Background
Hendricks, Robert Wayne was born on April 30, 1937 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Robert and Mildred (Hayton) Hendricks.
Hendricks, Robert Wayne was born on April 30, 1937 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Robert and Mildred (Hayton) Hendricks.
Bachelor Metallurgical Engineering, Cornell University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1964. Master of Business Administration, University Tennessee, 1985.
Senior scientist Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1964-1981. Chief scientist Technology for Energy Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1981-1986. Professor materials science and engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1986.
Consultant industry and government agencies, since 1986. Senior distinguished visiting professor United States Navy, David Taylor Research Center, 1991.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Crystallographic Association, Society Experimental Mechanics, American Association Physics Teachers, American Society Metals International, American Welding Society, Materials Research Society.
Married Delores Doris Black, September 7, 1958. Children: James Robert, Karen Marie.