Radu F. Babiceanu
- Title
- Professor and Program Coordinator for Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- babicear@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept
- College
- College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Aviation/aerospace domain: Cybersecurity and safety-critical systems assurance and certification; Cyber, operational, and human/organizational resilience; AI/ML approaches to enhanced operations
Manufacturing as-a-service and networked supply chain operations: Virtual operations, digital twins; Formal modeling and verification; Secure manufacturing and logistics operations
Biography
Dr. Radu Babiceanu is a Professor of Systems Engineering with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, Florida. He also serves as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Assured Systems Engineering (CyBASE) Center and Program Coordinator for the following graduate programs: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering, and Master of Science in Systems Engineering.
Dr. Babiceanu received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005. At ERAU, Dr. Babiceanu teaches systems engineering courses, such as System Architecture Design, System Quality Assurance, and System Safety and Certification. He also developed and delivered short training courses for industry in the area of system safety engineering and certification. His research interests are in the aviation and aerospace systems domain, with emphasize in cybersecurity and safety-critical systems assurance and certification, aviation datalink communications, formal modeling and verification, and AI/ML approaches to enhanced operations. In the recent years, Dr. Babiceanu has worked on grants and contracts sponsored by both the federal government and the aviation industry covering aviation/aircraft safety and security, cybersecurity workforce development, and engineering education.
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Currently Teaching
- CS 800: Dissertation
- CS 699: Special Topics in Comp Science
- SYS 610: Sys Architecture Dsgn Modeling
- SYS 625: System Quality Assurance
- SYS 690: Systems Engineering Project
Courses Taught
SYS 304 Trade Studies, Risk, and Decision Analysis
SYS 500 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
SYS 505 System Safety and Certification
SYS 530 System Requirements Analysis and Modeling
SYS 610 System Architecture Design and Modeling
SYS 625 System Quality Assurance
SYS 660 Organizational Systems Management