Robert Mitchell Edwards

Background

Edwards, Robert Mitchell was born on January 15, 1950 in Dubois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Henry and Ethel Claire (Freedline) Edwards.

Education

Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1991.

Career

Engineer, General Atomic, San Diego, California, 1972-1976; senior nuclear engineer, Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut, 1976-1977; director software, LeMont Scientific, State College, Pennsylvania, 1977-1987; senior project associate, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1987-1989; research assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1989-1991; research associate, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1991; assistant professor nuclear engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1991-1995; associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, since 1995. Consultant Advanced Research Instruments, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, since 1989.

Achievements

• Robert Mitchell Edwards has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

1st Lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1972-1975. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (committee member), American Nuclear Society (committee member), American Society Engineer Education.

Connections

Married Jacqueline Ferne Mentzer, September 25, 1980. Children: Eric Allen, Jonathan Robert.

Father:

David Henry Edwards

Mother:

Ethel Claire (Freedline) Edwards

Spouse:

Jacqueline Ferne Mentzer

child:

Eric Allen Edwards

child:

Jonathan Robert Edwards