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词条 John Roberts (engineer)
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  1. Early life & education

  2. Career

  3. Awards & honours

  4. References

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John Maxwell Roberts FREng, FIStructE, FICE, FCGI is a British structural engineer. He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) in 2003-2004 and the 2009 recipient of their Gold Medal.

Early life & education

Roberts was born in Bristol. He graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BEng (1969) and a PhD (1972) in Civil & Structural Engineering.[1]

Career

After his PhD, Roberts worked on motorway interchanges with McAlpine & Sons then in 1974 moved to Bertram Done & Partners and soon after to Allott & Lomax in Manchester as a design engineer [1]. It was there where he worked on Big One (roller coaster). Babtie took over Allott & Lomax in 2000 and Jacobs took over Babtie in 2004 [2]. Since then Roberts has been Director of Operations at Jacobs Engineering Group.

Roberts was responsible for the engineering of the London Eye and British Airways i360[3]

Awards & honours

Roberts was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2009 and an Hon DEng by the University of Sheffield in 2006.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Sheffield Alumni|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding#DrJohnRoberts}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Babtie engineers sell-out to US giant |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12504664.babtie-engineers-sell-out-to-us-giant-scottish-group-poised-to-surrender-independence/ }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Profile: Dr John Roberts, The Structural Engineer|url=https://www.istructe.org/getattachment/9e019dd3-d59a-498b-a076-5b4c30fe0afa/Profile.pdf}}
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