California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College of Engineering Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department  Dr. Sima Parisay Professional Information Content:  Education Academic Experience Industrial Experiences Publications Professional Societies   Home Professional Information Interests Courses Taught

Education

•  Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, May 1996
  University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA
Major areas:
1.   Production and Manufacturing Systems
2.   Systems Analysis and Design
 

Minor area: Computer Science
Dissertation Title: The Application of Inductive Learning   in Simulation of Queuing Systems
Advisor: Professor B. Khoshnevis

 

 

•  M.S.   Production Technology and Management, September 1975

Aston University, Birmingham, England
Thesis Title: Development of Line Balancing Techniques for Multi-Man Work Station

 

•  B.S.  Industrial Engineering, February 1973 (Graduated with honors)
  Sharif (former Arya-Mehr) University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Academic Experience

• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
  California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)

   Professor Emeritus, September 2007- present

Professor, September 2002- September 2007

Associate Professor, September 1996 - September 2002

Full-time Lecturer, September 1994 - September 1996

Courses lectured: Introduction to Engineering Mathematics (EGR 299), Application of Statistics in Engineering (IME 301),  Engineering Probability and Statistics (IME 312),  Elements of Industrial Engineering Systems (IE 327/L), Engineering Economy (EGR 403), Operations Research I and II (IE 416 and IE 417), Digital Summer School of Operations Research I (IE 416), Discrete Systems Simulation (IE 429), Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (IME 499), Advanced Methods in Operations Research (EGR 549), and Advanced Operations Planning and Control (EGR 573)

•   Industrial and Systems Engineering Dept., Univ. of Southern California, LA
  

 Teaching Assistant, September 1990 - May 1994

 Research Assistant, January to May 1989

• Industrial Engineering Dept., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran  

   Full-time Lecturer, September 1977 - December 1982

   Courses lectured: Plant Layout, Managerial Finance, and Inventory Control.

•  Conference Coordinator, April 2006

  ASEE/PSW Conference at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

• Faculty Advisor, September 1996 - present

 Students' Chapters in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Dept., Cal Poly Pomona, CA

•  Faculty Mentor program, September 1996 - December 1998
  California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), CA

•  Workshop Organizer, 1993

University of Southern California (USC), LA

Industrial Experiences

•  Systems Analyst, April 1983 - April 1988
 

Iran Industrial Design Company, Tehran, Iran

•  Consultant, April 1976 - September 1977


 Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran




•  Consultant, April to November 1973


 Technology Engineering and Industrial Consultants, Tehran, Iran

Publications

• Parisay, S., "Effective Pedagogical Techniques in Operations Research Course Intent on Improving Analysis Skills and Writing Report", Session AC2007-1117, 2007 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Parisay, S., "Multimedia and Assessment Techniques in an Operations Research Course", Session 2257, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Parisay, S., "Implementation of Classroom Assessment Techniques and Web Technology in an Operations Research Course", Session 2663, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Parisay, S. and B. Khoshnevis, "Impact of Instance-Set Parameters on the Performance of Induction Decision Trees - Application in Queuing Systems.", in Proceedings of the 1995 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC ’95, PP 281-287, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 1995.
• Parisay, S. and B. Khoshnevis, "Automatic Instance Generation Using Simulation for Inductive Learning", in Proceedings of the 1994 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC ’94, PP 1409-1412, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, December 1994.
• Khoshnevis, B. and S. Parisay, "Machine Learning and Simulation - Application in Queuing Systems", Simulation, vol 61, no 5, PP 294-302, November 1993.
• Parisay, S. and B. Khoshnevis, "Application of Simulation and Inductive Learning in Design of Queuing Systems.", in Proceedings of the 1993 International Simulation Technology Multiconference, SIMTEC ’93, PP 250-255, San Francisco, November 1993.
• Khoshnevis, B. and S. Parisay, "Potential of Machine Learning in Simulation", in Proceedings of the 1st Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IERC ’92, PP 149-153, Chicago, Illinois, May 1992.

• Parisay, S., "An Experiment on Application of Simulation and Inductive Learning in Design of Queuing Systems.", presented at the 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Los Angeles, May 1993.

• Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE)
• Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society)
• The Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage   (APSIH)
• American Society for Engineering Education  (ASEE)

Last updated: January 2009