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There is an urgent need to develop robust strategies to respond to and leverage new and emerging technologies, particularly those based on Artificial Intelligence. An Industrial Engineering's systems-focused approach offers the best mechanism to address this urgent global need.
List of contents
1. Technology and Systems In A Changing World. 2. Industrial engineering Foundation for Technology Efficiency and Effectiveness. 3. Pervasiveness of AI Technology. 4. AI Control of Complex Systems. 5. Modeling of Kanban Production Systems. 6. Time as a Critical Factor of Production. 7. Technology and Innovation Adoption Template. 8. AI Technology and Predictive Maintenance. 9. Cluster Analysis: A Tool for Technology Management. 10. DEJI Systems Model: A Tool for Industrial Engineering. 11. Back to the Case Study of Space Shuttle Challenger: Technology Decision Disaster. 12. Appendix: 2024 Progress Report on UN's SDGs.
About the author
Adedeji B. 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 with AFIT, head of Industrial Engineering with the University of Tennessee, and professor of Industrial Engineering and dean of the University College with the University of Oklahoma. He is currently a registered professional engineer, a certified project management professional, a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and 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 been the recipient of several awards for teaching, research, and administration. He was a member of the AFIT team that won the US Air Force Organizational Excellence Award in 2019. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Taylor & Francis Group in 2020, the Donald G. Newnan National Engineering Economy Teaching Excellence Award from the American Society for Engineering Education in 2024, and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Distinguished Alumnus award in 2024.
