Dr Umar Al-Turki

Professor
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Office: 22-420-2
Phone: 2157
Email: alturki(at)kfupm.edu.sa
 
 
 
EDUCATION
·         Ph.D., Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, 1994 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, U.S.A.
·         M.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Management, 1989 Oklahoma State University, U.S.A.
·         M.Sc., Systems Engineering, 1986 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
·         B.Sc., Systems Engineering, 1982 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
 
TEACHING
·         Sequencing and scheduling
·         Advanced sequencing and scheduling (Graduate level)
·         Introduction to Systems Engineering
·         Engineering probability and statistics
·         Engineering Statistic
·         Quality Control
·         Engineering Economy
·         Methods engineering
·         Numerical methods
·         Production systems and inventory control
·         Reliability and Maintainability
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
·         Sequencing and Scheduling
·         Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
·         Strategic Planning 
·         Quality Control  
·         Simulation 
·         Operations research 
 
 
Books:

1.  Al-Turki, Umar M., Tahir Ayar, Bekir Sami Yilbas, and Ahmet Ziyaettin Sahin. Integrated Maintenance Planning in Manufacturing Systems. Cham: Springer, 2014. 

2.  Pirim, Harun, Umar Al-Turki, and Bekir Sami Yilbas. Supply Chain Management and Optimization in Manufacturing. Springer, 2014.

 
 
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1.  Al-Turki, Umar, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Handbook of Maintenance Management and Engineering, Edited By Ben Daya, Duffuaa,et al, Springer, June 2009. 
2. Duffuaa, S.O., and Al-Turki, U., "Benchmarking King Fahd University Community Service with Leading Universities"  Integrating Teaching and Research with Community Service, 298-305, 2008, Collge of graduate Studies & Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. 
3.  Al-Turki, U.M.,  Duffuaa, S. O., Ayar, T., and Demirel, O. " Stakeholders Integration in Higher Education: Supply Chain Approach ", Integrating Teaching and Research with Community Service, 116-123, 2008, Collge of graduate Studies & Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. 
4.  Selim, S.S., and Al-Turki, U.M., "A New Heuristic for the Flow shop Problem", Advanced Production Management Systems, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amesterdam, The Notherlands, 91-96, 1987.
 
Selected Publications:
1.    Zaim, S., Turkyilmaz, A., Acar, M., Al-Turki, U.M., and Demirel, O. "Maintenance Strategy Selection Using AHP and ANP Algorithms", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 18(1) (2012), pp. 16-29.
2.    Al-Turki, U.M. Saleh, H., Deyab, T, and Almoghathawi, Y., "Resource Allocation and Job Dispatching for Unreliable Flexible Flow Shop Manufacturing Systems " , Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 445, (2012), pp. 947-952.
3.    Al-Turki, U.M., "A Framework for Strategic Planning in Maintenance", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 17(2), (2011), pp. 150-162.
4.    Hadidi, L.A., Al-Turki, U.M. and Rahim, M.A., "An Integrated Cost Model for Production Scheduling and Perfect Maintenance", International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, Vol. 3(4), (2011), pp. 395-413.
5.    Hadidi, L. A., Al-Turki, U.M. and Rahim, M.A., "Integrated Models in Production Planning and Scheduling, Maintenance and Quality: A Review", International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, vol. 10(1) (2012), pp. 21-50.
6.    Hadidi, L.A., Al-Turki, U.M. and Rahim, M.A. "Joint Production and Maintenance Planning", International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), 13(2) (2012), pp 174-184.