Dr. Modestus O. Okwu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Technology, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Delta State Nigeria. He had three years of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship experience at the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria, part of his Doctoral research study was observed at the University of Pretoria (UP), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from FUTO and a Master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research interests include Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization; operations research and modeling; supply chain design, processes, and engineering; renewable and alternative energy; industrial safety; IoT; machine learning; artificial intelligence and robotics.