Background
Whirley, Robert Gary was born on January 29, 1961 in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States. Son of Robert E. and Mary Frances Whirley.
Whirley, Robert Gary was born on January 29, 1961 in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States. Son of Robert E. and Mary Frances Whirley.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983. Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1987.
Engineer, Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Florida, 1979-1981; member technical staff systems engineering and development division, TRW, Redondo Beach, California, 1984-1987; research engineer, lead DYNA3D developer, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1987-1993; president, co-founder, Livermore Research and Engineering Corporation, 1989-1993; vice president, United States Electricar, Santa Rosa, California, 1993-1995; vice president, founder, TransMotive Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, California, since 1995. Consultant to numerous organizations, since 1984.
Mission pilot Angel Flight, Santa Monica, California, since 1991. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (commission on computing in applied mechanics since 1994), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society of Automotive Engineers, United States Association for Computational Mechanics.
Married Loreen C. Vickers, August 8, 1992.