Gary Fisketjon, Hobbs editor at Knopf, said in a statement: 'This is a shocking, tragic loss. Professor Hobbs' areas of expertise include: Wire and high strength fibre ropes, including fibre and yarn buckling Torsional properties of chain Pipeline and plate upheaval buckling, and reliability-based design of submarine pipelines plated structures and (more generally) experimental and computational methods for structural mechanics. Roger Hobbs, 28, author of the thrillers Ghostman and Vanishing Games, died of an overdose on November 14 in Portland, OR. His extensive contributions to the fields of civil and structural engineering have been recognised by his peers with the awards of Fellowship in these institutions. He was also involved with the EU committee responsible for the early development of the steel Eurocode, EC3. Throughout his career, Professor Hobbs has maintained close links with Industry, in particular with Tension Technology International and the major steel companies in the UK, Europe and the Far East. He served as Head of Department in the mid 1990s. Professor Hobbs has been associated with Imperial for over 40 years, initially completing his BSc in Engineering and then his PhD here in the 1960s, before becoming a member of staff. Despite retiring from the College in 2003, Professor Roger Hobbs still maintains an active part-time presence in the Department as a Senior Research Investigator.
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