Office: Old Breech 100-A Phone: (417) 873-7340 E-Mail:rthrone@drury.edu
Fall 2024 Office Hours
Monday 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Wednesday 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Thursday 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Friday 9 – 11:30 p.m.
Robert Throne, Ph.D.
Chair of Engineering Department, Professor of Engineering
Dr. Robert (Bob) Throne is an esteemed educator with over three decades of experience. Throne was hired in July from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where he taught for 21 years, including five years as Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Before his time at Rose-Hulman, Throne spent 11 years as a professor at the University of Nebraska.
Throne holds bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also earned master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Notably, Throne has been an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) Program Evaluator since 2013, bringing a wealth of accreditation expertise to Drury.
Education
B.S., Mathematics, June 1980, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
B.S., Electrical Engineering, June 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
M.S., Electrical Engineering, June 1987, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, June 1990, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
