Home
FUTURE STUDENTS ask.UWindsor GIVE TO UWINDSOR

News

2026

  • October 18, 2026: Submissions are still being accepted for the following calls for papers:
  • Members of the POA Research Lab presented four papers at the 2026 SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference in State College, Pennsylvania. The papers, published in Manufacturing Letters, cover generative computer-aided process planning, stock design for hybrid manufacturing, and energy-aware scheduling of flexible job shops. Dr. Azab chaired a manufacturing-systems session at the meeting.
  • Dr. Ahmed Azab gave an invited keynote, “Logical support functions of Industry 4.0: A Digital Twinning and LLM Approach,” at the 3rd GCC International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, held at the University of Tabuk on 2-4 February 2026.
  • This fall the lab director is teaching two graduate courses: Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning (INDE-8900-6) and Introduction to Sequencing and Scheduling (INDE-8900-7). A short account of both courses is on the Teaching page.

2025

  • ScholarGPS placed Dr. Azab’s manufacturing scholarship in the top 0.5 percent of scholars worldwide in its 2024 rankings, released in 2025.

2024

  • Dr. Azab received the Outstanding Teaching and Learning Award of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society at the 2nd GCC IEOM Conference in Muscat, in December 2024.

2023

  • June 2023: The POM Research Lab is participating in the University of Windsor Engineering Research Open House on June 20, 2023.

2022

  • October 31, 2022: Dr. Naved Bakali, from the faculty of education, will be discussing Islamophobia in Canada and around the world through his research findings and published book on Monday, October 31st at 5:00 PM in the CAW Alumni Auditorium. See the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion page for more information.

2020

  • April 7, 2020: Congratulations, Malek Mousa has been awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
  • April 1, 2020: Congratulations, Saeideh Salimpour has won the A.R. and E.G. Ferris Award.

2019

  • September 13, 2019: The POM Research Lab and Crop Defenders were awarded a two-unit MITACS Accelerate Grant.
  • June 28, 2019: The POM Research now has an Open Science Framework website.
  • April 25, 2019: Congratulations, the POM Research Lab and Contract Glaziers Inc were awarded an NSERC Engage Grant.
  • April 2019: The POM Research Lab is participating in the University of Windsor Engineering Research Open House on April 26, 2019.

2017

  • Congratulations, Saeideh Salimpour won the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Scholarship. She is one of two province-wide to receive this scholarship
  • Congratulations, Saeideh Salimpour won the best presentation award for her presentation entitled "A Clustering Sequencing Approach to the Facility Layout Problem" at ICSCLE 2017: 19th International Conference of Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering, Boston, USA in April 2017.

2016

  • Congratulations, Justin Britt won the 3rd Prize for his poster presentation entitled "Stochastic Hierarchical Approach for Master Surgical Scheduling" at IEOM 2016 Detroit conference on 23-25 September 2016.

2015

  • Dr. Azab is attending the 10th American Society of Manufaturing Engineers (ASME) International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2015) in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

2014

  • Dr. Azab is serving as part of Organizing committee for: 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Industrial Engineering during November 16-18, 2014 at Dubai, UAE with the theme "Contemporary Advances and Innovations in Industrial Engineering."
  • Dr. Azab is serving as IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineering) Chapter leader. Maral Zafar Allahyari is also serving as an officer in the chapter.
  • Congratulations, Soumitra Bhale on completion of your MASc Thesis successfully.
  • Congratulations, Nusrat Tarin! Nusrat has won an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS); first round of results was announced today.
  • Dr. Azab has been invited to serve on the board of editors for Industrial Engineering & Management.

2013