Dusan Sormaz

About Dusan Sormaz

Dušan N. Šormaz has been teaching engineering students at Ohio University since 1995. He teaches senior courses in computer simulation and lean manufacturing; elective courses on computer integrated manufacturing and systems engineering; and graduate courses in intelligent systems, process planning, and advanced simulation. He developed the prototype of intelligent process planning system 3IPP. He has worked in a technology transfer project with Adizes Southeast Europe in Novi Sad. He also worked on the FIPER project funded by NIST (ATP) in developing a cost modeling tool. He has developed the distributed process plan modeling system IMPlanner and applied its algorithms in projects for Delphi automotive. He has worked on applying AI techniques in engineering problem areas such as cost estimation and oil corrosion prediction. He has worked on projects related to cost estimation of components of jet engines for aircraft and power turbines for General Electric. He also developed web application Routes and Riders for school bus scheduling. He is a member of Industrial Ontology Foundry (IOF) technical oversight board and leader of one of its working groups.Dr. Šormaz has published over 40 refereed papers in scholarly journals and more than 130 conference papers. He has also delivered 12 keynotes, workshops and tutorials and around 50 contributed presentations at international research events. He was the General Chair of the 28th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM2018 in Columbus and the Plenary Speaker Chair of International Conference on Production Research, ICPR25 in Chicago 2019. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (IJIEM), he edited a special issue of International Journal of Production Research, and a special issue of Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (RCIM) Journal. He is faculty advisor for Alpha Pi Mu - National Industrial Engineering Honor Society, OHIO Chapter. He is a senior member of IIE, a senior member of SME, and a senior member of He has been a member of The International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR) Board since 2019.Research Interests: industrial ontologies, knowledge-based systems, manufacturing planning, applied simulation, lean manufacturing, computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), concurrent engineering.

Experience

1. Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering

   Ohio University - Industrial And Systems Engineering

   Jan 2023 — Present · Athens, OH, US

Education

• University of Southern California

  MSc, Computer Science

  1994 — 1995

• Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad

  BSc, Mechanical Engineering

  1974 — 1979

• Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad

  MSc, Industrial Engineering

  1981 — 1985

• University of Southern California

  PhD, Industrial and Systems Engineering

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Minitab
• Vba
• Fortran
• Data Mining
• Statistics
• Algorithms
• Lisp
• Python
• Latex
• Research
• C#
• Artificial Intelligence
• C++
• Theory
• Data Analysis
• Industrial Engineering
• Operations Research
• Java
• Vb.net
• Machine Learning
• Programming
• Optimization
• Teaching
• Mathematica
• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Manufacturing
• Simulations
• Modeling
• Mathematical Modeling