IE Department Research Agenda
| RA # | Research/Extension Agenda Name | Research/Extension Agenda Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supply Chain and Data Analytics Lab Supply Chain Analytics | Apply Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis techniques in solving various supply chain engineering and management problems. |
| 2 | Supply Chain and Data Analytics Lab Design of Information Systems | Develop using open source languages, efficient systems based on systems analysis and design that improves KPIs of any industrial and service systems. |
| 3 | Supply Chain and Data Analytics Lab Culture of Manufacturing | Conduct research on manufacturing and supply chain systems to be sustainably used in consideration of the synergy of manufacturing technology with industrial sociology; mentality- and mindset-related attributes in manufacturing and supply chains. |
| 4 | Integrated Product Design and Development Lab Sustainable Innovation through Life Cycle thinking and Systems Thinking – Product/Service Design and Development | Apply sustainability mindset and concepts for identifying new market/business opportunities to invent, design and create products and services that contribute to the goal of achieving environmental, social and economic value for both society and the business organization. Apply optimization models and tools for multi-objective product analysis and design. (e.g. MCDM, MADM, etc.) |
| 5 | Integrated Product Design and Development Lab Sustainable Innovation through Life Cycle thinking and Systems Thinking – Process/Operational Optimization | Apply process/operations analysis, tools and techniques, which may occur in design, production, marketing, and other areas for improvement/optimization and changes that benefit stakeholders. Determine metric-based assessment framework to evaluate economic, environmental and social sustainability for specific product/service industries or systems (e.g. healthcare, education, agriculture, manufacturing) – Develop ways to facilitate through ease of access and integrated databases of information, to develop new algorithms enabling different datasets to be combined to test hypotheses, and to apply current/new technologies for better access and management of information for determining indicators, setting standards, identifying performance criteria, etc. (e.g. ecoinformatics, digital technologies adoption, statistical methods) |
| 6 | Integrated Product Design and Development Lab Sustainable Innovation through Life Cycle thinking and Systems Thinking – Systems Building and Changing Culture of Organization | Collaboration with other tracks/fields of specialization by thinking beyond the borders or boundaries of the organization, fields, technologies, industries and others to understand how their actions affect or achieve better impacts to the organization itself but also broadly on other organizations, people, communities and society, as well as the natural environment, and vice versa. (e.g. system dynamics model, simulation, IS, HFE, etc.) |
| 7 | Integrated Product Design and Development Lab Sustainable Production and Consumption of Products (Goods or Services) | Apply life cycle thinking and systems thinking in policy making in areas such as materials flow and resource management, sustainable packaging, waste management opportunities, eco-labelling, green procurement for sustainable production of goods and services – Apply decision-support tools for reviewing, evaluating and developing policies towards use of alternative materials, resources and new technologies in for sustainable production of goods and services. – Develop evidence-based policy making process towards sustainable production and consumption of products. |
| 8 | Kaizen and Innovation Makerspace Customer Experience (CX) and Customer Satisfaction Measurement | Quantifying CX and satisfaction levels of customers and understanding its effects on brand loyalty and service quality improvements, among others. |
| 9 | Kaizen and Innovation Makerspace Kaizen Improvement for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) | Focus on how MSMEs can benefit from Kaizen improvement initiatives to improve their productivity and efficiency. |
| 10 | Kaizen and Innovation Makerspace Operational Excellence in the Public Healthcare Industry | Application of the Operational Excellence Framework involving Strategy Development, Performance Management, Process Excellence, High-Performing Teams and Change management Initiatives to improve public healthcare systems. |
| 11 | Kaizen and Innovation Makerspace Reliability Engineering in the Physical Asset Management | Application of Reliability Engineering in the management and maintenance of physical assets in various industries (e.g. fleet management, power plants, etc.) |
| 12 | Kaizen and Innovation Makerspace Lean Six Sigma Applications in Public Service | Applications of the Lean + DMAIC methodology in government process e.g. procurement. |
| 13 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab Physical Ergonomics | Conduct research on the ergonomic risks and hazards in workplaces to improve safety and wellbeing. |
| 14 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab Cognitive Ergonomics | Conduct research on how perceptions and attitudes toward technology and automation influence engagement with and effectiveness of such systems – Develop models to describe the dynamics between people and technology/automation to inform design to support performance and improve satisfaction – Develop sensing systems, i.e., via new technologies, to provide real-time information on human behavior and physiological attributes during decision-making and the performance of specific tasks. These aim to develop products and processes optimized for human needs. |
| 15 | Human Factors Ergonomics Lab Organizational Ergonomics | Describe the workload and the related outcomes (stress, fatigue, burnout, motivation, well-being) of people in different organizations with different work setups in order to recommend solutions to support people working under different conditions. |
| 16 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab User Experience and User-centered Design | Apply the user-centered design process to develop systems that support wellbeing – Conduct usability evaluation of systems to improve efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction with use. |
| 17 | Operations Research Lab Quantum Computing | Explore and develop quantum computing capability to solve complex OR problems. |
| 18 | Operations Research Lab Operations Research for Sustainable Engineering | Develop OR Models aimed at solving sustainable engineering problems. |
| 19 | Operations Research Lab Transportation Networks | Conduct research on the development and improvement of transportation networks in the context of urban planning, and other related fields. |
| 20 | Operations Research Lab Agricultural Logistics | Study and apply OR methods to increase efficiencies in agricultural logistics, and agriculture-adjacent areas such as cold chain logistics. |