • Cihan Dagli, Missouri S&T, USA 
  • Fernando Deschamps, PUCPR UFPR, Brazil 
  • Behzad Esmaeili, Purdue University, USA
  • Mandvi Fuloria, Ohio University, USA 
  • Djerdj Horvat, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany 
  • Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, USA 
  • Gul Kremer, University of Dayton, USA 
  • Seokcheon Lee, Purdue UNiveersity, USA
  • Jianzhi Li, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA 
  • Edson Pinheiro de Lima, UTFPR, Brazil 
  • Ugljesa Marjanovic,  University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Dale Masel, Ohio State University, USA
  • Gonzalo Enrique Mejia, Universidad de Sabana, Colombia 
  • Jairo Rafael Montoya-Torres, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia 
  • Arun Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA 
  • Shimon Y. Nof, Purdue, USA 
  • Pedro Palominos , University of Santiago, Chile 
  • Eduardo Portela, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil 
  • Luis Ernesto Quezada, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile 
  • Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 
  • Daniel Alejandro Rossit, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina 
  • Arkopaul Sarkar, ENIT, France 
  • Diana Schwerha, Liberty University, USA 
  • Juan M. Sepulveda Salas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile 
  • Fernando Tohme, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina 
  • Eileen Van Aken, Virginia Tech, USA 
  • Mayur Wakhare, Ohio University, USA 
  • Tao Yuan, Ohio University, USA 

Recent Announcements

  • Registration and accomodation

    May 15, 2024

    We have posted information about the registration with all options and fees. See https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/registration/

    Also Hotel information is updated with details about pricing and several options, See https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/travel-information/#hotels

  • Paper reviews done

    May 13, 2024

    We are happy to report that paper reviews are almost complete. For large majority of the papers the reviews are sent back to authors, and the final versions of the accepted papers are due on June 10, 2024.

    Conference registration pages are also almost ready and they will be posted by the end of this week.

  • Submission grace period until March 29

    March 14, 2024

    The organizing committee has made decision to extend the submission deadline for the papers until March 29, 2024 as the final due date.

  • Keynote speaker added

    March 7, 2024

    We have added another keynote speaker, Dr. Djerdj Horvat, Researcher and Project Manager at  Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany. See the Program page for more details.