Fantahun M. Defersha, PhD, P.Eng.

Research Interests 

• Manufacturing system analysis
• flexible and cellular manufacturing systems
• fractal, distributed, holonic and modular manufacturing systems\
• reconfigurable machine tools and reconfigurable manufacturing systems
• part sequencing and scheduling; production and inventory planning
• vehicle routing and transportation network optimization
• supply chain modeling and simulation; reverse logistics and remanufacturing systems analysis
• meta-heuristics and application parallel computation in optimization

Graduate Courses

• Optimization in Engineering, ENGG*6140
• Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Discrete Event Systems, ENGG*6090
• Design and Analysis of Experiments, ENGG*6090

Undergraduate Courses

• Engineering Mechanics ENGG*1210
• Kinematics and Dynamics ENGG*2340 (Theory of Machines)
• Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing ENGG*3120
• Integrated Manufacturing Systems ENGG*3070