Biographical note

Professor Adedeji Badiru is a Professor Emeritus of Systems Engineering and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). He was previously Professor and Head of Systems Engineering and Management at AFIT, Professor and Department Head of Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of University College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers, a Fellow of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. He is also a Program Evaluator for ABET. He has a BS in Industrial Engineering, an MS in Mathematics, an MS in Industrial Engineering from the Tennessee Technological University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. Professor Badiru is a prolific author, with over 40 books, 35 chapters, 160 journal and magazine articles, and 200 conference presentations. He is also a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies. Professor Badiru has received several worldwide awards for his professional accomplishments, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from Taylor and Francis Publishing Group in 2020.