Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering Department (248) 370-2576 [email protected] Ph.D., Penn. State University US Fulbright Scholar | Alum

Teaching

• Statistical Methods in Engineering
• Engineering Risk Analysis
• Safety Engineering
• Occupational Biomechanics
• Intro to ISE

Research

• Applications of Deep Learning for Optimizing Energy Resources and Digital Supply Networks (DSN)
• Expert Systems in Safety Engineering – Safety Critical Systems and Functional Safety
• Ergonomics and Biomechanics
• Intelligent Automation (IA)
• Industrial Internet of Things
• Data & Decision Analytics
• Blockchain and Stochastic Trend Modeling

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Hijry H, Naqvi SMR, Albalawi OH, Olawoyin R, Javed K, Varnier C., Zerhouni N. (2024). Real-Time Worker Stress Prediction in a Smart Factory Assembly Line, IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 116238-116249, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3446875.

Ryu, T. Ogutu, J, Olawoyin R, (2023). An Affective Engineering Approach to Exploring the Impact of Product Weight on Consumer Satisfaction and Perceived Price in Rubber-based Eraser Products. Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, 2023, 22(4), pp. 479–488

Olawoyin R, Ogutu J. (2023). The future of the U.S. safety & health workforce: Opportunities for academic diversity, equity, and inclusion through a leak-proof career pathway, Journal of Safety Research, Volume 86, September 2023, Pages 100-106. ISSN 0022-4375, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.06.003.

Hijry H, Olawoyin R (2022). Simulation-Based Multi-Objective Optimization System Design and Improvement of an Emergency Department during Hajj. ISSN: 1473-804 online, 1473-8031 print. DOI 10.5013/IJSSST.a.22.04.08.

Salih, S. and Olawoyin R. (2021). Fault Injection in Model-Based System Failure Analysis of Highly Automated Vehicles, in IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 2, pp. 417-428, 2021

Okareh TO., Solomon OE, Olawoyin R. (2021). Prevalence of ergonomic hazards and persistent work-related musculoskeletal pain among textile sewing machine operators. Safety Science 136(1):105159.

Hijry H. and Olawoyin R (2021). Predicting Patient Waiting Time in Queuing System Using Multi Deep Learning Optimization Algorithms in the Emergency Room. Int. J. Ind. Eng. Manag. IEOM Society International, 2021, pp. 33-45, doi.org/10.46254/j.ieom.20210103

 Hijry H, Olawoyin R, McDonald G. Edward W. Debnath D., Al-Hejri Y. (2021). Predicting Average Wait-Time of COVID-19 Test Results and Efficacy Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Int. J. Ind. Eng. Manag. IEOM Society International, 3(2) 75 – 88. doi.org/10.46254/j.ieom.20210202

 Small TF, Gerberich SG, Oliveri A, Socias-Morales C, Castillo D, Olawoyin R. (2021). (20%). Home Healthcare Workers: A Growing and Diverse Workforce at High Risk for Workplace Violence. NIOSH Science Blog. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2021/09/02/hhc-violence/

Salih, S. and Olawoyin R. (2020). Computation of Safety Architecture for Electric Power Steering System and Compliance with ISO 26262, Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper 2020-01-0649, 2020, https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0649.

Alhumud, H, Zohdy M. Debnath D., Olawoyin R, Arefifar, S.A. (2019). Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio-Wireless Sensors Network Based on OR Rule Decision to Enhance Energy Consumption in Greenhouses. Wireless Sensor Network, 2019, 11, 1-11.

Olawoyin R. (2018). Nanotechnology: The future of fire safety. Safety Science. 110 (Part A), 214-221

Olawoyin R, Schweitzer L, Zhang K., Okareh O, Slates K. (2018). Index analysis and human health risk model application for evaluating ambient air-heavy metal contamination in Chemical Valley Sarnia. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 148 (2018) 72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.09.069

Olawoyin R. (2018). Safety and automation of collaborative robot system in work environment. Robotics & Automation Engineering Journal, 33:18

Olawoyin R. (2017). Risk and Reliability Evaluation of Gas Connector Systems Using Fuzzy Theory and Expert Elicitation. Cogent Engineering, 54: 1372731.

Olawoyin R. (2016). Application of backpropagation artificial neural network prediction model for the PAH bioremediation of polluted soil. Chemosphere.161:145-50

Olawoyin R, Nieto AV, Grayson RL, Hardisty F, Oyewole SO (2013). Application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) – Self-Organizing Map (SOM) for the Categorization of Water, Soil and Sediment Quality in Petrochemical Regions. Expert Systems with Applications 40, (9) 3634-3648

Selected Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

Salih S, Olawoyin R (2020). Electric Power Steering System Architecture and Compliance with ISO 26262. Society of Automotive Engineers International. 2020.xxx

Salih S, Olawoyin R (2020). Twin Scroll Turbocharger Simulation and Engine Power Optimization. 2020 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering IISE Annual Conference, May 30 – June 2, 2020, New Orleans, Louisiana

Alqahtani N, Zohdy M, Olawoyin R, Ganesan S. (2020). Overvoltage Mitigation in Distributed Networks Connected to DG Systems. IEEE 2020 International Conference on Computing and Information Technology. ICCIT-1441.

Alshaikh M, Zohdy M, Olawoyin R, Debnath D, Gwarzo Z, Alowibdi J (2020). Social Network Analysis and Mining: Privacy and Security on Twitter. IEEE 2020 10th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC). Nevada, Las Vegas, USA from 6th to 8th January 2020

Aldosari, W., Zohdy M., Olawoyin R, (2019).  Jammer Localization Through Smart Estimation of Jammer’s Transmission Power. IEEE National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON) 2019.

Alqahtani A, Zohdy M. Ganesan S., Olawoyin R. (2019). A Novel Phase Tracking in ZigBee Receiver Using Extended Laman Filtering over AWGN Channel. IEEE UEMCON 2019. Conference ID: 47517X