Richard W. (Dick) Reaves, P.E., has been named to a 2007-2009 term on the ASTM International board of directors. Reaves is the North American sales manager for Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of precision test and measurement equipment for the highway construction industry, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Reaves lives in Cary, N.C.

An ASTM International member since 1986, Reaves serves on Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates, D04 on Road and Paving Materials, D18 on Soil and Rock, and is currently the chair of Subcommittee D04.21 on Specific Gravity and Density of Bituminous Mixtures. Reaves previously was a member on Committee E36 on Conformity Assessment and the Committee on Technical Committee Operations from 2002 to 2004. Other current positions held include membership on the Transportation Research Board’s Committees A2E06 on Basic Research and Emerging Technologies Related to Concrete and A2J03 on Mineral Aggregates.

After earning his B.S. in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Reaves launched his career as the nuclear testing engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and advanced through the organization in a 30-year tenure that concluded with his 1999 retirement from the State Materials Engineer position.

As the State Materials Engineer, Reaves managed the NCDOT sampling, testing, and acceptance program for all materials used in the construction and maintenance of the state’s highways. Also, Reaves was a member of the NCDOT Research Committee, which was charged with identifying, prioritizing, and selecting NCDOT contract research projects.

In addition to various ASTM activities as the NCDOT representative, Reaves held the positions of regional vice chair and technical section chair on the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Subcommittee on Materials, where he was one of three AASHTO representatives working on collaboration efforts with ASTM in the late 1990s.

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