Ali Vaezi holds a PhD in Operations Management from McMaster University, an MSc in Civil Engineering (Risk Mitigation) from Politecnico di Milano, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. He teaches operations management courses for the undergraduate and graduate programs.

RESEARCH AREA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Exploring an Infrastructure Investment Methodology to Risk Mitigation from Rail Hazardous Materials Shipments, Logistics, supply chain, sustainability and global challenges, Volume 12, 2022.

Asgary, A., Vaezi, A., and Azimi, N. Are We Prepared for the Next Disaster? Evidence from Ice Storm, International Journal of Disaster Management, Volume 4.2, 2021.

Vaezi, A., Dalal, J., and Verma, M. Designing emergency response network for rail hazmat shipments under uncertainties: Optimization model and case study, Safety Science, Volume 141, 2021.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Railroad transportation of crude oil in Canada: Developing long-term forecasts, and evaluating the impact of proposed pipeline projects, Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 69, 2018.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. An analytics approach to dis-aggregate national freight data to estimate hazmat traffic on rail-links and at rail-yards in Canada, Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, Volume 7, 2017.

DeAmbroggi, M., Trucco, P., Vaezi, A., and Giannopolos, G. A state of the art report on the external dimension of dependencies and interdependencies of EU critical infrastructures, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 2014.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Designing emergency response network for rail hazmat shipments: An optimization program and a case study. - CORS 62nd Annual Conference, Virtual, Ontario, June, 2021.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. A risk-based approach to planning for emergency response to rail hazmat incidents - SRA-Europe 28th Annual Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 2019.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Railroad transportation of hazardous materials in Canada: An infrastructure investment methodology to network-wide risk reduction. - CORS 61st Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 2019.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. An infrastructure investment model for railroad transportation of hazardous materials - ASAC 46th Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, 2018.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Emergency response planning for rail hazmat incidents in Canada - CORS 60th Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2018.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Estimating flammable liquids traffic on railroad network in Canada - ASAC Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 2017.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Infrastructure Investment as a Risk Mitigation Strategy in Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials - Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Quebec City, Quebec, 2017.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. A location-allocation problem for emergency response to rail accidents involving hazardous materials - CORS Conference, Banff, Alberta, 2016.

Vaezi, A. and Verma, M. Emergency response planning for railroad accidents involving hazardous materials in Canada - POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2016.

Vaezi, A., Marchionni, G., and Ketabdari, M. Scenario-based time estimation of partial evacuation operations: Case of flood in San Rocco al Porto - TRANSLOG Transportation Conference, Burlington, Canada., Burlington, Ontario, 2014.

Vaezi, A., Ketabdari, M., and Marchionni, G. Evacuation plan as a risk mitigation measure: Scenario- based time estimation of partial evacuation operation - International Science, Technology & Engineering Conference, Rome, Italy, 2013.