Research Interests

Mathematical programming (linear, nonlinear, integer, and dynamic). Tight polyhedral representations.
Large-scale optimization with applications to airline, machine, and sports scheduling.
Production planning and retail operations management.

Grants

"Optimization of Aircraft Arrival and Departure Schedules in Multiple-Runway Airports." Agency: Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008-2009. Amount: $6,990.

Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2009), Complementary column generation and bounding approaches for set partitioning formulations, Optimization Letters, 3 (1), 123-136. (link)
Sherali, H. D. and Ghoniem, A. (2008), Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: An integrated modeling and optimization approach, Networks, 53 (3), 249-265. (link)
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2008), Models and algorithms for the scheduling of a doubles tennis training tournament, Journal of the Operational Research Society, accepted (link).
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D., Defeating symmetry in combinatorial optimization via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, submitted.
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D., Set partitioning/packing versus assignment formulations for subassembly matching problems, submitted.
Ghoniem, A., Scherrer, C. R., and Solak, S., Vehicle routing with demand allocation for nonprofit distribution operations, submitted.

Musa, R., Chen F. F., and Ghoniem, A. S. (2006), Dynamic variation reduction technique in assembly lines after batch inspection, IERC, Orlando, FL, May 2006.

A column generation approach for joint vehicle assembly-routing problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 13, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint optimization of aircraft arrival and departure schedules, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 11, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint assortment, pricing, and ordering in retail management, IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Miami, FL, June 2, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, October 24, 2008.
Symmetry compatible formulations via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 13, 2008 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, Virginia Tech INFORMS Student Chapter, May 2, 2007.

2009: Outstanding Faculty Support Award, INFORMS Chapter, UMass Amherst.
1997-1999: Awarded an Excellence Scholarship by the French government.
1997: Ranked 1st at the French Baccalauréat exam for French schools in the Middle East.

Referee for: Journal of Global Optimization; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
2005-2006 President, INFORMS Student Chapter, Virginia Tech.