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Title:

Optimal Production & Operations Planning and Systems Design for Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare Sectors

Agreement Number:

RGPIN

Agreement Value:

$105,000.00

Agreement Date:

May 10, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Ontario, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q1-03540

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023)

Recipient's Legal Name:

Azab Ismail, Ahmed (University of Windsor)

Program:

Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Program Purpose:

My research program is focused on production and operations management. At the heart of this application and proposal, I am aiming at both higher- and lower-level production planning functions to support aggregate- and operational planning activities respectively as well as other support functions for facilities and process planning, supply chain management and transportation, and finally the cross-border traffic problem. In particular, I am tackling problems of production lot-sizing, production- and services-scheduling , layout, assembly line balancing, and facilities location and allocation. My research team and I are testing novel hypotheses, borrowing methods from other fields of research and applying them in mine, and proving conjectures. We are developing new mathematical models and solution methods for both the manufacturing- and healthcare-sectors taking into consideration economic and quality aspects. These research initiatives will have impact on both the local- and national-economies . My research lab is collaborating with the auto-, farming-, and medical-sectors .