Robert J. Brungraber

Background

Brungraber, Robert J. was born on December 20, 1929 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States. Son of Louis Rudolph and Beatrice Emogene (Crawford) Brungraber.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering(Regents Alumni scholar), University of Michigan, 1951. Master of Science (John McMullen scholar), Cornell Univercity, 1956. Postgraduate U. Pittsburgh, 1957-1958.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ford Foundation fellow), Carnegie Institute Technology, 1963.

Career

Field engineer Porter-Urquhart-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consultant engineers, Casablanca, Morocco, 1951-1953. Instructor Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1953-1956. Research engineer Alcoa Research laboratories, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1956-1960.

Assistant professor сivil engineering Princeton, 1962-1966.

Associate professor сivil engineering Union College, Schenectady, 1966-1968. Professor сivil engineering Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, since 1968, Presidential professor, 1979-1992, professor emeritus, 1992.

Founder, president Slip-Test, 1976. Structural consultant Borough Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, 1966.

intergovernmental Personnel Acting appointee National Bureau Standards, 1974-1975;structural consultant English Engineering, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, since 1970, Sprout-Waldron, Muncy, Pennsylvania, since 1973.

Director, treasurer, member of national Executive Committee National Institute Building Sciences, 1976-1981. Patentee (3) in field American Association for the Advancement of Science Conglomerate fellow, 1975-1976.

Achievements

• Robert J. Brungraber has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (Chairman of Commission lightweight alloys of metals structural division 1969-1973), Moles, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Nassau, Cosmos. Extensive research in structural applications of aluminum, particularly welded applications, pile foundations, and slip resistance of walkway surfaces.

Connections

Married Ruth Ann Rupp, June 13, 1951. Children: Robert Lyman, Margaret Ruth.

Father:

Louis Rudolph Brungraber

Mother:

Beatrice Emogene (Crawford) Brungraber

Spouse:

Ruth Ann Rupp

child:

Margaret Ruth Brungraber

child:

Robert Lyman Brungraber