Robert C. Armstrong
American chemical engineer
Robert Calvin Armstrong is an American chemical engineer known for his work in rheology and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics.2
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Born 1948.1
About
He served as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative from 2013 to 2023 and is the Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, at MIT.
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Early life and education
- 1970Georgia Tech Bachelor of Science; chemical engineering3 4
- Date not recordedUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Doctor of Philosophy3 4
Armstrong received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1970 and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973.
He joined the MIT faculty in 1973, and he served as head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1996 to 2007. From 2013 to 2023, Armstrong served as director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), after having been the organization's initial deputy director from its founding in 2007.
Armstrong's research has focused on polymer fluid mechanics and the rheology of complex materials. He co-authored the two-volume textbook Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids: Vol. 1: Fluid Mechanics with R. B. Bird and O. Hassager, and Vol. 2: Kinetic Theory with R. B. Bird, C. F. Curtiss, and O. Hassager.
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Career
Occupation: chemical engineer, chemist.4 7
- Since 1973Worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 5
- Date not recordedBoard member, Xyleco6
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States8
Awards
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