Hermann Viets
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 As
the President of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Hermann
Viets has presided over some of the most ambitious capital
projects in the school's history and thus substantially
increased the size and quality of the campus "footprint."
But Viets' proudest contribution isn't measured in bricks and
mortar: it's a far less tangible commodity of helping students
gain a global perspective through several international
programs, especially the program with Lübeck University of
Applied Sciences in Germany. In this program, MSOE's
electrical engineering and, more recently, business students may
attend for a year, taking classes in their major as well as
German language and culture. When participants graduate,
they receive degrees from both institutions.Under Viets'
presidency, the university created a number of two-degree
programs; introduced new master's programs in environmental
engineering, structural engineering, medical informatics (a
joint program with the Medical College of Wisconsin) and the
first graduate perfusion program in the country; and established
new B.S. programs in construction management, nursing and
software engineering.
Viets is the former Dean of Engineering at the University of
Rhode Island, where he and John Grandin collaborated on the
development of URI's International Engineering Program (IEP).
His German heritage, bilingualism, and international research
connections helped lay the basis for this program, through which
students complete both an engineering BS and a BA in German,
French or Spanish.
Dr. Viets received a master's degree and his doctorate in
astronautics from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York.
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