Surendra M. Gupta

Professor Emeritus,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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  • 307 SN
  • 617.373.4846

Research Focus

Green manufacturing; green supply chains; disassembly modeling; remanufacturing; reverse logistics; managing end of life products; environmentally conscious manufacturing; manufacturing sustainability; reverse and closed-loop supply chains; just-in-time (jit) manufacturing and materials management; operations research: stochastic and simulation modeling

About

Dr. Surendra M. Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Director of the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He received his BE(Honors) in Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, MBA(Honors) from Bryant University, and MSIE and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Gupta’s research interests span the areas of Production/Manufacturing Systems and Operations Research. He is mostly interested in Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Reverse and Closed-Loop Supply Chains, Disassembly Modeling and Remanufacturing. He has authored or coauthored thirteen books and well over 650 technical papers published in edited books, journals and international conference proceedings. His publications have received over 16,000 citations (with an h-index of 63) from researchers all over the world in journals, proceedings, books, and dissertations. He has traveled to all seven continents viz., Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and presented his work at international conferences on six continents. In addition, he has delivered plenary/keynote speeches in international conferences in several countries including Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, Taiwan, China, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Dr. Gupta has taught over 150 courses in such areas as operations research, inventory theory, queuing theory, engineering economy, supply chain management, and production planning and control. Among the many recognitions received, he is the recipient of outstanding research award and outstanding industrial engineering professor award (in recognition of teaching excellence) from Northeastern University, a distinguished professor award from IEOM Society International and an outstanding doctoral dissertation advisor award from American Society for Engineering Management.

Education

  • PhD, Purdue University, 1977

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Industrial Engineering Professor Award, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
  • IEOM Society International Distinguished Professor Award
  • Best Dissertation Advisor National Award: American Society for Engineering Management
  • 2000 Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering

Research Overview

Green manufacturing; green supply chains; disassembly modeling; remanufacturing; reverse logistics; managing end of life products; environmentally conscious manufacturing; manufacturing sustainability; reverse and closed-loop supply chains; just-in-time (jit) manufacturing and materials management; operations research: stochastic and simulation modeling

Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing

Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing (LRM) in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University is dedicated to conducting basic as well as applied research in manufacturing which covers areas such as Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Mass Customization, and Sensor-assisted Monitoring and Diagnosis. The modeling techniques used range from Neural Networks, Multi-agents, Stochastic models, Multi-criteria Optimization, Petri-nets and Graph Theory. The group members have expertise in different areas of research and are capable of working on research and developmental projects in collaboration with the industrial partners and governmental agencies.

Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing

Department Research Areas

Selected Publications

  • Tehrani, M., Gupta, S.M., (2021). Designing a Sustainable Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Uncertainty and Various Capacity Levels. Logistics, Vol. 5, 2(20), 1-29.
  • Ozceylan, E., Gupta, S.M. (2021). Sustainable Production and Logistics: Modeling and Analysis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 978-0367431303.
  • Zhou, L., Gupta, S.M. (2020). Value Depreciation Factors for New and Remanufactured High-Technology Products: A Case Study on iPhones and iPads. International Journal of Production Research, 58(23), 7218-7249.
  • Tozanli, O., Kongar, E., Gupta, S.M. (2020). Evaluation of Waste Electronic Product Trade-in Strategies in Predictive Twin Disassembly Systems in the Era of Blockchain. Sustainability, Vol. 12, 13(5416), 1-33.
  • Tozanli, O., Kongar, E., Gupta, S.M. (2020). Trade-in-to-Upgrade as a Marketing Strategy in Disassembly-to-Order Systems at the Edge of Blockchain Technology. International Journal of Production Research, 58(23), 7183-7200.
  • Duman, Gazi Murat, Kongar, Elif, Gupta, Surendra M. (2020). Predictive analysis of electronic waste for reverse logistics operations: a comparison of improved univariate grey models. Soft Computing, 24(20),15747-15762. 10.1007/S00500-020-04904-W
  • Duman, Gazi Murat, El-Sayed, Ahmed, Kongar, Elif, Gupta, Surendra M. (2020). An Intelligent Multiattribute Group Decision-Making Approach With Preference Elicitation for Performance Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 67(3),885-901. 10.1109/TEM.2019.2900936
  • Gupta, Surendra M., Güngör, Aşkıner, Govindan, Kannan, Özceylan, Eren, Kalaycı, Can Berk, Piplani, Rajesh (2020). Responsible & sustainable manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 58(23),7181-7182. 10.1080/00207543.2020.1841968
  • Y. Kinoshita, T. Yamada, S.M. Gupta, Design of Disassembly-To-Order System for Reused Components and Recycled Materials using Linear Physical Programming, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, 4(2-4), 2020, 121-149
  • G.M. Duman, E. Kongar, S.M. Gupta, Estimation of Electronic Waste using Optimized Multivariate Grey Models, Waste Management, 96(1), 2019, 241-249
  • A.D. Joshi, S.M. Gupta, Evaluation of Design Alternatives of End-of-Life Products using Internet of Things, International Journal of Production Economics, 208(1), 2019, 281-293
  • L. Zhou, S.M.Gupta, Marketing Research and Life Cycle Pricing Strategies for New and Remanufactured Products, Journal of Remanufacturing, 9(1), 2019, 29-50
  • A.Y. Alqahtani, S.M. Gupta, Warranty and Preventive Maintenance for Remanufactured Products-Modeling and Analysis, CRC Press, 2019, 340 Pages
  • A.Y. Alqahtani, S.M. Gupta, Warranty Cost Sharing Policies with Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Sensor Embedded Remanufactured Products, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 31(3), 2019, 360-394

Faculty

Dec 07, 2023

2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations

The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.

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Faculty

Apr 18, 2023

Professor Gupta Delivers Two Keynote Speeches in Japan

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta gave keynote speeches on environmentally conscious manufacturing methods including sustainability, carbon neutrality, and closed-loop supply chains along with future opportunities and trends at the International Workshop on Green Supply Chain and the International Workshop on Closed-Loop Supply Chain.

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Faculty

Dec 16, 2022

Gupta Gives a Keynote Speech at the Third International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022)

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a keynote speech titled “Academic Research in Reverse Supply Chains, Disassembly and Remanufacturing: A Comprehensive Overview” at the 3rd International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022).

Faculty

Nov 02, 2022

2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations

A group of COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.

Faculty

Dec 23, 2021

COE Professors Selected in Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide

The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The […]

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Faculty

Oct 21, 2021

Gupta gives Keynote Speech and Serves on a Panel of Experts at IWAR2021

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a keynote speech and served on a panel of experts at the 5th International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing (IWAR2021) organized by Beihang University.

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Faculty

Aug 04, 2021

Gupta Gives Plenary Keynote at the 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE’21)

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a plenary keynote speech on August 4, 2021 at the 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE’21).

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Faculty

Jun 23, 2021

MIE Alum Mohsen Tehrani and Professor Surendra M. Gupta’s Paper Featured on the Cover of Logistics

MIE alum Mohsen Tehrani, PhD’21, and Professor Surendra M. Gupta’s paper titled “Designing a Sustainable Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Uncertainty and Various Capacity Levels” was featured on the cover of the June 2021 issue of Logistics.

portrait of Surendra M. Gupta and cover of sustainable production and logistics book

Faculty

May 03, 2021

Gupta Publishes Book on Sustainable Production and Logistics

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta’s new book titled “Sustainable Production and Logistics: Modeling and Analysis” presents issues faced by planners of production and distribution operations in terms of smart manufacturing and sustainability, using efficient quantitative techniques in a variety of decision-making situations.

Murtadha Aldoukhi and Surendra M. Gupta

Faculty

Aug 17, 2020

Murtadha Aldoukhi and Gupta Win IEOM First Place Paper Award

MIE PhD candidate Murtadha Aldoukhi and Professor Surendra M. Gupta’s paper titled “Flexible Model to Design Closed Loop Supply Chain Network Under Uncertainties” won the First Place Paper Award at the 5th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.

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