Dr. Hamid Afshari, PEng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Email: hamid.afshari@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Applied Optimization
- Sustainability
- Advanced technologies (I4.0, AM)
Education:
Ph.D. (Manitoba), Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
M.Sc. (Amirkabir), Industrial Engineering
MBA (IMI), Strategic Management
Selected Awards and Honours:
2021听Dalhousie Diversity Faculty Award, pilipili漫画
2018听MITACS Elevate, University of British Columbia
2017听NSERC Engage, University of British Columbia
2016听Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba
2016听Koch Fertilizer Canada Ltd Bursary, University of Manitoba
2015听ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Management, DFLMC Scholar, University of Manitoba
2015听MITACS-Campus France Globalink Research Award, University of Manitoba
2015听Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba
2014听James A. Aitken Graduate Scholarships in Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
2014听Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba
2013听Best Poster Paper, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Manitoba
Teaching:
IENG 4579: Supply Chain Management
IENG 4445: Facilities Design
IENG 6909: Advanced Supply Chain Management
Profile
Hamid did his graduate studies at Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, and at University of Manitoba, Canada. Before joining pilipili漫画, he was an Assistant Professor at Shannon School of Business, and a postdoctoral fellow at UBC and Ryerson University. His research has been sponsored by MITACS and NSERC. Dr. Afshari鈥檚 research interests include simulation and optimization of health care and supply chain management, data-driven decision making, and sustainability in supply chains. He also holds adjunct positions at Ryerson University and Cape Breton University.
Selected Publications
- Afshari H, MY Jaber, and C Searcy (2020). The Role of Eco-innovation Drivers in Promoting Additive Manufacturing in Supply Chains.聽International Journal of Production Economics聽223(107538), 1鈥�14.
- Afshari H, BM Tosarkani, MY Jaber, and C Searcy (2020). The Effect of Environmental and Social Value Objectives on Optimal Design in Industrial Energy Symbiosis: A Multi-Objective Approach.聽Resources, Conservation and Recycling聽158(104825), 1鈥�19.
- Andrews, J,听Afshari H, and T Culos (2020). An Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Mixture Model-Based Clustering.聽Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation,听Taylor & Francis, 1-12.
- Skandalos, K,听Afshari H, W Hare, and S Tesfamariam (2020). Multi-objective optimization of inter-story isolated buildings using metaheuristic and derivative-free algorithms.聽Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering聽132(106058), 1鈥�14.
- Afshari H, W Hare, and S Tesfamariam (2019). Constrained multi-objective optimization algorithms: Review and comparison with application in reinforced concrete structures.聽Applied Soft Computing聽83(105631), 1鈥�18.
- Afshari H, MY Jaber, and C Searcy (2019). Investigating the effects of learning and forgetting on the feasibility of adopting additive manufacturing in supply chains.聽Journal of Computers and Industrial Engineering聽128, 576鈥�590.
- Afshari H, R Farel, and Q Peng (2018). Challenges of Value Creation in Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs): A Stakeholder Perspective for Optimizing Energy Exchanges.聽Journal of Resources, Conservation and Recycling聽139, 315鈥�325.
- Afshari H, MY Jaber, and C Searcy (2018). Extending Industrial Symbiosis to Residential Buildings: A Mathematical Model and Case Study.聽Journal of Cleaner Production聽183, 370鈥�379.
- Afshari H, R Farel, and Q Peng (2017). Improving the Resilience of Energy Flow Exchanges in Eco-Industrial Parks: Optimization under Uncertainty.聽ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems聽3(2), 021002-021002鈥�11.
- Afshari H, MH Issa, and A Radwan (2016). Using Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to Evaluate Barriers to the Greening of Existing Buildings using the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design Rating System for Building Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings.聽Journal of Cleaner Production聽127, 195鈥�203.|
- Afshari H聽and Q Peng (2016). Reducing Effects of Design Uncertainties on Product Sustainability.聽Cogent Engineering (Taylor and Francis)聽3(1), 1231388.
- Afshari H, Q Peng, and P Gu (2016). Design Optimization for Sustainable Products under Users鈥� Preference Changes.聽ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering聽16(4), 041001鈥�7.
- Afshari H, M Sharafi, TY El-Mekkawy, and Q Peng (2016). Multi-objective Optimization of Facility Location Decisions within Integrated Forward/Reverse Logistics under Uncertainty.聽International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling聽8(3), 250鈥�276.
- Afshari H聽and Q Peng (2015). Modeling and Quantifying Uncertainty in the Product Design Phase for Effects of User Preference Changes.聽Industrial Management and Data systems聽115(9), 1637鈥�1665.
- Afshari H, RD McLeod, TY El-Mekkawy, and Q Peng (2014). Distribution-Service Network Design: An Agent-based Approach.聽Procedica CRIP聽17, 651鈥�656.
- Afshari H聽and Q Peng (2014). Challenges and Solutions for Location of Healthcare Facilities.聽Industrial Engineering and Management Journal聽3(127), 2169鈥�0316.100012.
- Afshari H, M Sharafi, TY El-Mekkawy, and Q Peng (2014). Facility Location Decisions within Integrated Forward/ Reverse Logistics under Uncertainty.聽Procedica CRIP聽17, 606鈥�610.
- Afshari H, M Sharafi, TY El-Mekkawy, and Q Peng (2014). Optimizing Multi-objective Dynamic Facility Location Decision within Green Distribution-Service Network Design.聽Procedica CRIP聽17, 675鈥�679.
- Hasanzadeh, A,听Afshari H, and RR Khorshiddost (2014). Developing an IDEF0 Model for Integrating Process Planning and Production planning and Control in Cellular Manufacturing.聽Production Planning and Control聽25(10), 840鈥�857.
- Hasanzadeh, A,听Afshari H, S Salehi, and M Fathi (2011). Eco-Efficiency Measurement by Implementing DEA Models with Weight Restrictions.聽Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing聽87, 309鈥�318.
- Golmohammadi, VR,听Afshari H, A Hasanzadeh, and M Rahimi (2010). A Heuristic Approach for Designing a Distribution Network in a Supply Chain System.聽African Journal of Business Management聽4(3), 308鈥�311.