Ahmed F. Abdelghany

Biography: Dr. Ahmed Abdelghany is a professor in the college of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He also worked for several years as analyst/senior analyst within the information services division of United Airlines, Chicago. Dr. Abdelghany has a doctorate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Civil Engineering: Transportation Systems (2001). He is the author of the book titled Modeling Applications in the Airline Industry by Ashgate Publishing, 2010. He also has several publications in the area of airline management, operations and competition analysis, transportation planning, and simulation of complex systems in several journals including European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Annals of Operations Research, Air Transportation Management, International Journal of Revenue Management, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Public Transportation, and Air Traffic Control Quarterly. Dr. Abdelghany participates in several research and consulting projects on commercial airlines, Next Generation Air Transportation Systems (NextGen) and simulation of complex transportation systems in the U.S. and overseas. Dr. Abdelghany participates in teaching several short courses for professionals in the airline and transportation industry.