Background
Irwin, Richard Dennis was born on March 27, 1958 in Albany, Georgia, United States. Son of Vernon Hugh and Martha Lucille Irwin.
Electrical engineering educator
Irwin, Richard Dennis was born on March 27, 1958 in Albany, Georgia, United States. Son of Vernon Hugh and Martha Lucille Irwin.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1986.
Instructor, Mississippi State University, 1983-1986;
associate senior staff engineer, Control Dynamics Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1986-1987;
assistant professor, Ohio U., Athens, 1987-1990;
associate professor, Ohio U., Athens, 1990-1996;
professor, Ohio U., Athens, since 1996;
chair School Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio U., Athens, since 1997;
Graduate chair, Ohio U., Athens, 1993-1997;
president, Austral Engineering and Software, Inc. Consultant Control Dynamics Company, Huntsville, 1988, Systran, Dayton, Ohio, 1991, Wright State University, Dayton, 1990-1992, Nichols Research, Huntsville, 1992. Member steering committee Southeastern Symposium on Sys.
Theory, since 1988, general chairman, 1994.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Charlotte Anita Yancey, March 8, 1981. Children: Katherine Virginia, Thomas Ralph, Elizabeth Martha.