Sarah kianfar
Industrial Engineering graduate from Sharif University of Technology, currently pursuing PhD degree at University of Southern California.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Languages and Platforms |
| Groups: | USC Health Care Business Club |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Schools: | University of Southern California |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Academic Projects and Research Experiences |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2009 |
| Description: | Health Care Project, Team Leader Spring 2009
- Studied the most common problems in health care delivery institutions vs. the solutions proposed in the related literature. Design of Experiments Project, Team Leader Spring 2009 - Designed experiments to explore a surface for a single response and find the variable settings which optimize the response. Engineering Management Project, Team Member Fall 2008 - Cooperated with a team to develop and present a project plan to respond to a RFP. Production Planning Project, Team Leader Spring 2008 - Optimized Convex Cost Algorithm and considering its applications in scheduling depletable sources using MATLAB programming language. |
| Employer: | Iritec Co., Tehran, Iran |
| Position: | Practical Trainee |
| Time period: | June 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | - Coordinating with a team in conducting a feasibility study for establishing Iranian steel producing companies in Middle Eastern Countries. |
| Employer: | Kavoshcom R&D Group, Tehran, Iran |
| Position: | Business Consultant |
| Time period: | June 2005 - February 2006 |
| Description: | - Assisting senior manager improve the effectiveness of corporate strategy, process, or operations by assessing business needs, plans and directions. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Southern California |
| Time period: | 2013 |
| Degree: | Industrial and Systems Engineering, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | - S. Kianfar, E. Azizi, F. Kianfar, ‘A comparison of two estimators for solutions to Greedy Algorithm in scheduling depletable sources’, to appear in the Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Risk Management and Engineering Management (RMEM08), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ISTP/ISSHP indexed), and also sent to Elsevier for EI-indexing evaluation.
- S. Kianfar, A. Saeedi, N. Nasr, R. Akbari, ‘Measuring the bullwhip effect in order-up-to policies with continuous and periodic review: A system dynamics simulation approach’, to appear in the Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Risk Management and Engineering Management (RMEM08), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (ISTP/ISSHP indexed), and also sent to Elsevier for EI-indexing evaluation. |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Recipient: Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Fellowship award. |
