Dr. Ibrahim Abdelfadeel Shaban

Dr. Ibrahim Abdelfadeel Shaban received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Production Engineering from Helwan University, Egypt. Then, he received his Ph.D. degree from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Ibrahim moved to Egypt to work as a full-time assistant professor in the Industrial Engineering branch, Mechanical Engineering Department, Helwan University. Also, He worked as a part-time Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, Cairo University, and in the Mechanical Engineering Department, the French University in Egypt. Currently, Dr. Ibrahim is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. His current research interests include operations management, infrastructure management, revenue management, air cargo pricing, logistics, and supply chain management. Dr. Ibrahim has published in top-tier journals, such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Expert Systems with Applications.

Title of Presentation:
Demand and Capacity Uncertainty Challenges in the Air Cargo Industry: Before, Amid and Post COVID-19

Dr. Eslam Saleh

Eslam Saleh was born and raised in Egypt. In 2013, he obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. In 2017, he received his M.Sc. degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Cairo University, Egypt. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Construction and Environment, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include monitoring the Earth surface deformation from space, geomorphological analysis, time series analysis and measurements uncertainties.

Title of Presentation:
Improved Optical Image Matching Time Series Inversion Approach for Monitoring Earth Surface Deformation: Historical Monitoring of Sand Dunes Migrations in North Saini Sand Sea, Egypt

Dr. Muhammad Shafique

Dr. Muhammad Shafique earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. He earned his master in Smart City and Construction Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Korea. His research mainly focuses on interdisciplinary civil engineering, energy systems, and sustainability. His research interests lie in (1) decarbonization, carbon-neutrality, and sustainable design of energy systems, including biofuels, photovoltaics and battery systems, (2) industrial ecology and life cycle sustainability assessment of transportation systems, (3) Energy & Environmental economics and circular economy. One of his core areas of work includes developing an integrated approach of life cycle assessment and circular economy for sustainable mobility. Looking forward, Dr. Shafique is determined to fight against climate change and reduction in the carbon footprint from the civil and transportation industry as the key considerations while enabling a high level of comfort and well-being for transportation users.

Title of Presentation:
Towards the Sustainable Mobility System: The Role of Electric Vehicles in Climate Change Mitigation

Dr. Tahir Mahmood

Tahir Mahmood got his degree of BS (Hons.) in Statistics with distinction (Gold Medalist) from the Department of Statistics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan. He received his MS (Applied Statistics) degree from the Department of Mathematics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Advance Design and Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. In the past, he has served as a Lecturer in the Department of Technology, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong. Nowadays, he is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, College of Computing and Mathematics, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His current research interests include Statistical Process Monitoring, Data Mining and Generalized Linear Modelling.

Title of Presentation:
On Real-time Monitoring of Telehealth Data: A Case Study for Hong Kong Elderly