List of systems engineers

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.

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* 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.

* William H. McCumber; Fellow of [INCOSE] , President of [http://www.ertin.com EagleRidge Technologies] , Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland University College ( [http://www.umuc.edu UMUC] ), 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 Oberth (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 Braun.

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* Bradford Parkinson is an American professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Stanford University. 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 Ramo (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 missile (ICBM).

* Eberhardt Rechtin (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 is a systems engineer for Boeing, and past president in 1998 of INCOSE.

* 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 Shea, systems engineer on the Titan I ballistic missile, and head of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. [NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/SheaJF/SheaJF_Bio.pdf "Biographical Data Sheet - Joseph Francis Shea"] . 16 July 1998.]

* 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 Wymore (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. Warfield (1926) is an American electrical engineering and systems scientist, and member of the Academic Committee of the International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

* Kevin Warwick (1954) is Professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading. He is best known for his implant research linking humans and technology as a system.

See also

* Engineering
* List of engineers - for lists of engineers from other disciplines.
* List of systems scientists
* People in systems and control
* List of systems engineering at universities

References