Dr Fateme Marandi

Lecturer International Business

Email:: Fateme.marandi@bcu.ac.uk

Dr. Marandi’s academic impact is reflected in her Google Scholar profile, which currently shows almost 300 citations, with both an h-index and i10-index of 5. These widely recognized metrics are common indicators of a strong and independent researcher within the academic community, further underscoring her significant contributions to her fields of expertise.

She has been reviewing at CABS 4* and 3*journals since 2021 including European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) and Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (TRE). She has credentials of institutional strategic contribution such as research, funding/grant, PhD program, and research events. She has a strong commitment to academic service with an optimistic and team working collaborative mindset.

Dr. Marandi’s research credentials are impressive and demonstrate her consistent scholarly contributions. She has published over 15 papers, including in highly regarded journals such as Technology in Society (CABS 2)* in 2022, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR, CABS 3)*, and Computers & Industrial Engineering (C&IE, CABS 2) in 2019. This publication record underscores her expertise and ongoing impact within operations research, supply chain management, and sustainability fields.

Dr. Marandi’s research focuses on management and business studies including production optimisation, operations research, operations management, supply chain management, digitalization, and sustainability — areas that are critical to the global academic and policy discourse. She has demonstrated remarkable research independence, originality, and leadership. In addition, she has supervised a significant number of Master’s dissertations and is currently guiding in the MRes (Master’s in Research) programme at BCU, showcasing her ability to mentor future scholars. Currently, She is co-supervising two PhD scholars whose research focus on Logistics, Autonomous Trucks for Waste Collection and SDGs, which further reflects her recognized capability as a doctoral-level researcher and supervisor.

What sets Dr. Marandi apart is her outstanding teaching impact. She was nominated by her students for the “I AM BCU” Inspirational Teacher of the Year Award, a prestigious institutional recognition, and was shortlisted among the top 10 finalists.

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Teaching

Postgraduate Supervision

Publications

Journals Papers

Sahebi, I.G., Mosayebi, A., Masoomi, B. and Marandi, F., (2022). Modeling the enablers for blockchain technology adoption in renewable energy supply chain. Technology in Society, 68, .101871- CABS 3*.
Marandi, F, and Fatemi Ghomi.S.M.T. (2019).Network configuration multi-factory scheduling with batch delivery: a learning-oriented simulated annealing approach, prepared to Computers & Industrial Engineering (C&IE), 132, 293-310- CABS 2*.
Safa, M, Marandi, F, Sharma, N, and Weeks. K. (2022). A Supply Chain Model for Fast and Reliable Delivery of Vaccine: COVID-19 Crisis. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, USA.
Marandi, F, and Fatemi Ghomi.S.M.T. (2016). Time series forecasting and analysis of municipal solid waste generation in Tehran city. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Industrial Engineering, IEEE indexed, Tehran, Iran.
Marandi, F, and Aminnayeri M. (2015). Integrated stochastic production scheduling and vehicle routing problem applying chance constrained programming. Paper presented at the 10th international conference of Probability and Stochastic processes, Yazd, Iran.
Marandi, F. (2013). Big data storage in the municipality. Paper presented at the 1^st International conference of Information Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Marandi, F, Nadia R, and Nahavandi N. (2012). New approach based on data envelopment analysis and hierarchical analysis in supplier selection. Paper presented at the 5th International conference of Iranian Operation Research Society, Tabriz, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012b). Integrated jobshop scheduling and vehicle routing problem with consideration of duedate. Paper presented at the 5th International conference of Iranian Operation Research Society, Tabriz, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012c). Integrated machine scheduling and vehicle routing with duedate constraint: case study in Pegah dairy product. Paper presented at the 5th national & 3rd international logistics & supply chain conference, Tehran, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012a). An improved particle swarm optimization in the asymmetric vehicle routing problem: case study Pegah dairy product. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Tehran, Iran.Semsarian, H, Babazadeh, R, Marandi, F, and Gunasekaran, A. Strategic Prediction and Planning of Biogas Production and Distribution Networks.
Marandi. F, Rezaian. S and Marandi, A.R. (2025) Community and Conservation Citizen-Led Environmental Gove, Springer. Under Review.
Marandi, F, and Fatemi Ghomi.S.M.T. (2019). Integrated multi-factory production and distribution scheduling applying vehicle routing approach. International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), 57(3), 722-748- CABS 3*.
Marandi, F, and Zegordi.S.H. (2017). Integrated production and distribution scheduling for perishable products. Scientia Iranica, 24(4), 2105-2118.
Marandi, F. (2017). A new approach in graph-based integrated production and distribution scheduling for perishable products. Journal of Quality Engineering and Production Optimization, 2(1), 65-76.
Marandi, F, and Zegordi. S.H. (2017). Integrated Production Scheduling in Dairy Products with Improved Particle Swarm Optimization. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 545-565.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F and Salmasnia A. (2012). Optimization of the Multi-Objective Problem: The Application of Perindopril Dissociation. Journal of Engineering and Quality Management, 2-17.
Rasouli. N, Marandi, F and Nahavandi N. (2018). An integrated approach based on MADM and MODM for supplier selection and assembler selection in supply chain management. Journal of Modern Research in Decision Making, 3(1): 85-159.

Conference Papers & Presentations

Safa, M, Marandi, F, Sharma, N, and Weeks. K. (2022). A Supply Chain Model for Fast and Reliable Delivery of Vaccine: COVID-19 Crisis. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, USA.
Marandi, F, and Fatemi Ghomi.S.M.T. (2016). Time series forecasting and analysis of municipal solid waste generation in Tehran city. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Industrial Engineering, IEEE indexed, Tehran, Iran.
Marandi, F, and Aminnayeri M. (2015). Integrated stochastic production scheduling and vehicle routing problem applying chance constrained programming. Paper presented at the 10th international conference of Probability and Stochastic processes, Yazd, Iran.
Marandi, F. (2013). Big data storage in the municipality. Paper presented at the 1^st International conference of Information Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Marandi, F, Nadia R, and Nahavandi N. (2012). New approach based on data envelopment analysis and hierarchical analysis in supplier selection. Paper presented at the 5th International conference of Iranian Operation Research Society, Tabriz, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012b). Integrated jobshop scheduling and vehicle routing problem with consideration of duedate. Paper presented at the 5th International conference of Iranian Operation Research Society, Tabriz, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012c). Integrated machine scheduling and vehicle routing with duedate constraint: case study in Pegah dairy product. Paper presented at the 5th national & 3rd international logistics & supply chain conference, Tehran, Iran.
Zegordi, S.H, and Marandi, F. (2012a). An improved particle swarm optimization in the asymmetric vehicle routing problem: case study Pegah dairy product. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Tehran, Iran.Semsarian, H, Babazadeh, R, Marandi, F, and Gunasekaran, A. Strategic Prediction and Planning of Biogas Production and Distribution Networks.

Book Chapters

Marandi. F, Rezaian. S and Marandi, A.R. (2025) Community and Conservation Citizen-Led Environmental Gove, Springer. Under Review.
Rai, H.M, Chegini, S, Sheih, A, Roy, S.K, Marandi, F and Majumdar, S. (2025). Lessons Learned from Real-World Projects: Insights for Reliability Engineering Practices, Springer. Under Review.