Imran Tusar, PhD has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Industrial Systems Engineering and leading the AIMS (Advanced Industrial & Manufacturing Systems) Lab in School of Engineering at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) since summer 2024. His teaching and research focus on advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, and supply chain systems. Dr. Tusar has extensive expertise in manufacturing system design, wind farm characterization, turbine installation, operations and maintenance, transportation logistics, and inventory system. He leverages his expertise in mathematical programming, modeling and simulation, and big data analytics to advance the fields of operations research, supply chain systems, production, and manufacturing. His research articles have been published in top-tier journals and conferences. Dr. Tusar’s research interests coincide with various multidisciplinary projects funded by prestigious organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DoE), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Throughout his academic career, Dr. Tusar has taught a variety of undergraduate courses and supervised students on both their senior design projects and senior theses. For more details about Dr. Tusar’s academic journey, teaching philosophy, research contributions, and leadership roles please find his updated curriculum vitae and google scholar profile.
Ph.D. (IE) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Major: Industrial Engineering, Minor: Applied Statistics, Spring 2024
MS (IPE) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Major: Industrial and Production Engineering (2019)
BS (IPE) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Major: Industrial and Production Engineering (2019)
Dissertation/Theses
Ph. D. Dissertation: “Optimal Planning and Design of Operations and Maintenance Systems for Offshore Wind Farms,” Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University [Advisor: Professor Bhaba R. Sarker].
MS Thesis (Manufacturing Engineering): “Investigations on Surface Grinding of Hardened Steels with Pulse Jet MQL Nanofluid under Compressed Air Wheel Cleaning,” Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) [Advisor: Professor Nikhil R. Dhar].
BS Thesis (Industrial Engineering): “Uncertainty Quantification in Partial Differential Equation,” Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) [Advisor: Professor Kais B. Zaman].