He completed his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2007. He pioneered the dual M.S. degree co-developed by the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and Ecole des Mines de Nantes (EMN, France). In 2002, he received an M.S. in Operations Management in Production and Logistics from EMN, and obtained his M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2003. His research interests include operations research, mathematical programming, and logistics and production management. Dr. Ghoniem is published in OR and management science journals such as Networks and Optimization Letters.