Assistant Professor

Office: 22-240

Tel: +966 13 860 2905

Fax: +966 13 860 2965

Email: amattia(at)kfupm.edu.sa

Education

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, 2017, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, 2011, Zagazig University, Egypt
• B.Sc. in Industrial and Production Engineering, 2002, Zagazig University, Egypt

Teaching

• ISE-205 Engineering Probability and Statistics
• ISE-307 Engineering Economic Analysis
• ISE-351 Cooperative Work Program
• ISE-390 Seminar
• ISE-391 Industrial Engineering Design
• ISE-399 Summer Training
• ISE-402 Production Systems and Inventory Control
• ISE-405 Discrete-Event System Simulation
• ISE-447 Decision Making
• ISE-490 Senior Design

​Research Interests

• Supply chain modelling and optimization
• Inventory and production control
• Quality control

Selected Publications

1. Duffuaa, S.O., Attia, A.M., and Ghaithan, A.M., 2017. Optimal Design of Cause Selecting Control Charts for Monitoring the Processes of Coating Fire Extinguishers: A case Study. Quality Engineering, In press.
2. Ghaithan, A.M., Duffuaa, S.O., and Attia, A.M., 2017. Multi-objective Optimization Model for Downstream Oil and Gas Supply Chain. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 52, 689-708.
3. Alfares, H.K., and Attia, A.M., 2017. A supply chain model with vendor-managed inventory, consignment, and quality inspection errors. International Journal of Production Research, 55(19), 5706-5727.
4. Nawara, G., ElBaz, M.A., Attia, A.M., 2010. Parts Classification Based on Solid Model and Neural Networks. Contemporary Engineering Sciences, 3 (8), 395-417. Submitted
5. Duffuaa, S.O., Attia, A.M., and Ghaithan, A.M. Mathematical Models for Robust Design of Cause Selecting Control Chart. (Submitted to: Quality and Reliability Engineering