MSU Bagley College of Engineering names Marufuzzaman as industrial and systems engineering department head

Mohammad Marufuzzaman

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Mohammad Marufuzzaman was recently named the department head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, after serving as interim since 2024.

“I am incredibly excited and honored to have the opportunity to lead and grow this wonderful department,” Marufuzzaman said. “I sincerely thank Dr. Ford for appointing me to this position. Over the years, I have been fortunate to receive outstanding support from the ISE faculty and staff, students, advisory board members, research collaborators, and BCOE administration and supporting staff. With their continued support, I look forward to ISE’s future success together.

Since joining the Bagley College of Engineering in 2014, he has served as graduate coordinator for the department. He has secured over $25 million in research funding, including grants from the US Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Energy, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and local industries. He published 77 peer-reviewed journal articles, including articles in Transportation Science, IISE Transactions, Computers & Operations Research, Computers & Chemical Engineering, Omega, and Annals of Operations Research, mentored three postdocs, and graduated 18 Ph.D. and six master’s students.

“Dr. Marufuzzaman has had a remarkable trajectory in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, from graduate student to tenured faculty member and then interim head,” Dave Ford, dean of the college, said. “This reflects his ability and his deep engagement with the students, staff, faculty, and partners of ISE.  I look forward to working with him as the department head going forward.”

Marufuzzaman’s work has been widely recognized in the Industrial and Systems Engineering professional communities. He received multiple Best Paper Awards from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). He has served several editorial roles, including  Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, and an Editorial Board member of the Computers & Industrial Engineering journal.

Marufuzzaman received his industrial and systems engineering doctoral degree from Mississippi State University in 2014. He received his Master of Applied Science in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Regina, Canada, in 2010 and a bachelor’s degree in industrial and production engineering from Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh, in 2006. He joined the industrial and systems engineering department as a visiting assistant professor in August 2014.