SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS STUDIES
Eliana Marcela
PEÑA TIBADUIZA
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Professor on Doctoral Studies Commission
Position 2
CONTACT
Information
elmapena@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
GENERAL
Biography
Eliana Marcela Peña Tibaduiza is an industrial engineer with a master’s degree in industrial engineering from UIS, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering in the United States. She has been a faculty member since November 2013, specializing in the areas of operations management and plant design. She is recognized for her dedication, responsibility, and constant desire for improvement. Her commitment to university teaching reflects her dedication to serving society by educating future professionals and conducting research for both regional and national growth.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Master in Industrial Engineering
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2012
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Industrial Engineer
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2007
Professor on Doctoral Studies Commission
Position 2
CONTACT
Information
elmapena@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
AREAS OF
Expertise
- Modeling and optimization of production and logistics systems
OFFICE
Hours
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Monday to friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Carrera 27 calle 9, Edificio de Administración I, Primer piso, Dirección de Posgrados.
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![Photo taken at the Faculty of Physical and Mechanical Engineering UIS, in a plan where the faculty building can be seen from the right side.](https://profesores.uis.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/3-finales-02-1-q9d6c898fuh1n657s1w18bfsa48xbf8orgk15np54c.png)
![Photo taken at the Faculty of Physicomechanical Engineering UIS where you can see a wall built in the Structures Laboratory of the faculty.](https://profesores.uis.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/3-finales-03-1-q9d6cb2r0ckwm014bl3wxsq629v0yijvruihlhkylo.png)
Outstanding
Works
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The forward-reserve design problem in order picking warehouses with high volume of small parts
Oral Presentation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2019
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A meta-heuristic based on the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) for solving Hybrid Flow Shop (HFS) scheduling problem with unrelated parallel machines
Article, Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 2019
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Fall 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase ISE department award
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Estados Unidos, 2023
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Amazon’s Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) and INFORMS Fellowship
Amazon, Estados Unidos, 2021
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Member of the Honorary Society of Industrial Engineers Alpha Pi Mu
Sociedad Honorífica de Ingenieros Industriales Alpha Pi Mu, 2019