Jul 12, 2012

ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings has presented the Award of Merit and title of fellow to Robert J. Kudder, Ph.D., senior consultant at Raths, Raths & Johnson Inc. in Willowbrook, Ill. The Award of Merit is ASTM’s highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. 

Kudder has been a member of ASTM International and Committee E06 since 1984. He served a term as E06 membership secretary from 2000-2005 and received an E06 Award of Appreciation in 2007.  He was the primary author of ASTM E2128, Standard Guide for Evaluating Water Leakage of Building Walls, which addresses a fundamental need in the building performance evaluation field.  

A structural engineer with experience in observation, field and laboratory testing, and repair of nonperforming and distressed structures, Kudder has been with Raths, Raths & Johnson since 1979. He became principal in 1986 and assumed his current role in 2004. He is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois and a licensed professional engineer in Colorado and Ohio.

In addition to ASTM International, Kudder is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Construction Specifications Institute, Exterior Design Institute, the Masonry Society and the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., where he earned his Ph.D. and an M.S. in civil engineering, Kudder also holds a B.Eng. in civil engineering from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, N.Y.

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