| Areas
of Research
- Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
A non-parametric method for measuring and comparing efficiency of similar operating units, based on Linear Programming technique
Thesis
- M.A.Sc. thesis: Efficiency and productivity measurement of the Canadian manufacturing sector: 1994-2002
Using DEA and Malmquist productivity Index, I measured the productivity changes of manufacturing industries in Canada and the U.S., with a focus on wood products manufacturing. I also measured the efficiency changes of the wood products manufacturing sub-sectors
- PhD thesis: Not decided yet
Current
and Past Projects
- Measured
the efficiency and productivity changes of the manufacturing
industries in Canada and the U.S. (Master’s thesis),
February 2006
- Prepared
a business plan for a product made out of small-diameter
Douglas-Fir, March 2004
- Developed
a product development plan for a Capacitive Level Switch,
March 2004
- Designed and implemented a database with Microsoft Access as a decision support system for a company in Tehran (Iran). The database held data about cost and other resources used in each project and enabled management to access different kinds of periodical and ad hoc reports, March 2003
- Developed
a marketing plan for an electronic board for a company in
Tehran (Iran), December 2002
- Prepared a production floor layout and an information system developing plan for a pharmaceutical plant, December 2000
Short
Biography
Before obtaining her Master's degree in the Faculty of Forestry, Saba was an industrial engineer. She started her undergraduate studies in September 1998 at Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) and graduated as an industrial engineer in June 2002. She worked as a database developer in a company in Tehran for one year prior to coming to UBC. Here at UBC, she started working in the area of performance assessment, under the supervision of Dr. Taraneh Sowlati. She graduated in February 2006 with a Master of Applied Science degree and started her PhD program right away. She switched departments from Wood Science to Forest Resource Management and is currently working with Dr. Thomas Maness. She likes studying in the area of mathematical modeling and Operations Research, especially linear programming models. Her other research interests are information systems and developing tools for supporting management decision making processes. Research
and Professional Experience
- Graduate
Research Assistant, January 2006-Present
Dept. of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC
- Graduate
Teaching Assistant for "Forest and Conservation Economics",
January 2006 - April 2006
Faculty of Forestry, UBC
- Graduate
Teaching Assistant for "Modeling for Decision Support", September
2005-December 2005
Faculty of Forestry, UBC
- Graduate
Research Assistant, September 2003 - December 2005
Wood Science Department, Faculty
of Forestry, UBC
- Graduate
Teaching Assistant for “Engineering
Economics and Job Costing”, September 2003 - December
2005
Faculty
of Forestry, UBC
- Teaching
Assistant for “Computer
Information Systems”,
September 2001 - January 2002
Department of Industrial Engineering,
Sharif University of Technology
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Saba
Vahid,
M.A.Sc.
PhD Student
M.A.Sc.
(2005), Forestry, UBC, Vancouver
B.Sc.
(2002), Industrial Engineering
Sharif University of Technology,
Tehran, Iran
Contact
Info:
Dept.
of Wood Science
2900-2424 Main Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-0921
Fax: (604) 822-9104
E-mail:
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