Dr. Ali Nouri Qarahasanlou works as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering Department of Faculty of Technical and Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran. He holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the IKIU, Iran, in the area of Mining Engineering. He received his M.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the University of Tehran, Shahrood university of technology, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. His research interests include reliability and risk analysis and management, operation and maintenance engineering, environment effects analysis, technology and innovation, risk-based inspection, resilience, sustainable development, lean management and risk-based maintenance, logistic and spare parts management. He has published around 50 papers in national/international journals and conference proceedings.