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Biography

Research

Information Fusion

Congestion in Facilities Location and Layout

Facility Layout (Re)Design

Agile Manufacturing

Real-Time Visualization

Sensor Networks

Facilities Design and Cellular Manufacturing

Operations of Production Systems

Variant Design

Teaching

IE 684: Networks, Routing, and Logistics

IE 661: Scheduling Theory

IE 620: Agile Manufacturing

IE 505: Production Planning and Control

IE 504: Facilities Design

IE 500: Special Topics: Logistics and Supply-Chain Management

IE 327: Facilities Design

IE 320: Engineering Economy

Professional Activities

Professional Activities


ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

Director of Graduate Studies (1999-2001)
Committee Member, ABET review (2001-2002)
Graduate seminar coordinator (1998-1999)
Chair, production systems faculty search committee (1996-1997)
Graduate Admissions and Affairs committee (1996-1998, 2001-)
Graduate Awards committee (1996-1998)
Comprehensive Exam Administrator (1993-1998)
M.S. Comprehensive Oral Exam committee (1996-1998, 2000-)
Computer Laboratory faculty manager (1993-1999)
Co-Director, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory (1996-)
Faculty Advisor, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1996-)
Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi (1997-1999)
Production Planning and Control review committee (1993-1994)
SEAS mini-super computer steering committee (1994-1996)
SEAS computer advisory and advocacy committee (1996-1998)
SEAS information technology needs committee (1997-1998
Departmental space evaluation committee (1994)
Co-Chair Graduate Research Group in Integrated Design Engineering (1994-1996)
Graduate Research Group in Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (1994-1995)

SERVICE ACTIVITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES

A. Editorial Board of Scientific Journals
1. International Journal of Agility, by International Society for Agile Manufacturing, 1997

B. Program Committees and Session Chair
1. Session Chair, IE Research Conference, 1999
2. Session Chair, IE Research Conference, 1998
3. Session Chair, IE Research Conference, 1996
4. Scientific Committee, IEEE Industrial Electronic Society/INRIA, Conference on Emerging
Technologies and Factory Automation, 1995

C. Prestigious Review Activities for Agencies
1. US Department of State for Science Centers, August 2002
2. National Science Foundation, Panel Review for DMII Division, May 2002
3. National Science Foundation, Evaluator for an Engineering Research Center site, May 2001

D. Review Activities for Journals, Conferences and Professional Societie

1. IIE Transactions, 1992, 1995, 1997(2), 1998 (2), 1999, 2000, 2001 (2), 2002
2. European Journal of Operational Research, 1997, 1998(2), 2001
3. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 1997 (2), 1998, 2001
4. International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 1996, 2001
5. Computers & Operations Research 1997
6. International Journal of Production Research 1997, 1998
7. Production Planning and Control 1998
8. ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design 1998
9. ASME, 1993, 1994
10. Applied Ergonomics, 1999
11. IE Research Conference, 1995, 1996, 1997
12. ORSA Journal on Computing, 1994
13. Annals of Operations Research, 1995, 1996, 1997
14. IEEE CDC, 1995
15. IEEE Control System Society, 1993
16. IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, 1995
17. IEE, Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES), 1996
18. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, special mini-issue on Modeling and Analysis of Multidimensional Queuery Systems," July 1990
19. Chapter for Edited Book: Group Technology & Cellular Manufacturing 1996

PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

A. Leadership Activities in Professional Societies
Elected Member, College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) (2004-2008).
Chair Communications (and newsletter editor) Manufacturing Division of Institute of Industrial Engineers (1998-1999
Continuing Education Program Review Committee of Institute of Industrial Engineers (1998-1999)

B. Professional and Honor Societies
Senior Member Institute of Industrial Engineers
Member American Society of Engineering Education
Affiliate Member (and Faculty Advisor) Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi
Omega Rho
Research specialist in The Center for Industrial Effectiveness

INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCIES

1. "Graphs and Optimization for Level 2/3 Fusion," Lockheed Martin, NY; December 2004 – December 2005.
2. "Strategic Operations Assessment and Layout Optimization," Tx Rx Systems, Angola, NY; January 2004 – July 2004.
3. "Scheduling to Minimize Stringer Utilization," Outokumpu American Brass, Buffalo, NY; March 2003 – August 2003.
4. "Facilities Consolidation and Redesign," Markar Architectural Products, Lancaster, NY; Sept. 2002 – Dec. 2002
5. "Product Flow Analyses and Facilities Redesign," Bethlehem Steel, Lackawana, NY; Feb. 2002 – June 2002
6. "Operations Analysis and Plant Layout/Facilities Redesign Studies," Ferro Electronics Materials, Niagara Falls, NY; February 2001 – March 2001
7. "Knowledge Acquisition and Scheduling System Design," Carborundum Corporation, Amherst, NY with SPIR/TCIE; July 2000 – May 2001
8. "Production Operational Assessment," Gaymar Industries, Orchard Park, NY with SPIR/TCIE; July 2000
9. "Recommendations for Operational and Facility Design Improvements," National Wire and Metal, Jamestown, NY with SPIR/TCIE; May 2000
10. "Operational Analysis and Facility Redesign Studies," Republic Drug Company, Buffalo, NY with SPIR/TCIE; May – July 1999
11. "Operational Analysis and Facility Design Studies," Imaging and Sensing Technology, Horseheads, NY with SPIR/TCIE; October – December 1998
12. "Operational Assessment: Facility Layout and Process Flow," Milward Alloys Inc., Lockport, NY with SPIR/TCIE; August – September 1998
13. "Time Studies, Process Flow and Inventory Control," McKenica Corp., Buffalo, NY with SPIR/TCIE; July – August 1998
14. "Facility Design and Automation," A Lunt Design Inc., Orchard Park, NY with SPIR/TCIE; April 1998
15. "Facility Design Simulation Studies," Graphic Controls Corp., Buffalo, NY and TCIE, February 1998
16. "Facility Layout for High-bay Assembly and Sheet-Metal Areas," Gemcor Inc., West Seneca, NY and TCIE, August 1997
17. "Pinpoint Enhancement Product Development," Integral Information Systems, Amherst, NY and SPIR, July 1997 - April 1998
18. "Layout and Productivity Improvements at AVX Corporation," AVX Corp., Myrtle Beach, SC and TCIE, June 1997
19. "Layout Critique at Smith McDonald Corp," Smith McDonald Corp., Cheektowaga, NY June 1997
20. "Briquetting Productivity and Automation Enhancement," Manitoba Corp., Lancaster, NY and SPIR, December 1996
21. "Facility Layout under Cyclical Demand," Gemcor Inc., Buffalo, NY and TCIE, June 1996
22. "Assessment of Layout Design for Praxair's New Turbine Assembly Facility," Praxair, Inc., Tonawanda, NY; co-consultant L. Lin, October 1995
23. "Tool Room Layout Assessment at American Axle," American Axle and Manufacturing, Tonawanda, NY and TCIE; co-consultants R. Batta and L. Lin, August 1994
24. "Preliminary Facility Assessment at Buffalo Weaving and Belting," Buffalo Weaving and Belting, Buffalo, NY and TCIE, July 1994
25. "Operational Assessment at Premier Image," Premier Image, Buffalo, NY and TCIE, March 1994
26. "Plant Layout at R.D. Murray," R.D. Murray Fire Apparatus, Hamburg, NY and TCIE, January 1994
27. "Operation Scheduling and Worker Assignment in a Coat Assembly Line," Maryland Clothing Co. Baltimore, MD, and University of MD’s Technology Extension Service (TES), Nov. 1992
28. "Scheduling in a Mail Facility for Improved Performance," Westinghouse (MSTC), Baltimore, MD, September 1991
29. "Group Technology Based Layout for a particular Mail Facility," Westinghouse (MSTC), Baltimore, MD, May 1991

OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES

"Comments on Material Handling, Flow, Layout and Automation," American Coasters, Sanborn, NY November 2001
"Strategic Comments on Layout," Sealing Devices., Cheektowaga, NY September 2000
Hosted one undergraduate student (Ntare Karytani) in summer of 1997 for NSF-SUNY Alliance for Minority Program (AMP)
"Layout Critique at Smith McDonald Corp," Smith McDonald Corp., Cheektowaga, NY June 1997
Invited Panelist at International Students as Job Applicants’ Workshop, April 18, 1997
Volunteered at SME booth at Walden Galleria during Engineer’s Week, February 1997
Hosted one high-school student through BEAM in the summer of 1995

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Promising Inventor Award, SUNY/RF (2004). Awarded to 97 faculty across SUNY for submitting invention disclosures.
2. Business First of Buffalo’s 40 under 40 award (2004).
3. International Who's Who of Professionals (2004).
4. Who’s Who in America (2002)
5. IIE’s Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award in Academia (1999)
6. SME’s Milton C. Shaw Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (1999)
7. Invited participant (one of 78 young engineers between ages of 30-45 nationwide) to National Academy of Engineering's Fifth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering (1999)
8. National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award (1996)
9. University at Buffalo, Riefler Award (1995, 1997)
10. University of Maryland, Systems Research Center's Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award (1991)
11. University of Maryland, Systems Research Center Graduate Fellowship (1989, 1990, 1991)
12. University of Maryland, Graduate School Fellowship (1989)
13. University of Roorkee Merit Prize for overall first rank in Mechanical Engineering (1987)
14. University of Roorkee Scholarship for all four years of undergraduate study (1983-87)
15. Silver medal for obtaining highest marks in Machine Design group in B.E. (1987)
16. Silver medal for obtaining highest marks in Applied Thermo-Science group in B.E. (1987)

Contact information: Phone: (716) 645-2427 • Fax: (716) 645-3302 • E-mail: nagi@buffalo.edu

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