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, September 2002- present

  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), Elements of Industrial Engineering Systems (IE 327/L), Operations Research I and II (IE 416 and IE 417), Digital Summer School of Operations Research I (IE 416), Asset Allocation in Technical Decision Making (EGR 403), 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

 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Dept., Cal Poly Pomona, CA

•  Faculty Mentor, 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. and B. Khoshnevis, "Feature Engineering for Inductive Learning in Queuing System Simulation", WP#1992-07, Dept. of ISE, USC, March 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)
• The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS)
• 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: September 2007