David
W. Yarbrough, PhD, PEDavid
W. Yarbrough, PhD, PE
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
DAVID W. YARBROUGH
President
| Ph.D. (Ch.E.) Georgia Institute of Technology (Ford Foundation Fellow) | 1966 |
| M.S. (Ch.E.) Georgia Institute of Technology | 1961 |
| BChE (with Honor) Georgia Institute of Technology | 1960 |
| Professional Engineer (P.E.) |
Tennessee Florida |
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| Chairman and Professor of Chemical Engineering, TTU | 1987-2001 |
| Professor of Chemical Engineering, TTU | 1980-1987 |
| Adjunct Research Participant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1980-Present |
| Research Staff Member, ORNL | 1979-1980 |
| Associate Dean of Engineering for Graduate Studies and Research, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University | 1976-1979 |
| Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, TTU | 1971-1976 |
| Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, TTU | 1968-1971 |
| ILT, CPT U.S. Army, R & D Liaison Officer | 1966-1968 |
| Chemical Engineer, Humble Oil Company, Houston | 1966 |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology | 1961-1966 |
| Faculty Research Participant, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina | 1981 Summer |
| Faculty Research Participant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee | 1970 Summer |
| Faculty Research Participant, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina | 1969 Summer |
| Chemical Engineer, Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 1961 Summer |
| Junior Chemical Engineer, Humble Oil Co., Houston | 1960 |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| U.S. Army Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory | |
| Gulf and Western Corp., Nu-Fuels Corp. | |
| Thermal Insulation Producers | |
| Reflective Insulation Manufacturers |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member | |
| American Society for Engineering Education - Member Coordinator for the Middle Tennessee Branch | 1974-1975 |
| American Society for Testing and Materials - Member | 1985-Present |
| ASTM Committee C-16 | |
| Past - Chairman Sub-Committee 16.21 | |
| Present - Chairman Sub-Committee 16.24 | |
| Society of the Sigma Xi - Member | |
| President of Tennessee Tech Club | 1971-72, 1981-82 |
| Secretary | 1982-2001 |
| International Council of Building Officials - Member | 1987-1992 |
| International Assoc. of Science and Technology for Development | 1985-1990 |
| The International Thermal Conductivity Conferences | 1985- |
| Governing Board Member | 1985- |
| Conference Steward | 1993- |
| Chairman for 19th ITCC | |
| Tennessee Academy of Science - Executive Committee | 1981-1989 |
| Engineering Section Chairman | 1980-1984 |
| President-Elect 1985, President 1986 | |
| New York Academy of Science | 1986-1993 |
| Energy Conservation Society (Knoxville) - Charter Member, Steering Committee | 1977-1980 |
| Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) | |
| Phi Kappa Phi (Scholastic) | |
| Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics) |
| Sigma Xi Research Award (TTU Club) | 1983 |
| University Research Award (TTU) | 1987 |
| Outstanding Faculty Award (TTU, College of Engineering) | 1990 |
| International Thermal Conductivity Conferences - Fellow | 1987 |
| Tennessee Academy of Science - Fellow | |
| ASTM C 16 - Award of Appreciation | 1992 |
| International Thermal Conductivity Conference Award | 1995 |
| ASTM C 16 - Honors Award | 1997 |
| International Who's Who in Engineering, Who's Who in Engineering (1984) | |
| American Men and Women of Science, 15th Ed., (1982) 18th Ed., (1992) | |
| Who's Who in the South and Southwest | |
| International Directory of R & D Scientists | |
| Who's Who in Technology Today, 3rd Ed., (1982), 4th Ed., (1984) | |
| Who's Who in Chemistry and Plastics, 5th Edition |
| Chairman, Thermal Science Research Group - TTU | 1973-1976 |
| University Research Coordinator - TTU | 1978 |
| Area Liaison - U.S. Military Academy - West Point | 1975-1977 |
| Session Chairman for AIChE meeting on Energy Conservation | 1984, Fall |
| Adjunct Faculty Member, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College | 1983-1988 |
| Session Chairman - World Congress III of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo | 1986 |
| Steering Committee for USDOE Project at Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral | 1986 |
| Session Chairman - 2nd California Conference on Thermal Insulation | 1989 |
| Session Chairman - 21st International Thermal Conductivity Conference | 1989 |
| Session Chairman - International Thermal Insulation
Conferences
|
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
Technical Session Chairman - 1991 Symposium on Insulation Materials - ASTM - Gatlinburg, TN, October 10-12 |
1991 |
| Editorial Board, J. of Thermal Insulation and Building Envelopes | 1992-present |
| Session Chairman - Cairo 5th International Conference External Examiner - The University of the West Indies |
1996 1997-present |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico | 1973 |
| Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico) | 1973 |
| Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara | 1973, 1974 |
| "Insulation Materials R & D," Applegate Insulation Systems Meeting, Louisville, KY, (5/21/83) | 1983 |
| "The Development of Improved Thermal Insulations and Measurement Techniques," William Maxwell Reed Engineering Seminar, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, (November 15, 1984). | 1984 |
| "Radiant Heat Barrier Theory and Practice," Energy Update Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (April 16, 1987). | 1987 |
| "Factors that Affect the Aging of Foam Insulations" Seminar, Vanderbilt University (January 15, 1993) | 1993 |
| "Heat Transfer in Insulation', "Expectations of
Future Engineers "First International Congress for Engineering
Students U. of Honduras, Tegulcigalpa, Honduras |
1998 |
| "Economic and Environmental Benefits of Industrial Insulation "Keynote Presentation, International Symposium-Energy and the Environment, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad | 1998 |
| Chemical Thermodynamics, Materials for Energy Conservation, Numerical Modeling, Heat Transfer, Thermal Insulations. |
| AIChE J., ASTM, ASHRAE, Rev. of Sci. Inst., J. of Thermal Insulation and Building Envelopes, Chemical Engineering Communications, NASA, USDOE |
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