Shaligram Pokharel

Dr. Shaligram Pokharel is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering since May 2013. He joined Qatar University in August 2010. Prior to his appointment in Qatar University, Dr. Shaligram worked in Nanyang Technological University, as an Assistant Professor from June 2000 to October 2005 and as Associate Professor from October 2005 to July 2010. Dr. Shaligram also worked in a Mechanical Engineering company and with the Government of Nepal prior to joining academics.

Dr. Shaligram holds B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) with Honors from the Regional Engineering College, Kashmir (University of Kashmir), M.A.Sc. and PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Shaligram has research focus on engineering management area. He has done research in logistics and supply chain, energy planning and modeling, and project management. He has published several papers in these areas. He has also obtained Best Paper Awards in a journal and a conference.

Teaching

• Undergraduate courses in
  • Project Engineering
  • Service Operations Management
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Graduate (Masters and PhD)
  • Project Management
  • Innovation and Technology Management
  • Service Operations Management
  • Process Improvement Techniques
  • Physical Distribution Systems
  • Enterprise Information Analysis and Business Applications

Selected international journal publications

• Bacel Maddah, Mohamed Kharbeche, Shaligram Pokharel, Ahmed Ghoniem, 2016, Joint Replenishment Model for Multiple Products with Substitution, Applied Mathematical Modelling Available online 1 April 2016.
• Fatih Mutlu, Mohamed K. Msakni, Hakan Yildiz, Erkut Sönmez, Shaligram Pokharel, 2016, A comprehensive annual delivery program for upstream liquefied natural gas supply chain, European Journal of Operational Research, 25(1):120:130.
• Rojee Pradhananga, Fatih Mutlu, Shaligram Pokharel, Jose Holguin-Veras, Dinesh Seth, 2016, An integrated resource allocation and distribution model for pre-disaster planning, Computers and Industrial Engineering, 91:229-238.
• Danya W. Khayal, Rojee Pradhananga, Shaligram Pokharel, Fatih Mutlu, 2015, A model for planning locations of temporary distribution facilities for emergency response Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 52:22-30.
• Nasser Ayoub, Farayi Musharavati, Shaligram Pokharel, Hossam A. Gabbar, 2015, Risk based life cycle assessment conceptual framework for energy supply systems in large buildings, Journal of Cleaner Production, 107:291-309.
• Hossam A.Gabbar, Jason Runge, Daniel Bondarenko, Lowell Bower, Devarsh Pandya, Farayi Musharavati, Shaligram Pokharel, 2015, Performance Evaluation of Gas-Power Strategies for Building Energy Conservation, Energy Conversion and Management 93:187-196.
• Sajid Hussain, Hossam A. Gabbar, Daniel Bondarenko, Farayi Musharavati, Shaligram Pokharel, 2014, Comfort-based fuzzy control optimization for energy conservation in HVAC systems, Control Engineering Practice, 32 (November 2014):172–182.
• Hossam A Gabbar, Daniel Bondarenko, Sajid Hussain, Farayi Musharavati, Shaligram Pokharel, 2014, Building thermal energy modeling with loss minimization, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 49(2014):110-121.
• Nasser Ayoub, Farayi Musharavati, Shaligram Pokharel and Hossam A. Gabbar, 2014, Energy consumption and conservation practices in Qatar–A case study of a hotel building, Energy and Buildings. 84:55-69.
• Abdelazeem Abdelsalam, Hossam A.Gabbar, Farayi Musharavati and Shaligram Pokharel, 2014, Dynamic aggregated building electricity load modeling and simulation, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 42:19-31.
• Shaligram Pokharel and Yijiong Liang, 2012, A model to evaluate acquisition price and quantity of used products for remanufacturing, International Journal of Production Economics, July, 138 (1): 170-176.
• M. Caunhye, Xiaofeng Nie and Shaligram Pokharel, 2012, Optimization models in emergency logistics: A literature review, Socio-economic Planning Sciences, 46(1)4-13. (ISSN: 0038-0121).
• Shaligram Pokharel, 2011, Stakeholders’ roles in virtual project environment: A case study, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. 8 (2), 201-214. (ISSN: 0923-4748)
• Jia Ming Chang, CKM Lee and Shaligram Pokharel, 2010, Adoption of an exact method for vehicle routing problem, Industrial Engineering Research, 6 (1), 23-35.