Dr. Badiru is a professor of systems engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He was previously Professor and Department Head of Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee, and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers. He is the author of over 30 books, 34 book chapters, and 80 technical journal articles. He is a member of several professional associations and scholastic honor societies.