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Dr. Mohsen A. Jafari

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Mohsen A. Jafari is a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. He has directed or co-directed a total of over $12.0M funding from various government agencies including: The National Science Foundation, The Department of Energy, The Office of Naval Research, The Defense Logistics Agency, NJ Department of Transportation, FHWA, DARPA, NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services, NYC MTA, and industry in areas of automation, system optimization, data modeling, information systems, and cyber risk analysis. His research applications extend to manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and power systems. The application highlights include the development of advanced multi materials deposition systems; multi-layered decision support systems for traffic safety; risk analysis engine for power grid cyber security. He actively collaborates with universities and research institutes abroad. He has also been consultant to several fortune 500 companies as well as local and state government agencies. He has been director of sixteen Ph.D. theses, and nine post doctoral & research fellows. He is a member of IEEE and IIE. He has received the IEEE excellence award in service and research. He is a member of Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Infrastructure and transportation (CAIT), under which he recently formed a multi-disciplinary and multi-university team of experts in infrastructure asset management dealing with sustainability, resiliency, climate changes, and other related issues.

Projects
Title Sponsor(s)
Benchmarking for Asset Hierarchy, Criticality Assessment and Risk Analysis at the MTA and other Transportation Companies Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Development of Bus Maintenance Information Advisory System Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Feasibility of Establishing a Virtual Container Yard to Optimize Empty Container Management Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), Rutgers University
Logical and Physical Simulations of Automated and Dedicated Bus Lanes Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Productivity Evaluation of Transit Bus Routine Maintenance Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)


Publications
Title Publication Type
Impact Assessment of the Regulation of Heavy Truck Operation Project Brief
Development of Bus Maintenance Information Advisory System Project Brief
Review of Asset Hierarchy Criticality Assessment and Risk Analysis Practices Final Report
UTRC Research Initiative
Year Title
2006 Feasibility of Establishing a Virtual Container Yard to Optimize Empty Container Management

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Professor and Department Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Mohsen A.
Jafari
Rutgers University
jafari@rci.rutgers.edu
(848) 445-2980
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