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R. BRUCE THOMPSON
Pages 334-339

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... THOMPSON R BRUCE THOMPSON -- Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the materials science and engineering department and the aerospace engineering department and director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University and editor of the Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation -- died on March 7, 2011.
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From page 336...
... Bruce also played a key role in the development and teaching of undergraduate NDE courses and the first-of-its-kind NDE minor at Iowa State University. He leaves a rich technical legacy of over 200 publications and critical reviews in refereed edited journals and book chapters, as well as 24 patents.
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From page 337...
... The British Institute for Nondestructive Testing awarded him the President Honor Lecture and the Roy Sharpe Prize in 2006, and the Iowa Academy of Science presented him with the Distinguished Fellow Award in 2006. Iowa State University honored him again in 2008 by naming him (and his wife Ann separately)
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From page 338...
... In doing so, he had a firm faith that "things will work out." Bruce leaves behind a rich legacy of family and friends, students and colleagues, technical work, and a philosophy for life built on a wise use of bountiful gifts. He is survived by his wife, Ann, of Ames, Iowa; son Robert Kirk and wife Leigh of Midland, Michigan; daughter Amy and husband Randy Standridge of San Antonio, Texas; five grandsons -- Robert Kyle Thompson, Kolben Hatch Thompson, Alexander Kerr Thompson, Erik Mathew Standridge, and Andrew James Standridge; and a sister, Nancy Bliss, of Los Alamos.
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