Hermann Viets

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Hermann Viets
Born	Quedlinburg, Germany
Residence	United States
Fields	Astronautics engineer, educator, educational administrator
Institutions	Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Rhode Island, West Virginia University, Wright State University
Alma mater	New York University

Hermann Viets, Ph.D. is an astronautics engineer and president of Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is MSOE's fourth president, assuming the position in 1991.

Early life

Viets was born in Quedlinburg, Germany.

He received all three of his degrees from New York University's Polytechnic Institute: a B.S. in aerospace engineering in 1965, an M.S. in astronautics in 1966, and a doctorate in astronautics in 1970.

Career

Viets holds seven US patents.

He was Professor of Engineering at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He was a professor and Associate Dean for Research at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. the Dean of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island.

He has also been a visiting scientist, aerospace engineer and research group leader for Wright Patterson Air Force Base Aerospace Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio; and a lecturer at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels, Belgium.

External links

Biography of Hermann Viets at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Preceded by Robert R. Spitzer	President of MSOE 1991-present	Succeeded by (incumbent)

Persondata
Name	Viets, Hermann
Alternative names
Short description	President of the Milwaukee School of Engineering
Date of birth
Place of birth	Quedlinburg, Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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