Dr Pavel Albores

Lecturer

Operations & Information Management Group

Phone:+44(0)121 204 3262
Email: p.albores@aston.ac.uk
Room: ABS254

Education

PhD, University of Strathclyde, 2007. Subject: Simulation of the effect of e-business on business processes.
MSc, University of Strathclyde, 2000. Subject: Management of competitive manufacturing.
BSc, Universidad de las Americas - Puebla, 1996. Subject: Chemical and Industrial Engineering.

Background

Pavel Albores joined Aston in September 2004. Pavel recently receive his PhD and is a graduate of the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla (Mexico), where he gained a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. He worked for Xerox Mexicana Manufacturing as a materials engineer before joining the University of Strathclyde where he gained a M.Sc. in Management of Competitive Manufacturing (MCM). He has participated in research projects in the areas of knowledge management and supply chain management. Has acted as consultant in the area of manufacturing simulation. His current interests are Manufacturing Simulation, Business Processes, e-business, Supply Chains and networked organisations and Information Technology in the manufacturing context.

Teaching

BN2225 (UG) FOM2 Business Game
BN2289 (UG) Enterprise Resource Planning
BN3324 (UG) Simulation
BN3372 (UG) Supply Chain Management
BNM804 (PG) Enterprise Resource Planning

Research Interests:

Business Process Simulation
Supply Chain Management
Performance Measurement
Emergency Response
Mass Evacuations
Knowledge Management
Research Methodology

Professional Positions

Academic

Lecturer, Aston Business School. (May 2007 - Present)
Research Fellow, Aston Business School. (September 2004 - May 2007)
Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde. (September 2002 - May 2003)
Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde. (February 2002 - June 2002)

Professional

Materials Engineering, Xerox Mexicana Manufacturing. (June 1997 - September 1999)

Professional Memberships

Member, ACM SIGSIM, (2005 - Present)
Member, Production and Operations Management Society, (2005 - Present)
Member, Operational Research Society, (2004 - Present)
Member, European Association of Operations Management, (2002 - Present)
Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology, (2001 - Present)
Member, Institute of Operations Management.

Consulting

Academic, LG Davies (2011)
Consultancy, LG Davies (2010)
Research, William King Ltd (2010)
Consultancy, Experior Technical Services (2009)
Consultancy, Sturge (2007)
Consultancy, Blairs of Scotland (2006)
Research, Scottish Power (2006)
Consultancy, Allied Distillers (2005)
Consultancy, Fire and Rescue Services (2005)
Research/Consultancy, Highland Spring (2005)
Research, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (2005)
Research, Simpson Labels (2005)

Administrative Roles and Responsibilities

Chair, Personal Computer Working Party (PCWP), School.

Funding and Reseach Grants

2004: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK: Government preparedness for terrorist incidents using simulation modelling. (with Shaw)

2008: European Comission. Emergency Responsiveness in Government Organisations (ERGO). (With Shaw and Tissington

Recent Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Nagarajan, M., Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P. (2010). Informal dissemination scenarios and the effectiveness of evacuation warning dissemination of households: A simulation study. Procedia Engineering, 3, 139-152.

Dey, P., Ho, W., Albores-Barajas, P., Bennett, D. (2009) Technology and business integration (editorial). Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 21(5), 583-586.

Albores-Barajas, P., Shaw, D. (2008) Government preparedness: Using simulation to prepare for a terrorist attack. Computers & Operations Research, 35(6), 1924-1943.

Authored Books

Albores-Barajas, P., Bennett, D., Clegg, B., Greasley, A. (2006) Technology and Global Integration. Proceedings of Second European Conference on Management of Technology Aston Business School & IAMOT. Birmingham: Aston Business School.

Book Chapters

Albores-Barajas, P. (2007). What's on your Ipod?: Using podcasts as a learning aid. Good Practice Guide in Learning and Teaching. Vol 4 (pp. 33-39) Birmingham: Quality Unit Aston Business School.

Official Reports

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Brussels interim feedback report. Crisis Centre of the Belgium Government. Belgium.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Bulgaria interim feedback report. Ministry of the Interior. Bulgaria.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Denmark interim feedback report. National Operations & Emergency Management Centre, Danish National Police, Denmark.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Hamburg (Germany) interim feedback report. Ministry of Interior, Hamburg, Germany.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Iceland interim feedback report. Department of Civil Protection & Emergency Management, Office of the National Commissioner of Police, Iceland.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Japan interim feedback report. Ministry of Interior and Shizuoka Prefecture Government, Japan.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Poland interim feedback report. Headquarters of Police, Krakow, Poland.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Spain interim feedback report. Cadiz, Spain.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: Sweden interim feedback report. Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Karlstad, Sweden.

Shaw, D., Albores-Barajas, P., Tissington, P., Anson, S., Kailiponi, P., Nagarajan, M. (2010) Evacuation responsiveness by Government Organisations: United Kingdom interim feedback report. The Metropolitan Police and Government for London.