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Dr. A. Akgunduz Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
Experience
01/03-Present Concordia University, Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montreal, Quebec Associate Dean-Academic Programs since June 2012 Responsible
for overseeing: ·
Curriculum
development ·
Accreditation
process ·
Improving
student engagement Associate Professor since June 2008 Assistant Professor and Co-Op Program Director – January 2003-
May 2008 ·
Teaching
Undergraduate and Graduate courses ·
Conducting
research in the areas of Airline Operations, Railways operations; Lean
manufacturing; Customer driven product design ·
Supervising
MASc and PhD students ·
Serving
the Department and Faculty through various committees including: o Current Responsibilities § Faculty rep in Senate § Member of Senate Steering Committee o Previous Responsibilities § First Year Program Director § Member of Department Personal Committee § Member of Department Curriculum Committee § Department Rep in Faculty Tribunal
Committee § Chair of Department Design and Award
Committee § Co-Op Program Director for 4 years § Member of Graduate Studies Committee § Faculty rep in NSERC Scholarship Selection
Committee § Department rep in Faculty Council ·
Supervised
several industry projects including Pratt & Whitney Canada and Aéroport de Montréal 06/09-05/10 TOBB ETU University, Department of
Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Turkey Visiting
Associate Professor Helped the university
to establish following courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels ·
Lean Manufacturing ·
Airline Management ·
Revenue Management and Decision Models Conducted
research in information systems management, lean manufacturing, inventory
control and scheduling Supervised two
industry projects ·
TAI: Supply Chain Management ·
MAN Bus Assembly Plant: Lean Manufacturing and
Scheduling 06/01-12/02 United Airlines World Headquarters,
Information Services Division; Chicago, Illinois Analyst-Research
and Development in Revenue Management Worked closely
with airline scheduling and demand forecasting teams. Projects
involved: o Developed
mathematical and simulation models for revenue management o Involved in data
analysis for demand forecasting, pricing and capacity allocation o Used simulation
techniques to introduce more profitable pricing policies o Developed
software for optimizing airline revenue o Worked on the
development of new revenue optimization systems and maintenance of the
existing systems 01/97-05/01 The University of Illinois at Chicago;
Chicago, Illinois Instructor
(Spring 2001 semester) Probability and Statistics for Engineers Research and teaching assistant Design and Manufacturing
using Virtual Reality 1999 Summer General Electric
Transportation Systems (GETS); Erie, Pennsylvania
Intern Industrial Engineer Developed a simulation model of the
electrical wheel engine manufacturing process in ProModel
as part of a Six-Sigma project 08/95-04/96 R. J. O’Brien, Chicago Illinois; Floor Clerk at Chicago Board
Of Trade Client-Broker financial market liaison 03/95-07/95 Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago Illinois; Teaching and Research
Assistant Research in Operations Management and
teaching support 9/92- 2/ 93 TEPE Company, Ankara Turkey; Operations Manager and Chief
of Inventory Scheduled outbound logistics, allocated and
scheduled staff, and strategic critical-time inventory control for shipment
of stock items is performed |
