Background
Senior, Robert Leo Norton was born on May 5, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Joseph and Kathryn (Warren) N.
researcher Mechanical engineering educator
Senior, Robert Leo Norton was born on May 5, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Joseph and Kathryn (Warren) N.
AS in Mechanical Engineering cum laude, Northeastern University, 1962. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology summa cum laude, Northeastern University, 1967. Master of Science in Engineering Design, Tufts University, 1970.
Registered profile engineer, Massachusetts Engineer Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1966, senior engineer, Waltham, 1979-1981. Project engineer Jet Spray Cooler, Incorporated., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1966-1969. Biology-medical engineer Tufts surgical research department Northeast Medical.Ctr.
Hospitals, Boston, 1969-1971.
Research associate Tufts surgical service Boston City Hospital, 1971-1974. Lecturer bio-medical engineering Franklin Institute, Boston, 1973-1976.
Instructor department surgery, Tufts University, Boston, 1970-1982, assistant professor.engring. design, Medford, 1974-1979. Professor mechanic engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, 1981.
President Norton Associations, Norfolk, Worcester, 1970.
Patentee (13) in field Contributor articles to professional journals Author engineering textbooks including Design of Machinery: An Introduction to the Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms and Machines, first edition, 1992, international edition, 1992, Korean translation, 1995, Spanish translation, 1996, Chinese translation, 1997, Machine Design: An Integrated Approach, 1996-1998, international edition, 1996, others
Reviewer IFTOMM Mechanism and Machine Theory.
Presenter in field
Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (reviewer Journal Mechanical Design, reviewer Journal Applied Mechanics, Machine Design award 2002). Member: American Society Engineering Education (program chairman computers in education division 1985-1986, secretary computers education division 1986-1987, president computers education division 1988-1990, reviewer Journal Prism, J. F. Curtis award 1984, Merle Miller award 1987, 1992, Archie Higdon award 2004, Outstanding Teachers the Year 2005), Society Automotive Engineers, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Nancy Auclair, February 27, 1960. Children: Robert L. Junior, MaryKay, Thomas J.