Bill Scherer

Education

• B.S. University of Virginia, 1980
• M.E. University of Virginia, 1981
• Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1986

William T. Scherer is an expert in systems engineering, stochastic control, and business analytics. Professor Scherer has served on the University of Virginia Systems Engineering Program faculty since 1986. He also consults with numerous organizations on the topics of systems thinking and business analytics applied to disparate organizations. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications (journal and conference papers, business cases, and book chapters) on intelligent decision support systems, transportation systems, stochastic control, and systems thinking. His current research focuses on systems engineering methodology, financial engineering and intelligent transportation systems. His co-authored book, How To Do Systems Analysis, was published by Wiley in 2007, and a follow-on book, How to Do Systems Analysis: Primer and Casebook, was also published by Wiley in 2016. He has strong interests in engineering education and has published papers on curriculum and pedagogy, and was awarded an Outstanding University of Virginia Faculty Award in 2007. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business in 2001-2002 and President of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Society 2007-2008.

Research Interests

• Business Analytics and Decision Analysis
• Computational Statistics and Simulation/Statistical Modeling
• Stochastic Modeling
• Optimization Models and Methods
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Sports Analytics

Awards

• Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Systems Engineering, selected by students 2019 AND 2020

• TRB Best Paper Award - RYAN C. BOYER, WILLIAM T. SCHERER, and MICHAEL C. SMITH; Trends Over Two Decades of Transportation Research: A Machine Learning Approach 2017

• Awarded the Jefferson Scholars Hartfield-Jefferson Teaching Award 2013

• Awarded and All University Teaching Award from the University of Virginia in “recognition of excellent teaching and skill in motivating and inspiring students” 2006

• Cited by Darden School of Business for Outstanding Performance in team teaching “Optimization models” 2002

• Awarded the SEAS Rodman Scholars Teaching Award for 2001 for teaching excellence.

• Awarded the Mac Wade Award for 1996/7 for outstanding service to School of Engineering and Applied Science.

• Awarded the Lucien Carr Professorship of Engineering for 1995-1996 for outstanding contributions to undergraduate engineering education at the University.

• Named the Distinguished Faculty at the University of Virginia in 1993 by the Student IMP Society.