Nasser Salmasi, Ph.D. |
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Personal Contact:
Phone: (+98)21 6616-5738
Email: nasser.salmasi (at) gmail.com
Education:
Ph.D., September 2005, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University.
Dissertation Title: Multi-Stage Group Scheduling Problems with Sequence Dependent Setups.
Keywords: Scheduling, Group Scheduling, Mixed Integer Programing, Branch-and-Price Algorithm, Heuristic Search Algorithms, Tabu Search, Design of Experiments, Statistical Analysis, Column Generation, Dantzing Wolf Decomposition.
Major Field: Manufacturing Systems Engineering.
Minors: Operations Research and Information Systems Engineering.
Advisor: Dr. Rasaratnam Logendran.
MSc, September 1997, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Thesis Title: Analyzing Inventory Models with Unit Cost Changes (in Persian)
Advisor: Dr. Rasoul Haji.
BSc, February 1995, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Current Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2006 to present.
Consulter, Kalleh, 2007 to present.
Research Interests:
Scheduling / Group Scheduling
Applied Operations Research
Linear / Nonlinear / Integer Programming
Production, Service, and Information Systems Optimization
Manufacturing and Transportation Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Meta-Heuristics (Tabu Search, Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Ant-Colony)
Probability Theory
Queuing Theory
Transportation
Data Mining
Work Experience:
Consulter, Kalleh, 2007 to present
Consulter, Iran khodro, Sales Department, 2006 to 2008, developing a mathematical model in order to optimize production planning by considering marketing and sales issues.
Consulter, Saipa, Consulter of the department of Strategic planning, 2006.
Researcher, Rayan Saipa, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Research on developing credit card systems and E-commerce for the first time in Iran. Worked as a member of feasibility study group by concentrating on finding potential companies that can be involved in the process.
Plant industrial engineer, SAIPA (car manufacturer), Tehran, Iran, 1997 to 2000
Worked in the Department of Productivity Improvement. Research about applying Kaizen techniques in Iran by considering cultural differences. The main concentration was on applying “5S” and “Suggestions System” for the first time in the company.
Plant industrial engineer, Fath Institute (car manufacturer), Tehran, Iran, 1995 to 1996, Worked in the Department of industrial engineering by concentrating on plant layout, inventory design, and developing BOM and product tree.
Research Experience:
Researcher, Iran khodro, Reviewing production planning and Scheduling of the third press Shop, 2007.
Research Assistant, Oregon State University, 2001 to 2004
Worked on a group scheduling project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Developed three heuristic algorithms based on tabu search to solve sequence dependent group scheduling problems by considering several criteria. Developed several lower bounding techniques based on Branch-and-Price algorithm to estimate the quality of heuristic algorithms.
Publications:
Salmasi, N., Logendran R., and Skandari, M.A., 2008, Total flow time Minimization in a Flowshop Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problem, under review.
Salmasi, N., Logendran R., and Skandari, M.A., 2008, Makespan Minimization in a Flowshop Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problem, under review.
Mansouri, S.A., Hendizadeh, S.H., and Salmasi, N., 2008, Bicriteria Scheduling of a Two-machine Flowshop with Sequence Dependent Setup Times, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, in press.
Salmasi, N., and Logendran, R., 2008, A Heuristic Approach for Multi-stage Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problems, Journal of Industrial Engineering International, in press.
Logendran, R., Salmasi, N., and Sriskandarajah, C., 2006, Two-Machine Group Scheduling Problems in Discrete Parts Manufacturing with Sequence-Dependent Setups, Journal of Computers and Operations Research, 33, 158-180.
Salmasi, N., and Logendran, R., 2006, A Branch-and-Price Approach for Multi-Stage Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problems, Proceedings (CD-ROM)14th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Orlando, FL, May 20-24.
Salmasi, N., and Logendran, R., 2004, A Lower Bounding Approach for Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problems, Proceedings (CD-ROM), 12th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Houston, TX, May 16-19.
Salmasi, N., 1999, Analyzing Inventory Models with Unit Cost Changes, Quarterly Journal of Industrial Engineering Graduates and Students of Sharif University of Technology, 23, 16-23.
Salmasi, N., and Golmohammadi, D., 1998, Productivity and Improving it by Applying 5S, Quarterly Journal of Industrial Engineering Graduates and Students of Sharif University of Technology, 18, 15-18.
Presentations:
Haeri, A, Salmasi, N., Modarres Yazdi, M., and Iranmanesh, H., 2008, Application of Association Rule Mining in Supplier Selection Criteria, WCSET2008, World Congress on Science, Engineering and Technology, Paris, France, July 4-6, p358.
Salmasi, N., and Skandari, M.R., 2008, Makespan Minimization in a Flowshop Sequence-Dependent Group Scheduling Problem by Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm, First International Conference of Iranian Operations Research Society, Kish, Iran, January 28-30.
Mansouri, S.A., Hendizadeh, S.H., and Salmasi,
N., 2007, Bicriteria Two-Machine Flowshop Scheduling Using
Metaheuristics, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference, London, England, July.
Salmasi, N., and Logendran, R., 2005, Minimization of Makespan in Multi-Stage Group Scheduling Problems with Sequence-Dependent Setups, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2005, San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.
Salmasi, N., and Logendran, R., 2003, Multi-Stage Group Scheduling Problems in Hardware Manufacturing, INFORMS Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 26-29.
Logendran, R., Salmasi, N., and Sriskandarajah, C., 2003, Two Machine Group Scheduling Problem with Sequence-Dependent Setup Times, The 5th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Sydney, Australia, July 7-11.
Logendran, R., Salmasi, N., and Sriskandarajah, C., 2002, Group Scheduling Problems in Hardware Manufacturing, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2002, San Jose, CA.
Salmasi, N., and Rostamidasht, S., 2000, A Goal Programming Approach to Find the Production Planning for an Automobile Manufacturing Plan, The 7th Annual Industrial Engineering Conference, Azad University of Qazvin, Qazvin, Iran.
Salmasi, N., 1999, Analyzing Inventory Models with Unit Cost Changes, The 6th Annual Industrial Engineering Conference, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Work in Progress:
Badiozaman, M.M., Salmasi, N., A Heuristic Approach for Distribution Network Model – Location Routing Problem (LRP), December 2008.
Salmasi, N., Keshavarz, T.Y., Rasti, S., and Shahvari, O, Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problems, October 2008.
Salmasi, N., Skandari, M.R., and Tadayon, B., Sequence Dependent Group Scheduling Problems with Minimization of Total Tardiness, January 2009.
Salmasi, N., Davarnia, D., A Comparison between Available Lower Bounds for Sequence Dependent Group Scheduling Problems, November 2008.
Teaching Experience:
Faculty of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2006 to present, Taught C programming language, Information Technology, Seminar, and Sequencing and Scheduling.
Instructor, Carleton University (Joint MBA program with Qeshm institute in Iran), Taught Information Technology.
Instructor, Sazaman Modiriat Sanati, 2006 to 2007, course taught: applied statistics.
Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, Fall 2003 to Winter 2005, Courses assisted: Production Planning and Control, Optimization I, and Simulation and Decision Support Systems.
Instructor, Azad University of Tehran (Central campus), 2000 to 2001, Taught Simulation to computer engineering students.
Instructor, Institute of Tehran, Iran, 1999 to 2001, Taught Operations Research I and II, Statistics, Production Planning and Control, and Probability Theory to Industrial Engineering and computer engineering students.
Instructor, 1996 to 2001, Taught Operations Research and Probability Theory at Sharif University of Technology, Alzahra University, Amirkabir University of Tehran, and Azad University in Qazvin to prepare students for the industrial engineering MSc national entrance exam in Iran.
Teaching Assistant, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1996 to 1997, Course assisted: Probability Theory.
Computer Skills:
Programming Languages: C, Visual Basic, familiar with C++ and VISUAL C++
Database: familiar with Access, SQL
Operations Research software: CPLEX, LINDO, LINGO
Spread Sheets: Excel, Quarto-pro
Statistical Software: S-PLUS, STATGRAPHICS, SAS
Simulation: ARENA, GPSS
Mathematical Software: familiar with MATLAB and MAPLE
Honors:
Ranked among the top 1% in the Iranian national entrance examination for undergraduate programs in engineering.
Ranked 8th out of 1500 participants in the Iranian national entrance examination for Industrial Engineering graduate program.
Professional Activities:
Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE).
Member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS).
Member of Sharif University of Technology Association (SUTA).
Hobbies:
Playing Soccer
Swimming
Mountain climbing