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Dr. Ismail Al-Maraj

Assistant Professor

  • Office: 22/351
  • Phone: 966-13-860-1163
  • Email: almaraj@kfupm.edu.sa

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Education

  • Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, 2019
  • M.S.,Industrial and Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2013
  • B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2009

Teaching

  • ISE 291: Introduction to Data Science
  • ISE 422: Facility Layout and Location
  • ISE 402: Production Systems and Inventory Control
  • ISE 307: Engineering Economic Analysis
  • ISE 320: Quality Control and Industrial Statistics
  • ISE 391: Industrial Engineering Design
  • ISE 323: Work and Process Improvements
  • ISE 443: Human Factors Engineering

Research Interests

  • Optimization under Uncertainty
  • Multi-Criteria Optimization
  • Production Systems and Supply Chain
  • Quality Engineering

Selected Publications

  1. Almaraj, I. I., Al-Yagoub, M. H., Trafalis, T. B., & Wu, D. H. (2026). A multi-objective integrated supply chain model under dynamic allocation of temporary vaccine centers and uncertain demand. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 150(A), 116328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2025.116328
  2. Iqbal, M. A., & Almaraj, I. (2025). Short-term scheduling optimization of battery electric buses in the context of sustainable energy resources under uncertainty. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 168, Article 110715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110715
  3. Almaslami, A., Alsawafy, O., & Al-Maraj, I. (2025). Site selection for electric vehicle charging stations in car sharing systems: Integration of photovoltaic systems and upgrade decisions. Energy, 335, Article 138138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.138138
  4. Bouchenine, A., & Almaraj, I. (2025). A multi-objective robust optimization model with defective vaccine and reverse supply chain under uncertainty. Journal of Modelling in Management, 20(5), 1537–1562. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-08-2024-0269
  5. Almaraj, I. I., & Al Ghamdi, M. S. (2024). Adopting new ARIMA double layering technique in make-to-stock production policy. Decision Science Letters, 13, 315–328. https://doi.org/10.5267/dsl.2024.2.005
  6. Almaraj, I. I., & Trafalis, T. B. (2019). An integrated multi-echelon robust closed-loop supply chain     under imperfect quality production. International Journal of Production Economics, 218, 212–227.     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.04.035
  7. Almaraj, I. I., & Trafalis, T. B. (2020). Affinely adjustable robust optimization under dynamic           uncertainty set for a novel robust closed-loop supply chain. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 145, 106521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106521
  8. Almaraj, I. I., & Trafalis, T. B. (2022). A robust optimization approach in a multi-objective closed-loop     supply chain model under imperfect quality production. Annals of Operations Research, 319(2),         1479–1505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04286-8
Dr. Ismail Al-Maraj

Assistant Professor