Faculty Profile
Ehsan Torabizadeh
PhD, MEng, BEng
Assistant Professor, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration
Email: ehsan.torabizadeh@unfc.ca
Ehsan Torabizadeh is an experienced academic and entrepreneur with a strong background in advanced technologies. He holds a PhD in Sustainability, an MEng in Industrial Engineering, and a BEng in Industrial Engineering.
Ehsan is the former co-founder of the deep-tech startup ZebraKet, which specializes in quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). This experience has enabled him to spend the past three years working closely with startup incubation programs to support emerging entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial ventures have been recognized for their innovative influence across the tech industry, and he’s worked on projects within the startup sector, automotive industry, oil and gas industry, and consulting firms.
With more than seven years of teaching experience and a decade of research experience in business operations, sustainability, and emerging technologies, Ehsan has impacted thousands of students and published extensively in leading peer-reviewed academic journals. In the classroom, he focuses on making the course content engaging and relatable by incorporating real-world examples and encouraging his students to ask thoughtful questions. His passion has extended to developing the PhD in Maritime Supply Chain and MBA in Maritime Logistics programs for the Netherlands Maritime University College (NMUC) in Malaysia.
In addition to his academic work, Ehsan volunteers his time as a reviewer for the Journal of Cleaner Production and is a member of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).
Courses taught
Digital Business Fundamentals, Digital Mindset
Areas of academic interest
Business and management, carbon emission reduction, economy, emerging and disruptive technologies, entrepreneurship, sustainability
Areas of specialization
Business and management, carbon emission reduction, economy, emerging and disruptive technologies, entrepreneurship, sustainability
Awards
- Third Prize at the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Toronto
- Top AI startup at Next Canada
Publications
- Mohammadehsan Torabizadeha, Noordin Mohd Yusof, Azanizawati Ma’aram, Awaluddin Mohamed Shaharoun, (2020) “Identifying sustainable warehouse management system indicators and proposing new weighting method using SEM.” Journal of Cleaner Production 248C,119190.
- Mohammadehsan Torabizadeha, Azanizawati Ma’aram, Noordin Mohd Yusof, Awaluddin Mohamed Shaharoun “Performance measurement of sustainable warehousing: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis.” Under review.
- Mohammadehsan Torabizadeh, Razali Yaacob (2020) “Port-city integration towards sustainable port-city ecosystem considering industry 4.0.” Proceedings of the 9th Marlog Conference. Alexandria, Egypt.
- Mohammadehsan Torabizadeh, (2019) “Big Data and Maritime Industry: An Overview.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Ocean, Engineering Technology and Environmental Sustainability. I-ocean 2019, UMT, Malaysia.
- Mohammadehsan Torabizadeh, M.Y. Noordin, M.S. Awaluddin (2014) “Performance measurement system for sustainable supply chain management.” Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 845, pp. 516-520. Scientific.Net.
- Torabizadeh, M., Khatami Rad, M., & Noshadi, A. (2012) “Effect of information system strategies on supply chain strategies and supply chain performance.” World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 61(1), 940-945. WASET.
- Rad, M. K., Torabizadeh, M., & Noshadi, A. (2011) “Artificial Neural Network-based fault diagnostics of an electric motor Using vibration monitoring” in Transportation, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering (TMEE) International Conference on pp. 1512-1516. IEEE.
- Rad, M. K., Jamali, N., Torabizadeh, M., & Noshadi, A. (2011) “Performance Analysis of Expert Systems Incorporating Neural Network for Fault Detection of an Electric Motor.” International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronic and Manufacturing Engineering, 5(12), pp. 2570-2574. WASET.