Ruth Irene Waite

Background

Waite, Ruth Irene was born on January 25, 1957 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Robert Vernon Duckett and Dorothy Alice Williams Miller.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1980. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1987.

Career

Faculty Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, since 1987. Research fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1992. Visiting professor Kanazawa (Japan) Institute of Technology, 1993-1994.

Reviewer West Educational Public, John Wiley & Sons, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1992.

Achievements

• Ruth Irene Waite has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical and computer engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Youth leader United Methodist Church, Terre Haute, 1991-1992, member choir, 1988-1996. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Society Women Engineers, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: music, bicycling.

Connections

Married Lee R. Waite, July 2, 1977. Children: Sarah Ruth, William Robert.

Father:

Robert Vernon Duckett

Mother:

Dorothy Alice Williams Miller

Spouse:

Lee R. Waite

child:

Sarah Ruth Waite

child:

William Robert Waite