Background
Hobbs, Benjamin Field was born on July 31, 1954 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Field H. and Mary (Barbour) Hobbs.
Civil and systems engineering educator
Hobbs, Benjamin Field was born on July 31, 1954 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Field H. and Mary (Barbour) Hobbs.
Bachelor of Science with honors, South Dakota State University, 1976. Master of Science, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1983.
Economics associate Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York. Wigner fellow Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1982-1984. Professor system and civil engineering Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1984-1995.
Professor geography and environmental engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1995. Consultant National Regulatory Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, since 1988, Seattle City Light, 1991-1992, Gas Research Institute, Chicago, 1991, British Columbia Gas, 1994-1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (Outstanding Research-oriented Paper 1990), American Geophys.Union, Association Energy Superior vena cava syndrome Management Professionals.
Married Julie Rae McDill, June 21, 1980. Children: Jeannette C., Paul M.