Hamed Samarghandi

Biography

Hamed Samarghandi earned his BSc (2006) and MSc (2008) in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology and Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada in January 2013. Hamed is an assistant professor at the Department of Finance and Management Science, Edwards School of Business since July 2013. His research interests consist of the applications of mathematical programming in various settings including service and manufacturing sector. Hamed has published papers in top-tiered refereed journals such as EJOR, COR, EJIE, IJPR, IJAMT, CIE, IJMHEUR, etc. in areas such as scheduling optimization, facility layout planning, and healthcare optimization. Hamed’s work experience includes several years of management consultation in different settings such as automotive industry, banking and commerce, and not-for-profit healthcare environments including CancerCare Manitoba.

Research Interest

My broad field of expertise is operations research/management, and optimization. Within this broad field, I have mostly concentrated my research efforts in facility layout planning and optimization, scheduling optimization, health care planning and optimization, and lean construction and construction risk management.