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 (USA), General Chair
  • Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, Conference Co-chair

Local Organizing Committee

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

Program Committee (tentative and incomplete)

Chair

Dusan Sormaz, Ohio University (USA)

Co-Chairs

Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, Conference Co-chair

Zhaohui Geng, Ohio University, Program Chair

Members

  • Fernando Gonzalez Aleu, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico 
  • Gilson Adamczuk Oliveira, UTFPR, Brazil 
  • Omar Alhawari, Ohio University, USA 
  • Ciro Alberto Amaya Guio, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 
  • 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 
  • Djerdj Horvat, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany 
  • Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, USA 
  • Heather Keathley-Herring, UCF, USA 
  • Gul Kremer, University of Dayton, USA 
  • Jianzhi Li, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA 
  • Edson Pinheiro de Lima, UTFPR, Brazil 
  • Mandvi Malik Fuloria, Ohio University, USA 
  • Ugljesa Marjanovic,  University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 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 
  • Juan Matias Novas, CIEM-CONICET / UTN-FRC, Argentina 
  • Oscar Rubiano Ovalle, Universidad del Valle, Colombia 
  • 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 
  • Miguel Afonso Sellitto, Unisinos, Brazil 
  • 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

  • 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.

  • Paper submission Reminder – March 15, 2024

    March 6, 2024

    This is the reminder for all visitors to the site that due date for full paper submission is March 15, 2024. Submit papers at EasyChair site.

  • Paper submission due date extended

    February 15, 2024

    The due date for submission of full draft papers for the  ICPR Americas 2024 Conference has been extended until March 15, 2024. See Paper Submission Guidelines

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