iravani

Seyed M.R. Iravani

Seyed M.R. Iravani

Associate Professor
E-mail:  iravani @ iems.northwestern.edu
Phone:  (847) 491-5538
Fax:  (847) 491-8005
Office:  Tech C244
Website:  Seyed's Homepage

Education

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 1997.

M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 1989.

B.S., Indstrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 1986.

I also benefitted from Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, during my postdoctoral years.


Field(s) of Expertise/Research Area(s)

Stochastic modeling and its applications in production, service operations, health care, and supply chain management.  


Courses

382  Production Planning and Scheduling
471-2  Factory Physics II
480-2  Production and Logistics II

Biography

My research focused on developing mathematical models that provide scientific principles and tools to improve the performance of manufacturing, service operations and supply chains. I am particularly interested in developing easy-to-implement and cost-effective practices (e.g., control policies, design principles) for problems whose optimal control is not practical, or it is not computationally feasible. I currently serve as Associate Editor for Management Science, Operations Research, IIE Transactions, and Naval Research Logistics.


Research

Iravani S.M.R., Duenyas I. and Tava L. Olsen. “A Production/Inventory System Subject to Failure with Limited Repair Capacity." Operations Research 48 (2000) 951-964.

Iravani S.M.R., Posner M.J.M. and J.A. Buzacott. “Operations and Shipment Scheduling of a Batch on a Flexible Machine." Operations Research  51 (2003) 585-601.

 Iravani, S.M.R., Sims, K. and M.P. Van Oyen. “Structural Flexibility: A New Perspective on the Design of Manufacturing and Service Operations." Management Science  51 (2005) 151-166.

 Huang, B. and S.M.R. Iravani. “Production Control Policies in Supply Chain under Selective Information Sharing." Operations Research 53 (2005) 662-674.

 Hopp, W., Iravani, S.M.R., and G. Yuen. “Discretionary Task Completion: A Key Difference between White-Collar and Blue-Collar Work Systems." Management Science 53 (2007) 61-77


Honors and Awards

2007, ASG Faculty Honor Roll Award, Northwestern University.

2006, IIE Operations Research Division Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Operations Research.

2003-2006, Pentair-Nugent Chair Professorship in Manufacturing, Northwestern University.

2002, Graduate Teaching Award, Department of IE/MS, Northwestern University.