Background
Laurenson, Robert Mark was born on October 25, 1938 in Pittsburgh. Son of Robert Mark and Mildred Othelia (Frandsen) Laurenson.
Laurenson, Robert Mark was born on October 25, 1938 in Pittsburgh. Son of Robert Mark and Mildred Othelia (Frandsen) Laurenson.
Student, Drury College, 1958. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri School Mines, 1961. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Michigan, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (National Aeronautics and Space Administration training grantee), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1968.
Dynamics engineer McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, 1962-1964, senior dynamics engineer, 1968-1971, group engineer, 1971-1974, staff engineer, 1974-1975, technical specialist, 1975-1978, senior technical specialist, 1978-1981, section chief, 1981-1985, principal technical specialist, 1985-1987, branch chief, 1987-1989, principal manager engineering, 1989-1992. Principal technical specialist, systems engineering manager The Boeing Company, Seabrook, Maryland, 1992-1993, senior manager, 1993-1995, assistant director engineering, 1995-1997, general manager, 1998-1999. Retired; private consultant Crofton, Maryland, since 1999.
Participant 14th Midwestern Mechanics Conference, 1975. Lecturer engineering mechanics St. Louis University, part-time 1969-1971. Adjunct associate professor University Missouri-Rolla Graduate Engineering Center, St. Louis, 1980-1988.
Lecturer mechanical engineering Johns Hopkins University, 1996-1999. Participant Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Large Flexible Spacecraft, Blackburg, Virginia, 1977, In-Space Technology Experiments Workshop National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988, Damping, '89 Conference, 1989. Member panel American Astronautical Society Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Nonridig Spacecraft, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974.
Member accreditation board engineer and technical Engineering Accredidation Commission, 1998-2003, member executive committee, 2000-2003, vice chair operations, 2003-2004, chair, 2005-2006, past chair, 2006-2007, member accredidation council, 2004-2007, Volunteer Participation Project steering committee, 2005-2007. PAVE Recruitment and Selection Working group, 2007-2009. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology fellow, 2008.
Training Facilitator, since 2009, alternate Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology board directors, since 2009, member, since 2010. Project coordinator American Society of Mechanical Engineers/National Science Foundation Project Grant, 2000-2001. Editor Cues This Newsletter, since 2009.
Vestryman Episcopal Church, 1972-1976, senior warden, 1976, uscher chairman, 1978-1980, Sunday school teacher, 1980-1984, chairman every member canvas, 1983, member steering committee, 1983-1988, chairman steering committee, 1987-1988, member search committee, 1984-1985, member executive committee, 1991-1992, warden, 1991-1992. Member Commission on Ministry, Diocese of Missouri, 1985-1991, chairman, 1989-1991. Member standing committee Diocese of Missouri, 1990-1992.
Trustee Corporation of Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, 1990-1992. Member seminarian committee, 1993-1998, 2001-2003, chair, 1994-1997, engineering mentor Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, chairman Parish Commission on Ministry, 1999-2000, chair parish strategic planning committee, 2001-2003, chair communications ministry area, 2005-2008. President Crabtown Square Dance Club, 1998-2000.
Member board director Mason Dixon Square Dance Federation, Inc, since 2007, member 33rd National Square Dance Convention Trusteeship, since 2009, treasurer, since 2010. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (structures materials committee aerospace division 1975-1984, committee chairman 1979-1981, session organizer, chairman annual meeting 1975, participant annual meeting 1986, 89, member executive committee aerospace division 1980-1985, secretary-treasurer 1981-1982, vice-chairman 1982-1983, chairman 1983-1984, Flag award aerospace division 1990, member Guggenheim medal board 1989-1992, member conference organizing committee, session chairman Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, 1977, chairman technical program 1978, general co-chairman 1979, general chairman 1981, member Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara planning committee 1978-1982, chairman 1981-1982, session chairman 1985, 88, advisory committee 1978-1982, participant 1979, 83, 86, 90, mechanical engineering evaluator Accreditation Board Engineering and Technology 1985-1991, 94-98, organizer symposium on microgravity fluid mechanics 1986, member planning committee education conference 1986, editor Advances in Aerospace Structures 1982, Proceedings of 1986 Education Conference The Decade Ahead, board engineering education K thru 12 task force 1992-1993, board pre-college education 1992-1995, 1st alternate national nominating committee 1993-1994, board on engineering education 1998-2003, engineering accreditation committee 1998-2003, executive committee 1993-2003, secretary 1995-1996, vice chair 1996-1997, representative on American Association Engineering Society's Precoll. Education Council 1993-1995, executive committee 1993-1995, Dedicated Service award 1995, Invited Panelest Graduate Education Workshop, 2007).
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior member, general chairman dynamics specialist conference 1981, session chairman 1987), Edison Electric Institute (advisory committee power engineering education forgivable loan program 1993-1994), Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Married Alice Ann Scroggins, August 26, 1961. Children: Susan Elizabeth Laurenson Matchael, Shari Lynn, Laurenson Lawson.