College of Engineering
Advisory Council for Engineering member, Tech alum to receive Career Achievement in Government Award
Adedeji (Deji) Badiru, '79 B.S. industrial engineering, '81 M.S. mathematics and '82
M.S. industrial engineering, has been selected to receive the Career Achievement in
Government Award from Career Communications Group, publisher of U.S. Black Engineer
and Information Technology magazine. Badiru is dean of Air Force Institute of Technology’s
Graduate School of Engineering and Management and serves on the Advisory Council for
Engineering for Tennessee Tech’s College of Engineering. He holds a doctorate in industrial
engineering from University of Central Florida.
The peer-reviewed award will be presented in February at the 36th Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. The goal of the conference is to create connections between minority students, educators and STEM professionals while facilitating partnerships with individuals and their local STEM resources.
“Dean Badiru’s unique approach to unity at AFIT, as well as the many communities he serves, has enhanced the community by shifting the mindset toward embracing diversity. His contributions span decades of important and impactful writings, theory and model formation, philanthropic endeavors, and so much more,” Walter Jones, Ph.D., director and chancellor of the Air Force Institute of Technology, said in an AFIT press release.
Badiru’s industrial engineering career spans 35 years. He has served as dean of AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management since 2013, and is responsible for planning, directing, and controlling operations related to granting doctoral and master’s degrees, professional continuing cyber education, and research and development programs. He joined AFIT in 2006 to lead its Systems and Engineering Management department.
Badiru is also a recipient of the Taylor & Francis Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant and pioneering contributions in the field of industrial and systems engineering and for his extensive publication record including books, book chapters, and also serving as the series editor or co-series editor of the Systems Innovation Book Series, the Environmental and Occupational Health Series, and the Analytics and Control Series. He has written or co-authored more than 35 books, 30 book chapters, 130 journal and magazine articles and more than 200 conference presentations.
Read the full story in the Dayton Daily News here.