Rehab Ali
Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research Focus
Healthcare, supply chain, food security, machine learning, blockchain, lean manufacturing, quality management, simulation and modeling
About
Rehab Ali is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. She has completed her PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and received her M.Sc. in Managment of Technology from Nile University. She also had her B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Fayoum University. Before coming to Northeastern, Prof. Ali served as an adjunct faculty in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Managment Systems at the University of Central Florida. Prof. Ali is also a certified project manager and quality manager from the University of Central Florida. She is serving now as a reviewer at the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Education
- PhD (2021), Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA.
- MS (2015), Management of Technology (MOT), Nile University, Egypt.
- BS (2009), Industrial Engineering, Fayoum University, Egypt.
Teaching Interests
- Quality Management.
- Simulation and Modeling.
- Engineering Probability and Statistics.
- Operations Research.
- Computational Modeling in IE.
Professional Affiliations
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE)
Research Overview
Healthcare, supply chain, food security, machine learning, blockchain, lean manufacturing, quality management, simulation and modeling
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Rehab M. Ali, Ahmed M. Deif. “Investigating the Impact of the Dynamics Associated with Increasing Responsiveness Level on Leanness”. Proceedings of Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference 2013. (First place in IIE lean student paper competition).
- Rehab M. Ali, Ahmed M. Deif. “Dynamic Lean Assessment for Takt Time Implementation”. CIRP Conference 2014.
- Nader AbdelKader, Rehab Ali. “Interrelations between Lean and Innovation: Debates and Trade-offs”. IAMOT 2014.
- Ahmed Deif, Abdul-Wahab Janfawi, Rehab Ali. “An Integrated Metric to Assess Leanness Level Based on Efficiency, Flow and Variation”. Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Management. 2015.
- Rehab M. Ali, Ahmed M. Deif. “Assessing leanness level with demand dynamics in a multi-stage production system”. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 2016.
- Rehab M. Ali, Thomas O’Neal. “A Conceptual Model for the Implications of Blockchain Technology on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”. Smart Tourism, Smart Cities and Enabling Technologies Conference 2019.