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Dr. John W. Dickey is a professor at Virginia Tech, where he is Director of the University Center for Innovation Research and Support. His academic appointments are in the Center for Public Administration and Policy and in Urban Affairs and Planning. He received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from Northwestern University before joining Virginia Tech in 1966.
Dr. Dickey is President/CEO of Logos Software, Inc. and President of IdeaPlex, Inc. He has been involved in over 30 years of research and consulting in scientific, teaching, engineering, computer, and management endeavors. He has worked on projects in over 30 countries around the world, and with a wide variety of firms and public agencies. He has written extensively for scientific journals and proceedings, as well as given international presentations before groups in over 15 countries.
Dr. Dickey was Urban Regional Advisor to the U.S. Dept. of State (Agency for International Development); an NSF Exchange Scientist to India; and a Visiting Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia while at Virginia Tech. Dr. Dickey has directed about 50 management/planning workshops and given congressional testimony. He authored 12 books and software packages, including:
 | The Computer Consultant (software), Blacksburg, VA: IdeaPlex, Inc., 1991.
| CyberQuest: Problem Solving and Innovation Support System (software), Blacksburg, VA: IdeaPlex, Inc., 1991.
| CyberQuest: Conceptual Background and Experience, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1995.
Analytic Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning (with Applications in Public Administration and Affairs), with T. M. Watts. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
| Technology Assessment for Programs of Local Government, with D. Glancy and E. Jennelle. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1973.
| Metropolitan Transportation Planning (2nd edition), New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
| Road Project Appraisal for Developing Countries, with L. Miller, Chichester, England: Wiley, 1984.
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His major areas of specialization include creative problem solving and innovation support; quantitative analysis; transportation planning and policy analysis; artificial intelligence in planning and management; programs and projects to aid the poor in developing countries; and forecasting methodology.
In his work on Innovation, Dr. Dickey has done about 600 sessions
using CyberQuest with such organizations as:
Private Sector
Hoechst Celanese
Merck
IBM
Eastman Chemical
Exxon
Dow
Scott
Hand Held Products, Inc.
Union Pacific
Sandoz
Public Sector
Port Authority of NY & NJ
Virginia Department of Transportation
North Carolina Division of Human Resources
Virginia Tech Institute for Leadership Development
Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States Department of Agriculture
Montgomery County (VA) Public Schools
City of Wilmington, NC
State Justice Institute (and courts in 14 states)
Hungarian Building Research Institute
Applied Scientific Research Organization (TNO) Holland
Florida Department of Transportation
Nonprofit
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (Valley Forge Section)
Technical University of Twente (Holland)
Virginia Association of State Transit Officers
Intelligent Transportation Society of America
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