Dr Ahmed Al-Ashaab
Senior Lecturer in Decision Engineering
Location: Building 50, Cranfield campus
E: a.al-ashaab@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x5622
Manufacturing
Current activities
Dr Ahmed Al-Ashaab is currently involved in concurrent engineering (QFD, DFM/DFA, FMEA, NPD/I methodologies), lean product development (lean thinking), knowledge based engineering (knowledge management and modelling, manufacturing process and resources capabilities), and also collaborative product development (knowledge driven web-based collaboration, collaborative environment).
Clients
- Aldridge Piling Equipment Ltd
- CEMEX
- DTI (KTP Projects)
- European Commission FP7
- Jaguar Engineering Centre
- Lotus Engineering
- MOOG Components Group Ltd
- Visteon Engineering Services
Background
Dr Ahmed Al-Ashaab, MSc PhD, joined Cranfield University in January 2007 as a Lecturer in Decision Engineering. He is Course Director of the Decision Engineering and Knowledge Management for Innovation programmes. He is an active researcher in the area of collaborative product development, concurrent engineering, knowledge based engineering and lean product development. His research projects have a strong focus on industrial applications. The research carrier started after he obtained his PhD from Loughborough University in 1994. He then worked at ITESM Campus Monterrey in Mexico from 1994 to 2000 where 50% of his time was spent working with Mexican Industry in applied research. He has been active in introducing and implementing NPI/D methodologies based on concurrent engineering. He joined Wolverhampton University in September 2000 where he was Manufacturing Engineering Pathway Manager. He was involved in several knowledge transfer projects with SME companies in the area of Product Development and manufacturing cost reduction.
Dr Ahmed Al-Ashaab is the author/co-author of around 30 research papers published in major international journals and internationally refereed conferences. He has supervised over 30 Masters and Doctoral theses. He is also serving on the international technical and publicity committees of several international conferences such as International Conference on Agility, VIRTUAL CONCEPT 2005 and ISPE/CE2xxx Series Conferences. He is a member on the Editorial Board of the Agile Manufacturing Journal and a member of several networks of excellence, including the CE-NET, rapid manufacturing platform and affordable engineering. He is a regular peer reviewer for EPSRC and other International journal and conferences.
Selected publications
- Al-Ashaab A.H.S and Young R.I.Y. Modelling Manufacturing Process Information Using the EXPRESS Language. The special issue of Concurrent Engineering Research and Application Journal "CERA" on 'Enterprise Integration and Management'. March 1997.
- A. Al-Ashaab, K Rodriguez, M. Cardenas, J Gonzalez, A Molina, M Saeed and H. Abdalla, (2003) Internet Based Collaborative Design for an Injection Moulding System. International journal of Concurrent Engineering Research and Application Journal Vol 11 No. 4 Dec2003. ISSN 1063 293X.
- Al-Ashaab A, Rodriguez K (2004) Knowledge Web-Based System Architecture For Collaborative Product Development. Computers in Industry Journal in June 2004. Vol 56 Issue 1, January 2005 Pages 125-140. ISSN: 0166-3615.
- Al-Ashaab A, Rodriguez K., (2006) Knowledge Web based system to support E-Manufacturing of Injection Moulded Products, The special issue "e-Manufacturing towards Global Engineering" in the Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2007.
- Atkinson A and Al-Ashaab 2006. Title: A Review and Critical Analysis of Global New Product Introduction and Development Location: accepted in the International Journal of Product Development (IJPD). ISSN: 1477-9056.
- Rodriguez Karina, Al-Ashaab Ahmed, Laoui Tahar, (2003). Web-based Knowledge System for Injection Moulded Product Development. The International conference on Rapid Product Development. June 2003, Saint-Die-des-Vosges, France. Invited Speaker.
- Harris A., Al-Ashaab A. and Odouza C (2006). Knowledge Management to Support Lean Product Development. The 13th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications. Antibes, French Riviera, France, September 18-22, 2006.
