Raed Jaradat (RJ)
Dr. raed jaradat (rj) Associate Professor Affiliated scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Management Science And Engineering

Contact Information
raed.jaradat@ku.ac.ae 023125806

Biography

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 a current Director at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering IISE (2020-present) and 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.

His main research interests include systems engineering and management systems, 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 manufacturing industry. His publications appeared in several ranking journals, including the IEEE Systems Journal and the Computers & Industrial Engineering Journal. 

Dr. Jaradat's total awarded projects exceed $ 10.5 M, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Military Academy Industry, FedEx, Toyota, and other Research Laboratories and industries. Dr. Jaradat also receives prestigious national-level awards, such as Best Paper for the Professional Interest Council 1 (PIC 1) at the ASEE international conference.


Education
  • Master of Operations Management and Research
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management ,
  • Bachelor of Business Administration

Teaching
  • Advanced Simulation (ISYE441)
  • Advanced Systems Engineering (ISYE432)
  • System of Systems
  • Logistic and Supply Chain Management
  • Economic and Statistical Analysis
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Risk Analysis and Operations Management
  • Engineering Management


Research
Research Interests
  • Research Methodology: Systems Engineering, System of systems,
  • Data Analytics: Bayesian networks, Probabilistic models, Factor analysis
  • Sustainability Analytics: Risk analysis, Reliability and resiliency assessment, Predictive maintenance
  • Pervasive Digitalization: Digital twins, AR/VR

Research Projects

Department of Defense (DoD)  

Big Data Queries in Spark SQL 

PI:  M Marufuzzaman, CoPI:  B Linkan, R Jaradat,  

Dates:  8/1/2020 – 3/1/2022                         Amount: $602,274 (Co-PI share $80,000) 

Toyota Motor Manufacturing 

ALC Production Virtual Line  

PI:  Travis Hill, CoPIs:  C Saunders, P Jones,  R Jaradat, E Salmon, A Collins, J Curtis  

Dates:  1/1/2020 – 9/1/2020                         Amount: $100,000 (Co-PI share $7,000) 

United State Military Academy/Army Coprs of Engineers

Systems Engineering Assessment  

PI:  Raed Jaradat  

Dates:  9/1/2020 – 8/30/2024                            Amount: $ 900,000 (PI share $520,000) 

Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army 

 Multi-State Resilient Reliability Methodology for System of Systems  

 PI:   R Jaradat, CoPI:  B Linkan, M Marufuzzaman 

  Dates: 6/1/2017 – 6/30/2020           Amount: $465,002 (PI share:  $267,846) 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

Research Initiation: Leveraging Systems Thinking to Enhance the Holistic Formation of Engineers (Award # 1830909)

PI:  R Jaradat, CoPI:  J Ma, L Strawderman, D Eakin 

Dates:  9/1/2018 – 8/31/2020                           Amount:  $199,961 (PI share:  $50,000) 

Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army 

Augmented and Virtual Reality Methods for Visualizing ERS TradeSpace Data  

PI:   J Swan, CoPI:  M. Hamilton, R. Jaradat, G. Hsu, R. Jones, D. Carruth, J McGinley   

Dates: 6/1/2017 – 6/30/2020                    Amount: $1, 884,169 (Co-PI share:  $40,000) 

Institute for Systems Engineering Research  

Virtual Reality and Systems Skills 

PI: R Jaradat 

 Dates:  7/1/2018 – 6/30/2019                   Amount: $47,000 (PI share:  $47,000

Viking Range Corporation (Year 1)   

Viking Line Balance 

PI:  R Jaradat, CoPI:  M Marufuzzaman 

Dates: 7 /17/18 – 12/14/18                      Amount:  $10,000 (PI share:  $5,000) 

FedEx Express 

Simulation and Analysis of Material Flow (Phase II) 

PI:  M Marufuzzaman, CoPI:  J Usher, R Jaradat, T Hill, C Saunders  

Dates:  5/1/17 –4/30/19                               Amount:  $124,405 (Co-PI share:  $9,942) 

FedEx Express 

Real- time Engineering Asset Monitoring and Management 

PI:  B Linkan, CoPI:  R Jaradat, M Marufuzzaman, H Medal 

Dates:  8/26/15 –8/26/16                             Amount:  $123,843 (Co-PI share:  $6,942) 

2018 Schilling Special Teaching  

Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality to Teach Industrial Engineering Courses  

PI:  J Ma, CoPI: R Jaradat  

 Dates: 10/2017 – 10/2018                 Amount: $2,498 (share: $1,249) 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  

 Systems Thinking Capacity (ST-CAP) Methods: Comping with Increasing Complexity (year 2&3) 

  PI:  R Jaradat 

 Dates:  6/30/18 – 6/30/2020                    Amount: $289,749 (PI share $246,385) 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

Research Initiation: Leveraging Systems Thinking to Enhance the Holistic Formation of Engineers (Award # 1830909) PI:  R Jaradat, 

Dates:  8/31/2020 – 8/31/2021               Amount:  $40,000 (extended for another year)


Additional Info

Affiliated scientist -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Director at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering IISE (2020-present)

Editorial Board and department Editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Journal 

Vacancies

PostDoc (1)

Research Associates (2)