Richard J. Mayer is an American engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

, President of Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., known as lead engineer and principal investigator on the projects of developing part of the IDEF

IDEF

IDEF, 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 language

Modeling language

A modeling language is any artificial language that can be used to express information or knowledge or systems in a structure that is defined by a consistent set of rules...

s in the field of software

Software engineering

Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

 and systems engineering

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...

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Mayer received a PhD and worked for years at the Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

, College Station, TX. He was the lead engineer during the development of the information and data modeling methods IDEF1 and IDEF1X

IDEF1X

IDEF1X is a data modeling language for the developing of semantic data models. IDEF1X is used to produce a graphical information model which represents the structure and semantics of information within an environment or system.IDEF1X permits the construction of semantic data models which may serve...

 while at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. In 1988 he cofounded Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI), College Station, Texas. KBSI was the prime contractor for the Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering

Integrated Computer-aided manufacturing

Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing is a US Air Force program to develop tools, techniques, and processes to support manufacturing integration and has influenced the computer-integrated manufacturing and computer-aided manufacturing project efforts of many companies.The ICAM program was...

 (IICE) project, funded by Armstrong Laboratory, Logistics Research Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Richard J. Mayer was the Principal Investigator on the projects of developing IDEF3

IDEF3

IDEF3, officially named a Integrated DEFinition for Process Description Capture Method, is a business process modelling method complementary to IDEF0...

, IDEF4

IDEF4

IDEF4, officially named Integrated DEFinition for Object-Oriented Design, is an object-oriented design modeling language for the design of component-based client/server systems. It has been designed to support smooth transition from the application domain and requirements analysis models to the...

 en IDEF6

IDEF6

IDEF6 or Integrated Definition for Design Rationale Capture is a method to facilitate the acquisition, representation, and manipulation of the design rationale used in the development of enterprise systems. This method that wants to define the motives that drive the decision-making process is still...

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Publications

Mayer has published several books and articles.
A selection:

• 1990. Conflict management : the courage to confront. Columbus, Ohio : Battelle Press. ISBN 0935470514
• 1991. IDEF6: A Design Rationale Capture Method Concept Paper With Patricia A. Griffith & Christopher P. Menzel. Defense Technical Information Center.
• 1992. IDEF4 object-oriented design method report. Armstrong Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command.
• 1993. Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE): IDEF3 Process Description Capture Method Report. Logistics Research Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
• 1995. Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE) Compendium of methods report. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7604.