Curriculum Vitea
Available
at: http://www.usq.edu.au/users/mehryar/
Dr Mehryar
Nooriafshar
Date
of Birth: 29 January 1956
Marital
Status: Married with two children
Current Position: Senior
Lecturer
School of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Law
University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Length of years of service
at the University of Southern Queensland
(current employment): 22 years
Please note: Non-heading underlined sections indicate Hyperlinks.
Academic
Qualifications:
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1991
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PhD, Knowledge Based Planning and
Scheduling, (Thesis title: A
heuristic approach to improving the design of nurse-training schedules, using
simulation and Expert System ideas with particular reference to the
transition period). University of Manchester
(UMIST), UK
A summary of the thesis has been published
as a paper in the European Journal of Operational Research. Please see Volume 81, Issue
1, 16-February-1995 at:
http://www.elsevier.com/cgi-bin/cas/tree/store/eor/cas_free/browse/browse.cgi?year=1995
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1983
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MPhil, Applications of Mini/Micro
Computers in Production Planning and Control, University of Lancaster, UK
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1981
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Postgraduate
Diploma, Operations
Research, University of Lancaster,
UK
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1980
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BSc (Engineering), Industrial
Engineering, Hatfield Polytechnic (University
of Hertfordshire), UK
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Current Fields of
Interest
Design and
Development of Web-Based and Multimedia Teaching and Learning Systems; Dynamic
programming; Management Science; Scheduling, Operations Management and Supply
Chain Management.
Linguistic Skills
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Speak English, Turkish, Persian,
German and French.
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Familiar with Japanese, Arabic and Spanish.
Published Research and
Scholarly Output
Sixty five of the listed
publications have been refereed by an editor/editorial board or independent
international referees.
See: http://www.usq.edu.au/users/mehryar/rresumee/resume5.htm
; and the USQ ePrints at: http://eprints.usq.edu.au/view/people/Nooriafshar=3AMehryar=3A=3A.html
In 2004, a research paper titled “The
Use of Innovative Teaching Methods for ‘Maximising’
the Enjoyment from Learning Mathematical Concepts” was selected to be included
in the first of the international monographs, entitled "INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH : Selected Articles from the International Journal for Mathematics
Teaching and Learning". These
monographs in the “Series of International Monographs on Mathematics Teaching
Worldwide" were published by Muszaki, the
Hungarian publisher and part of the Kluwer publishing
house.
Invited Speaker on Statistics
Education at the 5th International Iranian Statistics Conference, IUT Isfahan, Iran,
August 2000.
See: http://www.usq.edu.au/users/mehryar/statsed
for the topic.
Organised and convened the
4th Australian Society for Operations Research Conference at USQ; edited and
published the conference proceedings, 20 April 2001.
See: http://www.usq.edu.au/users/mehryar/asorabstracts
Founding
Editor of the International
Journal of Business and Management Education.
See: http://www.usq.edu.au/faculty/business/research/IJBME.htm
Member of
the Editorial Board of the Journal
of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).
International
Visiting Positions
Location: Department of Industrial
Engineering, ITAM (http://www.itam.mx/index1.html).
Time: November/December 2003.
Period: Two weeks.
Activity: Visiting Scholar
Activity
Details: Provided presentations and guest lectures to undergraduate and
postgraduate students and the department; and established research links with
the host professors.
Location: Department of Information Systems and
Operations Management, University
of Texas in Arlington
(UTA) (http://www2.uta.edu/infosys).
Time: February/March 2003.
Period: Two weeks.
Activity: Visiting Scholar.
Activity
Details: Provided presentations and guest lectures to students and faculty; and
established research links.
Location: Department of Management, Marketing and
Business Administration, The Murray State University (http://www.mursuky.edu/).
Time: March 2003.
Period: One week.
Activity: Visiting Scholar
Activity
Details: Provided presentations and guest lectures to students, faculty and the
university; participated in seminars; and established research links.
Location: Department of Information Systems, University of Minho, Portugal (http://www.uminho.pt/english).
Time: March 2003.
Period: One week.
Activity: Visiting Scholar.
Activity Details: Presented the
first talk in their international speakers’ series research seminars; gave
guest lectures to students; participated in research seminars; and established
research links.
Special
Awards
Received the inaugural Award for Excellence
in Design and Delivery of Teaching Materials from the University of Southern
Queensland, 1997
Special
Consultancies and Services
Undertook the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) TOKTEN (Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals) assignment
for the Ministry of Agriculture in Iran, 15th June to 29th June 1999 and
8th April to 22 April 2000. Activities included: designed, developed and
presented an intensive workshop on applications of management science in
irrigation improvement and agricultural development to senior managers and
specialists in irrigation and project management. Analysed and presented a
report on implementation of the National Synthesis project.
Citations
The biographical profile was chosen by the Marquis
Who's Who editors to be included in Who's Who in the World (19th Edition) and
Who's Who in Science and Engineering (6th Edition) volumes of December 2001.
Marquis Who's Who has again selected the biography for
inclusion in the forthcoming Who's Who in the World 2011 (28th Edition).
Interests
and Hobbies
Play the classical guitar, ukulele and the
traditional/classical Setar (lute-type
chordophone). Paint landscapes in
watercolour and sketch portraits. Enjoy
swimming, cycling and amateur astronomy.
I also enjoy writing and publishing my findings, knowledge and
information on various topics so that I can share them with others. Recent examples include a series of articles
on the importance and education of astronomy in the “Popular Astronomy” in the UK. For an example of a leading features’ article
see the January 2002 issue of the Popular Astronomy at:
http://www.popastro.com/spapop/jan-2002.htm
The year (2002) was formally
nominated as the year of the Outback in Australia. In order to make my contribution, I wrote an
article on the Australian Outback, its characteristics and its role and
importance. This article appeared in the October-December issue of the Popular Astronomy
magazine in the UK. Please refer to:
http://www.popastro.com/spapop/oct_2002.htm
This contribution to the Australian
Outback was also published as a leading article in a special Weekender issue of
the Chronicle (Toowoomba) on Saturday 16th November 2002.
Employment
History
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1989-Present
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Faculty
of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Qld. 4350, Australia
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1987-1989
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Research Officer/Knowledge
Engineer, Information Technology Group, BHP Central Research Laboratories,
Wallsend NSW, Australia.
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1986-1987
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Information Systems Manager, Whyalla & District Hospital,
Whyalla, South Australia.
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1983-1986
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Tutor in Computing and Part-Time
Teaching Assistant in Quantitative Techniques, UMIST, England.
1976-1980
Industrial Engineering Trainee
undertaking 14 months of industrial and professional training, as part of the
BSc degree, in various aspects of industrial Engineering at: Rothamsted Experimental Station, England; Hobart Manufacturing Company-National
Stores, England; Sulzer Brothers Manufacturing Company, Switzerland and Platignum
Manufacturing Company, England.
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