Benjamin S. Blanchard

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Benjamin Seaver Blanchard, Jr. (July 20, 1929 ? July 11, 2019) was an American systems engineer and Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech , who was awarded the INCOSE Pioneer Award jointly with Wolt Fabrycky as "practitioner, teacher, and advocate of Systems Engineering." [1] [2]

Biography [ edit ]

Blanchard received his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine in 1951, and did some graduate coursework in Electrical Engineering . In 1969, he received his MBA from the University of Rochester as part of an Executive Development Program. [1]

In the early 1950s, Blanchard started working at U.S. Air Force , where he became electronics maintenance officer. In 1953, he moved to industry working as engineer in the fields of design, field service, staff and management with Boeing Commercial Airplanes , Sanders Associates , Bendix Corporation , and General Dynamics . In 1970, he was appointed Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech , where he served until his retirement in 1997. [3] At Virginia Tech Blanchard has been Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, and he has been Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter .

Blanchard has been president of the International Society of Logistics , and in 2000 was awarded the INCOSE Pioneer Award for his contributions as "practitioner, teacher, and advocate of Systems Engineering. His service, as a team member with Dr. Wolt Fabrycky, allowed them to articulate the principles and objectives of Systems Engineering in a manner that conveys the tremendous potential and value added by this discipline.". [1]

Ben passed after a brief illness on July 11. 2019, at his residence in Charlottesville, Virginia, surrounded by his family.

Publications [ edit ]

Blanchard has authored and co-authored several textbooks and numerous articles. [1] A selection:

  • Blanchard, Benjamin S., and Wolter J. Fabrycky . Systems engineering and analysis. 5th Ed . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.
  • Blanchard, Benjamin S. Design and manage to life cycle cost . Oregon: M/A Press, 1978.
  • Fabrycky, Wolter J. , and Benjamin S. Blanchard. Life-cycle cost and economic analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991.
  • Blanchard, Benjamin S. Maintainability: A key to effective serviceability and maintenance management . Vol. 13. John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
  • Blanchard, Benjamin S. System engineering management . Vol. 4. Wiley, 2003.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d INCOSE Fellow Ben Blanchard Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine at sie.arizona.edu . Accessed October 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "In memoriam: Benjamin S. Blanchard Jr., professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering" . Virginia Tech News . Retrieved 7 January 2020 .
  3. ^ Benjamin S. Blanchard Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine at ise.vt.edu . Accessed October 1, 2013.

External links [ edit ]

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