Faculty and Staff

Name: Dr. Reza Gharoie Ahangar
Title: Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
Office Location: SB-144-N
Email: rgharoieahangar@lewisu.edu
Phone (Office): (815)-836-5324
Education & Certifications:
- PhD in Management Science- Economics (University of North Texas)
- MS in Finance (University of North Texas)
- MS in Business Analytics (University of North Texas)
Bio:
Reza Gharoie Ahangar is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at Lewis University in Romeoville, Chicago area. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Management, an MBA in Finance, an MSc in Finance, an MSc in Business Analytics, and a Ph.D. in Management Science with a minor in Economics. Dr. Ahangar is a member of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), and Association of Scientists, Developers, and Faculties (ASDF). He has been a teaching assistant and instructor at The University of North Texas for seven years and has authored nine books and book chapters as well as several journals and conference publications with more than fifty technical publications and over 500 google scholar citations. His research works are cited by the top 0.1% of most-read authors in academia. He serves as an editorial board member & reviewer for several scientific journals.
Courses Taught:
- Basic Information Systems
- Business Statistics with Spreadsheets
- Management Science
- Analysis of Business Information Systems
- Data Mining
- Data analysis with spreadsheet
- Predictive Analytics and Business Forecasting
- Reza Gharoie Ahangar, Robert Pavur & Hani Gharavi, (2022). A global optima search field division method for evolutionary algorithms, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73:5, 1085-1104, DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2021.1890531
Google Scholar: Google Scholar Link
Recent Presentation:
- Reza Gharoie Ahangar. An Endogenous Exogenous-based Economic Growth Model for the US. POMS 32nd Annual Conference | April 21 - 25, 2022
Professional Activities:
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
