Background
Barfield, Robert F. was born on February 8, 1933 in Thomaston, Georgia, United States. Son of Jason Malcome and Nettie Lee Barfield.
Dean educator mechanical engineer
Barfield, Robert F. was born on February 8, 1933 in Thomaston, Georgia, United States. Son of Jason Malcome and Nettie Lee Barfield.
Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1956. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1965.
Preliminary design engineer AiResearch Corporation, Los Angeles, 1957-1959. Assistant professor mechanical engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1959-1965. Corporation mechanical engineer Thomaston Mills Corporation, Georgia, 1965-1967.
Professor mechanical engineering University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1967-1994, professor emeritus, 1994, dean of engineering, 1982-1994, dean emeritus, 1994. Director, senior advisory Shiraz Technology International, Iran, 1975-1977. General board Association Internt. practical Training, 1980-1985.
Director Capstone Engineering Society, 1982-1994. Head mechanical engineering program, director Oil Testing Center, University Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1971-1973. Advisor King Saud University, Riyhad, Saudi Arabia, 1982-1989, University Jordan, 1984, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1986, Birzeit University, Israel, 1985, Kabul University, Afghanistan, 1963.
Member Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, visitor in Mechanical engineering, 1982-1994. Member Alabama Commission High Technology.
Board directors Salvation Army Alabama, since 1996, Turning Point, Inc., since 1995. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society Engineering Education, National Society Professional Engineers, Alabama Academy of Sciences, Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Tau Alpha Pi.
Married Marion Janelle Neill, June 25, 1953 (divorced January 1980). Children: Kimberly Faith, Robert Frederick Junior. Married Sara de Saussure Davis, November 27, 1981 (divorced January 1984).
Married Leonette Walker, May 1990 (divorced June 1994).
