Wolter J. Fabrycky is Chairman of Academic Applications International, Inc. He is also the Lawrence Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Registered Professional Engineer in both Arkansas and Virginia.

Wolt Fabrycky received the Ph.D. in Engineering in 1962 from Oklahoma State University, the M.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1958 from the University of Arkansas, and the B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1957 from Wichita State University. Dr. Fabrycky taught at Arkansas and Oklahoma State and then joined Virginia Tech in 1965 where he served as Founding Chairman of Systems Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering, and then as Dean of Research for the University.

Fabrycky received the Hotlzman Distinguished Educator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers in 1990, the Grant Award in 1994, and the Wellington Award in 2004. He received the Lohmann Medal from the College of Engineering at Oklahoma State in 1992 for Outstanding Contributions to Industrial and Systems Engineering Education, Research, and Publications. Dr. Fabrycky is listed in Who's Who in Engineering and Who's Who in America.

Dr. Fabrycky was elected to the rank of Fellow in the Institute of Industrial Engineers in 1978, the rank of Fellow in American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1980, and the rank of Fellow in the International Council on Systems Engineering in 1999. Fabrycky received INCOSE's Pioneer Award in 2000 with the following citation: "An esteemed practitioner, teacher, and advocate of Systems Engineering. His service, as a collaborator with Ben Blanchard, 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."

Six Prentice Hall books were co-authored by Fabrycky. They are: Engineering Economy (2001), Economic Decision Analysis (1998), Systems Engineering and Analysis (1998), Life-Cycle Cost and Economic Analysis (1991), Procurement and Inventory Systems Analysis (1987), and Applied Operations Research and Management Science (1984). He also co-edits, with Joe Mize, the Prentice Hall International Series in Industrial and Systems Engineering that now contains more than 50 titles