Mr. Robert Edwards is a lecturer in engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He has been a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program since 1991 when he was first hired as an adjunct. Mr. Edwards received his A.E. in Mechanical Technology from Broome Community College in 1970, his B.S.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1973, and the M.S. in Engineering from Gannon University in 1989. He came to Penn State Behrend with over 20 years of industrial experience. He was employed by General Electric, Smith Meter Systems, American Sterilizer Company, Lord Corporation and Finish Thompson.
Mr. Edwards is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society of Electrical Engineers (ASEE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and its D09 Committee, and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS).