Roger Nokes
{{Short description|New Zealand chess player and professor (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox chess player
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|country=New Zealand
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|8|13|df=yes}}
|title=FIDE Master
|rating=2305 (January 2010)
|peakrating= 2345 (January 1982)
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Roger I. Nokes (born 13 August 1958){{citation
| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
| publisher=McFarland
| isbn=0-7864-2353-6
| page=305}} is an emeritus professor in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, specialising in fluid mechanics and is also a chess master.
Nokes was a university council member, was head of the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering between 2009 and 2012 (coinciding with the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes) and has achieved a number of teaching awards. Nokes is a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Teaching awards
- 1993 – University of Auckland University Teaching Medal[http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about/academic-services/awards/uc-teaching-medal/recipients-of-uc-teaching-medal/roger-nokes-2008.html|title= UC Teaching Medal – Roger Nokes (2008)] retrieved 27 November 2017]
- 2001 – UCSA Best Lecturer at the University of Canterbury{{cite web|url=http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/news/news.shtml|title= Nokes sweeps again!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025531/http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/news/news.shtml|archivedate=2008-10-14|url-status=dead|publisher=Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury}}
- 2003 – University of Canterbury University Teaching Award
- 2006 – [https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/awards National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award][http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/dr-roger-nokes-tertiary- 'Ako Aotearoa'] retrieved 16 August 2011
- 2008 – UCSA Best Lecturer at the University of Canterbury
Chess career
In 1980 Nokes was joint New Zealand Chess Champion with Ortvin Sarapu and Vernon Small[http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm NZCF Titles] retrieved 12 October 2008 and represented New Zealand at the Chess Olympiad in 1982, 2004, 2006, and 2008.[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/jbn1frrc.html Nokes, Roger], team chess record at OlimpBase, retrieved 29 August 2011 He is a FIDE Master.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Private life
Nokes lives in Golden Bay / Mohua's Tata Beach.{{cite web |last1=Nokes |first1=Roger |title=A Practical Guide to Particle Tracking Systems |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstreams/16a5d572-02c2-4204-ad51-853072d08aaf/download |access-date=2 May 2024 |page=iii |date=2021}} He offers a chess club for students at Golden Bay High School.{{cite news |last1=Short |first1=Ronnie |title=Chess moves on the menu at cafe |url=https://issuu.com/charlotterichards3/docs/2023_november10gbweekly |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=GB Weekly |date=10 November 2023 |page=13}}
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External links
- [http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/contact-us/people/roger-nokes.html Prof. Roger Nokes – University of Canterbury Staff Profile]
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Category:New Zealand chess players
Category:Academic staff of the University of Canterbury