Dr. Raed Jaradat is an Associate Professor in the Management Science and Engineering Department at Khalifa University. He is also an affiliated scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Before joining Khalifa University, Dr. Jaradat was an associate professor with early promotion in the ISE Department at Mississippi State University for eight years. Dr. Jaradat is the current Director at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), the leading provider of cutting-edge continuing industrial and systems engineering education. Additionally, he serves as an Editorial Board and department Editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Dr. Jaradat received a Ph.D. in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering from Old Dominion University in 2014. Dr. Jaradat has published over one hundred forty scholarly publications, including book chapters, journal articles, and conference proceedings. His total awarded projects exceed 12 million dollars, including funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Military Academy Industry, FedEx, Toyota, Khalifa University, and other research laboratories and industries. Dr. Jaradat also receives prestigious national-level awards, such as the Best Paper for the Professional Interest Council 1 (PIC 1) at the ASEE international conference. His main research interests include systems engineering and AI, complex system exploration, big data and system of systems, virtual reality, systems simulation, systems dynamics, model-based systems engineering, reliability, and sustainability assessments (i.e., Bayesian network) with applications to diverse fields ranging from the defense environment, smart energy systems, supply chain and port systems to the manufacturing industry. His publications have appeared in several ranking journals, including the IEEE Systems Journal and the Computers & Industrial Engineering Journal.