Faculty

Sa’Ed M. Salhieh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: ssalhieh@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 2157753

Education:
Ph.D.	2001	WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan
MS.	1998	THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - DEARBORN, Dearborn, Michigan
B.Sc.	1995	JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Irbid, Jordan

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE / RESEARCH AREA
Product Development

New Product Management
Marketing Engineering
Collaborative Engineering
Product Design for Modularity

Value Engineering

Systems Modeling
Decision Modeling
Quantitative Methods
Mathematical and Data Modeling
Multivariate Data Analysis
Statistical Thinking
System Thinking
Information Systems Analysis & Design

WORK EXPERIENCE

Industrial Engineering Department Sep, 11 – present
Alfaisal University
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering Department Sep, 10 – Aug, 10
King Saud University
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering Department Aug, 08 – Aug, 10
The University of Jordan
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering Department Sep, 02 – July, 08
The University of Jordan
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Dep. Aug, 01 – Jan, 02
The University of Michigan – Dearborn
Visiting Professor

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Center of Consultations Feb, 10 – Aug, 10
The University of Jordan
Director
The University of Jordan Hospital Jul, 08 – Jul 09
The University of Jordan
Assistant to the Administrative Deputy Manager &
Director of Training, Development, and Planning
Faculty of Engineering and Technology Sep, 07 – Aug, 08
The University of Jordan
Assistant Dean for Computer Affairs
Faculty of Graduate Studies Sep, 05 – Sep 06
The University of Jordan
Assistant Dean for International Program

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED LIST)
Books

Kamrani, Ali and Salhieh, Sa’Ed, (2002) “Product Design for Modularity”, 2nd Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Book Chapters

Smadi H., Kamrani A., and Salhieh S. (2010), “Product Customization through the Development of Manufacturing Cores”, in “Systems Engineering Tools and Methods” Edited by Ali K. Kamrani and Maryam Azimi. CRC Press.
Salhieh. S. and Kamrani, A. (2008), “Modular Design” in “Collaborative Engineering: Theory and Practice”, Edited by Ali Kamrani, and Emad Abouel Nasr, Springer.

Journal Papers

Smadi H., Kamrani A., and Salhieh S., (Will Appear, 2011) “A Two-Phase Methodology for Modular Product Customization” European J. of Industrial Engineering.
Salhieh, Sa’Ed (2008) “Developing Manufacturing Response Models to Predict the Manufacturability of New Modular Products”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Volume 39, Numbers 5-6, pp. 599 – 611.
Salhieh, Sa’Ed (2007) “A Methodology to Redesign Heterogeneous Product Portfolios as Homogeneous Product Families”, Computer Aided Design, Volume 39, pp. 1065 – 1074.
Salhieh, Sa’Ed (2007) “A Systematic Approach for the Selection of Business Processes for E-Enablement”, International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Volume

Conference Papers

Salhieh, Sa’Ed (2007), “A Methodology for Developing a Measure for Modular Products Manufacturability”. Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Kamal, Amjad, and Salhieh, Sa’Ed (2007), “Collaborative Product Concept Evaluation and Selection Methodology: A Fuzzy Approach”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Salhieh, S., (2006), “Selecting Product Development Teams: A New Approach”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Smadi, H., and Salhieh, S. (2006), “Product Customization through the Development of Manufacturing Cores”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Kamrani, A. and Salhieh, S. (1998), “A Methodology for Parallel Sub-System Design Using Modular Approach”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Banff, Canada.

COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate

Principles of Product Design and Development
Marketing Engineering
Production Planning and Control
Management Accounting
Database Management System
Management Information Systems
Systems Thinking: Principles and Practice
Managing Complexity: A Systems Approach)
Work Systems Analysis and Design
Project Management
Production Information Systems

Graduate

Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Information Systems Analysis and Design
New Product Management
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management and Control

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship (1998-1999) – Wayne State University

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
IEEE Engineering Management Society
Jordan Engineers Association

PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES

Associate Editor, International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, Inderscience Publishing.
Organizing Committee, the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience Conference, Dead Sea, Jordan, 2007.
Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Manufacturing Applications, World Automation Congress (WAC 2004), Spain, 2004.
Reviewer for the following Journals:
- Computer Aided Design
- IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Jordan Journal of Business Administratio

Alfaisal University
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