Salah R. Agha is the founder of the school of Industrial engineering in the Islamic University –Gaza, Gaza Strip where he is currently a professor. He received his BSc. from the American University in Cairo, Egypt and his MSc. and Ph. D from Purdue University. His research and teaching interests are in the field of lean manufacturing, multi criteria decision making, discrete simulation and application of industrial engineering tools in different fields in developing countries especially in the industrial, agricultural, healthcare and education sectors. Currently, he holds one US patent. Prof. Agha has received many creativity and innovation awards. Further, he supervised several Master students in the construction management and MBA programs at the university. He serves in the editorial board of many journals.