Prior to joining IPFW faculty, he taught at The George Washington University’s Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (Washington, DC), and at Morehead State University’s Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. His research interests include Systems-of-Systems modeling and simulation, enterprise architecture and architectural frameworks (DODAF, TOGAF), and nonlinear dynamics. Dr. Alavizadeh received his B.S. in Physics from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) and his PhD. in Technology Management from Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN).