Dr. Tahir Ayar

 

PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

 1999 - Present   Visiting Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department

 KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (KFUPM)

 Courses Taught:                                                

• Engineering Economic Analysis                                    
• Industrial Safety                                                           
• Production Systems and Inventory Control.                  
• Methods Engineering (Work measurement).
• Productivity Engineering and Management

Courses (not available at KFUPM) to offer: 

• Engineering Ethics
• Entrepreneurship for Engineers
• Service Engineering

 

Projects Supervised @ KFUPM:

Practical industrial projects are assigned to graduating students in the areas of 

A. Industrial Safety & health management

• Establishing and Implementing Safety and Health Systems at Organizations
• Loss Control Information and Analysis
• Accident Causation Models, Investigation, Analysis and Cost
• Injury and Illness Record Keeping & Incidence Rates
• Identifying and Analyzing Industrial Hazards
• Safety and Health Training

  

B. Productivity Engineering and Management

• Measuring and evaluating productivity for manufacturing and service companies

 

Committees Involved:

• Chairman, Safety Committee 
• Chairman, Industry Liaison Committee
• Member, Curriculum Committee
• Member, ISO 9000 Committee

 

Research & Consultancy

Current research interests include;

• Productivity  measurement  models  in  manufacturing  and service industries.

• Performance  evaluation and assessment in  manufacturing and service industries.

• Establishing and implementing safety and health systems at organizations.

• Establishing and Implementing University Incubator Systems.

 

1997 - 1999 Consultant

ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., (AIT) TROY, NEW YORK                                  

• Identified the needs of the client companies. 
• Developed and implemented marketing plans for AIT?s engineering services.

 

 

1993 - 1996   Visiting Professor, Department of Business Administration

 
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA (IIUM)                          

Courses taught

• Production & Operations management 
• Decision Science (Quantitative Analysis)
• Principles & Practices of Management 

 

Research & Consultancy

• Proposal submitted to Entrepreneurship Ministry of Malaysia to Establish

 Incubator systems in Malaysia.

 

Executive Advisor, Consultancy Unit, (IIUM Management Center)

• Designed and delivered in-house training programs for university administrators, and organizational representatives on management subjects.
• Provided consultation services to industrial and government organizations.

 

1992 - 1993 Senior Research Engineer

 ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., (AIT), TROY, NEW YORK

• Conducted  research in the areas of  fibers  and composite

• Involved in the process to produce TiB₂  high temperature fibers

1990 - 1991 Chairman & Visiting Professor, Department of Business

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA (IIUM)             

• Administered faculty and staff members, updated department curriculum, advised and counseled students on personal, academic and community concern, and acted as liaison with national and international institutions.  

Courses taught      

• Production & Operations Management

   Decision Science (Quantitative Analysis)

• Principles & Practices of Management 

1989     General Manager 

 ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., (AIT), TROY, NEW YORK                                        

• Facilitated Research & Development activities.  

 

1982 - 1988 Research Engineer         

RENSSELAER  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE,  TROY,  NEW  YORK          

Conducted research on the following areas;

• Productivity measurement models in manufacturing industries.
• Performance evaluation of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) and Flexible Manufacturing Systems.
• Developed and  manufactured  Graphite/Epoxy  tubular  composite  specimen  for

biaxial fatigue testing (Research supported by NASA).

 
1976 - 1977 Control Engineer  

AIRFORCE RADAR INSTALLATION, TURKEY                              

• Supervised maintenance activities at the Radar Installation.
   

1974 - 1976 Chief Executive Officer
 

 AYAR BOOKSTORE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY                                         

• Developed and implemented book distribution marketing strategies nationally.

 

1973    Purchasing Officer

ISTANBUL  TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (ITU), TURKEY                        

• Assisted purchasing manager in buying laboratory equipments.
   

EDUCATION   

Ph.D.   Managerial Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Areas of concentration: 

• Economics & Management / Industrial  and Manufacturing Engineering

 
MS.  Applied Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Areas of concentration:

• Composites, Structural and Mechanical Analysis
   

MS.  Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York
BS.   Mechanical Engineering, State university of Istanbul, Turkey