Academic Degrees
- M.S., Statistics (2016), California State University, Fullerton
- Ph.D., Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (2006), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- M.S., Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (2002), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- M.S., Electrical Engineering (1996), Iran University of Science and Technology
- B.S., Electrical Engineering (1991), Sharif University of Technology
Experience
- Project Engineering/Estimator/Field Engineer (Kiewit Infrastructure; 2006 – 2017)
- Senior Electrical Engineer (Mangan Industrial Group & Sadid Tadbir Consulting Company; 1996 – 2000; Iran)
- Business Application Developer (Delliran Software Company; 1991 – 1994; Iran)
Teaching
- Full-time Instructor; Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (California State University – Fullerton; 2017 – Present)
- Part-time Instructor; Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (California State University – Fullerton; 2016 – 2017)
- Teaching Assistant; Industrial Engineering Department (University of Nebraska – Lincoln; 2000 – 2006)
About Mansour Abdoli
Dr. Mansour Abdoli is a full-time instructor and course coordinator at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), where he teaches courses in probability and statistics. In addition, he collaborates with other faculty in different areas, including implementing active-learning techniques in mathematics classes, developing tools for teaching statistics, and providing data analysis support to researchers in other disciplines. As an alum of Nebraska Engineering and a subject matter expert in probability and statistics, Dr. Abdoli collaborates with the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) as a content matter expert, course developer, and lecturer.
Dr. Abdoli has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) from UNL, MS in Statistics from CSUF, and MS in Electrical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology. His industry experience spans engineering (design of electrical systems), construction (project engineer in heavy civil construction ), and technology (business application development).
Selected Publications
Refereed Journal and Conference Papers
- Abdoli, Mansour; Savory, Paul; Choobineh, F. Fred (2012) “Framework for simulating random clickstream data”, International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, Volume 5, Number 1, July 2012 , pp. 63-76(14)
- Abdoli, M., Choobineh, F. F. (2005) "Empirical Bayes Forecasting Methods for Job Flow-Times", IIE Transactions, 37 (7), 635-649.
- Abdoli, M., and Al-Salim, B. (2005) "Intelligent Agent-based Approach to Sales Operations at E-stores", The 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS2005), Omaha, NE, USA August 11th-14th.
- Al-Salim, B., and Abdoli, M. (2005) "Data Mining for Decision Support of the Quality Improvement Process", The 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS2005), Omaha, NE, USA August 11th-14th.
Non-refereed Conference Papers and Presentations
- Abdoli, M., Choobineh, F. (2003) "An Integrated Approach to Sales at E-Stores", Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICECR-6), Dallas, TX, pp 44-51.
- Abdoli, M., Choobineh, F. (2003) "Empirical Bayes for Forecasting Flow-Times of Jobs", INFORMS 2003 annual conference, October 19-23, Atlanta, GA.
- Abdoli, M., Mashayekhi, M., Choobineh, F. F. (2002) "An empirical Bayes approach to due-date assignment", Proceedings of IERC Conference, May 19-22, Orlando, FL, 6 pages.