Professor Badiru is Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, USA Air
Force Institute of Technology. While serving as Dean, he had oversight for planning, directing,
and controlling operations related to granting doctoral and master’s degrees for the US Air Force.
He was previously Head of Systems Engineering at AFIT, Head of Industrial Engineering at the
University of Tennessee, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Dean of the University
College at the University of Oklahoma. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a certified Project
Management Professional, a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers, a Fellow
of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society, a Fellow of the Institute for
Operations Research and Management Science, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of
Engineering. He is a prolific author and mentor. Professor Badiru, a world-renowned educator, has
won several awards for teaching, research, and administration. He is the 2020 recipient of the
Lifetime Achievement Award from Taylor and Francis. He was a member of the AFIT team that
won the 2019 US Air Force Organizational Excellence Award. He won the 2024 Donald G.
Newnan National Engineering Economy Teaching Excellence Award from the American Society
for Engineering Education. He also received the 2024 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Distinguished Alumnus award.