Dr. Ahmet Kolus


Assistant Professor

  • Office: 22/230
  • Tel: +966 13 860 2807
  • Email: akolus@kfupm.edu.sa ​

Education

  • PhD, Industrial Engineering, University of Montreal, Canada, 2013
  • MSc, Industrial Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2006
  • BSc, Industrial Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2004

Teaching

  • ISE-307 Engineering Economic Analysis
  • ISE-323 Work and Process Improvements
  • ISE-351 Cooperative Work Program
  • ISE-443 Human Factors Engineering

Research Interests

  • Human factors engineering
  • Improving industrial system design & performance
  • IE applications in healthcare systems
  • Fuzzy systems modeling

Selected Publications

  1. Kolus, A., Wells, R., Neumann, P., Stapleton, J. (in-process). Improving operations system quality performance using human factors: A systematic review. Journal of Operations Management.
  2. Kolus, A., Dubé, P-A., Imbeau, D., Labib, R., Dubeau, D. (2014). Estimating oxygen consumption from heart rate using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and analytical approaches. Applied Ergonomics 45(6), 1377-1724.
  3. Kolus, A., Imbeau, D., Dubé, P-A., Dubeau, D. (2015). Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems with k-fold cross-validation for energy expenditure predictions based on heart rate. Applied Ergonomics 50, 68-78.
  4. Duffuaa, S., Al-Turki, U., Kolus, A. (2009). A process targeting model for a product with two dependent quality characteristics using 100% inspection. International Journal of Production Research 47(4), 1039-1053.
  5. Duffuaa, S., Al-Turki, U., Kolus, A. (2009). Process-targeting model for a product with two dependent quality characteristics using acceptance sampling plans. International Journal of Production Research 47(14), 4031-4046.
Dr. Ahmet Kolus

​Assistant Professor