Mehdi Khazaeli
Mehdi Khazaeli, PhD, PE, PMP, is an Associate Professor in School of Engineering and Computer Science at 91成人导航. He also serves as Assistant Dean of Innovation and Professional Development. He oversees the corporate affiliates program including CO-OP, sponsored research and career services in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. He teaches courses in Design and Innovation, Decision Making and Data Analytics. He has consulted with and taught seminars for a variety of clients, including those in R&D-based industries, venture capital, research organizations, and educational institutions. His research interest is in machine learning, natural language processing,听sport analytics and system engineering.
Khazaeli earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Science with concentration in Information Technology Engineering form LSU and his M.S in Product Design and Management from the University of Liverpool. He also is a California-licensed professional engineer in the Industrial Engineering discipline and certified Project Management Professional. Upon completion of his studies he won the outstanding innovation product in product design and development project expo. Prior to joining 91成人导航 he worked as a Data Analyst for the Department of Health & Hospitals and the Center of Business and Information Technology.
He was a star athlete player for Isfahan University of Technology and University of Liverpool and won letters in three sports. His passion for sport and his background in Information Technology led him to research in areas such as performance analysis using image and video processing, biomechanics and Human Computer Interaction.
In his personal time Dr. Khazaeli enjoys spending time with his family and playing different sports.
Ph.D., Engineering Science, Louisiana State University, 2013
M.S., Product Design and Management, University of Liverpool, 2009
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2005
Project Management
Product Design and Manufacturing
Building Information Modeling
Data Analytics and Machine Learning
Sport Analytics
Data Analytics
Image Processing
Construction Management
Natural Language Processing
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Khazaeli, M., & Javadpour, L. (2024). Golf club selection with AI-based game planning. Entropy, 26(9), 800.听
- Javadpour L., Khazaeli M. & Molenaar R. (2024), Analyzing Soccer Training Sessions to Predict Player Match Performance. International Sports Analytics Conference and Exhibition (ISACE) series, Paris, 12-13 July
- Javadpour, L., Blakeeslee, J., Khazaeli, M., Schroeder, P., (2022) Optimizing the Best Play in Basketball using Deep Learning, Journal of Sports Analytics. 8(1), 1-7.
- Khazaeli, M; Javadpour, L; Lindholm, E; Estrada, H; Lee, L (2022) 鈥淲i-Fi Analysis using Building Information Modeling鈥, Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference and Expo, May 2022.
- Gulati, S., & Khazaeli, M., Hanlon, J. S. 鈥淓ntrepreneurial-minded Learning in an Introduction to Bioengineering Course鈥, presented at 2021 ASEE, 2021.