MUSA MOHAMED BABIKER - CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: MUSA MOHAMED BABIKER

Nationality: Sudanese

Languages: Arabic - Main Language

English - Excellent

German - Beginner

Russian - Beginner

French - Beginner

EDUCATION:

1. Ph.D.(Industrial Engineering), 3.904 grade average.

Major: Operations Research (OR)

Minor: Economics

(USA, Kansas State University (KSU), Dec. 1980)

2. M.S. (Industrial Engineering), 4.0 grade average.

(USA, Kansas State University (KSU), Dec. 1977)

3. B.Sc.(Mech. Engineering)

(Sudan, University of Khartoum (U of K), April 1964)

EMPLOYMENT:

1. The Arab Investment Company(TAIC)- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Period: March 1988 up to 13/5/98

Post Title: Director of Industrial Projects Dept.

Main Responsibilities:

Follow-up, analysis, and evaluation of the performance of the Industrial projects portfolio (16 projects in 8 countries - 1998).

Price evaluation of quoted and non-quoted portfolio shares.

Representation of TAIC in Board of Directors (B.O.D) and General Assembly meetings of some portfolio projects.

Study and evaluate feasibility studies for new and existing projects (expansion and/or rehabilitation).

Prepare and present quarterly reports to TAIC B.O.D.

Prepare annual and short-term plans and strategies for the department.

2. Sugar Project Implementation Committee (SPIC), Khartoum, Sudan.

Period: June 1986 up to March 1988

Post Title:Technical Manager and Deputy Chairman.

Main Responsibilities:

Planning and Programming the rehabilitation of four-sugar projects.

Supervision of specification preparation, tendering, evaluation, and contracting.

Monitoring the implementation of the rehabilitation program with the con-financiers and suppliers.

Other activities: Membership of B.O.D. of Sennar Sugar Company, part time lecturer of "Engineering Economics" Faculty of Engineering, Khartoum University.

3. Fond National de Development (FND)- Noukshot, Mauritania.

Period: June 1983 up to June 1986

Post Title: Industrial Projects Expert.

Main Responsibilities:

Reorganize and develop the Studies and Operations Department.

Develop the methodology and procedure of industrial projects evaluation.

Identify investment opportunities.

Follow-up of industrial projects financed by FND.

4. National Council for Research (NCR) - Khartoum, Sudan

Period: June 1982 up to June 1983

Post Title: Director of Planning and Programming Department

Main Responsibilities:

Develop the methodology, procedures, and priorities for the implementation of research projects.

Follow-up of the research projects conducted by the specialized research centers.

Assist centers to establish data banks and MIS.

5. Industrial Research and Consultancy Institute (IRCI) - Khartoum, Sudan

Period: April 1967 up to June 1982

Post Title: Research Engineer, Senior Researcher, Director Engineering Development Department, Research and Consultancy Expert.

Main Responsibilities:

Conduct opportunity and feasibility studies.

Conduct integrated valuation studies.

Quality and standard specification tests.

Provide services to the industrial sector in: operation, maintenance, workshops services, specifications, documentation, tendering, evaluation and contracting.

Provide technical and industrial advisory services to the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Commerce and Finance.

Training of key personnel in the industrial sector.

Conducted sectorial studies for: sugar, skins and hides, spinning and weaving, fertilizers, iron and steel, ect.

Preparation of the first National 5-year industrial sector plan.

Development of feasibility studies manuals in cooperation with UNIDO.

6. New Halfa Sugar Company - New Halfa, Sudan.

Period: April 1964 up to March 1967

Post Title: Construction Engineer, Production Shift Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Acting Factory Superintendent.

Main Responsibilities:

Construction and testing of plant machinery and equipment

Training of workers, technicians and engineers for plant operation.

Production shift Engineer.

Off season maintenance of machinery and equipment .

TRAINING:

- Undergraduate

- Khartoum vocational Center, Khartoum, Sudan, 1961

- Sudan Railways Workshops, Atbra, Sudan, 1962

- Floatman Foundary, Herne, Germany, 1963.

- Postgraduate

Plant construction and installation New Halfa Sugar Plant 1964.

Training in sugar plants operation and maintenance in southern Egypt: (Idfo, Armant, Gous); and Netherlands.

Inplant training in Iron and Steel (Commercial and Special Steel), - UNIDO center in USSR, 1968.

UNIDO workshop for preparation of industrial feasibility studies, Lebanon, 1970.

Industrial Management, RVB Institute, Delft, the Netherlands 1972-1973.

Workshop on preparation and selection of Engineering Industrial Projects, Baghdad, 1974.

RESEARCH AND WORKING PAPERS:

"The Role of Engineers in National Development" - Unpublished Paper presented in the first Sudanese’ Engineers Conference, Khartoum 1975.

"Simulation of Multi-Sectorial and Multiple Objective Models for Economic Development of Sudan" - Summer Computer simulation conference, Washington D.C., July 1981.

"Evaluation of the performance of a pan Arab Investment Company" under preparation 1998.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

Sudanese Engineering Society

Membership of some academic societies in USA: Alpha Pi Mu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, AMSE.

SOME PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

- Statistical analysis techniques.

- Industrial forecasting techniques.

- Computer programming and Industrial simulation .

- Industrial economics and financial analysis.

Musa M. Babiker

Courses completed for the degrees Master of Science (M.Sc.)

and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D).

Kansas State university, U.S.A., 1980,

Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Course No. Course Name And Description Credit Grade

I-Courses in Industrial Engineering:

530 Industrial Project Evaluation: 3 A

The evaluation of Industrial Project alternatives by the construction and analysis of mathematical models. Basic concepts, with an emphasis on constrained and unconstrained deterministic and probabilistic evaluation methodology, data analysis and replacement theory.

541 Engineering Reliability & Quality Assurance I: 3 A

Quantitative and qualitative controls required by manufacturing industries, with special emphasis on controlling process quality and costs.

551 Work design: 3 A

Motion and time study; process analysis and charting, principles of motion economy and ergonomics; work stations and environments, biomechanics; micro-motion analysis and an introduction to standard data systems.

554 Industrial facilities layout and design: 3 A

Comprehensive design of an industrial production system; application of undergraduate industrial engineering sequences.

560 Engineering Economics: 3 A

Objectives of the firm, economic exchange, interest and interest factors, depreciation, income taxation, cash flow streams. Cost-of-capital models. Criteria and models for the selection of single projects under certainty conditions and perfect capital markets (net present value, internal rate of return, benefit/cost ratio, etc.)

571 Introduction to Operation Research I: 3 A

Objectives and methods for engineering research; operation analysis, evaluating alternatives in decision making ; optimal allocations of resources.

805 Engineering Administration: 3 A

Engineering project administration; organization dynamics; quantitative forces in decision making; application of computerized and non-computerized games.

811 Advanced Production and Inventory Control: 3 A

Analytical and mathematical methods of making decisions on production, inventories, human resources, and shipping in modern industrial plants.

830 Industrial Project Selection: 3 A

The determination of policy that optimally allocates resources to industrial alternatives. Deterministic and probabilistic model formulation with and without constraints. Application of linear, non- linear and branch-and-bound zero-one optimization methods. Rational selection criteria.

842 Engineering Reliability and Quality Assurance II : 3 A

Design and management of reliability programs and quality assurance systems; mathematics of reliability, case studies of reliability evaluation programs.

865 Simulation of Industrial and Management Systems: 3 A

This course is concerned with simulating industrial management systems on computers utilizing Monte Carlo techniques and simulation languages. Numerical methods related to simulation are covered.

872 Industrial Forecasting Techniques and Applications: 3 A

The problem of model construction for industrial forecasting. The application of least squares, regression , exponential smoothing and adaptive fitting will be studied in solving industrial engineering problems

874 Operations Research I: 3 A

A study of operations research including formulations of models and derivation of solutions by various optimization techniques. Introduction to deterministic models and techniques, including optimization techniques, sequencing and replacement, linear programming, geometric programming and dynamic programming.

892 Graduate Seminar in Industrial Engineering: 1 A

Presentation and discussion of papers on Industrial Engineering subjects.

950 Human Engineering 2: 3 A

Focus on man in systems: man-man and man-machine communications; design and arrangement of controls and displays; experimental evaluation of concepts.

951 Applied Decision Theory: 3 A

Bayes theorem, Bayesian estimators, utility, loss function and risk, minimax strategies, elementary game theory and linear programming.

973 Industrial System Analysis: 3 A

Analysis and synthesis of automatic control systems with application to machines and process and industrial management systems. A study of optimal control, stability, and sensibility of industrial management systems.

975 Operations Research II: 3 A

A continuation of I.E. 874, Introduction to stochastic models and techniques including queuing theory, simulation, nonlinear programming, calculus of variations, maximum principle and forecasting.

990 Advanced Topics in Operations Research: 3 A

Study of topics related to operation research not covered in other courses. (multiple objective programming)

II-Courses in statistics

703 Statistical Methods for Natural Sciences: 3 A

Statistical concepts and methods basic to experimental research in the natural sciences; hypothetical populations; estimation of parameters; confidence intervals; parametric and non –parametric tests of hypothesis, linear regression; correlation, one way analysis of variance; t-test; chi-square test.

704 Analysis of Variance and Covariance: 2 A

Computation and interpretation for two-and three- way analysis of variance; multiple comparisons; analysis of covariances; applications including use of computers.

705 Regression and Correlation Analysis: 2 A

Multiple regression and correlation concepts and methods; curvilinear regression; application including use of computers.

III-Courses in Computer Science

Computers and Data Processing: 3 B

The use of computers in the solution of engineering and management problems.

891 Intensive Computer Sciences Applications: 3 A

Intensive course in design of algorithms, programming, JCL, and program libraries.

IV-Courses in Economics

510 Intimidate Macroeconomics: 3 A

An examination of the behavior of the economy as a whole, including an analysis of the national income account , consumption, investment, money, interest, the price level, the level of employment, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic growth.

520 Intimidate Macroeconomics: 3 B

An examination of the theories of consumer behavior and demand, and the theories of production, cost and supply. The determination of products prices and output in various market structures, and an analysis of factor pricing. Introduction to welfare economics.

699 Seminar in African Economic Development: 3 A

Introduction to Africa's political and economic system; income distribution, industrialization, rural-urban migration, rural development, development planning, foreign aid.

730 Introduction to Econometrics: 3 A

Analytical and quantitative methods used in economics.Applications to specific problems.

935 Econometric Methods: 3 B

Quantitative methods of research used in economics.

Major Area of Concentration: Operation Research (OR)

Minor Area of Concentration: Human Engineering and Economics.

Master Thesis Title: Prediction of Noise Annoyance and Discomfort Glare from Personal Characteristics.

Doctoral Thesis Title: Multi-Sectoral and Multiple Objective Models for economic Development Planning - Case of Sudan.

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