Director
Michael J. Radzicki
Professor of Economics and System Dynamics
Michael J. Radzicki is a Professor of Economics and System Dynamics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, creator of WPI’s program in system dynamics, and director of the university’s Complex Systems Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame and his training in system dynamics modeling from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he is a certified Rapid-I Predictive Analytics Analyst.
Professor Radzicki’s research focuses on predictive analytics, simulation science, and the application of techniques from these areas to problems in economics at the macro, industry, and firm levels, healthcare policy, and leadership. He has been invited to speak around the world in venues such as the White House, the Royal Society, the New York Stock Exchange, the United States Departments of Energy, Transportation, and Homeland Security, and Sandia National Laboratories. He has also served on the editorial board of four professional journals, as an expert witness in several court cases, and as a consultant to numerous Fortune 500 corporations. In addition to his work in economics and simulation, Radzicki is an avid golfer, wood and metal worker, and HAM radio operator. In 2006 he served as president of the System Dynamics Society.