Hermann Viets

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

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.

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

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