Background
Gardner, Robin Pierce was born on August 17, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robin Brem and Margaret (Pierce) Gardner.
Gardner, Robin Pierce was born on August 17, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robin Brem and Margaret (Pierce) Gardner.
B.Ch.E., North Carolina State University, 1956; Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1961.
Scientist Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1961-1963. Research engineer, assistant director measurement and controls laboratory Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1963-1967. Research professor nuclear engineering and chemical engineering, director Center Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes, North Carolina State University, since 1967.
Consultant Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, Research Triangle Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority, Alcoa.
Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1956. Fellow American Nuclear Society (Radiation Industry award isotopes and radiation division 1984), American Nuclear Society, American Society Engineering Education (Glenn Murphy award for Outstanding Contributions Profession & teaching Nuclear Engineering 2003, Arthur Holly Compton award American Nuclear Society, 2009), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Linda Jean Gardner, October 21, 1976.