Scope and content note From the Collection: The collection contains the professional and personal papers of Robert Benedict, with most of the materials related to his Westinghouse career. There are also papers related to Mr. Benedict's time as an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Evening College and a lecturer. The collection is divided into three series: Westinghouse Chronological Files, Professional Activities, and Teaching Files. A significant portion of the collection consists of engineering reports that are related to...

Abstract Robert Philip Benedict (1924-1986) worked as both a mechanical engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1951 to circa 1984 and an adjunct professor for the Drexel Evening College from 1958 to 1986. Mr. Benedict’s work focused heavily on thermodynamics, thermocouples, pipe flow, heat flow, gas dynamics, heat exchange, measurement uncertainty, and instrumentation. He studied mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in...