George Abdou
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engr
306 Mechanical Engineering Center (ME)
About Me
Total research funding that he has received is about $384,000 as a Principal Investigator and $2,405,379 as a Co-Investigator. Research funding agents are NSERC, NRC, NCE, FCAR, FRDP, ITCC and SME.
He has authored over 70 publications in scientific engineering journals and conference proceedings, and three chapters in books.
Education
Ph.D. ; Iowa State University ; Industrial Engineering ; 1987

Ph.D. ; Iowa State University ; Industrial Engineering ; 1983

B.S. ; Helwan University, Cairo ; ; 1977

2025 Fall Courses
IE 592 - GRAD CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE III

IE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

EM 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

ENGR 310 - CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE I

IE 461 - PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE

IE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

ME 590 - GRAD CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE I

ME 310 - WORK EXPERIENCE I

EM 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

IE 590 - GRAD CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE I

IE 725 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I

ME 591 - GRAD CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE II

EM 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

EM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

IE 726 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH II

IE 792B - PRE DOCTORAL RESEARCH

EM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

IE 481 - INVSTGTNS IN INDS ENGR I

ENGR 410 - CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE II

IE 492 - ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

IE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

IE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

IE 591 - GRAD CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE II

Teaching Interests
Industrial Engineering undergraduate and graduate courses
Past Courses
EM 602: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

EM 636: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IE 339: WORK MEASUREMENT AND STANDARDS

IE 339: WORK MEASURMNT & STNDRDS

IE 459: PRODUCTION PLAN & CONTL

IE 459: SUPPLY CHAIN AND PRODUCTION PLANNING

IE 461: PRODCT QUALITY ASSURANCE

IE 461: PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE

IE 466: MATERIAL HANDLING AND FACILITIES LAYOUT

IE 466: MATRLS MGT & DIST LGSTCS

IE 492: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

IE 672: INDUSTRIAL QUALITY CONTL

IE 672: INDUSTRIAL QUALITY CONTROL

Research Interests
Dr. Abdou’s research interests are in the area of Robotic Palletization, expert systems for facilities planning and computer-aided process planning, adaptive control optimization for milling operations, and design and implementation of DC brushless linear motor to CNC machines.
Journal Article
Sarang V Muley, N M Ravindra. 2014. "Emissivity of Electronic Materials, Coatings, and Structures." JOM/Springer , vol. 66 , no. 4 , pp. 616-636.