Mohammad Moshref-Javadi receives the Tompkins International Honor Scholarship

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The Material Handling Education Foundation Inc (MHEFI) presented the award of $6000 to Mohammad Moshref-Javadi, an IE PhD student. This scholarship is to promote the study of material handling, logistics and the supply chain by exposing students and educators to the industry through financial support. Congratulations Mohammad!

Mohammad’s PhD research focuses on the design of customer-oriented logistics and supply chain system by minimizing the waiting time of the product/service recipients. The applications of the research includes both business environment which aims at higher customer satisfaction, as well as disaster situation with the goal of minimum losses and damages.

Mohammad has accomplished several logistics and material handling design projects as a consultant/analyst. The design of efficient facility layouts and material flow, optimization of warehouse logistic operations, design of efficient logistic networks and distribution systems, and utilizing big data analysis in material handling systems design are some examples of his experience in this field.

Thanks to MHEFI for their selection and to Dr. James Tompkins, Dr. Seokcheon Lee, Dr. Mark Lehto, Mr. Steve Duket, and Dr. Jamshid Parvizian for their invaluable supports.