Industrial Engineering & Management

Membership:
Editorial Board of the Open Mechanical Engineering Journal
International Scientific Advisory Committee, for the First International Conference “Fatigue Damage of Materials 2003”, 14-16th July 2003, Toronto (Canada).
European group of experts for the evaluation of projects related to the first call FP7 Transport-Aeronautics (May-June 2007 - Level 1 project proposals for "Maintenance and Disposal").
Organizing Committee for the International Conference “BeTeq 2007”.
Fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology.
Editorial board oof the International journal “Advances in Engineering Software”.
Referee in 2009 for the national research programs (DM n. 1407, 2008).
Editorial board for the international conference ECT 2010 where he organizes two special sessions, entitled: “Computational Analysis for Automotive Applications” and “Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Simulation for Transport Structural Components”.
Editorial board for the international conference IABEM 2011 where he organize a special session on the Industrial applications of Boundary Element Method.
Editorial board for the international conference ECT 2012

Member of panels of the national science foundation and government proposals
Member of the Industrial Board of the Complex Systems Research Center of Carnegie Mellon University (sponsored by NSF), 2000-2001.
Member of the Initial Committee to study the policies to improve the Social Security System in the Republic of Panama (appointed by the President of the Republic of Panama) in 2004-2005.

Member,University Promotoon Committee, QU 2007-present.
Member,University Faculty Apprasial Committee, QU, 2007- present.
Member, University Research Forum Committee, 2007- present

Professional Society Memberships
The Institute of Operations Research and The Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Mathematical Programming Society (MPS)
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS), 1998 - 2009.
Ankara Project Management Association, since 2007
San Antonio Oracle User Group (SAOUG), 1998 - 2005. Board member 2001 – 2003.
American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2001 – 2002.
San Antonio Software Process Improvement Network (SASPIN), 2003 – 2006.
Turkish American Association of San Antonio, 2000 - 2006. Board member 2001 – 2002.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Industrial engineers
Society of Health Systems

Member of the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK, 1983 – . Membership continues.
Member of the organizing committee, responsible for the creation of a computer-based contact forum for entrepreneurs and other participants, in 15th International Small Business Congress arranged in Helsinki, 1988.
Council member and board member in the Foundation for Supporting Young Academic Entrepreneurs, 1993 – 1996.
Board member, 1994 – 1996, vice board member, 1996 – 1998, in the Enterprise Agency of the Espoo Region .
Member of the Finnish Management Consultants LJK, 1994 – 1995. Membership is granted only if specified criteria of professional experience and credentials are met.
Board member in the Center for Quality Development and Research in Design Management, 1996 – 1998.
Member of the supervisory board of the environmental development project, Green Valley, organized by the environmental technology center Neopoli in Lahti, Finland, 1997.
Member of the management committee of Päijät-Häme Region under the Objective 2 of the European Union, 1997 – 2004.
Member of the expert review committee on educational projects of Päijät-Häme Region under Objective 2 of the European Union, 1997 – 1999.
Member of the supervisory board of the project for developing venture capital funding in Päijät-Häme Region, 1998 – 2000, organized by Helsinki University of Technology.
Member of the supervisory board of a project aimed at intensifying research and development activities among small and medium-sized companies in the Päijät-Häme Region, organized by Helsinki University of Technology, 1999 - 2000.
Member of the Strategic Management Society of Finland. 2000 – 2004.
Member of the European Social Fund sub-group for the management committee of Päijät-Häme Region under Objective 2 of the European Union, 2000 – 2004.

Program Committee Member: 1st International Workshop on Healthcare Systems Engineering (in conjunction with Cyber C 2011), October, Beijing, China
Session Chair: INFORMS Healthcare, Montreal, Canada, 2011
Healthcare Supply Chain INFORMS, Austin, TX, 2010
Computational Optimization and Applications II Mini EURO Conference, Izmir, Turkey, 2010
Packing Problems INFORMS, San Diego, CA, 2009
Emergency Response/Humanitarian Logistics IIE Annual Conference, Miami, FL, 2009
Logistics and Inventory: Health Applications
Health Care and Emergency Response Planning ICRA, Kobe, Japan, 2009
Planning, Scheduling and Coordination

Associate Editor, International Journal of Services Sciences, Inderscience Publishers, April 28, 2011–Present
A Cluster Organizer, Supply Chain Management, International Conference on Risk and Engineering Management, Sept. 29–30, 2011, Hunan University, Changsha, China
A Session Organizer, “Applications of Financial Engineering” in CORS 2011, May 30– June 1, 2011, Newfoundland, Canada
Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity, September 26–27, 2009, Toronto, Canada
Program Committee Member, The Third Conference on Risk Management & Global e– Business, Aug. 10–11, 2009, Korea
Program Committee Member, Sixth Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management, Oct. 15–17, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada