An online obituary on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, announced the passing of William T. Scherer. However, his cause of death was not immediately mentioned.
If you know Bill Scherer, please go outside at 9 pm EDT tonight, October 30, 2024. At the request of his family, light a candle, torch, flashlight, or phone and point it upwards to help him find his way to heaven, a Facebook post read. Playing ‘Born to Run’ by Bruce Springsteen will be a bonus. Rest in Peace, Bill! He was my first-ever professor at UVA who made me fall in love with Systems Engineering.
William T. Scherer is a specialist in business analytics, stochastic control, and systems engineering. Since 1986, Professor Scherer has been a member of the faculty of the University of Virginia Systems Engineering Program. Additionally, he provides consulting services to several firms on the application of business analytics and systems thinking to diverse organizations.
His publications on intelligent decision support systems, transportation systems, stochastic control, and systems thinking include journal and conference papers, business cases, and book chapters. Intelligent transportation systems, financial engineering, and systems engineering approach are the main areas of his current study. Wiley published his co-authored book, How To Do Systems Analysis, in 2007 and a follow-up book, How to Do Systems Analysis: Primer and Casebook, in 2016.
He has produced articles on curriculum and pedagogy and has a keen interest in engineering education. In 2007, he received an Outstanding University of Virginia Faculty Award. In addition, he served as President of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Society from 2007 to 2008 and as a Visiting Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business from 2001 to 2002.