William Woodruff Roberts

Background

Roberts, William Woodruff was born on October 8, 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of William Woodruff Senior and Sarah Louise (Huddleston) Roberts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor School Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1969-1974; associate professor School Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1974-1982; professor School Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1982-1992; director mathematics-computational modeling laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1990; Commonwealth professor engineering and applied science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1992. Visiting scientist Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, U. Groningen, The Netherlands, 1974. NORDITA guest professor Stockholms Observatorium, Saltsjabaden, Sweden, 1974-1975.

President Computational Modeling Technologies, Inc., since 1991.

Achievements

• William Woodruff Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy Applied mathematics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, American Men and Women of Science (division dynamical astronomy), American Institute Physics, Fiber Society, International Astronomical Union, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Virginia Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Linda Louise Nelson, June 17, 1967. Children: William Woodruff III, David Christopher.

Father:

William Woodruff Senior Roberts

Mother:

Sarah Louise (Huddleston) Roberts

Spouse:

Linda Louise Nelson

child:

David Christopher Roberts

child:

William Woodruff III Roberts