Polinpapilinho F. Katina is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems at the University of South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA). He has served in various capacities at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), The University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama, USA), and Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York, USA).
Dr. Katina holds B.S. in Engineering Technology, M.Eng. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA). He received additional training at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy).
Teaching and research interests revolve around topics of Complex System Governance, Critical Infrastructure Systems, Decision Making and Analysis, Emerging Technologies (e.g., IoT), Energy Systems (Smart Grids), Engineering Management, Infranomics, Manufacturing Systems, System of Systems, Systems Engineering, Systems Pathology, Systems Theory, and Systems Thinking.
His profile includes more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has also co-authored eleven (11) books. He has published in over 21 peer-reviewed journals with high impact and visibility. He is a recipient of several awards, including the 2020 IAA Social Sciences Book Award (IAA: International Academy of Astronautics).
He is a Senior Member of IEEE and Epsilon Mu Eta (Engineering Management Honor Society), ABET Program Evaluator, and journal editor for several journals, including Advanced Manufacturing (ELSP), Control and Engineering of Complex Systems Frontiers in Complex Systems (Frontiers Media SA), Cureus Journal of Engineering (Springer/Nature), Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (John Wiley), International Journal of Critical Infrastructures (Inderscience), and International Journal of System of Systems Engineering (Inderscience).