Osama Aljarrah
Simulation Engineer | Discrete Event Simulation (DES) & Manufacturing Throughput Analysis
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Simulation engineer and Ph.D. industrial engineer specializing in Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for production-line design, throughput architecture, and capacity planning. Expert in FlexSim (Autodesk) and Arena, with hands-on modeling of vehicle manufacturing and material-flow systems, including electrified-vehicle simulation at Caterpillar and automotive-assembly engineering collaboration with General Motors. Combines DES modeling with data-driven optimization and machine learning to drive design decisions that improve throughput and operational efficiency.
Proven cross-functional collaborator across manufacturing, engineering, and industry-partner teams.
Experience
Assistant Professor & Simulation Researcher, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering - Kettering University - Flint, MI
(2023-06)
Lead simulation, machine learning and digital twins research and instruction, teaching graduate and undergraduate Simulation courses using FlexSim for production-line and material-flow modeling.
- Collaborate with General Motors on the Design for Automotive Assembly (DFAA) program for GM product and manufacturing engineers — covering automotive assembly, digital twin, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up.
- Apply DES to integrate 3D sand-printing into a sand-casting production facility for capacity and throughput scenario planning.
- Develop data-driven simulation for opportunistic-charging dispatch of electric vehicles, directly relevant to EV manufacturing and operations.
Simulation Engineer - Caterpillar, Inc.
(2021-10 - 2022-02)
- Built discrete-event simulation models of electrified mining trucks across hauling–dumping cycles to evaluate throughput and cycle-time outcomes in controlled production scenarios (TRL-3).
- Delivered simulation-based design insights to support vehicle-system engineering decisions.
Assistant Professor & Simulation Instructor, Industrial & Systems Engineering - Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH
(2021-09 - 2023-06)
- Taught simulation, automation, statistical quality control, and competitive manufacturing management; coordinated manufacturing research and labs.
- Applied discrete-event simulation to model emergency-room capacity under demand surges — a throughput/capacity study presented at INFORMS 2024.
Graduate Simulation & Research Assistant - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - MA
(2017-09 - 2021-05)
- Taught simulation modeling and engineering optimization; conducted doctoral research on data-driven prediction, optimization, and simulation of manufacturing process parameters.
Production Engineer / Quality & Logistics Engineer - National Aluminum Industries - Jordan
(2009-01 - 2010-12)
- Managed extrusion and steel production quality, yield, and throughput to customer specifications; analyzed labor, machine, material, and logistics costs; led ISO 9001:2000 documentation.
Production Engineer / Quality & Logistics Engineer - Jordan Steel - Jordan
(2006-01 - 2008-12)
- Managed extrusion and steel production quality, yield, and throughput to customer specifications; analyzed labor, machine, material, and logistics costs; led ISO 9001:2000 documentation.
Education
Ph.D. - Industrial & Systems Engineering - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (2021)
MBA - Business Administration - Yarmouk University (2013)
B.S. - Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering - Jordan University of Science & Technology (2006)
