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Dr.Ali Cheaitou Academic RankAssociate Professor

Specialization:

  • Ph. D., Industrial Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris University, France 2008

Research Interests:

  • Production planning and inventory control, Supply chain, management, Maritime transportation, Applied optimization

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Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris (Paris Saclay University), France 2008
January 2019 – now: Associate professor, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Sep. 2011 – Dec 2018: Assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Department, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2011 Assistant professor, Euromed Management (currently Kedge Business School), Marseilles, France. Dec. 2007 – Aug. 2009 Consultant in supply chain management – information systems (SAP), Meltem Consulting – L’Oréal, Paris – France and Shanghai – China. Oct. 2004 – Nov. 2007 Lecturer and researcher (moniteur – allocataire, ATER) , Ecole Centrale Paris, France.
2018- now: Chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 2013/2014 – 2016/2017: Program coordinator, PhD in Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 2013/2014 – 2015/2016: Program coordinator, M.Sc. in Engineering Management, IEEM Dept., College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 2014 – 2017: Chair of the PhD in Engineering Management program committee, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Feb. 2014 – Aug. 2016: Chair of the MSc in Engineering Management program committee, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 2014–2015,2016-2017: Member of the University Council for Graduate Studies, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2006 – present Member of the International Society of Inventory Research (ISIR), Hungary.
o 2012 – 2014 Seed research grant, University of Sharjah (12500 AED), Title: Containership Speed and Fleet Size Optimization. o 2017-2019 Competitive research grant, University of Sharjah (96000 AED), Title: Sustainable supply chain operations management: integrated supplier selection, procurement, production, maintenance and distribution models. o 2018 – 2020 Competitive research grant, University of Sharjah (200000 AED), Title: A Decision Support System (DSS) for Integrated Sustainable Airport Ground Operations Management
1. Ali Cheaitou, Sadeque Hamdan, Rim Larbi and Imad Alsyouf (2020). Sustainable Traveling Purchaser Problem Model with Speed Optimization. Forthcoming in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2020.1774825. 2. Pierre Cariou, Ali Cheaitou, Olivier Faury and Sadeque Hamdan (2019). The feasibility of Arctic container shipping: the economic and environmental impacts of ice thickness. Forthcoming in Maritime Economics & Logistics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-019-00145-3. 3. Olivier Faury, Ali Cheaitou and Philippe Givry (2020). Best Maritime Transportation Option for the Arctic Crude Oil: a Profit Decision Model. Transportation Research Part E, Vol. 136, Article 101865, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.101865. 4. Ali Cheaitou, Mickael Gardoni and Sadeque Hamdan (2019). A decision making framework for environmentally sustainable product design. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 295-304, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1063293X19870841 5. Ali Cheaitou, Rim Larbi, Bashayer Al Housani (2019). Decision making framework for tender evaluation and contractor selection in public organizations with risk considerations. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 68, Article100620, DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2018.02.007. 6. Ali Cheaitou and Rima Cheaytou (2019). A two-stage capacity reservation supply contract with risky supplier and forecast updating. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 209, pp. 42-60, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.01.019. 7. Ali Cheaitou and Pierre Cariou (2019). Greening maritime transportation: a bi-objective optimization approach. Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 273, No. 1, pp. 501-525, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-018-2786-2. 8. Laurent Fedi, Laurent Etienne, Olivier Faury, Patrick Rigot-Müller, Scott Stephenson and Ali Cheaitou (2018). Arctic navigation: stakes, benefits and limits of the POLARIS system. The Journal of Ocean Technology, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 54–67. 9. AlMarar Ahlam and Cheaitou Ali (2018). Cargo flow, freight rate and speed optimization of container liner services. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, Vol. 10, Nos. 5/6, pp. 533-566.
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