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Mansour Rahimi
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Phone: (213) 740-4016
Email: mrahimi@usc.edu

Education

B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University in 1977 and 1978; Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with specialization in Human Factors Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1982.

Research Interests

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Environment/Safety/Human Factors in Transportation
  • Industrial Ecology, Design For Environment
  • Industrial Safety and Ergonomics
  • Work Design and Performance Systems

Projects and Student Activities
  • Future Fuels and Energy Initiative:  Developing USC Expertise for Life-Cycle Analysis of Distributed Alternative Fuels

Recent Publications
  • Dessouky, M., Rahimi, M., and Weidner, M. (2003). Jointly optimizing cost, service, and environmental performance in demand-responsive transit s cheduling," Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment , 8; 433-465
  • Vos, R.O., Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2003). Application of life cycle assessment to environmental impact assessment: A case study of the Alameda Corridor Project of central Los Angeles. (In preparation for the Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment).
  • Rahimi, M. (2003). Hazard Identification and Control. In R. C. Dorf (Editor) : The Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, New York, N.Y.
  • Rahimi, M., Placencia, G., Maclean, J. (2003). Human-Computer Interaction. In R.C. Dorf (Editor): The Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, New York, N.Y. (In print)
  • Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2002). Multi-attribute value theory (Part I): Model development from a single LCIA methodology. Journal of Industrial Ecology (under review).
  • Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2002). Multi attribute value theory (Part II): Model development utilizing data from multiple LCIA methods and levels of analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology (under review).
  • Dessouky, M., Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2002). Green Transit Scheduler: A methodology for jointly optimizing cost, service, and environmental performance in demand-responsive transit scheduling. Journal of Transportation Research (Part D, Environment). (under review).
  • Computer-aided demand-response transit dispatching: A human-computer interaction perspective. The 6th International Conference in Engineering Design and Automation, Maui, August 4-7, 2002.
  • Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2002). Sustainable product definition: using Design for Environment (DFE) impact matrix in Quality Function Deployment (QFD) evaluation process. Journal of Sustainable Product Design (under review).
  • Rahimi, M. and Weidner, M. (2002). Environmental health and safety considerations in product design: A review of Design for Environment, Life-Cycle Design and Decision-Based Risk Analysis. Design and Manufacturing Automation (in print).
  • Rahimi, M. and Dessouky, M. (2002). A usability study of a computer-aided paratransit dispatch software. Journal of Transportation Technology and Policy (under review).