Experts Directory: Manufacturing
Amir Gharehgozli
Department of Systems and Operations Management
Work: (818) 677-2570
Email: amir.gharehgozli@csun.edu
Languages: Farsi, Dutch
- Applications of business analytics and decision sciences in supply chain management and technology and operations management
- Information systems
- Facility and distribution logistics
- Production planning
- Recent innovations and technological advancements in above areas
Articles: “Impacts of additive manufacturing on manufacturing supply chain design”
Paul Fidler
Department of Systems and Operations Management
Work: (818) 677-2470
Email: paul.fidler@csun.edu
- Manufacturing resource management
- Supply chain management
- Aerospace products
- Consumer products
Peter L. Bishay
Department of Computer Science
Work: 818-677-7803
Email: peter.bishay@csun.edu
- Computational mechanics,
- Composite and smart structures
- Aerospace structures,
- Prosthesis design and control
- Engineering education
Professional/Academic Association(s): American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Personal Website: https://www.csun.edu/~pbishay/index.php
Learn more about Peter L. Bishay: https://newsroom.csun.edu/2026/04/17/engineering-a-better-arm-professor-and-students-advance-prosthetic-arm-innovation/
Behzad Bavarian
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-3917 / 2167
email: bavarian@csun.edu
- Corrosion—electrochemistry
- Failure analysis
- Fracture
- Welding
- Materials processing
- Composites materials
- Water treatment
- Construction
- Concrete — earthquake and property damage
Robert Dale Conner
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-4730/ 2167
email: rdconner@csun.edu
- Materials: processing and mechanics
- Metastable materials
- Experimental methods
- Computer modeling
Ileana Costea
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-2167
email: icostea@csun.edu
Also speaks: French, Romanian
- Education in Romania
- Education and multiculturalism
- Artificial intelligence
- Expert systems
- Decision analysis
- Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Web collaboration
- Distance education
- Interactive computer graphics
Learn more about Ileana Costea:
- CSUN Engineering Students Take Top Prize at Competition
- Art of Innovation Conference to Focus on Manufacturing
S. Jimmy Gandhi
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering andManagement
work: (818) 677-6157
email: sj.gandhi@csun.edu
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Lean principles
- Risk management
- Quality management
- Supply chain management
- Sustainability
Learn more about S. Jimmy Gandhi:
- Art of Innovation Conference to Focus on Manufacturing
- CSUN Faculty Break Down Silos to Help Train Tomorrow's Workforce
- CSUN Colleges Collaborate on 'Art of Innovation' Conference
- CSUN to Host Fourth Annual Art of Innovation Conference
Nhut Tan Ho
Department of Mechanical Engineering
work: (818) 677-3889
email: nhutho@csun.edu
Also speaks: Vietnamese
- Systems engineering
- Automation
- Human factors
- Entrepreneurship
- Design
- Fault detection and isolation
- Aircraft noise abatement procedures design
Learn more about Nhut Tan Ho's work:
- CSUN Engineering Professor Recognized for Helping to Change Higher Education in Vietnam
- CSUN Research Focuses on Modernizing Air Transportation System
- CSUN lab helping in the development of technology to transform flying (Los Angeles Daily News)
Bingbing Li
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-6229
email: bingbing.li@csun.edu
Also speaks: Chinese
- Sustainable design and manufacturing
- Sustainability analysis of nanotechnologies and nanomanufacturing
- Life-cycle assessment
- Manufacturing energy efficiency
- Additive manufacturing (laser cladding, selective laser sintering/melting, fused deposition modeling, inkjet bioprinting)
- Nanomaterials/structure for energy conversion and storage (lithium-ion batteries)
- Advanced manufacturing process
- CAD/CAM and CNC machining
- Manufacturing entrepreneurship
Mark Rajai
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-5003/ 2167
email: mrajai@csun.edu
Also speaks: Farsi
- Engineering management
- Product design
- Manufacturing entrepreneurship
- Project management
Ahmad R. Sarfaraz
Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
work: (818) 677-2484/ 2167
email: Sarfaraz@csun.edu
- Operations research
- Economic analysis
- Statistical analysis
- Facilities planning
- Production planning and inventory control
- Community service-learning
- Analytical Hierarchical Process