College of Business and Economics
Dr. Ardavan Asef-Vaziri is a professor of Systems and Operations Management in David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge. Professor Asef-Vaziri
got his BS form the Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif (Arya-Mehr) University of Technology in 1975. His MS is in
Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from the
University of Southern California in 1977, and his PhD in Industrial
Engineering with focus in Design and Operations of Production Systems from the
University of Toronto in 1997. Dr. Asef's research
revolves around applications of Optimization and Simulation in facility
logistics, freight transportation, business process flow design, and project
management. His recent research grants are from METRANS and Leonard
Transportation Center. He is a seven times winner of CSUN Research, Scholarships,
and the Creative Activity Award, and a three times winner of the College of
Business and Economics publication award. Dr. Asef was recognized as the College of Business and Economic Research Fellow of 2009 which is the most prestigious award in the
college. Dr. Asef's publications have appeared in IIE
Transactions, European Journal of Operations Research, Journal of Operational
Research Society, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems,
Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Production
Research, Journal of Maritime Economics and Logistics, International Journal of
Agile Systems and Management, among others. He is a member of Institute of
Operations Research and Management Science a senior member of Institute of Industrial
Engineering. You may look at his
flipped classroom Concept
published in the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.
Contact Information...
Department Office: Juniper Hall JH3123
Faculty Office: Juniper Hall JH4129
Department Number: (818) 677-2470
Faculty Number: (818) 677-3637
Fax Number: (818) 677-2456
Email: ardavan.asef-vaziri@csun.edu
Class Hours:
Office Hours: WTh 5-6.30 pm, by appointment, and whenever the "I am in" sign is posted at the door.
Last updated: 12/2/2015