
Ali Khosravi Kamrani, Ph.D., P.E. 
213
Engineering Building 2
The University of Houston
Houston, TX
77204-4008
Tel:
713.743.4192
Fax: 713.743.4190
Education
- Ph.D., University
of Louisville, Department
of Industrial Engineering, 1991.
- M.Eng., University of Louisville, Department of Engineering Mathematics
and Computer Science, 1987.
- M.Eng., University of Louisville, Department of Electrical Engineering,
1985.
- B.S., University
of Louisville, Department of
Electrical Engineering, 1984.
- Diploma, Alborz
High School, Mathematics, Tehran, Iran, 1977.
Current Academic Positions
- Director, IE Graduate Program Studies, Industrial
Engineering Department, University of Houston
- Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Department, University of Houston
- Visiting Professor, Princess
Fatimah Alnijris's Research Chair for AMT,
Industrial Engineering, King Saud University
- Founding Director, Design
and Free Form Fabrication Laboratory, University of
Houston




Research
- Systems Engineering
- Innovation and Technological Innovations
- CAD and Geometric Modeling
- Modularity and Mass Customization
- Design and Manufacturing Complexity Analysis
Rapid Prototyping &
Manufacturing
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Autonomous Robotics and Control
Published
Books
- Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping,
(in-press)
- New Methods in Product Design: New Strategies
in Re-Engineering, (in-progress)
- Systems Engineering: Tools and Methods for
Engineers (in-progress)
- Collaborative
Engineering: Theory and Practice, 2008
- Computer-Based
Design and Manufacturing; an Information-Based Approach, 2007.
- Rapid
Prototyping: Theory and Practice, 2007.
- Mass
Customization: A Supply Chain Approach, 2004.
- Product Design for
Modularity , 2nd edition, 2002.
- Direct Engineering: Toward
Intelligent Manufacturing, 1998.
- Group Technology and Cellular
Manufacturing: Methodologies and Applications, 1997.
Professional Functions and Journal
Editorship
- Editor
In Chief, International
Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, Inderscience
Publishing.
- Editor
In Chief, International
Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, Inderscience
Publishing.
- Series
Co-editor, Engineering and
Management Innovation, AUERBACH Publications, Taylor and Francis Group.
- Editorial
Board, International Journal of
Industrial Engineering; Theory
Application and Practice.
- Associate
Editor, International Journal of
Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, TSI Enterprise.

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Teaching
Undergraduate
Graduate