INCOSE Fellow Yacov Haimes

Earned Degrees and Professional Certifications
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1970 (Large Scale Systems Engineering)
M.S. University of California, Los Angeles, 1967 (Systems Engineering)
B.S. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1964 (Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry)
P.E. Registered Professional Eng., State of Ohio, 1974; Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986
Positions Held
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia: June/1987-Present
June/1987- Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Systems Engineering Department
(and Civil Engineering Dept. since l990)
June/1987 - Founding Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: Feb/1970-May/1987
July/1976-May/1987 Prof. of Systems & Civil Engineering, Case Institute of Technology
July/1983-June/1986 Chairman, Systems Engineering Department
Dec/1980-Dec/1984 Director, Center for Large Scale Systems and Policy Analysis
Sep/1977-Aug/1978 American Geophysical Union/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow
Sep/1977-Dec/1977 Executive Office of the President, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Staffer
Jan/1978-Aug/1978 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, Staffer
July/1972-May/1987 Director, Water Resources Systems Engineering Program
July/1971-June/1976 Associate Professor of Systems Engineering
Feb/1970-June/1971 Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles, California: Feb/1966-Jan/1970
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the 1997 Warren A. Hall Medal, Universities Council on Water Resources
Recipient of the "Friends of UCOWR" Award, Universities Council on Water Resources, 1997
Recipient of the 1995 Georg Cantor Award from the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making
Recipient of the 1994 IEEE-SMC Outstanding Contribution Award
Recipient of the l99l Universities Council on Water Resources Public Service Award
Recipient of the l990 ASCE Water Resources Planning & Mgmt. Division, Outstanding Research-Oriented Paper Award
Fellow, The International Council on Systems Engineering, since 2000
Fellow, The Society for Risk Analysis, since l992
Fellow, The American Water Resources Association, since 1987
Fellow, The International Water Resources Association, since 1985
Fellow, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, since 1981
Fellow, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, since 1980
Fellow, The American Society of Civil Engineers, since 1979
Case Centennial Scholar, Case Institute of Technology, 1980
The First American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellow (1977-78)
Recipient of the 1976 Sigma Xi Distinguished Research Award, Case Western Reserve University
Awarded the Ph.D. Degree with Distinction from UCLA, 1970
The Tau Beta Pi Association, member since 1968
The Society of Sigma Xi, member since 1968
Memberships
AWRA (since 1966); IEEE (since 1968); ORSIS (since 1968); AGU (since 1969); ORSA (since 1970); ASCE (since
1972); IWRA(since 1975); Society for Risk Analysis (since 1981); ASEE (since 1987); ASIS (since 1997)
Selected High Offices Held in Professional Societies
President (1998), Society for Risk Analysis; Councilor, 1994-present
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1979-present
Associate Editor, Reliability Engineering and Systems Safety, l990-present
Associate Editor, Risk Analysis, 1991-present
Vice President for Technical Activities, IEEE-SMC, l990-1991; Vice President for Publications, IEEE-SMC, 1992-1993
Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Holcomb Research Institute, 1985-1988
Member, Oil and Gas Regulatory Commission, State of Ohio; Chairman, Regulatory Committee, 1986-87
Charter Member, Board on Water Science and Technology, National Research Council, 1982-1984
Chairman, UNESCO/IHP Working Group on Water Resources Planning, 1980-1987; panel member, 1991-1996
President, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), 1984-85; Vice President,1983-84
President, Ohio Section, Am. Water Resources Association 1973-74
Publications
Author/Co-author of five books; Editor/Co-editor of seventeen volumes;
Author of the most recent book: Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Author/Co-author of over 200 editorials and technical publications, over 140 of which are in archival-refereed journals and prestigious encyclopedias

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