Faculty & Staff

“I am an Educator because Education enables Freedom. I am a Systems Engineer because Systems Engineering provides the technology that enables Societies to grow, prosper, and remain free. I am a Systems Engineering Educator at WPI because there I can be both.”Dr. Don Gelosh is Director of Systems Engineering Programs for WPI. In this role, Dr. Gelosh works closely with WPI’s faculty in the development of systems engineering programs. Dr. Gelosh also works with an external Systems Engineering Advisory Council and fosters partnerships among WPI and companies and organizations involved in the ...

Dr. Monat teaches courses in Risk Management and Decision Analysis, Systems Thinking, System Optimization, and Business Practices. He has both management and teaching experience in the medical device, separations, food & beverage, business consulting, and environmental industries, having served as President of Harvard Clinical Technology, President and Founder of Business Growth Specialists, Inc., as Sr. Vice-President of Pall Corporation, and in a variety of executive positions for Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. He has taught at WPI since 2004.Dr. Monat’s current research interests include ...

As a systems engineer I view optimizing engineering endeavors as going beyond algorithmic optimization to include a humanitarian mission, using systems engineering tools, patterns, techniques, methods, themes, and philosophies to do policy modeling, all with the common goal of mission success. While engineering tools have brought about much excellence and productivity, we haven’t always applied these powerful tools to goals such as human diversity in engineering, or looking at the full human as a participant in the human workforce. I pursue these ideas across multiple dimensions, from research ...

Dr. Wilson joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an Adjunct Teaching Professor after working at Raytheon as a systems engineer on sonar, satellite, and radar programs.  She is an International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP), co-chair for the INCOSE Systems Security Engineering working group, member of the INCOSE Systems of Systems, Agile, and Requirements working groups, and engaged in the INCOSE certification program.  

Brian Selvy is the President and CEO of Zuken Vitech Corporation and an Adjunct Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where he teaches SYS 521: Model-Based Systems Engineering. He brings over 20 years of experience in systems engineering across aerospace, optical observatory, and defense domains.Brian is also the founder of the World Championships of Systems Architecture and Modeling (mbsewc.com), an annual global competition that provides a forum for the best model-based systems engineers to showcase their skills and compete for recognition as the world’s best.Before assuming ...

Professional Affiliations and Certifications: Expert Systems Engineering Professional (INCOSE)Project Management Professional (Project Management Institute), Member IEEEMember Beta Gamma Sigma. Experience:Bob joined the WPI graduate Systems Engineering program in 2010, and has taught SYS501: Systems Engineering Concepts, SYS510: Systems Architecture, and the Capstone Course. He developed and currently teaches SYS512: Requirements Engineering. Bob’s expertise in systems engineering comes from 25 years with IBM where he performed as a systems engineer, and later as a Program Manager, ...

Computer Engineering bachelors from University of Rhode Island, with a Masters in Systems Engineering from WPI. Worked in various industries for companies such as Naval Undersea Warfare Center, CVS, and currently leading product teams at Walmart. Born on the east coast, currently residing in Austin, TX. Currently teach SYS501 and SYS511. 

Dr. David J. Wojcicki has a passion for researching and engineering innovative systems that are beneficial to society.  In order to create such systems, he believes a wide range of engineering and scientific disciplines must be involved.  This belief is what motivated David to pursue an academic background that spans many disciplines.In the initial system development stages, David believes that one must first view the system holistically.  This is done in order to understand how each of the system components should integrate in order to fulfill the overall system requirements.  This also ...

Faculty for SYS-540 Introduction to Systems Thinking.I’ve worked as a Systems Engineer & System Architect using systems thinking w/in multiple business & technology domains, incl. census data capture, digital archives, physical security, biometrics, healthcare, defense, treasury, & homeland security syst. Past includes spacecraft & aviation test engr. I have been recognized by INCOSE as an Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP). 

Mr. Mark A. Flanders retired April 2025 as the Chief Engineer for the International Battle Management C2 Division, AFLCMC/WIM, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The WIM Division is responsible for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS), development, modification and testing of the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft operated by International Allied Partners.  Also, Mr. Flanders is an Adjunct Professor of Systems Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Technical Evaluator for the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE); a member of the Board of Advisors for ...

Matthew Amissah is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Systems Engineering program. Prior to this he was an Adjunct faculty member in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering department at Old Dominion University. His doctoral research offered a framework for developing executable models of real time systems based on the Systems Modeling Language (SysML).Matthew believes there’s a perfect model of every reality (Truth if you will); from the most seemingly chaotic to the most elegant. His research and teaching embraces this philosophy and is aimed at building and inspiring the ...

Ram teaches the Software Engineering graduate course, SYS579, specifically designed for Systems Engineers. This project driven hands-on course trains systems engineer to lead software projects. It covers the five critical skill groups: Process, Requirements, Design, Evaluation and Diagnostics.   Read: OPINIONS, which illustrates what students accomplished. He has a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Although he works in industry he has over 50 peer reviewed research publications. His leadership at the Software Reliability Conference, over ...