Sarker, Bhaba R. (Louisiana State University)

Topics:

Manufacturing Systems
Mass Production, Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Planning, Design and Analysis of manufacturing systems. Material Handling Systems, Assembly Line Design, serial or parallel line design, multi-product and mixed-model lines, Buffer stock design and Line configuration. (Advanced)

Just-in-Time Production/Delivery
Application of JIT Systems, modeling and analysis of different JIT systems. (Advanced)

Supply Chain & Logistics
Logistics and Distribution of discrete and chemical products, transportation mechanism, role of kanbans in controlling the supply chain system, centralized and decentralized systems. (Advanced)

Job Routing and Machine Location
Uni-directional and bi-direction flow problem, machine sequencing and job routing in discrete flexible manufacturing, minimizing backtracking, designing multi-product flow lines, and embedding flexibility in production line design. (Advanced)

Cellular Manufacturing, Job Routing and Machine Location
Grouping and Cell Formation, Cell design algorithm and model formulation, sensitivity analysis, model selection, design perspective and measuring effectiveness of the cellular manufacturing systems. (Elementary to Advanced). Uni-directional and bi-direction flow problem, machine sequencing and job routing in discrete flexible manufacturing, minimizing backtracking, designing multi-product flow lines, and embedding flexibility in production line design. (Advanced)

Mobility and Military Logistics
Convoy movement and throughput capacity estimation; Road geometry and throughput analysis, Urban factors and mobility problems, and emergency logistics and mass exit plan (Intermediate).

Background:

• B.S.Math - University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• B.S Mechanical Engineering --Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka
• M.S. Operations Research and Industrial Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• M.S. Operations Research - Syracuse University
• Ph.D. Operations Research and Industrial Engineering - Texas A&M University

Dr. Sarker is the 2006 IIE David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award winner. He has extensive experience in industrial research and practices. He has published more than 100 journal papers and 60 proceedings papers, and also presented more than 80 technical papers in national and international conferences. He is on the editorial boards of many journals including EJOR, IIE Trans., IJPE, J. of Appd. Math.and Dec. Sc., and PPPC. He was funded by NSF, NASA, US Army, and ONR. He is an IIE Fellow and members of ASEE, DSI, IEEE, INFORMS, and NY Academy of Sciences.