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Zahraei Seyed Mehdi

Post Doc Research Fellow
EMAIL
zahraei
sutd.edu.sg

Professional Experience
  • Postdoc Research Fellow, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. Apr 2015 – Present.
  • Postdoc Research Fellow/Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Jan 2012 – Apr 2015.
  • Senior Transportation & Traffic Engineer, Traffic & Transportation Organization of Tehran, Municipality of Tehran, Iran. Jul 2007 – Nov 2007.
  • Transportation & Traffic Engineer, Rah Shahr International Group, Tehran, Iran. Feb 2005 – Jul 2007.
Research Interests
  • Supply Chain Management, Transportation Planning, Sustainability in Logistics and Transportation, Closed Loop Supply Chains, Inventory Management, System Simulation and Modeling, and Urban Freight Transport.
Education
  • PhD. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2013.
  • M.Sc. in Transportation Planning, Tehran Azad University, Iran, 2007.
  • B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Tehran Azad University, Iran, 2004.
Papers under Review/Work-In-Progress
  • “Tactical Trade-Offs in Optimizing a Supply Chain with Expedited Freight” (with Teo, C. C., working paper).
  • “Value of Smoothing in Product Recovery Management” (with Teo, C. C., working paper).
  • “Optimal Reorder Intervals for a Supply Network with Production Smoothing and Expedited Freight” (with Teo, C. C., in preparation for submission).
  • “Evaluating the Supply Deployment Tactics in a Global Multi-Facility Network” (with Teo, C. C., in preparation for submission).
  • “Process Flexibility of a Production System under Production Smoothing” (with Teo, C. C., first draft stage).
Conference Presentations and Research Articles
  • Zahraei, S. M., Teo, C. C. (2014), “Tactical Trade-Offs in Optimizing a Supply Chain with Expedited Freight”, 21stAnnual Conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Science, Las Vegas, USA, 20 – 23 February.
  • Wang, X., Teo, C. C., Zahraei, S. M., (2014), “Managing Container Shipping’s Bunker Fuel: An Integrated Approach for Optimizing Hedging and Network Planning”, 21stAnnual Conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Science, Las Vegas, USA, 20 – 23 February.
  • Teo, C. C., Zahraei, S. M. (2011), “A Planning Model for a Supply Chain with Trade-Offs between Lead Times, Production Capacities and Safety Stock”, 22nd Annual POMS Conference, Reno, USA, 29 April – 2 May.
  • Zahraei, S. M., Teo, C. C. (2010), “A Safety Stock Planning Model for Global Supply Chains”,Civil Engineering Research, Nanyang Technological University, No. 23.
  • Zahraei, S. M., Javanshir, H. (2007), “Fuzzy Logic Application in Signalized Intersections Timing”, Proceedings of 1stInternational Conference of Iranian Operations Research Society, Kish Island, Iran.