Background
Ritchie, Robert Oliver was born on January 2, 1948 in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Son of Kenneth Ian and Kathleen Joyce Ritchie. came to the United States, 1974.
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Robert Oliver Ritchie
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Bachelor with honors, U. Cambridge, England, 1969; Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, England, 1973; Doctor of Science, U. Cambridge, England, 1990.
Career
Goldsmith's research fellow Churchill College, U. Cambridge, 1972-1974; Miller fellow in basic research science, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-1976; associate professor mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1977-1981; professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1981; deputy director Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cambridge, 1990-1994; director Center for Advanced Materials, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cambridge, 1987-1995; head Structural Materials Department, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, since 1995. Consultant Alcan, Allison, Boeing, Chevron, Exxon, General Electric, Grumman, Instron, Northrop, Rockwell, Westinghouse, Baxter, Carbomedics, Medical Inc., Shiley, St. Jude Medical. Van Horn Distinguished lecturer Case Western U., 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute Materials (London), American Society Metals International, Internat.Congress on Fracture (honorary fellow, 1989, president since 1997). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Orchid Society, American Society Materials, Materials Research Society, Minerals, Materials and Metals Society (Mathewson Gold medal 1985, Distinguished Structural Materials Scientist/Engineer award 1996).
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Married Connie Olesen (divorced 1978). 1 child, James Oliver. Married HaiYing Song, 1991.
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British
Awards
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Recipient Curtis W. McGraw Research award American Society Engineering Educators, 1987, Rosenhain medal Institute Materials London, 1992, G.R. Irwin medal American Society for Testing and Materials, 1985, Mathewson gold medal the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society -AME, 1985, Van Horn Distinguished Lecturer award Case Western Reserve U., 1997. Named one of Top 100 Scientists, Science Digest magazine, 1984.Recipient Curtis W. McGraw Research award American Society Engineering Educators, 1987, Rosenhain medal Institute Materials London, 1992, G.R. Irwin medal American Society for Testing and Materials, 1985, Mathewson gold medal the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society -AME, 1985, Van Horn Distinguished Lecturer award Case Western Reserve U., 1997. Named one of Top 100 Scientists, Science Digest magazine, 1984.