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Advancing Service Operations: The Changing Role of Industrial Engineering
( OMICS International , 2012 , Article)Service operations are currently at the hub of economic activities in some parts of the world. Although indicators seem to suggest the existence and future dominance of service economies, such economies will only be ... -
Aeroacoustic Simulation for NASA CC3 Centrifugal Compressor Operating at off Design Condition
(2016 , Conference Paper)This paper covers the characterization of the acoustic noise and the unsteady flow field of a high speed centrifugal compressor NASA CC3. In order to accurately predict the noise, all analyses are carried out through the ... -
Age replacement models: A summary with new perspectives and methods
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)Age replacement models are fundamental to maintenance theory. This paper summarizes our new perspectives and hods in age replacement models: First, we optimize the expected cost rate for a required availability level and ... -
AI and IoT-based concrete column base cover localization and degradation detection algorithm using deep learning techniques
( Ain Shams University , 2023 , Article)Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are currently replacing the traditional methods of handling buildings, infrastructure, and facilities design, control, and maintenance due to their ... -
Air expulsion analysis of an industrial air valve using CFD
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) analysis is a modern technique to estimate and determine fluid characteristics. CFD uses the Navier-Stokes equation to solve complex fluid behavior along with turbulence models such as k- ... -
Air-jet spun tissue engineering scaffolds incorporated with diamond nanosheets with improved mechanical strength and biocompatibility
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)The development of highly porous cell supportive polymeric scaffolds with sufficient mechanical strength has always been a challenging task in tissue engineering. The widely used nanofiber fabrication methods like ... -
Airflow assessment in a naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with wind towers: numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this study, the air change rate and airflow distribution inside a greenhouse equipped with wind towers were analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, considering different wind speeds (1–5 m/s) and ... -
Albumin binding, antioxidant and antibacterial effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Herein, the interaction of CeO2 NPs with HSA was explored by fluorescence, CD, UV–vis and molecular docking studies. Afterwards, the antioxidant activity of CeO2 NPs against H2O2-induced oxidative stress in BM-MSCs were ... -
An adaptive thresholding-based process variability monitoring
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2019 , Article)In high-dimensional processes, monitoring process variability is considerably difficult due to the large number of variables and the limited number of samples. Monitoring changes in the covariance matrix of a multivariate ... -
An Approach for Energy Conservation Management Systems in Buildings
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)Making decisions about energy conservation options in buildings can be rather problematic as they involve several tradeoffs between project stakeholders. Furthermore, the level of details required in making a decision by ... -
An assessment of Qatari school students' perspective towards using sustainable modes of transport to school
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Being a car dependent country traditionally, private cars are widely used for various trip purposes in State of Qatar including school trips. This paper assesses the factors affecting sustainable mode choices, walking or ... -
An assignment-based lower bound for a class of two-machine flow shop problems
(2013 , Article)We present an assignment-based lower bound that is valid for a wide class of two-machine flow shop problems with a regular additive performance criterion. We provide empirical evidence that this new bound consistently ... -
An eco-friendly closed-loop supply chain facing demand and carbon price uncertainty
( Springer , 2022 , Article)The greenhouse gas emissions due to the energy use in production and distribution in a supply chain are of interest to industries aiming to achieve decarbonization. The industry subjected to carbon regulations require ... -
An Efficient Heuristic for Pooled Repair Shop Designs
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Conference Paper)An effective spare part supply system planning is essential to achieve a high capital asset availability. We investigate the design problem of a repair shop in a single echelon repairable multi-item spare parts supply ... -
An empirical assessment on the transportation sustainability indicators and their impact on economic productivity
( IEOM Society , 2020 , Conference Paper)Sustainable transportation has been traditionally acknowledged as an accelerating factor in achieving economic productivity. This paper attempts to frame a methodology to study the sustainability of the transportation ... -
An empirical investigation of critical success factors and performance measures for green manufacturing in cement industry
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to aim for the development and analysis of green manufacturing (GM)-based framework on the identified critical success factors (CSFs) and performance measures (PMs) in the context of ... -
An empirical study on lean awareness and potential for lean implementations in Qatar industries
( Springer-Verlag London Ltd , 2016 , Article)In this study, an investigation on the level of recognition of lean concepts, principles, tools, and techniques in different industrial sectors in Qatar was carried out. The general aim of the study was to determine lean ... -
An engineered microfluidic blood-brain barrier model to evaluate the anti-metastatic activity of β-boswellic acid
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article)Background The development of anti-cancer drugs with the ability to inhibit brain metastasis through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is substantially limited due to the lack of reliable in vitro models. Main Methods In ... -
An enhanced hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester using dual-mass system for vortex-induced vibrations
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2021 , Article)This article proposes a novel hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic vortex-induced vibration energy harvester from flow of water inside of a pipe. The piezoelectric energy harvester was modeled with a macro-fiber composite ... -
An exact algorithm for the single machine problem with unavailability periods
( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)We investigate the single machine scheduling problem with job release dates and due dates, and multiple planned unavailability time periods. This problem arises in the context of machine scheduling with planned preventive ...