Faculty

Dr. Gilles Cormier
Professor of Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: gcormier@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 2157760

Education:
Ph.D.	1994	Technical University of Nova Scotia*, Canada (Industrial Engineering)
M.A.Sc.	1985	Technical University of Nova Scotia*, Canada (Industrial Engineering)
B.Sc.A.	1980	Universite de Moncton, Canada (Industrial Engineering) *Now the Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie University

Professional Experience:
2010-present	Professor of Industrial Engineering	Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2009-2010	Founding Dean of Engineering	American University of the Middle East Egaila, Kuwait
2009-2010	Acting Chief Academic Officer	American University of the Middle East Egaila, Kuwait
1985 1987-2009	Dean of Engineering (1999-2005)	Universite de Moncton Moncton, Canada
	Professor (2000-2009)
	Associate Professor (1995-2000)
	Assistant Professor (1987-1995)
	Lecturer (1985)
2006-2007(On leave from l’Universite de Moncton)	Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Operations and Logistics Engineering	Ecole de technologie superieure Montreal, Canada
1986-87	Senior Engineer	Saint John Shipbuilding Limited Saint John, Canada
1981-83	Engineer	Research and Productivity Council of New Brunswick Fredericton, Canada
1980-81	Junior Engineer	Stelco, Inc. Montreal, Canada

Awards and Honors:

Fellow of Engineers Canada
President of the Atlantic section of the Canadian Operational Research Society
Visiting Professor at l’Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in France (1995-1996) and the Lebanese American University in Byblos, Lebanon (2005-2006)
External examiner for doctoral theses at l’Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France), Laval University (Quebec City, Canada), l'École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada) and l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal)
Referee for numerous top rank journals and international conferences
External evaluator for the quantitative methods program at l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal - HEC (1998), and a proposed Bachelor of Engineering program in Operations and Logistics at l’Ecole de technologie superieure, Montreal (2004)
Member of the Boards of Directors of the Foundation for Education of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick as well as the Moncton Flight College (Canada)
Member of a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) team which visited a university for the purpose of accrediting its Industrial Engineering program.

Research Interests:

Development of decision modeling frameworks in the areas of logistics and preventive maintenance.

Current Research Project:

Multi-facility location and sizing
We aim to develop decision models that would yield a multi-facility location and sizing plan considering reliability, production and distribution factors to optimize various key performance criteria. The framework will integrate multi-objective qualitative decision models such as the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), quantitative analysis via computer simulation and mathematical programming along with geographic information systems (GIS). Some of the applications include minimizing the shortages of medical isotopes such as occurred when a nuclear reactor was shut down after a leak was discovered in May 2009, and helping governments develop a coherent industrial diversification strategy by maximizing the performance of supply chains in targeted industries.

Publications:
Refereed Journals Papers

Cormier, G. and N. Rezg (Forthcoming). On Coordinating Maintenance, Production and Subcontracting: Insights from Simulation Models. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering (Accepted in September 2010).
Cormier, G. and N. Rezg, 2009. An Integrated Production Planning Model for Molds and End Items. International Journal of Production Economics 121, 1, 68-71.
Ishikagi, A., S. Inada, G. Cormier, and Y. Hirakawa, 2005. Optimal and Heuristic Methods for Earliness and Tardiness Production Scheduling and Planning Problems. Journal of the Japan Industrial Management Association 56, 5, 321-329.
Dupont, L and G. Cormier, 2002. Standardisation d’une famille ordonnée de composants dont le coût d’obtention est concave. Revue internationale d’ingénierie des systèmes de production mécanique 6, II-54 to II-58.
Cormier, G. and E.A. Gunn, 1999. Modelling and Analysis for Capacity Expansion Planning in Warehousing. Journal of the Operational Research Society 50, 52-59.
Cormier, G. and E.A. Gunn, 1996a. On Coordinating Warehouse Sizing, Leasing and Inventory Policy. IIE Transactions 28, 149-154.
Cormier, G. and E.A. Gunn, 1996b. Simple Models and Insights for Warehouse Sizing. Journal of the Operational Research Society 47, 690-696.
Cormier, G. and E.A. Gunn, 1992. A Review of Warehouse Models. European Journal of Operational Research 58, 1, 3-13.

Refereed Conference Papers (last five years):

Cormier, G. and N. Rezg, 2009. Analytical Contributions to the Joint Optimization of Maintenance, Production and Subcontracting. International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, 13-15 May, Montréal, Québec.
Cormier, G., A. Langevin and D. Riopel, 2007. Vers une modélisation globale pour l’expédition des commandes à partir d’un entrepôt. 7ième congrès international de génie industriel, 5-8 June, Trois-Rivières, Québec.
Cormier, G. and N. Rezg, 2007. A Simulation Model for Evaluating Joint Production Planning Policies for Molds and End Items. International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, 30 May-2 June, Beijing, China.
Perrier, N., A. Amaya, A. Langevin and G. Cormier, 2006. Improving Snow Plowing Operations Using Operations Research: A Case Study. International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain, 15-17 May, Lyon, France.

Book Chapter

Cormier, G., 2005. Operational Research Methods for Efficient Warehousing. Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization, André Langevin and Diane Riopel (Ed.), Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., New York.

Teaching
Undergraduate Courses:

Alfaisal University
College of Engineering

IE301 Operations Research I
IE302 Operations Research II
IE304 Production and Service Systems Planning I
IE305 Production and Service Systems Planning II

Universite de Moncton
Faculty of Engineering

Industrial Logistics and Warehousing
Project Management
Operations Research
Engineering Economics
Preventive Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
Computer Simulation

Faculty of Business

Management Science
Operations Management
Forecasting Models

Ecole de technologie superieure

Project Management
Design of Production Facilities

Postgraduate Course:

Universitede Moncton
Faculty of Business

Management Science

Alfaisal University
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