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ROBERT E. NICKELL
Pages 220-223

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... During the first 10 years of his career Bob conducted and supervised both fundamental and applied research for private industry and government sponsors. He began his professional career as a research engineer at Rohm & Haas, where he carried out thermal and stress analysis applied to solid propellant rocket engines.
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... . He directed the management of projects on nuclear spent fuel transportation, ASME Code rules and related standards for elevated temperature reactor design, residual stresses in welded aerospace structures, in-service inspection of nuclear pressure vessels and components, seismic loading simulation using explosives and centrifugal accelerations, structural integrity of pressurized water reactor component supports, and scalemodel light-water-reactor severe accident experiments.
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... In early life he played softball, and in later years he enjoyed attending San Diego Padres baseball games with friends and family. In 1964 Bob married the love of his life, Margaret Harrold (d.


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