Robert A. Canfield

Background

Canfield, Robert A. was born on November 14, 1960 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Virginia Ann (Stein) Canfield.

Education

Biosystems Engineering, Duke University, 1983. Master of Science, Stanford University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State, University, 1992.

Career

Mechanical engineer Army Aeromechanics Laboratory, Moffet Field, California, 1983-1984. Space structures analysis engineer Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1984-1989. Assistant professor Air Force Institute of Technology, 1993-1996.

Director, policy and integration Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1996-2000. Technology chairman 7th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, United States Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, St. Louis, 1998.

Achievements

• Robert A. Canfield has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Basketball coach St. Ambrose Elementary School, Annandale, Virginia, 1997-2000. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1984-2000. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).

Member International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Glenda Grace Holland, December 31, 1983. Children: Katherine, Robert, Michael, Glenn.

Father:

Robert Eugene Canfield

Mother:

Virginia Ann (Stein) Canfield

Spouse:

Glenda Grace Holland

child:

Michael Canfield

child:

Robert Canfield

child:

Glenn Canfield

child:

Katherine Canfield