Robert L. Norton
Milton P. Higgins II Distinguished Professor
Higgins Labs 204
508-831-5537 (Voice)
508-831-5680 (Fax)
norton@wpi.edu
Related Information
- Teaching, Research, & Advising Interests
- Norton Associates Engineering
- Machine Design Courses
- Errata for Norton's Textbooks
Education
- B.S., Northeastern University, 1967
- M.S., Tufts University, 1970
Registration
- Registered Professional Engineer
Massachusetts Certificate #28657
Research
- Linkage Design
- Mechanical Design and Analysis
- Dynamic Signal Analysis
- Computer-aided Design
- Cam Design
- Machine Design
Publications
Honors and Awards
- Am. Soc. Training and Development (ASTD) Highest Honors Award - 1967
- Sigma Epsilon Rho Honor Society - 1967
- J. F. Lincoln Foundation Competition Award - 1969
- John A. Curtis Outstanding Paper Award, ASEE Annual Conference 1984
- Proctor & Gamble Best Paper Award, Applied Mechanisms Conference - 1985
- Merle Miller Award for Best Journal Article, ASEE CoEd Journal. 1986
- Merle Miller Award for Best Journal Article, ASEE CoEd Journal. 1992
- Elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997.
- Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Engineering Education, Who's Who in the World, and others, 1990-2005.
- ASME Machine Design Award 2002
- Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award, ASEE Mechanics Division, 2004
- Morgan Distinguished Instructor, WPI Mechanical Engineering, 2008-2009
- Milton P. Higgins II Distinguished Professor, WPI Mechanical Engineering.
- U. S. Professor of the Year for Massachusetts, Council for Advancement Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2007
- Russell P. Searle Instructor,WPI Mechanical Engineering, 2008-2009
- Outstanding Career Achievement Award,Tufts University, 2009
Scientific and Professional Societies/Memberships
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- The Society of Sigma XI
- Pi Tau Sigma
- Engineering Society Activities:
- Program Chairman, ASEE Computers in Education Division (CoEd) 1985-86
- Secretary - Treasurer ASEE CoEd Division 86-87
- President- ASEE CoEd Division 88-90
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