List of systems engineers
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This is a list of notable systems engineers, people who were trained in or practice Systems Engineering
, and made notable contributions to this field in theory or practice.
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...
, and made notable contributions to this field in theory or practice.
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- Genrich AltshullerGenrich AltshullerGenrikh Saulovich Altshuller , was a Soviet engineer, inventor, scientist, journalist and writer. He is most notable for the creation of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, better known by its Russia acronym TRIZ...
(1926-1998) was a Russian engineer and scientist. Inventor of the TRIZTRIZTRIZ is "a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature". It was developed by the Soviet inventor and science fiction author Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues, beginning in 1946...
(in English: "TIPS" ;Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) and ARIZ methodologies.
- Arnaldo Maria AngeliniArnaldo Maria AngeliniArnaldo Maria Angelini was an Italian scientist, known for contributions in the development of nuclear generating stations as well as hydro and pumped hydro stations, and the improvement of Italy's transmission and distribution systems...
(-2002) was an Italian professor, and also worked at National Electric Power Systems of ItalyEnel (energy)Enel S.p.A. is an Italian energy provider, the third-largest in Europe by market capitalization...
. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and Emeritus Professor at the University of Rome. In 1986 he received the Simon Ramo Medal for technical and managerial leadership in the integration of the Italian electric power system and for contributions to education in Systems Science and Engineering.
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- David G. Beshore: (1949- ) past president from 1998 to 2000 of the Los Angeles, CA Chapter of INCOSE. Senior Project Engineer for major aerospace companies in the fields of systems, software, Distributed control systems, LASERs, Energy Conversion, and the Atlas V Launch vehicle. Co-author of the CMMI. Author of several papers in Object-Oriented Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Synchro-X Product Life Cycle Management Model, knowledge engineering, solar power, alternative fuels, and Chemical lasers. Five(5) U.S. patents.
- Benjamin Blanchard; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, SE educator, author of texts on Systems Engineering and related disciplines.
- James Brill: past president in 1995 of INCOSE.
- Wernher von BraunWernher von BraunWernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.A former member of the Nazi party,...
, chief architect of the Saturn VSaturn VThe Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. A multistage liquid-fueled launch vehicle, NASA launched 13 Saturn Vs from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with no loss of crew or payload...
launch vehicle.
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- Boris ChertokBoris ChertokBoris Evseyevich Chertok is a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. Author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program.-Books...
; Rocket Space Corporation "Energy", Moscow, Russia. 2004 Simon Ramo Medal winner for significant contributions to systems engineering and technical leadership of control systems design for the orbiting space station MirMirMir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
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- Harold ChestnutHarold ChestnutHarold Chestnut was an American electrical engineer, who contributed to the development of the fields of control theory and systems engineering.- Biography :...
(1918-2001) was an American electrical engineer and systems engineer, and the first president of the International Federation of Automatic ControlInternational Federation of Automatic ControlThe International Federation of Automatic Control , founded in September 1957, is a multinational federation of , each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic control in its own country.The aim of the Federation is to promote the science and technology of...
(IFAC).
- John R. ClymerJohn R. ClymerJohn R. Clymer is an American systems engineer, and professor of electrical engineering and systems engineering at California State University, Fullerton .- Biography :...
(1942-Present) is a researcher, practitioner, and teacher in the field of systems engineering who was named INCOSE Fellow this year at IS 2008. He is a well-known expert in conceiving, engineering, and demonstrating computeraided design tools for context-sensitive, self-adaptive systems. He has been a member of INCOSE since the organizations origination.
- Donald A. CogganDonald A. CogganDonald A. Coggan is an American engineer and consultant in the field of value engineering. As a published author he has made notable contributions to his field and become a recognized expert in value engineering.- Biography :...
(1945(?)) is an American engineer and consultant in the field of value engineering. He developed the Intelligent Building Database in 1985, which identified the services that an intelligent building could offer, as well as the technology that would be required for these services. The database also identified which national and international markets were best suited for these services.
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- Kitaw EjiguKitaw EjiguKitaw Ejigu was an Ethiopian-American scientist who worked for NASA as Chief of Spacecraft and Satellite Systems engineer. He was also a political leader....
(1948-2006) was an Ethiopian-American NASA's chief Spacecraft and satellite Systems engineer and research scientist for Rockwell International and Boeing Company, a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer. He collabrated with other scientists to create space shuttle and rockets that assisted in planetary science research and exploration. Among his greatest achievements while in NASA and Boeing are his innovative creations of the Global Positioning System or GPS and a revolutionary and dynamic flight simulator for Boeing Company.
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- Wolt Fabrycky; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, SE Educator, author of texts on Systems Engineering and related disciplines.
- Kevin Forsberg.
- George Friedman (Systems engineer) Past president in 1994 of INCOSE
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- Tom GilbTom GilbTom Gilb is an American systems engineer, consultant, and author, known for the development of software metric, software inspection, and evolutionary processes.- Biography :...
(1940) is an American systems engineer and inventor of Planguage and Evolutionary Project Management.
- Harry H. GoodeHarry H. GoodeHarry H. Goode was an American computer engineer and systems engineer and professor at the University of Michigan. He is known as co-author of the book Systems Engineering from 1957, which is one of the earliest significant books directly related to systems engineering.-Biography:Harry Goode was...
(1909-1960) was an American computer engineer and systems engineer and was professor at University of Michigan. Until his death he was president of the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC). With Robert Engel Machol he wrote the famous System Engineering Handbook.
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- Arthur David Hall IIIArthur David Hall IIIArthur David Hall III was an American electrical engineer and a pioneer in the field of systems engineering. He is known as author of a widely used engineering textbook "A Methodology for Systems Engineering" from 1962.- Biography :Hall attended Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. He...
(1925-2006) was an American electrical engineer. He worked for years at Bell Labs. He was one of the founders of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
and was among the first general systems theorists. He wrote A methodology of Systems Engineering from 1962.
- David Heebner; Consultant, McLean, VA. 2003 Simon Ramo Medal for leadership in introducing towed line array sonar systems for long range detection of submarines.
- Derek HitchinsDerek HitchinsDerek K. Hitchins is a British systems engineer and was professor in engineering management, in command & control and in systems science at Cranfield University at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.- Biography :...
. (1932 (?)) is a British systems engineer and was professor in engineering managementEngineering managementEngineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...
, in command & control and in systems scienceSystems scienceSystems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...
at the Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, England.
- Eric Honour Past president in 1997 of INCOSE.
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- Gwilym JenkinsGwilym JenkinsGwilym Meirion Jenkins was a Welsh statistician and systems engineer, born in Gowerton , Swansea, Wales. He is most notable for his pioneering work with George Box on autoregressive moving average models, also called Box-Jenkins models, in time-series analysis.He earned a first class honors degree...
(1933-1982) was a British statistician and systems engineer. He was professor of Systems Engineering, Lancaster UniversityLancaster UniversityLancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
, and best known for the Box-JenkinsBox-JenkinsIn time series analysis, the Box–Jenkins methodology, named after the statisticians George Box and Gwilym Jenkins, applies autoregressive moving average ARMA or ARIMA models to find the best fit of a time series to past values of this time series, in order to make forecasts.-Modeling approach:The...
methodology for fitting time seriesTime seriesIn statistics, signal processing, econometrics and mathematical finance, a time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times spaced at uniform time intervals. Examples of time series are the daily closing value of the Dow Jones index or the annual flow volume of the...
models.
- Philip John (SE) PhD; Professor of Systems Engineering, Cranfield UniversityCranfield UniversityCranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...
. Formerly Head of Systems Engineering for major international company; President of INCOSE UK 2003-04.
- Clarence "Kelly" JohnsonClarence JohnsonClarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. As a member and first team leader of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Johnson worked for more than four decades and is said to have been an "organizing genius"...
(1910-1990) was an American aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, who worked for LockheedLockheed CorporationThe Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company. Lockheed was founded in 1912 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995.-Origins:...
for more than four decades, playing a leading role in the design of over forty aircraft, and acquiring a reputation as one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design engineers of the 20th century.
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- Rudolf Emil Kalman (1930) is an American-Hungarian mathematical system theorist, who is an electrical engineer by training.
- George KlirGeorge KlirGeorge Jiri Klir is a Czech-American computer scientist and professor of systems sciences at the Center for Intelligent Systems at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York.- Biography :...
(1932) is a Czech-American computer scientist and professor of systems sciences at the Center for Intelligent Systems at the Binghamton University in New York. Author of several texts on systems, including Architecture of Systems Problem Solving.
- Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the Russian rocket and space systems designer beating the Americans during the Cold War times "space race" by Sputnik and putting the first man in space (Gagarin). His rocket and capsula designs are in principle still in use for supplying the International Space Station (Proton, Soyuz).
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- Jerome Lake; First president in 1992 of INCOSE.
- Robert J. Lano, systems engineer at TRWTRWTRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting. It was a pioneer in multiple fields including electronic components, integrated circuits, computers, software and systems engineering. TRW built many spacecraft,...
corporation, and originator of the N2 chart.
- Virginia Lentz; Past president in 1996 of INCOSE.
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- Robert Engel Machol (1917-1998) was an American systems engineer and expert in the fields of operations research and systems engineering.
- Brian Mar; Professor emeritus of Civil and Systems Engineering at the University of Washington, and past president in 1993 of INCOSE.
- Richard J. MayerRichard J. MayerRichard J. Mayer is an American engineer, President of Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., known as lead engineer and principal investigator on the projects of developing part of the IDEF family of modeling languages in the field of software and systems engineering.Mayer received a PhD and worked for...
(1939) is an American engineer, lead engineer and principal investigator on the projects of developing part of the IDEFIDEFIDEF, an abbreviation of Integration Definition, refers to a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering. They cover a wide range of uses, from functional modeling to data, simulation, object-oriented analysis/design and knowledge acquisition. These "definition...
family of modeling languages
- William H. McCumber; Fellow of [INCOSE], President of EagleRidge Technologies, Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Graduate School of Management and Engineering, retired from IBM Federal Systems and Loral/Lockheed; deceased 2003.
- Harold Mooz; INCOSE Systems Engineering Pioneer (2001). Author of Visualizing Project Management (1996), Communicating Project Management (2003) and contributing author to The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects (2004). Recipient of the CIA Seal Medallion.
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- Hermann OberthHermann OberthHermann Julius Oberth was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics.- Early life :...
(1894-1989); Romanian/German space pioneer, derived basic rocket equations and described in principle all features of rockets and space stations still valid today (June 1923 he published his book "Die Rakete zu den Planetenraeumen", in 1929 "Wege zur Raumschiffahrt"). He was also mentor of Wernher von BraunWernher von BraunWernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.A former member of the Nazi party,...
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- Bradford ParkinsonBradford ParkinsonBradford Parkinson is an American engineer and inventor, and United States Air Force colonel best known as the father of the Global Positioning System....
is an American professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Simon Ramo Medal for leading the concept development and the reduction to practice the satellite-based, worldwide navigation system known as the global positioning system (GPS).
- Philip M'Pherson; First head of 'systems engineering' at MIT in 1955.
- Ken Ptack; Jet pilot and systems engineer, and past president in 1999 of INCOSE.
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- Simon RamoSimon RamoSimon "Si" Ramo is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile...
(1913) is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the Intercontinental ballistic missileIntercontinental ballistic missileAn intercontinental ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a long range typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery...
(ICBM).
- Eberhardt RechtinEberhardt RechtinEberhardt Rechtin was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture.- Biography :...
(1926-2006) was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture .
- Donna H. Rhodes; Researcher and senior lecturer in the Engineering Systems Division at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and past president in 2000 of INCOSE.
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- Andrew Sage; School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University. 2000 Simon Ramo Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of systems engineering. Series Editor of a textbook series on Systems Engineering and Management for John Wiley & Son.
- William Schoening (Dec. 31, 1942-Nov. 5, 2011) was a systems engineer and Technical Fellow at Boeing, and past president (1998) and Fellow of INCOSE.
- Robert SeamansRobert SeamansRobert Channing Seamans, Jr. was a NASA Deputy Administrator and MIT professor.-Birth and education:He was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Pauline and Robert Seamans. His great-great-grandfather was Otis Tufts...
was a NASA Deputy Administrator and MIT professor.
- Wade H. Shaw; Professor of Engineering of Systems at the Florida Institute of Technology and Editor of the Engineering Management Review. Fellow of the IEEE.
- Joseph Francis SheaJoseph Francis SheaJoseph Francis Shea was an American aerospace engineer and NASA manager. Born in the New York City borough of the Bronx, he was educated at the University of Michigan, receiving a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics in 1955...
, systems engineer on the Titan ITitan IThe Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage ICBM . Incorporating the latest design technology when designed and manufactured, the Titan I provided an additional nuclear deterrent to complement the U.S. Air Force's SM-65 Atlas missile...
ballistic missile, and head of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office.
- Nikolai Sheremetevsky; Advisor to Director, All Russia Institute for Electromechanics. 2004 Simon Ramo Medal for significant contributions to systems engineering and technical leadership of control systems design for the orbiting space station Mir.
- John Snoderly; Past president of INCOSE from 2002-2004.
- Heinz Stoewer; Professor Systems Engineering and past president of INCOSE from 2004 to 2005.
- Edward Sussengeth; System engineering at IBM Corporation. In 1989 he received the Simon Ramo Medal for system engineering of a major computer communication network.
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- A. Wayne WymoreA. Wayne WymoreA. Wayne Wymore was an American mathematician and systems engineer. He gained both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Iowa State University, and his PhD in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
(1927) is an American mathematician and systems engineer. He is founder and first Chairman of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department at the University of Arizona. He was also one of the first Fellows of International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).
- John N. WarfieldJohn N. WarfieldJohn Nelson Warfield is an American systems scientist, who was professor and director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences at George Mason University.- Biography :...
(1926) is an American electrical engineering and systems scientist, and member of the Academic Committee of the International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
- Kevin WarwickKevin WarwickKevin Warwick is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom...
(1954) is Professor of cybernetics at the University of ReadingUniversity of ReadingThe University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
. He is best known for his implant research linking humans and technology as a system.
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