Osama Aljarrah

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.

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.

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)