Dr. Khaldoun K. Tahboub
Associate Professor
OFFICE: B414
PHONE: +962 6 4294444

Educational Background

Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, Pa, USA, 1992
Systems Engineering, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1983
Systems Engineering, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1981
Research Interests

Process Design and improvement, Design and Analysis of Production Systems, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Experience

Teaching Interest: Supply Chain Management, Operations and Production Management, Inventory Management and Control

Selected Publications

2016 Khaldoun K. Tahboub, Mahmoud Barghash, Mazen Arafeh, Osama Ghazal,"An ANN-GA framework for optimal engine modeling, Mathematical Problems in Engineering",2016
2012 A.M. Mukattash, K.K. Tahboub, R.H. Fouad, A.A. Al-Bashir,"A Unified Approach for Designing a Cellular Manufacturing System by Specifying the Number of Cells",Int. J. App. Math. Stat.; vol. 27, no. 3,2012
2012 Khaldoun K. Tahboub,"Maximizing the Production Rate of an Aluminum Extrusion Process Using Taguchi Techniques",The 15th International Conference on Machine Design and Production (UMTIK2012),Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey,2012
2012 Naji, G. J., Tahboub, K. K., & Jalham, I. S,"Evaluating small scale, grid connected wind",Dirasat: Engineering Sciences, 38(1),2012
2011 Tahboub, K. K,"An assessment of maintenance practices and problems in Jordanian industries",Jordan Journal of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 5(4),2011
2011 Ghassan Naji, Khaldoun K. Tahboub, Issam Jalham,"Evaluating Small Scale Grid-connected Wind and Solar Distributed Generation Systems in Jordan",Dirasat Journal / Engineering Sciences,vol. 38, no. 1,Amman, Jordan,2011
2011 Naji, G. J., Tahboub, K. K., & Jalham, I. S,"Small scale private wind and solar on-grid distributed generation in Jordan: Potential and economic feasibility",In Proceedings of the GCREEDER Conference,2011
2011 Ahmad Jaradat, Khaldoun K. Tahboub,"Decision Making Using Multiple Rates of return: An Alternative Approach",Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,Volume 5, Number 2, Pages 193 – 196,Hashemite University, Jordan.,2011
2009 Ghannam, A. K. R., & Tahboub, K. K,"Allocation of transmission losses based on open electricity market under restructuring in Jordan",University of Jordan,2009
2009 Kiriakos, R. S. I., Tahboub, K., & Salhieh, S,"Operational risk management with Six Sigma in banking industries",University of Jordan,2009
2009 Tahboub, K. K., & Al-Din, M. S. N,"A Neuro-Fuzzy reasoning system for mobile robot navigation",JJMIE, 3(1),77-88,2009
2008 Elshafie, N. O., & Tahboub, K,"A hybrid Taguchi-genetic algorithm for the single machine sequencing problem",University of Jordan,2008
2007 Mukattash, A. M., Abbasi, G. Y., Tahboub, K. K., & Adil, M. B,"A modified revised P-median approach to cell formation",International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2(1),Inderscience Publishers,51-60,2007 [View]
2006 Mukattash, A. M., Adel, M. B., & Tahboub, K. K,"A manufacturing cell formation algorithm with minimum inter-cell movements",International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 1(1),9-22,2006
2006 Rawabdeh, I., & Tahboub, K,"A new heuristic approach for a computer-aided facility layout",Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17(7),Emerald Group Publishing Limited,962-986,2006 [View]
2005 Massad, A. I., Tahboub, K., & Abdalla, M,"Kinematic stability of mobile robot moving on a rough terrain",University of Jordan,2005
2004 Tahboub, K. K., & Rawabdeh, I. A,"A design of experiments approach for optimizing an extrusion blow molding process",Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 10(1),Emerald Group Publishing Limited,47-54,2004 [View]
2003 Mustafa, D. M., & Tahboub, K. K,"Mobile robot trajectory planning using neural networks",International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 18(2),55-62,2003
2002 Mukattash, A. M., Adil, M. B., & Tahboub, K. K,"Heuristic approaches for part assignment in cell formation",Computers & Industrial Engineering, 42(2-4),Pergamon,329-341,2002 [View]
2001 Mukattash, A. M., Adil, M. B., & Tahboub, K. K,"A modified cell formation grouping measure",2001
1999 Hammad, M., Badarneh, D., & Tahboub, K,"Evaluating variable organic waste to produce methane",Energy Conversion and Management, 40(13),Pergamon,1463-1475,1999 [View]
1998 Rayyan, L. A., & Tahboub, K. K,"An assessment of the perception of Jordanian industries towards TQM and ISO 9000",DIRASAT: Natural and Engineering Sciences, 25,249-263,1998
1994 Odrey, N. G., Tahboub, K. K., & Wilson, G. R,"A framework for the coordination and control of flexible manufacturing cells",Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing,Begell House,1994 [View]
1984 Ahmed, M., & Tahboub, K,"Recursive Wiener filtering for image restoration",In ICASSP'84. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (Vol. 9),IEEE,pp. 112-115,1984