Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Zakrya Yahia Abdul-Rasoul

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084 6337580 / 084 6337588                          
Fax Number: 084 6334031
E-mail Address: zya00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: fourth floor - Industrial Engineering bulding
Post Address: Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Engineering - Industrial Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc.: Industrial Engineering – Fayoum University – 2006
M.Sc.: Industrial Engineering – Cairo University – 2012
Ph.D.: Industrial Engineering – Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST) - 2015
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: From 2007 to 2012
Assistant Lecturer: From 2012 To 2015
Lecturer: From 2015 To 2020
Assistant professor: From 2020 Until Now
Research Interests
Enterprise Ontology Modeling and Simulation of Industrial Systems
Mathematical Modeling and Applied Operations Research
Systems Performance Evaluation and Project Management
Production and Operations Management and Scheduling
Healthcare Management, Planning and Scheduling
Smart Grid Design and Electrical Loads Management and Scheduling
Thesise
A Sequential Solution for the Operating Room Scheduling Problems Based on Enterprise Ontology and Operations Research
A SIMULATION STUDY FOR DYNAMIC FLEXIBLE JOB SHOP SCHEDULING WITH SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT SETUP TIMES
Publications
A Framework for DEMO-based Project Management Software
Investigation of design and coordination issues in outpatient chemotherapy clinics using an ontology-based conceptual model
Optimal load scheduling of household appliances considering consumer preferences: An experimental analysis
Assessing the Implications of South Africa’s Integrated National Electrification Programme’s Restricted Electricity Supply Connections
Multi-objective optimization of dynamic electricity generation-mix with CO2 reduction target: A case study of South Africa
A hybrid variable neighbourhood search and dynamic programming approach for the nurse rostering problem
Multi-objective optimization of household appliance scheduling problem considering consumer preference and peak load reduction
Simultaneous and sequential stochastic optimization approaches for pumped storage plant scheduling with random breakdowns
Journal Articles
Mohammed Abdelgalil, Zakaria Yahia, Amr Eltawil “A new two-stage variable neighborhood search algorithm for the nurse rostering problem” RAIRO-Operations Research, 2021.
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Simultaneous and sequential stochastic optimization approaches for pumped storage plant scheduling with random breakdowns”, Energy 204, 2020.
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Multi-objective optimization of household appliance scheduling problem considering consumer preference and peak load reduction”, Sustainable Cities and Society 55, 2020.
Mohammed Abdelgalil, Amr Eltawil, Zakaria Yahia, Kazuhide Nakata “A hybrid Variable Neighbourhood Search and Dynamic Programming approach for the Nurse Rostering Problem” Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2020.
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Optimal load scheduling of household appliances considering consumer preferences: an experimental analysis”, Energy 163, 15-26, 2018.
Mahmoud Heshmat, Zakaria Yahia, Tarek Fatyani and Amr Eltawil “Investigation of design and coordination issues in outpatient chemotherapy clinics using an ontology-based conceptual model” International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, 8 (3), 189-210, 2018.
Zakaria Yahia, Junichi Iijima, Amr Eltawil and Nermine Harraz “A Design and Engineering Methodology for Organization-based Simulation Model for Operating Rooms Scheduling Problems” Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International 93 (5), 363-378, 2017.
Zakaria Yahia, Amr Eltawil and Nermine Harraz “The operating room case-mix problem under uncertainty and nurses capacity constraint” Healthcare Management Science Journal 19, 383-394, 2016.
Tarek Fatyani, Zakaria Yahia, Junichi Iijima and Jaehyun Park “A Framework for DEMO-based Project Management Software”, Journal of The Society of Project Management 18, 19-25, 2016.
Book Chapters
Zakaria Yahia, Nermine Harraz and Amr Eltawil “Operating Room Scheduling Problems: A Survey and a Proposed Solution Framework” Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Springer, pp. 717-731, 2014.
Conference Papers
Nourhan Adly, Zakaria Yahia, Mohamed Gheith and Amr Eltawil “A Mixed Integer Programming Formulation for Optimal Scheduling of Household Appliances With Budget Constraint” 2021 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2021) Virtual Conference, Apr. 23-26, 2021.
Zakaria Yahia, Anup Pradhan “Optimization and System Dynamics-based Simulation for Electricity Generation-mix Planning and GHG Emissions Mitigation” Proceedings of 29th International Association for Management Of Technology Conference (IAMOT 2020), Nile University, Egypt, 13–17 September 2020.
Mamoletsi Nkadimeng, Zakaria Yahia, Anup Pradhan “A Proposed Mathematical Model for Production Planning Problem in The Brewing Industry” Proceedings of 29th International Association for Management Of Technology Conference (IAMOT 2020), Nile University, Egypt, 13–17 September 2020.
Martin Siluthanyi, Zakaria Yahia, Anup Pradhan “Supply Chain Management of Milled Grain Products: A Review and Conceptual Framework” Proceedings of 29th International Association for Management Of Technology Conference (IAMOT 2020), Nile University, Egypt, 13–17 September 2020.
Zakaria Yahia and Pule Kholopane “Multi-objective Optimization of Dynamic Electricity Generation-mix with CO2 Reduction Target: A Case Study of South Africa” Proceedings of the IEOM International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, March 5 - 7, 2019.
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Multi-objective Preemptive Optimization of Residential Load Scheduling Problem Under Price and CO2 Signals” Proceedings of the IEOM International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, March 5 - 7, 2019.
Zakaria Yahia and Tarek Fatyani “TAKA News Search Engine: A Proposed DEMO-based Performance Evaluation System” Proceedings of the IEOM International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, March 5 - 7, 2019.
Zakaria Yahia and Pule Kholopane “Optimization-based Scheduling of Ingula Pumped Storage Plant under demand uncertainty” Proceedings of the IEOM South Africa International Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, October 29 - November 1, 2018. (Got the best paper award in the Applied Operations Research Track)
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Coordinated Scheduling of Multiple Households’ Appliances with Levelled Load Profiles and Consumers’ Preferences” Proceedings of the IEOM South Africa International Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, October 29 - November 1, 2018.
Zakaria Yahia and Kristy Langerman “Assessing the Implications of South Africa’s Integrated National Electrification Programme’s Restricted Electricity Supply Connections” Proceedings of the IEOM South Africa International Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, October 29 - November 1, 2018.
Mamoletsi Winnie, Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “Integration between Production Planning, Quality and Sales: A proposed framework” Proceedings of the IEOM South Africa International Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, October 29 - November 1, 2018.
Mohammed Abdelgalil, Zakaria Yahia, Tomohiko Mizutani, Kazuhide Nakata, Amr Eltawil “A variable neighborhood search algorithm with new high-weight-constraints-focused structures for the nurse rostering problem” The 2018 Fall National Conference of Operations Research Society of Japan, Nagoya, Japan, September 2018.
Zakaria Yahia and Anup Pradhan “An Optimal Load Schedule of Household Appliances with Leveled Load Profile and Consumer’s Preferences” Domestic Use of Energy 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 April 2018.
Zakaria Yahia and Pule Kholopane “A Binary Integer Programming Model for Optimal Load Scheduling of Household Appliances with Consumer’s Preferences” Domestic Use of Energy 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 April 2018.
Mohammed Abdelgalil, Zakaria Yahia and Amr Eltawil “A Proposed New Dynamic Programming Formulation for The Nurse Rostering Problem” 47th International Conference on Computer and Industrial Engineering Proceedings, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-13 October 2017.
Zakaria Yahia, Nermine Harraz and Amr Eltawil “Building Master Surgery Schedules with Leveled Bed Occupancy and Nurse Workloads” The IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM-IEEE), Malaysia, 9-12 December 2014.
Zakaria Yahia, Nermine Harraz and Amr Eltawil “The Operating Room Case-mix Problemunder Demand Uncertaintyand Nurses Capacity Constraint” The 44th International Conference on Computer and Industrial Engineering (CIE44 & IMSS’14) Proceedings, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 October 2014.
Zakaria Yahia, Nermine Harraz and Amr Eltawil “A Proposed Solution Framework for the Operating Room Scheduling Problems” Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering & Computer Science, San Francisco, USA, 23-25 October 2013.
Mohamed Adel Shalaby, Tamer Abdelmaguid and Zakaria Yahia “New Routing Rules for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setup Times” Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 3-6 July 2012.