Dr. Pourmohammadi received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) in 1996 and his MS degrees in Operations Research from the University of Southern California in 2000. He obtained his PhD degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2005. Dr. Pourmohammadi research interests center on Optimization application in different areas including Logistics, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management.