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Room: ABS271

Dr. Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi (SFHEA) is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Operations and Supply Chain Simulation at Aston Business School, Aston University. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology and was a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium, during 2009–2010.

Before joining Aston University, Dr. Sajadi served as an Assistant Professor at Coventry Business School (2021–2022), where he was the Course Director for the MSc Business Analytics programme and Associate Course Director for the BA Business Management programme. From 2010 to 2020, he held academic and leadership roles at the University of Tehran, including Associate Professor in New Business Development and Associate Dean for International Affairs. In 2015, he was recognised as a Young Outstanding Researcher at the University of Tehran.

His research focuses on simulation-based optimization in supply chain management and business analytics. He has extensive expertise in various simulation techniques, including Discrete Event Simulation (DES), Agent-Based Simulation (ABS), System Dynamics (SD), Monte Carlo methods, and Hybrid Simulation. His work applies these techniques across diverse fields such as project management, healthcare, manufacturing systems, supply chain management, disaster management, banking services, ICT, and after-sales services. Additionally, he has a strong background in optimization, business analytics, and the use of mathematical modeling, metaheuristic algorithms, and data science techniques to develop effective simulation-based optimization approaches for solving complex real-world problems.

Dr. Sajadi has significant experience teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students in various international settings, including the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, and Iran. He has taught multiple modules, including Simulation Optimization, Operations Research, Supply Chain Optimization, Business Analytics, and Machine Learning.

My Research Interests are: 

• Simulation-Based Optimisation (DES, ABS, SD)
• Applied Operation Research
• Artificial Intelligence and Meta-heuristic Algorithms
• Machine Learning and Data Science 
• Operations and  Supply Chains Optimisation
• Production and Maintenance Optimisation
• Healthcare and Disaster Management 

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Amirkabir University of Technology
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran
• B.Sc. In Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
• Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCert), Coventry University

• Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Aston Business School (Aug 2025-Present)
• Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Aston Business School (Jan 2023-Jul 2025)
• Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) Coventry Business School (Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 )
• Associate Professor, University of Tehran (Jan 2016 - Dec 2020)
• Assistant Professor, University of Tehran (Jan 2010 - Dec 2015)

Undergraduate Modules

• Simulation (BN3352)
• Principles of Operations Management (BN1157)
• Data Visualization (BN2207)
• Effective Project Delivery (BN3362)
• HR Data Analytics (BHM386)

Postgraduate Modules

• Simulation for Managerial Decision Making (BNM802)
• Managing Projects (BNM808)
• Data Analytics (DC4200)

Editorial Boards

• Associate Editor, Journal of Simulation (2023 - Pesent)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Enterprise Information Management (2024–Present)
  
  
• Technical Programme Committee
  Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2025 (SW25), March 31-02 April 2025, 12th Simulation Workshop (SW25), Exeter University

Guest Editorship

• Sajadi, S.M., Daneshvar-Kakhki, M. (2023), Simulation-Based Optimisation in Business Analytics. Mathematics (Q1)
  
• Sajadi, S.M., Laliberté, J., Daneshvar Kakhki, M., Tootoonchy, M., Information Systems for Digital Twins in Logistics,  Research in Mathematics (Q1)

Current PhD/DBA supervision at Aston University

• Javad Zarean (PhD Candidate), Thesis: Developing a Digital Twin for Designing Disaster-Resilient Smart Cities (Started 2024, Full Funded Aston PhD Studentship)
  
  
• Bashayr Al-Sharari (PhD Candidate), Thesis : Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies to Mitigate Food Wastage and Enhance Sustainability within Food Processing and Retailers (Started Jan 2023, Full Funded by Saudi Arabia Goverment)
  
  
• Loay Elsin, (DBA) Thesis: An Investigation of the Correlation Between Project Management Maturity at a Country Level and Economic Growth in the Persion Gulf Cooperation Council (Started Jan 2022, Self-Funded)
  
  
•  James Ramamurthy, (DBA) Thesis: Addressing the Wildfire Insurance Protection Gap: Innovative Risk Transfer Mechanisms Amid a Changing Climate

Postdoc Supervisor (Completion)

• Mahshid Tootoonchy (PhD), Project Management Office (PMO) as an Entrepreneurial entity, Iran's National Elites Foundation (May 2017 - April 2019)

PhD Supervisor (Completion)

•  Maliheh Sabzevari (PhD), Thesis: Modeling and simulation-based optimization for new product development risks
  
  
• Ahmad Kamali (PhD), Thesis: Designing an emergency medical services system using simulation and Data Envelopment Analysis
  
  
• Sadegh Shahbazi (PhD), Thesis: A Simulation-Based Optimization Model for Scheduling New Product Development Projects in Research and Development Centers
  
  
• Shahab Amelian (PhD), Thesis: Multi-objective optimization of stochastic failure-prone manufacturing system
  
  
• Sogol Mousavi (PhD), Thesis: Designing a hierarchical network of temporary urban medical centers in a disaster through a hybrid approach of mathematical model-simulation
  
  
• Fereshteh Tavan (PhD), Thesis: Optimization of Reliability-Centered maintenance plan in Failure-Prone Manufacturing System with time-Dependence demand in Uncertainty Condition
  
  
• Fatemeh Mohamadi (PhD) Thesis: Design and Optimization of smart supply chain under vendor inventory management policy with IOT approach
  
  
• Golshan Mohamadi (PhD), Thesis: An Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Model: A Case Study of‏‏ the‎ Electronic Business of Tehran
  
  
• Azar Barari, (PhD), Thesis: Designing startup resilience model with approach system dynamics
  
  
• Amir-Houshang Karami (PhD), Thesis: Proposing a business model for energy supplying industries in improve international entrepreneurial performance, Case Study: National Iranian Gas Company
  
  
• Neda Moghaddam, (PhD), Thesis: A process model of the formation international entrepreneurial orientation, Case Study: Selected Businesses in Iran
  
  

PhD Co-Supervisor (Completion)

• Seyed Ali Mahmoudi Kamkaran, (PhD), Thesis: Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Model in Public Organizations Based on Information Technology (Case study: Student Affairs Organization)

•  Maliheh Ganji, (PhD), Thesis: Developing a multi-objective integrated model for production scheduling and heterogeneous green vehicle routing with due date assignment and customer time window
  
  
• Mina Alavi-Naeini, (PhD), Thesis: Designing sustainable supply chain for second and third generation biofuel production in Iran
  
  
• Shervin Razzaghi, (PhD) Thesis: Optimizing project scheduling with limited resources under uncertainty and disruption
  
  
• Somayeh Shafaghizadeh, (PhD), Thesis: Designing a Network DEA model to evaluate supply chain resilience in the presence of stochastic data
  
  
• Reza Behnoud, (PhD), Thesis: A novel maintenance optimization model based on risk and reliability for offshore oil and gas production systems
  
  
• Fatemeh Khorasanchi, (PhD), Thesis: A Decision-making pattern for business model development with social innovation approach
  
  
• Mahla Zare Mehrjerdi, (PhD), Thesis: The Role of Knowledge Processing Management in SME Development and Economic Growth
  
  
• Hadi Farahzadi (PhD), Thesis, Organizing new ventures: Which activities create a pre-organization?
  
  
• Banafshe Dastorian (PhD) Thesis: A framework for a business model with strategic innovation in ICT firms: the importance of information
  
  
• Vajiheh Vafaei, (PhD), Thesis: A Model for Entrepreneur- Idea Engagement in initial phase of venture creation
  
  
• Faezeh Hanifzadeh (PhD), Thesis: Presentation of the scaling model based on two dimensions of organizing organizational design and team composition in technology base startups in accelerator

Professor Sajadi's research focuses on simulation-based optimisation (DES, ABS, SD) - applied operation research - artificial intelligence and meta-heuristic algorithms - machine learning.