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Bernhard, Robert James was born on July 28, 1952 in Algona, Iowa, United States. Son of David Louis and Darlene Justine (Kohlhaas) Bernhard.
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Robert James Bernhard
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Robert James Bernhard, American Mechanical engineer, educator. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (co-editor procs. 1989), Acoustical Society American; member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society Automotive Engineers, Institute Noise Control Engineers (board directors 1988-1997, president 1994), American Society Engineering Educators.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Iowa State University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1982; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1976.
Career
Engineer, Westinghouse Electric, Inc., Baltimore, 1973-1977;
assistant professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1977-1982;
assistant professor department mechanic engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982-1987;
associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1987-1991;
professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1991. Director Ray W. Herrick Labs Purdue University, since 1994, Institute for Safe, Quiet, andDurable Hwys, since 1998. Consultant to General Motors, Electricite de France, Automated Analysis.
Principal investigator many firms. Lecturer Centre Technique des Industries Mécaniques, University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (co-editor procs. 1989), Acoustical Society American. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society Automotive Engineers, Institute Noise Control Engineers (board directors 1988-1997, president 1994), American Society Engineering Educators.
Connections
Married Deborah S. Kell;children: Jay David, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Jonathan Christian, Justin Brian.
