• Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 2002
  Specialized in Large-Scale Optimization Problems, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Logistics and Transportation, and Production & Inventory Planning and Control. Dissertation title: "Pull-Based Supply Chain Allocations for Multi-Product in Multi-Echelon Distribution System".
• M.S. Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 1998
• B.Sc.Ind.Ed. 1st Class Honor, Production Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 1993

ประสบการณ์ทำงาน

• Iowa State University, College of Engineering
  Instructor, 2000 - 2002
  Taught Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE)
  courses (IE304 and IE305: Engineering Economic Analysis).
• Teaching Assistant, 1999
  Taught IMSE labs (IE436 Introduction to Reliability Engineering and
  IE465 Knowledge Engineering).
• Research Assistant, 1996 - 1998
  Researched on Transportation and Logistics Optimization sponsored
  by National Science Foundation, NSF.
  Becker Underwood, Iowa, USA. (ISO 9000 Registered)
  ERP Project Manager, 2001 - 2002
  Implemented ERP system at MicroBio RhizoGen Corp, Saskatoon, Canada.
  Implemented ERP system at MicroBio Limited, Cambridge, United
  Kingdom.
• SCM & ERP Consultant, 2000 - 2002
  Worked as an internal consultant for the company on supply chain
  management, enterprise resource planning, and production &
  inventory planning issues.
• King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  Instructor, 1993 - 1996, 2002 - Present
  Taught Production Engineering Courses at Department of Production
  Technology Education (Production Management, Facility Planning, and Operations Research)
  

Publications and Working Papers:

• "Pull-Based Supply Chain Allocations", Pongchai Athikomrattanakul and Pius
  J. Egbelu, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, INFORMS San Antonio, Texas, 2000.
• "Charge-Discharge Capacity Routing and Scheduling Problem with Time
  Windows Using Tabu Search," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul and Timothy Van
  Voorhis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1998.
• "Single Product Capacitated Two-Echelon Supply Chain Network
  Configuration Problem," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul and Pius J. Egbelu,
  Working Paper, Iowa State University (Submitted).
• "Multiple Product Capacitated Two-Echelon Supply Chain Network
  Configuration Problem," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul and Pius J. Egbelu,
  Working Paper, Iowa State University (Submitted).
• "A Pull-Based Supply Chain in a Single-Product Problem," Pongchai
  Athikomrattanakul and Pius J. Egbelu, Working Paper, Iowa State University (Submitted).
• "A Pull-Based Supply Chain in Multi-Product Problem," Pongchai
  Athikomrattanakul and Pius J. Egbelu, Working Paper, Iowa State University (Submitted).
• "A Decomposition Technique for Large-Scale Facility Location Problems," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul and Pius J. Egbelu, Working Paper, Iowa State University.
• "Warehouse Management from Order Picking to Truck-Dock Scheduling," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul, Working Paper, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.
• "A Single Continuous Process and A single Batch Scheduling in Metal Casting Industry," Pongchai Athikomrattanakul, Working Paper, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Awards and Scholarships:

• Graduate Teaching Excellent Award by Iowa State University, August 2002
• Nomination for an outstanding faculty member award at Iowa State
  University, VEISHEA 2000 and 2002.
• Graduate College Scholarship by Iowa State University, 1997 - 2002.
• Royal Thai Scholarship by Thai Government, 1996 - 2002
• Asia Productivity Scholarship by Asia Productivity Center, Tokyo, Japan
  1994. A full sponsorship of education in Total Quality Management and Automation Systems in Small and Medium Manufacturing at China Productivity Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Professional Engineering License (Industrial Engineering), Thailand,
  1993 - Present

Software Copyright:

• "Pull-Based Supply Chain Optimizer (PSCOptimizer)," Pongchai
  Athikomrattanakul and Pius J.Egbelu, copyright 2002.

Professional Associations:

• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS)
•  ที่ปรึกษากรมส่งเสริมอุตสาหกรรม โครงการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมการผลิตเพื่อยกระดับความสามารถการแข่งขัน(Manufacturing Development to Improve Competitiveness Program -- MDICP)