The University of Houston

Department of Industrial Engineering

Ali Khosravi Kamrani, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Program Coordinator and Advisor

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213 Engineering Building 2
Cullen College of Engineering

University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
Tel:  713.743.4192
Fax: 713.743.4190

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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, Science and Mathematics, 1977.

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Current Professional Position

• Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department
• Ph.D. Program Coordinator and Advisor
• Director, Rapid Prototyping Laboratory
• Director, Design and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory

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Research

• Systems Engineering
• Concurrent and Collaborative Engineering
• Factory Automation and Robotics
• Product Design and Variety
• Manufacturing Systems and Complexity
• Rapid Prototyping
• Simulation and mathematical Modeling

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Recent Published Books

• Supply Chain Management : An Information Based Approach (in Press) - 2004
• Product Design for Modularity 1^st edition (2000) and 2^nd Edition - (2001)
• Direct Engineering: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing - 1998

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Services and Professional Functions 

School & Departmental

National and International

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Teaching 

• INDE: Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing
• INDE: Computer Aided Manufacturing
• INDE: Robotics Systems Design
• INDE: Concurrent Design and  Manufacture
• INDE: Systems Engineering and Modeling
• INDE: Manufacturing Systems
• INDE: Topics in Industrial Control

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Laboratories

• Rapid Prototyping Laboratory
• Design and Manufacturing Automation Lab

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