Wolter Fabrycky, Ph.D.
Wolter Fabrycky studied Industrial Engineering, receiving his his PhD in Engineering from Oklahoma State University where he was awarded an Ethyl Corporation Doctoral Fellowship.
Wolt began as a faculty member at the University of Arkansas and continued at Oklahoma State University. He was later appointed to the Industrial Engineering faculty at Virginia Tech, where he served for 30 years. At Virginia Tech, he founded and chaired the Interdisciplinary Systems Engineering Graduate Program, served as Associate Dean of Engineering, and later became Virginia Tech's Dean of Research.
He is currently with Academic Applications International, Inc. (www.a2i2.com) and a registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas and Virginia. Over a half-century, Wolt Fabrycky received numerous engineering and systems engineering awards. He was elected Fellow in the Institute of Industrial Engineers; Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow in the International Council on Systems Engineering; and Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Education. Fabrycky received the Hotlzman Distinguished Educator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers; the Lohmann Medal from the College of Engineering at Oklahoma State; the Grant Award; the Wellington Award, Armitage Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Logistics Engineering Literature, and the INCOSE Pioneer Award with Benjamin S. Blanchard in 2000. He has served or serving on the Boards of ABET, APM, ASEE, IIE, INCOSE, and OAA. He co-authored six Prentice Hall textbooks that have appeared as two-dozen revisions and translations since 1964. Wolt served as editor of the Pearson Prentice Hall International Series in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Wolt Fabrycky founded, endowed, and is now Chairman Emeritus of Omega Alpha: the International Systems Engineering Honor Society. He initiated a Systems Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Showcase within Omega Alpha, with ten superb Systems Engineering doctoral dissertations. These provide a reliable worldwide benchmark for SE doctoral research. Wolt is past president of Alpha Pi Mu and longtime member of its Executive Council. Other honor societies to which he contributes are the Order of the Engineer, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi.