Ghaith Rabadi is the graduate program director and a professor at the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training. Formerly he was a professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Old Dominion University and is the former vice president for research and development at Princess Sumaya University for Technology. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in industrial engineering from UCF in 1999 and 1996 respectively, and his B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Jordan in 1992. Prior to joining the faculty at Old Dominion as an assistant professor in 2002, he was a postdoctoral scholar on NASA-funded projects for one year and a visiting assistant professor at the UCF Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems for another year.  He also worked as a research director at Productivity Apex, a modeling and simulation company based in Orlando. 

He has published two books and numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He received the NASA Faculty Fellowship and he worked at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia as a faculty fellow. He was awarded the NASA Software Invention Award and the NASA Board Action Invention Award. His research has been funded by NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Virginia Port Authority, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, MITRE Corporation, STIHL, CACI, Sentara Hospitals and Qatar Foundation. He received the Fulbright Specialist Program award. His research and teaching interests include planning and scheduling, operations research, simulation modeling and analysis, and supply chain management and logistics. He is a co-founder and the chief editor for the International Journal of Planning and Scheduling.

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida
• M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Jordan