Apply Now
ENG
Apply Now
ENG

Dr. Mohammad A. Shbool

Research Summary

My research focuses on simulation modeling, sustainable healthcare systems, and operations research applications in complex service and manufacturing environments. I specialize in discrete-event, agent-based, and system dynamics simulation, as well as machine learning and multi-criteria decision analysis applied to healthcare, waste management, circular economy, logistics, and supply chain resilience. My recent work includes digital twins and AI-driven simulation for process optimization, forecasting models for hazardous healthcare waste, municipal solid waste management frameworks, and advanced operations research tools applied to energy, transportation, and resource efficiency.

Key Publications

  • Shbool, M. A., Altarawneh, Y., Bani Hamad, R., Alqa’aydeh, R., Al-Tahat, M. D., Abedeljawad, T., AlMashaqbeh,S., “Improving the Management of Healthcare Waste in Developing Countries: Applying a System Dynamics Approach.” International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, (2025), 10(6), PP 2318-2343. https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2025.10.6.107
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Al-Bazi, A., Jebril, L., Nasrallah, N. Al-Amad, S., AlSouliman, B., “Promoting sustainability in Urban waste management in Amman for a circular economy.” Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-025-02405-2
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Albashabsheh, N., “A Mathematical Model for Potash Supply Chain Management with a Strategic Logistics Perspective.” IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (2025), 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpae028.
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., “A Proposed Lean Six Sigma-Based Approach for Prioritizing the Impactful Improvement Areas: The Packaging Industry.” Management Systems in Production Engineering (2025), 33, 2, PP. 184-201, https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2025-0018
  •  
  • Shbool, M.A., Al-Dmour, R., Al-Shboul, B., Albashabsheh, N., Almasarwah, N., “Real Estate Decision-Making: Precision in Price Prediction through Advanced Machine Learning algorithms.” International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (2025), Published March 2025, https://1108/IJHMA-01-2025-0004
  •  
  • Shbool, M.A., et al., “Modeling Consumer Behavior and Forecasting the Automobile Market: A System Dynamics Approach for Sustainable Mobility.” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2025), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-025-09984-0
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Al-Bazi, A., Zureigat, L., Mahafzah, A., “Assessing the Impact of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on disease infection in the Public Health Sector: A Hybrid Simulation Approach.” J. of Simulation and Process Modelling (2024), 21(2), pp 130-146, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSPM.2024.141987.
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Altarazi, F., AlAlaween, W., “A Dynamic Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous Model to Analyze the Impact of Mobility During COVID-19 Pandemic on the Electricity Consumption Prediction in Jordan.” Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (2024), 83, pp. 164-173, https://doi.org/10.56042/jsir.v83i2.84
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Arabeyyat, O., Al-Bazi, A., Al-Hyari, A., Salem, A., Abu-Hmaid, T., Ali, M., “Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Patient’s Length of Stay in Emergency Department.” Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing (2023), 8063846, https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8063846.
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Al-Bazi, A., Al-Hadeethi, R., “The Effect of Customer Satisfaction on Parcel Delivery Operations Using Autonomous Vehicles: An Agent-Based Simulation Study.” Heliyon (2022), 8(5), e09409. https://doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2022.2064359
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Arabeyyat, O., Al-Bazi, A., AlAlaween, W., “An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework for a Medical Device Selection in the Healthcare Industry.” Cogent Engineering (2021), 8(1), 1968741, ISSN: 2331-1916. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2021.1968741 
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Abdallat, Y., Abdul Jawwad, A., Alsharairi, S., Abu-Ghannam, L., Abu-Khajil, E., Badwan, A., “Examining the effect of Nano-additions of rare earth elements on the Hardness of body armor ceramic.” Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences (2021), 28(1), 64-72, ISSN: 0975-1017.
  •  
  • Shbool, M. A., Rossetti, M. D., “Decision Making Framework for Evaluating Physicians Preference Items Using Multi-Objective Decision Analysis Principles.” Sustainability (2020), 12(16), 6415, ISSN: 2071-1050, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12166415
  •  
  • Parsa, P., Shbool, M. A., Sattar, T., Rossetti, M. D., Pohl, E., “A Collaborative Planning Forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) Maturity Model.” Int. J. Sup. Chain Mgt., Vol 9, No 6, (2020) 49-71.
  •  
  • Saidan, M.N., Shbool, M.A., Arabeyyat, O., Al-Shihabi, S., AlAbdallat, Y., Barghash, M., Saidan, H., “Estimation of the probable outbreak size of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in social gathering events and industrial activities.” International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2020), 98, 321-327, ISSN: 1201-9712, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.105
  •  
  • Alrashdan, A., Bataineh, O., Shbool, M. “Multi-criteria end milling parameters optimization of AISI D2 steel using genetic algorithm.” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 73(1), pp 1201-1212, (2014), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-5921-5.

LINKS

ORCID

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

 LinkedIn

Awards

  • Active Research Award 2024/2025, American University of Bahrain (AUBH).
  • Outstanding Regional Faculty Advisor Award, Middle East Region 2024, Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering. In recognition of leadership, support, and Mentorship of the IISE Student Chapter 792.
  • Jordanian Engineering Association contest for engineering graduation projects for 2023 for all universities on the country’s level
    • Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Category, 3rd place, Project entitled “Improvement of 3PL Warehousing Storage and Retrieval Processes.” Carried out at a Regional 3rd Party Logistics Company.
  • The 10th Undergraduate Research Competition (URC), Abu Dhabi University (ADU) in UAE, May 2023,
    • Improvement of 3PL Warehousing Storage and Retrieval Processes, 3rd place, – Engineering Mechanics
    • Medical waste internal supply chain complexity and rate prediction using System dynamics: A case study at the Jordan University Hospital, 4th place – Environmental Engineering.
  • Outstanding Regional Faculty Advisor Award, Middle East Region 2023, Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering.
  • Jordanian Engineering Association contest for engineering graduation projects for 2021 for all universities on the country’s level
    • Projects performed in the industrial sector, 2nd place, the project entitled “Production Line Improvement using DMAIC Approach: A case study of Cardboard Food containers Manufacturing,” carried out at a local Food Packaging Company.
  • Jordanian Engineering Association contest for engineering graduation projects for 2019 for all universities on the country’s level
    • Projects performed in the industrial sector, 1st place, entitled “Improvements of a pharmaceutical production line using Lean Six Sigma Approach,” carried out in a local pharmaceutical company.
    • Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Category, 2nd place, Project entitled “Investigating blood bank supply chain complexity using system dynamics simulation.” Carried out at a local hospital.
  • Hamdi Mango award for 1st place on graduation projects on the country level, April 2019. The project is entitled “Enhancing Body Armor Materials Efficiency Through Nano-Additions of Rare Earth Elements.“

Funding

  • Superconducting ceramics manufacturing for body armor using Nanotechnology, KADDB, Jordan, 2017-2018.

Editorial roles

  • Associate Editor (Topic Editor), Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
    Diffusion Dynamics of Sustainable Development Practices in Cities (2024 – Present)