Samira Alvandi is an Industrial Engineer with a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of New South Wales. She brings over a decade of combined industry and academic experience across Australia and internationally. Her research focuses on the development of intelligent, simulation-based decision-support tools that enhance the efficiency, adaptability, and sustainability of manufacturing systems.

Dr. Alvandi’s work integrates simulation–optimisation, operations research, and digital readiness frameworks to support the transition toward Lean 4.0 and data-driven manufacturing. She is particularly interested in bridging the gap between strategic objectives and day-to-day operations, enabling organisations to align performance improvement with environmental and digital transformation goals. 

Samira is also passionate about bridging academia and industry through applied teaching, curriculum development, and educational research focused on simulation-based learning, engineering education games, and project-based learning.