Jul 26, 2016

AWARD of Merit

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News of Members

Jeff Baldwin, engineering manager for T&S Brass and Bronzeworks, Travelers Rest, S.C., has been named treasurer to the Executive Committee of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute. Baldwin, who joined ASTM International in 2009, serves on Committee F26 on Food Service Equipment.

Ronald G. Burg, P.E., has been named executive vice president of the American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich. He previously was vice president at CTLGroup. Burg has been an ASTM International member since 1986 and serves on Committees E05 on Fire Standards and E36 on Accreditation and Certification. He is a fellow and longtime member of ACI, and he has served on ACI's board of direction. Additionally, Burg is a member of other industry associations, including the Construction Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.

S. Kay Obendorf, Ph.D., a professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., has been honored with the Olney Medal by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists for outstanding achievements in the field of textile chemistry. An ASTM International member since 1978, Obendorf works on Committees D13 on Textiles and F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. Obendorf is known for her work as an educator and researcher; her scholarly work has advanced textile chemistry and fiber science. In addition to ASTM and AATCC membership, Obendorf is also a member of the International Textiles and Apparel Association, the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, the American Chemical Society and the American Oil Chemists' Society. She was inducted into the National Textile Center Circle of Excellence in 2005 and received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents in 2000. In 1989, she was the Austin Lecturer at Iowa State University. She received the Distinguished Service Award from Kansas State University in 1988, the Man-Made Fiber Award in 1986, and was the Fiber Society Lecturer from 1985 to 1986.

Lawrence R. Roberts, Roberts Consulting Group LLC, Acton, Mass., has been honored with the 2010 Richard D. Gaynor Award by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. An ASTM Award of Merit winner and ASTM fellow, Roberts is currently chairman of Subcommittee C01.28 on Sulfate Content, part of Committee C01 on Cement, and he is involved with a number of other C01 subcommittees as well as numerous groups in Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. He received the Katharine and Bryant Mather Member Contribution Award from C09 in 2008, the Honorary Membership Award from C01 in 2005, Honorary Committee Member recognition from C09 in 2002, and Awards of Appreciation from both C09, in 2004, and C01, in 1999. Roberts worked in many technical capacities for Grace Construction Products for several years; in 2006 Roberts became a principal scientist with CTLGroup until he began work as a consultant in 2009. In addition to ASTM, Roberts is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Concrete Institute and the International Cement Microscopy Association.

Douglas R. Stieve, RRC, AIA, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc., New York, N.Y., has been elected a region I director of RCI Inc. (formerly the Roof Consultants Institute). Stieve, who joined ASTM International in 1995, is a member of Committee C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units.

Timothy D. Tonyan, Ph.D., manager of the Materials Consulting Group, and leader of the Materials and Products Practice Group at CTLGroup, Skokie, Ill., has been named a vice president. Tonyan joined ASTM International in 2007, and he serves on Committee C27 on Precast Concrete Products.

Cavanaugh Award Honors Contributions of Gregory E. Saunders

Gregory E. Saunders, director of the Defense Standardization Program Office for the U.S. Department of Defense, has been named the recipient of the 2010 W.T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award. He received the award, which recognizes people of eminence within the voluntary standards system, for outstanding and distinguished leadership in the global standardization community and for advancing the use of voluntary full consensus standards in government acquisitions and industrial applications.Long an advocate for the use of standards and their development through public-private partnerships, Saunders led the DOD contributions to the U.S. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act. He also worked on recommendations to the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy in favor of a federal government policy to encourage the use of voluntary standards; this effort led to U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities.

Saunders has promoted the use of voluntary consensus standards within DOD, which led to a DOD directive to convert military specifications and standards to voluntary consensus standards. He has worked closely with many global standards developing organizations to help ensure that standardization policies support the use of consensus standards. For example, through his role as the U.S. representative to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) board on standardization, Saunders has been instrumental in helping NATO adopt a standards management framework that promotes NATO use of standards based on technical merit and market acceptance rather than the responsible organization. Saunders has helped negotiate memorandums of cooperation between NATO and standards organizations such as the American National Standards Institute, SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers) and ASTM International. He is also working at NATO to support the interoperability of military systems through standardization.

The 2007 chairman of the ASTM International board of directors, Saunders served on the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations from 1988 to 1990, as an ASTM director from 2001 to 2003 and as chairman of the ASTM Finance and Audit Committee in 2004. He had also been a chairman of the former Committee F10 on Food. Currently a member of Committee F07 on Aerospace and Aircraft, Saunders has been active on Committees F15 on Consumer Products and F26 on Food Service Equipment.Saunders serves on the ANSI board of directors and as chairman of the ANSI Government Member Forum. He is also a member and director of SAE International, chairs the SAE Technical Standards Board and serves on the Aerospace Council. In addition, he is a current member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Standards Engineering Society as well as a past member of the IEEE Standards Association's board of governors.

For his contributions and accomplishments, Saunders has received numerous awards, including the Vice President's Golden Hammer Award, the DOD Civilian Service Award, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award and industry's Equal Partner Award; the Leo B. Moore Medal of Honor from the Standards Engineering Society; ANSI's Meritorious Service Award; and the Howard Coonley Medal, which honors an executive who has rendered great service to the national economy through voluntary standardization. Saunders has also received SAE International's Outstanding Standards Achievement Award and Outstanding Chair Award. Saunders began his career at DOD in 1976 and assumed his current position in 1998.

New Committee Chairmen

Mark A. Lancaster, new chairman of Committee B01 on Electrical Conductors: 80 members, 84 standards Mark A. Lancaster, P.E., director of Overhead Transmission Engineering at Southwire Co., Carrollton, Ga., an ASTM International member since 2004, serves on various B01 subcommittees.

Lancaster joined Southwire Co. in 1987 as an electrical project engineer. Since then, he has held several positions within the company, including operations and engineering manager and senior product engineer, before assuming his current role in 2009. His work has focused on industrial power and control systems, product research and development, medium and high voltage underground cable design and systems, and overhead transmission conductors and line designs. In addition to ASTM International, Lancaster is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, the International Council on Large Electrical Systems and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Lancaster holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology; a B.S. in applied physics from Georgia College and State University; and an M.B.A. from the University of West Georgia.

Thomas Langill, new chairman of Committee A05 on Metallic-Coated Iron and Steel Products: 270 members, 74 standards Thomas Langill, Ph.D., technical director at the American Galvanizers Association in Centennial, Colo., has been a member of ASTM International since 1994. Langill also chairs Subcommittee A05.13 on Structural Shapes and Hardware Specifications. He is an active member of several ASTM committees, including A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys; B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys; D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications; F16 on Fasteners; and G01 on Corrosion of Metals, where he serves as secretary on the main committee and chairs two G01 subcommittees. In 2009, he was honored with the ASTM Award of Merit.Langill's professional career has focused on materials engineering and failure analysis. He has assisted in the development of laser systems for U.S. military systems, and he has performed failure analysis on electronic components. At the American Galvanizers Association, where he has held the position of technical director since 1994, he concentrates on training, specification writing and materials analysis.

In addition to ASTM International, Langill is a member of NACE International, the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASM International, the American Welding Society, the Society for Protective Coatings, and the Association for Iron and Steel Technology. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in physics from John Carroll University, and he holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University.

mark Nelson, new chairman of Committee F10 on Livestock, Meat and Poultry Evaluation Systems: 33 members, 6 standards Mark Nelson is director of commodities at the Kansas Farm Bureau in Manhattan, Kan. A member of ASTM International since 2003, Nelson also serves on five of F10's eight subcommittees, and he is vice chair of Subcommittee F10.50 on Terminology.The work of Committee F10 has been determined to be of the highest priority to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is supported by a wide range of stakeholders to achieve fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industry. Upon his graduation from Kansas State University, where he earned both a B.S. and an M.S. in agricultural economics, Nelson accepted the position of northwest area economist at the university. He then spent time as a field representative and merchandiser at Northern Sun in Goodland, Kan., before assuming his role at the Kansas Farm Bureau in 1997.

The Award of Merit, with its accompanying honorary title of fellow, is the highest society award granted to individual members for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM technical committee activities.

ASTM International Committee D35 on Geosynthetics has honored Samuel R. Allen, vice president of TRI/Environmental Inc. in Austin, Texas, with the ASTM Award of Merit and honorary title of fellow.

Committee D35 cited Allen, an ASTM International member since 1994, for his outstanding leadership skills. He served as D35 chairman from 2004 to 2009. Allen has led the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 221 on Geosynthetics (D35.96) since 2000, and he is also a member of Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics and a former member and chairman of the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations, for which he received a Service Award in 2008. Other awards he has received include the D35 Award of Appreciation in 1999, the D35 Award of Recognition in 2004, and the annual Award for the Outstanding Practice Article in the Geotechnical Testing Journal in 2003.

Allen, who studied chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, has more than 20 years of experience in the analytical testing of geosynthetic products. He joined TRI/Environmental Inc. as a senior technician in 1986, became a project manager in 1994 and assumed his current role in 1997. His work focuses on plastics testing and research, geosynthetics testing and research, erosion and sediment control testing, and accelerated testing and measurement technologies. Outside ASTM International, Allen serves on the board of directors of both the North American Geosynthetics Society and the Geosynthetics Institute, where he is a past chairman of the board. He is also a council member of the International Geosynthetics Society and a member of the International Association of Geosynthetic Installers and the International Organization for Standardization.

Retired metallurgist Harry D. Ambs of Jacksonville, Fla., has been given the Award of Merit by ASTM International Committee B09 on Metal Powders and Metal Powder Products.

Ambs, who was recognized for his exceptional and long-sustained service to Committee B09 and his work toward the development and promotion of powder metallurgy standards, has been a member of ASTM International and B09 since 1971. He currently serves as B09 membership secretary and is vice chair of Subcommittee B09.02 on Base Metal Powders. For 34 years, he served as the liaison to the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 119 on Powder Metallurgy, Subcommittee 2 on Metal Powders, through Subcommittee B09.09, and still serves in an advisory capacity on the B09.09 task group. Ambs has received three B09 Awards of Appreciation for his contributions.A specialist in powder metallurgy, Ambs spent most of his career at SCM Metal Products Inc. (formerly Glidden Metals), in Cleveland, Ohio. He retired as manager of technical support in 1991. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in powder metallurgy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.In addition to ASTM, Ambs is a charter member and former president of the American Powder Metallurgy Institute, now APMI International, and a member of ASM International and the Metal Powder Industries Federation, where he served as chairman of the MPIF standards board for more than 10 years.

Jon R. Cavallo, P.E., senior consultant and corporate corrosion and coatings specialist at Enercon Services Inc. in Tulsa, Okla., has received the Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow from ASTM International Committee D33 on Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities.An ASTM International member since 1981, Cavallo recently completed a six-year term as chairman of Committee D33. Cavallo currently chairs Subcommittee D33.02 on Service and Material Parameters. He also leads several D33 task groups, is a co-author of ASTM Manual 8, Manual on Maintenance Coatings for Nuclear Power Plants, and serves as a liaison between Committee D33 and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Committee D33 honored him with Awards of Appreciation in 1992 and 2001.

Cavallo began his career in the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program, where he was certified as a nuclear submarine engineering watch supervisor. After leaving the military, he joined Stone and Webster Engineering Corp. and served in several technical engineering and managerial positions. He then worked as a regional manager at Metalweld Inc., as a senior associate at S.G. Pinney and Associates Inc. and as president of Sponge-Jet Inc. In 1998, he joined Corrosion Control Consultants and Laboratories Inc., where he provided corrosion mitigation professional engineering services in surface preparation, protective coatings and linings in the role of vice president. In 2009, he joined Enercon Services as a senior consultant responsible for the firm's coatings and corrosion technology business unit.

A graduate of Northeastern University with a B.S. in engineering technology, Cavallo is a registered professional engineer in three states, a Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) protective coatings specialist, and a NACE International CIP Level III coating inspector with nuclear facilities endorsement. In addition to ASTM, he is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NACE International, the National Society of Professional Engineers and SSPC.

John R. Hall, Ph.D., division director of fire analysis and research at the National Fire Protection Association in Quincy, Mass., has been honored with the ASTM International Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow for his contributions to ASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standards in the area of terminology and instructive editorial guidance in the development of several E05 standards.

Hall has been a member of ASTM International and Committee E05 since 1987. He is the fifth vice chairman of E05, serves as secretary of Subcommittee E05.33 on Fire Safety Engineering and chairs E05.31 on Terminology and Services/Functions as well as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 92 on Fire Safety (E05.40). He is also chair of the E05 Symposium on Uncertainty in Fire Standards that is scheduled for 2011. The committee has honored Hall in the past with two Awards of Appreciation (1995 and 2005) and the Wayne P. Ellis Award in 2004. In addition to E05, Hall also works on Committees E06 on Performance of Buildings and E60 on Sustainability.

Hall held research analyst positions at the Urban Institute, the U.S. Fire Administration and the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) before joining NFPA in 1984. His NFPA division is responsible for the measurement of the national fire problem and the communication of the results as a statistical basis for fire protection strategies.

Outside ASTM International, Hall is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the International Association of Fire Safety Science, and the Society for Risk Analysis. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in operations research from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jenny L. Hitch, director of marketing at Full Circle Solutions Inc. in Jasper, Ga., has received the ASTM International Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow.A member of ASTM International since 1991, Hitch was honored for her outstanding contributions to the development of ASTM standards and for her leadership in the operations of ASTM Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and D18 on Soil and Rock. She is active on several other committees as well, including C01 on Cement; C27 on Precast Concrete Products; D04 on Road and Paving Materials; D34 on Waste Management; E06 on Performance of Buildings; E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action; and E60 on Sustainability. She currently serves as C09 membership secretary and chairs the groups on strategic planning (C01.90.01) and supplementary cementitious materials (C09.24).

Hitch has been honored with several other ASTM awards, including three Standards Development Awards, the Technical Editors Award, a Special Service Award, and the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award, all from Committee D18, and the Award of Appreciation from Committee C09. She also received the Award for Excellence in Symposium and Publication Management from the ASTM Committee on Publications, where she served a six-year term from 2000 to 2006.After earning a B.S. in geological engineering from Washington State University, Hitch became national manager of coal combustion products engineering at Headwaters Resources, Las Vegas, Nev. In 2006, she accepted the position of technical service specialist at W.R. Grace and Co. in Las Vegas, and in 2009 she moved to Full Circle Solutions and assumed her current role.

Outside ASTM International, Hitch is a member of the American Concrete Institute and the American Coal Ash Association.

Chris Ingersoll, Ph.D., aquatic toxicologist at the Columbia Environmental Research Center at the U.S. Geological Service in Columbia, Mo., has been honored with the Award of Merit and title of fellow by ASTM International Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate.An active ASTM International member since 1987, Ingersoll is a past chairman of Committee E47 and currently leads Subcommittee E47.03 on Sediment Assessment and Toxicology. He has chaired several E47 symposia and task groups and served as co-editor of two ASTM Special Technical Publications. Committee E47 presented him with the Exceptional Service Award in 1992 and the Robert J. Painter Award in 2002. In addition to his committee work, he has served terms on both the ASTM board of directors and the ASTM Committee on Standards, which honored him with a Service Award in 2001.

In his current role, which he has held since 1986, Ingersoll conducts research to develop methods for assessing the bioavailability of contaminants in sediment, and he has coordinated the development of toxicity tests that have been used to evaluate contaminated sediments in several areas, including the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River. He also holds adjunct positions in the College of Engineering and in the Fisheries, Wildlife and Forestry Departments in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri.

Outside ASTM International, Ingersoll is a member and past president of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in North America. A graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he earned a B.S. in biology education and an M.S. in zoology, Ingersoll holds a Ph.D. in zoology and physiology from the University of Wyoming.

Dean Neubauer, senior engineering associate at Corning Inc., Corning, N.Y., has received the Award of Merit and title of fellow from ASTM International Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics for his outstanding contributions and leadership in publications and in developing standards related to statistical methods and quality control.Neubauer has been an active member of ASTM International and Committee E11 since 1993 and he currently serves as vice chairman of the committee. He also chairs Subcommittee E11.30 on Statistical Quality Control and the subcommittee on Planning (E11.91). Neubauer has received three Awards of Appreciation from E11, in 2001, 2005 and 2007. Since 2008, he has helped coordinate DataPoints, a regular column on statistics and quality control in ASTM standards that appears in ASTM's bimonthly magazine, Standardization News.

Neubauer specializes in statistical and quality engineering, particularly experimental design, statistical process control, acceptance sampling, empirical modeling, data mining and multivariate analysis. He holds a B.S. in statistics from Iowa State University and an M.S. in statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology and has been with Corning Inc. since 1981. He is also an adjunct professor in statistics at the Center for Quality and Applied Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology.Outside ASTM International, Neubauer is a certified quality engineer and a fellow of the American Society for Quality, a member of the American Statistical Association, and a chartered statistician and fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He has also written two books and is active on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 69 on Applications of Statistical Methods.

ASTM International Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys has honored Kenneth Orie of Hidden Valley, Pa., with the ASTM Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow.

A member of ASTM International and Committee A01 since 1995, Orie was cited for his service and leadership as chairman of Subcommittee A01.11 on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels, a group that plays a critical role in the pressure vessel industry. He currently serves as producer vice chairman on A01 and as vice chairman of the executive subcommittee. He also works on multiple subcommittees, including the USA Committee for International Standardization of Steel (A01.95), and he chairs several task groups. The committee recognized his contributions with the Award of Appreciation in 2009.Orie began his career at Lukens Steel Co. (now ArcelorMittal USA) in Coatesville, Pa., after earning a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. During his tenure with the company, he held various supervisory positions that addressed quality control and assurance in the oil, petrochemical and refining, and power generation industries, and he also worked on the development and marketing of value added pressure vessel steels and cladded products. He retired from ArcelorMittal as a senior metallurgical engineer in 2009.

In addition to ASTM International, Orie is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and NACE International. He holds an M.B.A. from West Chester University.

Consultant Noral D. Stewart, Ph.D., of Raleigh, N.C., has received the Award of Merit from Committee E33 on Building and Environmental Acoustics. Committee E33 cited Stewart for his outstanding leadership skills and dedication in developing ASTM acoustical field and community noise standards. A member of ASTM and Committee E33 since 1985, he recently completed a term as E33 vice chairman and also works on several subcommittees and task groups. During his tenure with the committee, he has served as a liaison to other organizations in the architectural acoustics and noise control community, and has promoted the use of ASTM standards in building specifications. The committee recognized him with the Wallace Waterfall Award in 2005.

A consultant in acoustics and noise control with an emphasis on architectural acoustics and community and workplace noise, Stewart started his business, Stewart Acoustical Consultants, in 1979. He has assisted architects and engineers in the design of award-winning buildings and has advised local governments and residents on noise control ordinances and the resolution of noise problems. Prior to his consultancy he was a development engineer at Western Electric Co. in Greensboro, N.C., and a research assistant at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., where he was awarded his doctorate in mechanical engineering in 1981.Outside ASTM International, Stewart is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America; a member and past president of the National Council of Acoustical Consultants; and a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA, ASME International, and the Transportation Research Board's Aircraft Noise Subcommittee.