NADIA BHUIYAN
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Office: EV.12.105
Tel.:  514-848-2424 ext. 3101
Fax: (514) 848-3175
Email: bhuiyan@alcor.concordia.ca

Associate Director
Concordia Institute for Aerospace and Design Innovation (CIADI)
http://ciadi.concordia.ca
1515 St. Catherine St. West EV12.101
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tel.: 514-848-2424 ext. 7905

Academic background

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 2001

• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 1996

• Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, 1995

Employment and Activities

• Concordia University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, June 2008-present, Associate Professor

• Concordia University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, January 2002-June 2008, Assistant Professor

• Queen’s University, School of Business, January 2001- December 2001, Assistant Professor

• McGill University, Management Science, Winter 2000, Fall 1999, Winter 1999, Fall 1998, Lecturer

• McGill University, Management Science, Winter 1997, Fall 1996, Winter 1996, Teaching Assistant

• Pratt & Whitney Canada, Concordia University, McGill University, CRIAQ 2009-present, Lean Engineering.

• Pratt & Whitney Canada, Concordia University, CRIAQ May 2008-present, Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Management.

• CMC Electronics in collaboration with École de technologie supérieure and eNGENUITY (CRIAQ), June 2004 - 2006, Dynamic Test Bed for Flight Management System.

• Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation, June 2004-December 2004, Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) Target, Risk Prediction Model.

• Green Biomedi Technology Instruments Institute, September 2002-2009, Design and manufacture of a new generation electrical wheelchair.

• Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation, November 2003-October 2004, Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE)

• Vortex Aquatic Structures International Inc., April 2002-December 2002: Quality System Implementation.

• Newbridge Networks Corporation (now Alcatel Networks Corporation), March 1997–December 1999, Research Assistant: Implementing and Evaluating the Performance of Concurrent Engineering (CE).

• Industrial Materials Institute (IMI NRC) - Process Modeling and Optimization Group, December 1999: Workshop on Process Analysis and Modeling for injection modeling, blow molding, thermoforming processes.

• National Research Council Industrial Materials Institute (NRC IMI), May 1999: Rapid Design Methodology Development of a Dumbbell

• Department of National Defence, May 1995-March 1996: Continuous Approval Process for Project Management of Acquisitions in the Department of National Defence (DND).

Research Contributions and Practical Applications

Book

1. Salam, A., Bhuiyan, N., Raza, A., and Gouw. G. (2008) Measuring Design Effort in Product Development, VDM Verlag.

Book Chapter

2. Contribution to Les carrières d'avenir 2010 des Éditions Jobboom (January 2010).

3. Contribution to Technically Speaking, for Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc. ERPI, 2007.

4. Bhuiyan, N., Baghel, A. (2006) History, Evolution and Hybrids of Continuous Improvement Methodologies, in Managing Innovation and Change (3rd edition), edited by David Mayle.

Articles in refereed publications

1. Bhuiyan, N., Gerwin, D., Thomson, V., A Comparison of Analytic, Statistical and Simulation Models for Organizing the New Product Development Process, submitted to IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management, accepted for publication, 2011.

2. Bhuiyan, N., Gouw, G. and Bagherzadehyazdi, D. Scheduling of a computer integrated manufacturing system: a simulation study, submitted to Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, accepted for publication, 2011.

3. Agrawal, A. and Bhuiyan, N. A Framework for Successful New Product Development, Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, accepted for publication, 2011.

4. Khan, S., Girard, P., Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V. Improved Mathematical Modeling for the Sheet Reheat Phase in the Thermoforming Process, submitted to Polymer Engineering & Science, accepted for publication, 2011.

5. Briard, R., Bhuiyan, N., and Sicotte, H. Success Factors in New Product Development Projects in a Weak Matrix Structure: An Aerospace Case Study, submitted to International Journal of Project Management, accepted with revisions, 2011.

6. Othman, M., Bhuiyan, N. and Kong, L. 2011. Developing a Dynamic Wheelchair using the Design Structure Matrix Method, submitted to Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications, vol. 19(3) pp. 235-243.

7. El Sabbagh, H. and Bhuiyan. 2011. N. A Lifecycle Model for Airborne Safety-Critical Software, Software Quality Professional, 13(3).

8. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N., and Thomson, V. 2011. Post-certification engineering taxonomy and task value optimization in the aerospace industry, Engineering Management Journal, 23(1), pp. 86-100.

9. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V. (2010) A Framework For NPD Processes Under Uncertainty, Engineering Management Journal, 22(2), pp. 27-35.

10. Attar, A., M.A. Boudjakdji, N. Bhuiyan, K. Grine and S. Kenai. (2009) Integrating Numerical Tools in Underground Construction Process, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 16(4) pp. 376-391.

11. Kong, L., Bhuiyan, N. and Thomson, V. (2009) The Value of Organizational Structures, Concurrent Engineering and Research Applications, 17 (1) pp. 61-72.

12. Kong, L., Bhuiyan, N. and Thomson, V. (2008) Determining the Value of Sequential and Concurrent NPD Processes, Concurrent Engineering and Research Applications, 16(3) pp. 201-211.

13. El Sabbagh, H. and Bhuiyan, N. (2008) A Quality Assurance Model for Airborne Safety-Critical Software, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence Journal, forthcoming.

14. Salam, A.M., Bhuiyan, N.F., Gouw, G.J, and Raza, S.A. (2008) Estimating Design Effort for the Compressor Design Department: A Case Study at Pratt & Whitney Canada. Design Studies, 30(30, pp. 303-319.

15. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N., and Thomson, V. (2008) Lean Engineering in Product Development, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, 54(2) pp. 19-30.

16. Salam, A. M., Bhuiyan, N. F., Gouw, G. J., Raza, S. A. (2008) A Case Study to Estimate Design Effort for Pratt & Whitney Canada, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, 4(3), pp. 284-293.

17. Attar, A. Bhuiyan, N., and Thomson Journal of Materials Processing Technology, V. (2008) Manufacturing in blow molding: Time reduction and part quality improvement, 204 (1-3) pp. 284-289.

18. El Sabbagh, H. and Bhuiyan, N. (2007) A Quality Assurance Model for Airborne Safety-Critical Software, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence Journal, forthcoming.

19. Bhuiyan, N., Gatard, G., Thomson, V. (2006) Engineering Change Request Management in a New Product Development Process, European Journal of Innovation Management, 9(1) pp. 5-19.

20. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Gerwin, D. (2006) A Systematic Framework for Implementing Concurrent Engineering, Research-Technology Management, 49(1) pp. 38-43.

21. Bhuiyan, N, Baghel, A., Wilson, J. (2006) A sustainable continuous improvement methodology at an aerospace company. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 55(8) pp.671-687.

22. Bhuiyan, N., Baghel, A. (2005) History, Evolution and Hybrids of Continuous Improvement Methodologies, reprinted in The Journal of Enterprise Resource Management.

23. Shuiabi, E., Thomson, V., Bhuiyan, N. (2005) Entropy as a Measure of Operational Flexibility, European Journal of Operational Research, 165(3) pp. 696-707.

24. Bhuiyan, N., Alam, N. (2005) A Case Study of a Quality System Implementation in a Small Manufacturing Firm, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 54(3) pp. 172-186.

25. Bhuiyan, N., Baghel, A. (2005) History, Evolution and Hybrids of Continuous Improvement Methodologies, Management Decision, 43(5) pp. 761-771.

26. Bhuiyan, N. and Alam, N. (2005) An Investigation Into Issues Related to the Latest Version of ISO 9000, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 16(2) pp. 199-213.

27. Bhuiyan, N., Gerwin, D., Thomson, V. (2004) Simulation of the New Product Development Process for Performance Improvement, Management Science, 50(12) pp. 1690-1703.

28. Bhuiyan, N., Alam, N. (2004) ISO 9001:2000 Implementation: the North American Experience, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 53(1) pp. 10-17.

29. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V. The Use of Continuous Approval Methods in Defence Acquisition Projects. International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 121-130, December, 1997.

Other refereed contributions

1. Gill, G. S., Vidyarthy, N., Bhuiyan, N. Step towards Environment Friendly Closed Loop Supply Chain, 2012, accepted for the 4th Annual Translog 2012 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.

2. Defersha, F., Salam, A., and Bhuiyan, N. Product Cost Estimation using Supper Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis, 2011 International Conference on Uncertainty Reasoning and Knowledge Engineering (URKE), Bali, Indonesia, August 2011.

3. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N. and Thomson, V. Optimum task size, multitasking and utilization levels for lean product development, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, part of the IIE Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 2011.

4. Othman, M., Bhuiyan, N. and Gouw, G. A New Approach to Workforce Planning, ICMAME 2011: International Conference on Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering, Venice, Italy, April 27-29, 2011.

5. Amirjabbari, B. and Bhuiyan, N. An Application of a Cost Minimization Model in Determining Safety Stock Level and Location, ICMIE 2011: International Conference on Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering, Paris, France, July 27-29, 2011.

6. Othman, M., Bhuiyan, N. and Kong, L. Application of the Design Structure Matrix in Wheelchair Development, International Conference on Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2011), Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, January 2011.

7. Briard, R., Bhuiyan, N., Sicotte, H. Critical Success Factors in New Product Development Projects in a Weak Matrix Structure, International Conference on Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE 2010), Singapore, August 2010.

8. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V. Engineering task management policies influence on product development performance, Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) 2010, part of the IIE Annual Conference 2010, June 2010, Cancun, Mexico.

9. Salam, A., Defersha, F.M., Bhuiyan, N. and Chen, M. A Case Study on Target Cost Estimation using a Genetic Algorithm and a Back Propagation Based Neural Network, IEEE International Conference on Engineering Systems Management and Applications, (ICESMA'10), Sharjah, UAE, 2010.

10. Salam, A.M., Bhuiyan, N, Gouw, G, and Raza, S A, Estimating Design Effort to Manage Resources within a Supply Chain: A Case Study at Pratt & Whitney, Conference proceeding for the 6^th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2008

11. Beauregard, Y., Thomson, V., Bhuiyan, N., 2007. Lean Engineering Logistics – Load Leveling of Design Jobs with Capacity Considerations, 2007 Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute Annual General Meeting Aircraft Design and Development Symposium.

12. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., 2007. Lean Engineering Logistics Systems for Product Development in the Aerospace Industry, Proceedings of the 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, J. Fowler and S, Mason, eds.

13. Beauregard, Y., Bhuiyan, N. Thomson, V. Lean Engineering In Product Development, SME Conference in Lean Engineering, 2007.

14. Salam, A.M., Bhuiyan, N.F., Gouw, G.J, and Raza, S.A., Estimating Design Effort in Product Development: A Case Study at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM07-P-0254), Singapore, Dec. 2007

15. Hong H., Hoa S.V., Bhuiyan N., Siddiqui K. and Pugh M. Capstone Design Projects at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering At Concordia University, The Second CDEN International Conference on Design Education, Innovation, and Practice, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, July 18-20, 2005.

16. Kong, L., Yu, X., Bhuiyan, N. ‘Aider’: A Modular Addition to Transform a Manual Wheelchair into an Electrical Wheelchair, RESNA's 28^th International Conference, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA, June 25-27, 2005.

17. Yu, X., Bhuiyan, N., Kong, L., Application of the Design Structure Matrix for a Motorized Wheel, Industrial Engineering and Systems Management-IESM05 Marrakech, Morocco, May 2005.

18. Bhuiyan, N., Alam, N. An Empirical Study on Issues Surrounding ISO 9000 Implementation, 33rd International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Korea, March 25-27, 2004.

19. Agrawal, A., Bhuiyan, N., Critical Success Factors and Metrics for New Product Development Success, International Industrial Engineering Conference, Amirkabir University of Technology and Iran Institute of Industrial Engineering, Iran, July 2004.

20. Bhuiyan, N., Baghel, A. History, Evolution and Hybrids of Continuous Improvement Methodologies - A Decision-Making Tool for CI Implementation, 33rd International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Korea, March 25-27, 2004.

21. Shamsuzzoha, A. and Bhuiyan, N., Simulation Experimenter: An Expert Support System for Simulation Experiment Design And Analysis, ICME 2003 Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 26-28 December 2003.

22. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Jafaar, R., The effects of communication on CE processes, CERA2003, Portugal, July 2003. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Gerwin, D., Implementing Concurrent Engineering: A Case Study, CERA2003, Portugal, July 2003.

23. Bhuiyan, N., Alam, N., Implementation of ISO 9000 Systems: A Study of Canadian Companies, 31st International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, August 2003, Ireland.

24. Bhuiyan, N., Kong, L., Thomson, V. A Comparison of New Product Development Processes Using a Decision-Theoretic Approach, 2002 International Conference on Comparative Management, May 2002, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

25. Bhuiyan. N, Thomson, V. Designing New Product Development Processes For Success Through The Use Of Stochastic Computer Models, 30th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, June 2002, Tinos Island, Greece.

26. Bhuiyan, N., Awareness of Gender Inequity in Engineering, 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists Women in a Knowledge-Based Society, July 2002, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

27. Bhuiyan, N., Kong, L., Thomson, V., A Decision-Analytic Approach to Evaluating Concurrent Processes, CSME, November 2001, Taiwan.

28. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Gerwin, D., Evaluating the Performance of Concurrent Processes, ICC&IE, November 2001, Montreal, Canada.

29. Bhuiyan, N., V. Thomson, D. Gerwin. Evaluating the Performance of Concurrent Processes, 7^th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering Research Applications, University Lyon I, Lyon, France, July 2000, pp. 157-164.

30. Attar, A., Bhuiyan, N. et al, Reduction of Part Development Time Through Simultaneous Process and Information Modeling, ANTEC Conference, May 2000, Florida.

31. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Simulation Of Concurrent Engineering Processes, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, July 1999, Glasgow, Scotland.

32. Attar, A., Bhuiyan, N. et al. (June 4, 1999) Methodologies for rapid product development in blow moulding. 22nd SIGBLOW Meeting, National Research Council Canada, Industrial Materials Institute, conference presentation.

33. Bhuiyan, N., Thomson, V., Formalizing and Evaluating the Concurrent Engineering Process, Proceedings of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Forum 1998, Vol. 3, pp. 1-6, May 1998.

Non- refereed Publications

1. Salam, A, Bhuiyan, N, Defersha M D, Supply Chain Management: Case Studies to Estimate Design Effort and Target Costs, Conference presentation for the Third Annual Supply Chain Management Doctoral Students Colloquium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2008.

Honours and Awards

• 2010 IIE Award for Teaching Excellence

• 2008 IIE Award for Teaching Excellence

• Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Region 14, Institute of Industrial Engineers, April 2008

• Faculty Award for Teaching, April 2005

• Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Region 14, Institute of Industrial Engineers, April 2004

• Outstanding Contribution to Student Life in the Faculty of Engineering - Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life Annual Awards, Concordia University, 2004

• First Prize for Design of a Cost-Effective Electrical Wheelchair - Association de l'industrie des technologies de la santé (AITS) - 6e édition Concours Innovation Recherche 2003, BIOMedex 2003, Genesis Awards, April 30 2003

• Gold Award 2003 - Institute of Industrial Engineers Chapter Recognition Program presented to the Concordia University Chapter 818, Dr. Nadia F. Bhuiyan, Faculty Advisor, Hussein Madi, Student President

• Outstanding Contribution to Student Life in the Faculty of Engineering - Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life Annual Awards, Concordia University, 2003

• Loyal Contribution and Excellence in Teaching - Canadian Society of Industrial Engineers, 2002-2003

• Nominated for Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation Graduate Scholarship Award (January 1999 and September 1999)

• Jaan Saber Medal for Industrial Engineering awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Industrial Engineering, Concordia University (June 1995)