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Samuel Yousefi
BSc, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: ENG 1022

905.721.8668 ext. 6761
905.721.3370 (fax)

samuel.yousefi@ontariotechu.ca
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KWKSQuwAAAAJ&hl=en

Research topics

  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • Operations Management
  • Decision Analytics
  • Risk and Disruption Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • AI in Industry and Business

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2024
M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, 2014
B.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, 2012

Courses

• Workplace and Facilities Design
• Industrial Internet of Things
• Industrial Ergonomics

Research and expertise

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations
    For an updated list of publications, please visit the Google Scholar Profile.

    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2025). Unlocking blockchain's potential for supply chain transformation: A robust system analysis for enhanced strategic performance. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 218, 124216.
    • Yousefi, S., Khodoomi, M. R., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2025). Data-driven robust strategic sourcing considering supply-side competition: Insights into blockchain adoption for coordination. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 197, 103977.
    • Tajik, M., Yousefi, S., Tosarkani, B. M., & Makui, A. (2025). Digitalization-driven circular economy in battery closed-loop supply chain network design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 496, 145054.
    • Ferdous, O., Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2025). A multi-disruption risk analysis system for sustainable supply chain resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, 105136.
    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2024). A decision support framework for best-fitting blockchain platform selection in sustainable supply chains under uncertainty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 197, 110577.
    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2024). Enhancing sustainable supply chain readiness to adopt blockchain: a decision support approach for barriers analysis. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 133, 108151.
    • Yousefi, S., Baqeri, M., Tosarkani, B. M., Amin, S. H., & Zolfagharinia, H. (2023). A decision support framework for sustainable production planning of paper recycling systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 183, 109500.
    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2023). Exploring the role of blockchain technology in improving sustainable supply chain performance: a system-analysis-based approach. IEEE transactions on engineering management, 71, 4389-4405.
    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2022). An analytical approach for evaluating the impact of blockchain technology on sustainable supply chain performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 246, 108429.
    • Moghaddas, Z., Tosarkani, B. M., & Yousefi, S. (2022). Resource reallocation for improving sustainable supply chain performance: an inverse data envelopment analysis. International journal of production economics, 252, 108560.
    • Yousefi, S., & Tosarkani, B. M. (2022). The adoption of new technologies for sustainable risk management in logistics planning: A sequential dynamic approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108627.
    • Yousefi, S., Jahangoshai Rezaee, M., & Solimanpur, M. (2021). Supplier selection and order allocation using two-stage hybrid supply chain model and game-based order price. Operational Research, 21(1), 553-588.
    • Yousefi, S., Jahangoshai Rezaee, M., & Moradi, A. (2020). Causal effect analysis of logistics processes risks in manufacturing industries using sequential multi-stage fuzzy cognitive map: a case study. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 33(10-11), 1055-1075.
    • Rezaee, M. J., Yousefi, S., Valipour, M., & Dehdar, M. M. (2018). Risk analysis of sequential processes in food industry integrating multi-stage fuzzy cognitive map and process failure mode and effects analysis. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 123, 325-337.
    • Yousefi, S., Alizadeh, A., Hayati, J., & Baghery, M. (2018). HSE risk prioritization using robust DEA-FMEA approach with undesirable outputs: a study of automotive parts industry in Iran. Safety science, 102, 144-158.