Background
Bitmead, Robert Ronald was born on April 10, 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ronald Charles and Gwendolyn (Richards) Bitmead.
Bitmead, Robert Ronald was born on April 10, 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ronald Charles and Gwendolyn (Richards) Bitmead.
Bachelor of Science with honours, University Sydney, 1975. Master of Engineering, University Newcastle, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, University Newcastle, 1979.
Research associate University Newcastle, Australia, 1979. Lecturer James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 1980-1982. Fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1982-1987, senior fellow, 1987-1995, professor, 1995-1999, University California, San Diego, since 1999, chair Cymer Corporation, since 2002.
Director Cooperative Research Center for Robust and Adaptive Systems, Canberra, 1991-1999. Consultant CSR Ltd., Ingham, Australia, since 1989, BHP Proprietary Ltd. Wollongong, Australia, 1993, Moog, Inc., Buffalo, New York, since 1993, United Technologies Research Center, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1997, General Electric, Niskayuna, New York, since 1998.
(Exploring connections between adaptive control theory and...)
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman ACT section 1993-1994), Australian Academy Technology Sciences and Engineering. Member International Federation Automatic Control (technical board 1990-1996, council 1996—2002), The International Federation of Automatic Control Symposium on Adaptive Control (vice-chairman Grenoble, France 1992).
Married Jan Carmel Farnham, December 2, 1972. Children: Naomi Jan, Brownen Nadine.