Mumen Rababah, an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hashemite University (HU). He holds a Ph.D. and Master in Industrial and Systems Engineering form Auburn University (AU). Before attending AU, he was awarded a full governmental scholarship from the Ministry of Education in Jordan to earn a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, and a scholarship from the Scientific Research Support Fund to receive his M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, both from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST).
Mr. Rababah started his work experience in his major as a Teaching Assistant while he was a graduate student at JUST for around two years between 2014 and 2016. As a result of his outstanding performance, he worked for JUST as a part-time lecturer immediately after his graduation. In 2016, he got another lecturer job at The Hashemite University.
According to his high performance and evaluation during Fall 2016, he was selected to be a full-time faculty member at The Hashemite University until August 2017, when they decided to sponsor him to earn a Ph.D. degree in his major. Durign his Ph.D. at AU, he worked as a teaching and research assistant since August 2017 at AU. The research experience that shaped his Ph.D. dissertation started when he worked for two years as a research associate under The Center of Physical Internet at Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) on improving the United Parcel Service (UPS) network using simulation.
Meanwhile, he is working on multiple research papers that are extracted from his dissertation, and he is focusing to specify his research area in the field of simulation, logistics, and big data analytics, especially because he worked with two of the well-known professors in these fields, Prof. Jeffrey Smith and Prof. Benoit Montreuil.
I am interested in simulation, logistics and parcel delivery, and data analysis. When an industrial engineer speaks about simulation, he usually means that there is a system such as a manufacturing plant, hospital, or warehouse that needs to be analyzed by specifying it is parameters (inputs, outputs) and processes. Then, it will be modeled by software to be improved by modifying its parameters to check what are the appropriate actions that should be taken to enhance that system.
I selected this field because I love working to improve any system using software, where we do not need to sacrifice resources to apply anything further than testing that system for any possible improvement. So, if someone wants to invest in a new tool, technique, or hire new employees, He needs to use simulation to save his money as everyone must get the chance to reduce the risk regarding a crucial decision by using this type of research.