Ahmed Ghoniem

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.