Richard C. Dorf

American engineer and professor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican engineer and professor
A.K.A.Richard Dorf
A.K.A.Richard Dorf
PlacesUnited States of America
isProfessor Engineer
Work fieldAcademia Engineering
Gender
Male
Birth27 December 1933, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Age91 years
The details

Biography

Richard C. Dorf (born December 27, 1933, in the Bronx, New York City) is a Professor Emeritus of Management and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He received his Ph.D. from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Dorf is a Life Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to engineering education and control theory, and is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Career

Research and Academia

Professor Dorf researches and teaches control systems, robotics, energy systems, technology management, entrepreneurship, innovation management, non-profit management, new venture management, venture capital management, and technology policy. He is also a consultant in engineering business development, and teaches classes in the area as well.

Author and Editor

Dorf is a prolific author and editor. He has authored 30 books, including several standard handbooks and textbooks of engineering. His latest book is called Technology Ventures: From Ideas to Enterprise and is co-authored with Professor Thomas Byers of Stanford University; the textbook is the first to thoroughly examine a global phenomenon known as "technology entrepreneurship".

Works

Books authored by Dorf include:

  • Technology Ventures: From Ideas to Enterprise. McGraw Hill, 2004 (1st ed), 2008 (2nd ed), 2011 (3rd ed)
  • Modern Control Systems. Addison-Wesley, 1967 (1st ed.); current edition Pearson, 2011 (12th ed.)
  • Computers and Man
  • Pocket Book of Electrical Engineering Formulas
  • Introduction to Electric Circuits
  • Circuits Electrics
  • The New Mutual Fund Investment Adviser
  • Robotics and Automated Manufacturing

Books edited by Dorf include:

  • Electrical Engineering Handbook
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