Text Box: Kambiz Farahmand  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently a Professor and department head at the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management @ NDSU.  He is an internationally recognized expert in Productivity Improvement.  Prior to joining NDSU, Dr. Farahmand served as Director and the graduate coordinator of the Industrial Engineering program at the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering department of Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr. Farahmand established the US-Mexico Maquiladora program and served as the director of that program for 10 years.  He was instrumental in establishing the DOE’s Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center (EADC) and the later Industrial Assessment Center at Tamuk providing energy, waste, and productivity services to companies in South Texas. Dr. Farahmand has over 23 years of experience as an engineer, manager, and educator.  His primary teaching and research activities are in the areas of Manufacturing Systems, Lean Manufacturing and implementation, Ergonomics, Safety and Human Factors Engineering, Human Exposure and Physiology Simulation, Computer Network Management, Simulation and Modeling, Facilities and Production Layout – Planning & Management, Operations & Materials Management and Strategic Planning, ISO and QS 9000.  He is involved in joint research and consulting with DOE, ARMY, NAVY, NASA, and industry.  More current research areas include portable life support systems for NASA astronauts’ space ensemble and adverse environment protecting garment, thermal physiology, cooling systems, hypothermia, and respiratory heat and mass transfer for NAVY. He has also served as subject matter expert in Lean Manufacturing, Quality Control and ISO 9000:2000 implementation and certification to US Army command.  He earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from University of Oklahoma.  He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at University of Texas at Arlington.  He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas and past president of IIE Coastal Bend Chapter.  

 

List of the Courses Taught

 

Undergraduate Courses

Computer Based Production & Inventory Control

Facility Design & Plant Layout

Advanced Operation Research

Application Computer Simulation

Computer Simulation Lab

Special Problems in Industrial Engineering

Computer Simulation and

AweSim/ProModel

Human Factors Engineering

 

Graduate Courses

Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering

Independent Project

Graduate Research Project / Thesis

Inventory Systems

Activity Scheduling

Computer Statistics & Design of Experiments

Computer Simulation of Industrial Systems

Occupational Biomechanics

Ergonomics & Human Factors Engineering

Systems Safety

Advance Engineering Economy

Manufacturing System Design

Lean Manufacturing

Principles of Optimization

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS
Publications

  1. Farahmand, K., "Low cost Database Design for 3D Viewing and Access", CDEN/C2E2, 2007 Conference, July 22-24, University of Manitoba, Canada.

  2. Farahmand K., "New Engineering Programs and University-Industry Collaboration in Engineering Education", 2006 IJME-Intertech International Conference-Research-Education-Enterprenuership, Union, New Jersey, October 19-21, 2006.

  3. Farahmand K. and Kaufman J.W., “Measurement of Time Constant of Wet-Bulb Thermocouple in Air”, ASME Journal of Experimental Heat Transfer, Volume 19, p. 165-180, Number 3/July-September 2006, Measurement of Time Constant of Wet-Bulb Thermocouple in Air.

  4. Kaufman J.W., Farahmand K., and Askew G.K., “In Vivo Measurements of Human Oral Cavity Heat and Water Vapor Transport”, Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology Journal, May 17, 2005.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15979952&dopt=Citation

  5. Farahmand K. and Jin K., “Engineering Education for the Rio Grande Valley Engineers”, 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas March 23-25, 2005.

  6. Farahmand, K., Esmeralda, C., “Cycle Time Reduction Using Simulation Optimization”, Modeling, Simulation and Optimization (MSO 2004), Paper Number: 429-053, August 14-15, 2004. http://www.actapress.com/PaperInfo.aspx?PaperID=17226

  7.  Kaufman, J. W., Farahmand, K., Stuble, K., and Chin, C., “Experimental Measurement to Determine Fine Dry-Bulb and Wet-Bulb Thermocouple Response Times”, US NAVY Technical Report, Report Number: NAWCADPAX/TR-2004/124, 17, June 2004. http://www.stormingmedia.us/28/2879/A287924.html

  8. Farahmand, K., Thompson, E, “Maximizing Shop Floor Productivity Using Simulation”, 6th Annual Simulations Solutions Conference, March 15-16, 2004. http://www.simsol.org/2004%20files/SimSol%20onsite%202004%20SCH.pdf

  9. Farahmand, K., “Letterkenny Army Depot Quality System Manual in Compliance with ISO 9000:2000“Department of the Army Letterkenny Army Depot, June 2004.

  10. Farahmand, K., “Annual Report of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Thirty-Sixth Faculty Senate 2002-2003 “Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System, November 2003.

  11. Farahmand, K., “Letterkenny Army Depot Quality System Procedure Manual in Compliance with ISO 9000:2000 and (CP)2 “Department of the Army Letterkenny Army Depot, October 2003.

  12. Farahmand, K., “Forecasting Fatigue Allowances Using Neural Networks” IEEE ANNIE 2003, St. Louis, MO, November 1-4, 2003. http://web.umr.edu/~annie/annie03_Final/wednesday/wp21.htm

  13. Farahmand, K., “CCAD Rotary Wing Facility Process Flow/Layout Assessment”, AMSAM-CC-DS-IE Department of the Army Corpus Christi Army Depot, May 2003.

  14. Farahmand, K., “Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) Hydraulic/Mechanical Component Process Analysis Support (HMPAS)”, Department of the Army Corpus Christi Army Depot, January 2003.

  15. Farahmand, K., Balasubramanian, A., “Solving Logistic and Transportation Problems in a Job Shop” Winter Simulation Conference 2002, San Diego California, December 8-11, 2002. http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc02papers/141.pdf

  16. Farahmand, K., “Ergonomics Consideration for Leather Wrapping Operation”, Delphi Interior & Lighting Systems Componentes Mecanicos Operations, August 2002.

  17. Farahmand, K., “Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) Can Shop Process Shop Analysis”, Department of the Army Corpus Christi Army Depot, August 2002.

  18. Farahmand, K., “Lean Packaging System “, Applied Manufacturing Conference 2002, San Antonio Texas, February 2002.

  19. Farahmand, K., Ramses, L,  “The Idea Behind Lean Manufacturing”, Applied Manufacturing Conference 2002, San Antonio Texas, “February 2002.

  20. Farahmand, K., “Practical Approach To The Implementation of An Environmental Management System”, The 9th Annual Coastal Bend Environmental Conference “ 2001: An Environmental Odyssey”, Corpus Christi Texas, September 24 – 26, 2001.

  21.  Farahmand, K., and Longoria E., “Two Dimensional Identification Matrix and Laser Etching” Production and Operations Management II, Selected paper, 2000.

  22. Farahmand, K., “Implementation of an ISO 14000 Environmental Management System”, ASEE 2001 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, 2001.   

  23. Farahmand, K., “Design and Implementation of an Accelerated Business Reengineering Plan” IEMS (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems) and ICC&IE (International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering) joint conference2001, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 5-7, 2001.

  24. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., “Experimental Measurement of Fine Thermocouple Response Time in Air”, ASME journal of Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 14, Pg 107-118,  2001. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/ueht/2001/00000014/00000002/art00002

  25. Farahmand, K., “Using Simulation to Support Implementation of a Flexible Manufacturing Cells” Winter Simulation Conference 2000, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, December 10-13,  2000. http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc00papers/172.PDF

  26. Farahmand, K., “Development of an ISO 9000 Implementation Quality Decision Support System”, ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis MO, June 18-21, 2000.

  27. Farahmand, K., “Two Dimensional Identification Matrix and Laser Etching” IEMS 2000 (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 13-15, 2000.

  28. Kaufman, J. W., Shender, B. S., Askew, G. K., Farahmand, K., "Physiological Response to Wearing the Helicopter Aircrew Integrated Life Support System (HAILSS) in Hot Environment", US NAVY Technical Report, Report Number: NAWCADPAX\--99-189-TR/A204183, 8 August 2000. http://www.stormingmedia.us/20/2041/A204183.html

  29. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., “An Experimental Method for Determination of Fine Thermocouple Response Times in Air”, US NAVY Technical Report, Report Number: NAWCADPAX\TR-2000\56, March 2000.  http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/app/home/contribution.asp?wasp=9969cb98f71046b4b2d67bd9e2afc496&referrer=parent&backto=issue,2,4;journal,18,27;linkingpublicationresults,1:102444,1

  30. Farahmand, K., “ISO 9000 Certification of the CCAD Blade Shop”, AMSAM-CC-DS-IE Department of the Army Corpus Christi Army Depot Rotary Wing Aircraft Sustainment Program, September 2000. http://osr.tamuk.edu/FY%20Awards/FY%2000/FY00awards.htm

  31. Imrhan, S., Farahmand, K., “Arm Span – Height Relationship among Three Ethnic Groups in the US”, The FASEB Journal, Experimental Biology 99, Washington D.C., Abstracts 1.1-486.12, 1999.

  32. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., “Nasal Probe to Measure Intra-Airway Heat and Water Vapor Transport”, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Journal - Science and Technology Watch, Vol. 70, No. 11, November. http://www.stormingmedia.us/57/5787/A578763.html

  33. Kaufman, J. W., Askew, G., Shender, B., Farahmand, K., “Impact of a Ventilated Hood on Heat Stress at High Relative Humidity”, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Journal - Science and Technology Watch, Vol. 70, No. 11, August 1999. http://www.stormingmedia.us/47/4787/A478763.html

  34. Kaufman, J. W., Askew, G. K., Shender, B. S., Farahmand, K., "Impact of a Ventilated Hood on Heat Stress at High Relative Humidity", US NAVY Technical Report, Report Number A478763, NAWCADPAX\--99-189-TR, 5 August 1999.

  35. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., "Nasal Heat Probe to Measure Nasal Cavity Heat and Water Vapor Transport", US NAVY Technical Report, Report Number A578763, NAWCADPAX\--99-189-TR, 3 August 1999. http://www.stormingmedia.us/57/5787/A578763.html

  36. Farahmand, K., “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”, published online for a Virtual Lecture Hall Project at Kennedy-Western University, at http://www.faculty.kw.edu/vlhview.asp, 1999.

  37. Farahmand, K., “Simulation of Production Processes Using Kanban”, published online for a Virtual Lecture Hall Project at Kennedy-Western University, at http://www.faculty.kw.edu/vlhview.asp, 1999.

  38. Imrhan, S., Farahmand, K., “Male Torque Strength in Simulated Oil Rig Tasks and the Effects of Grease Smeared Gloves and Handle Length, Diameter, and Orientation”, Applied Ergonomics, 1998. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10484281&dopt=Citation

  39. Kaufman, J. W., Askew, G., Shender, B., Farahmand, K., “Role of Relative Humidity in Thermal Exchange in an Actively Cooled Chemical Protective Garment”, The 8th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics, San Diego, CA, October 18-23, 1998. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/hu/groups/EEC/ICEE/textsearch/1998/Kaufman-1998.pdf

  40. Farahmand, K., “Cumulative trauma Disorders - manufacturing Considerations”, 2nd International Congress for Industrial Engineering Productivity Proceedings, Matamoros, Mexico, October 26 - 30, 1998.

  41. Farahmand, K., “Maximum Acceptable Weights for Reach and Over-Reach Heights”, published online for a Virtual Lecture Hall Project at Kennedy-Western University, at http://www.faculty.kw.edu/vlhview.asp, 1998.

  42. Farahmand, K., “Simulation of Production Process Using Simfactory”, published online for a Virtual Lecture Hall Project at Kennedy-Western University, at http://www.faculty.kw.edu/vlhview.asp, 1998.

  43. Farahmand, K., “Application of Simulation Modeling to Emergency Population Evacuation”, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, WSC ‘97, Atlanta, Georgia, December 7-10, 1997. https://portal.acm.org/poplogin.cfm?dl=ACM&coll=GUIDE&comp_id=268757&want_href=delivery%2Ecfm%3Fid%3D268757%26type%3Dpdf&CFID=55327571&CFTOKEN=38669509&td=1127367254509

  44. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., “Nasal Heat Probe to Measure Intra-Airway’s Heat and Water Vapor Transport”, IEA World Conference, 13th Triennial Congress, Tempere, Finland, July 3rd, 1997.

  45. Farahmand, K., “An Integrated Technique for Minimizing WIP and Maximizing Throughput”, International Conference in Industrial Engineering productivity 97, Matamoros, Mexico, November 10 – 14, 1997.  (Article was also translated and published in Spanish)

  46. Medina, M., Elkassabgi, Y., Farahmand, K., Matish, B., “Impact of The Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Industrial Assessment Center In South Texas”, Industrial Energy Technical Conference 97, Houston, Texas, April 23 - 24, 1997.

  47. Farahmand, K., “Application of Simulation Modeling to Emergency Population Evacuation”, Winter Simulation Conference Abstract, WSC ‘97, Atlanta, Georgia, www.cc.ukans.edu/wsc96/htmfiles/ga030.htm. http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc97papers/1181.PDF

  48. Farahmand, K., “Simulation & Animation of the Operation of a Fast Food Restaurant”, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, WSC ‘96, Coronado, California. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/6969/18768/00873434.pdf

  49. Farahmand, K., Garza Martinez, A., “Simulation & Animation of the Operation of a Fast Food Restaurant”, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, WSC ‘96, Coronado, California, December 8-11, 1996. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=256562.256943

  50. Farahmand, K., “Match Your Lifting Tasks To The Workers Capability”, Ergocon’ 96, The Silicon Valley Ergonomics Conference Proceedings, Palo Alto, California, May 12 - 15, 1996.

  51. Elkassabgi, Y., Medina, M., Farahmand, K., “Energy Auditing and Tracking in Food Processing Facilities in Texas”, Industrial Energy Technical Conference 96, Houston, Texas, August 13 - 15, 1996.

  52. Elkassabgi, Y., Farahmand, K., “Texas A&M University-Kingsville Industrial Assessment Center, Its Rolls and Impact on the Manufacturing Industrial Sector”, International Conference “Roll of Engineers Toward Better Environment”, Alexandria, Egypt, December 1996.

  53. Farahmand, K., “ISO Software”, Quality Digest, July 1996.

  54. Farahmand, K., “Expert System For Ergonomic Design of Facilities”, IEA World Conference, Ergonomic Design Interfaces, Products Information, October 16-20, 1995.

  55. Farahmand, K., “Oral Heat probe”, IEA World Conference, Ergonomic Design Interfaces, Products Information, October 16-20, 1995.

  56. Farahmand, K., Kaufman, J. W., “Differences in Human Buccal and Lingual Heat Transfer”, FASEB Journal, 1995; 9: A151.

  57. Farahmand, K., “Application of Knowledge Based Expert System To Assist In Facility Design And Development Process”, Computers In Education Journal, October-December 1995.

  58. Farahmand, K., Soma, M., “Knowledge Based Expert System for ADA’s Facilities Guidelines”, Journal of Occupational Health & Safety-Work Place Ergonomics, May-June 1995, p36-38.

  59. Kaufman, J. W., Askew, G., Farahmand, K., “Dependence of Oral Cavity heat Transfer on Ventilation”, American Journal of Respiration and Critical Care Medicine, 151:A640, April 1995.

  60. Farahmand, K., Greene, J., Becerra, R., "ISO 9000 Certification, Johnson Controls Inside Story", Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol. 26, No. 9, September 1994.

  61. Farahmand, K., Heemsbergen, B., "Floor Inventory Tracking of a Kanban Inventory System", Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando Florida, December 94, 1027-1035. http://www.citidel.org/?op=getobj&identifier=oai:ACMDL:articles.194652

  62. Imrhan, S., Farahmand, K., "Handle Design Parameters and Manual Torquing in Simulated Oil and Gas Extraction Tasks", Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety III Journal, Taylor & Francis, 1991.

  63. Farahmand, K., “Dependence of Oral Cavity heat Transfer on Ventilation”, American Thoracic Society International Conference Proceedings, May 20-24, 1995.

  64. Farahmand, K., “Quality In Engineering Education, Engineering Curriculum To Keep Up With The Future Trends In Industry”, ASEE Conference-Manufacturing Track, Anaheim, California, June 25-28, 1995.

  65. Farahmand, K., “Striving For Quality In Engineering-Introducing ISO 9000 Quality Series In Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering”, ASEE Conference-International Track, Anaheim, California, June 25-28, 1995.

  66. Farahmand, K., "DIAD Progress on Tracking to Completion", Big Idea, February 1992.

  67. Farahmand, K., "Input Parameters Validation, Audit and Review for the PCES Data Base System", Technical Report, United Parcel Service, March 1992.

  68. Farahmand, K., "Cumulative Trauma Disorders -- Ergonomic design Comes Before the Use of Wrist Restraints", 10th International Systems safety conference, Vol. 2, Sterling, Virginia, 1991.

  69. Farahmand, K., "Design and Installation of a Cathodic Cell Corrosion Prohibitor for under ground Pipeline and Casing", SPE conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1983.

 Work Referenced In Publications

  1. Williams, E. J., Jayaraman, A., “Optimization of Palletization in a Production Job Shop”,

  2. Chen X., “Agent-Based Simulation of Evacuation Strategies under Different Road Network Structures”, Texas Center for Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography, Southwest Texas State University.

  3. Ramgiridhar, R. K., et al., “Evaluation of Evacuation Procedure during Extreme Weather Events for the Gulf Coast of Alabama”, 27th International Forum on Traffic Records and Highway Information Systems”.

  4. Williams, E. J., et al., “Use of Simulation to Determine Cashier Staffing Policy at a Retail Checkout”, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan.

  5. Williams, E. J., “Discrete-Event Simulation for the Continuous Simulation Model Builder”, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan.

  6. Williams, E. J., Jayarman, A., “Optimization of Palletization in a Production Job Shop”, Ford Motor Company & Production Modeling Corporation, Simulation for Manufacturing Improvement Conference and Exposition, Chicago, May 14-15, 1996.

 

Online Manuscript & Presentations

 

“Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”

 

“Simulation of Production Processes Using Kanban”

 

“Maximum Acceptable Weights for Reach and Over-Reach Heights”

 

“Simulation of Production Process Using Simfactory”

"Simulation and Animation of the Operation of a Fast Food Restaurant"

"Measurement of Cognitive Capacity and Performance"

"An ISO 9000 Implementation Decision Support System to be used for the Development of Quality System Documentation"

 

"Simulation of Production Process Using SIMFACTORY"

 

 

 

     

Patent

Apparatus for obtaining Temperature and Humidity Measurements  (Patent Number: 6659963, Issue Date:  December 9, 2003) http://www.techlinkcenter.org/cgi-   bin/techlink/patent_display.html?patent_id=i04522

·              Design and development of an Oral probe to measure heat and mass transfer coefficient in the human oral cavity.

·              Design and development of a Nasal probe to measure intra-airway heat and vapor transfer in the human nasal cavity.

 

 SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

·         Application of concurrent engineering in bottleneck operations and product innovations.