Ronald S. Graves

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Ronald S. Graves

Vice President
Secretary/Treasurer

R&D Services, Inc.

Education:

• University of Tennessee. Majored in metallurgical engineering and mathematics.

  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory promoted to Research Staff Member based on experience and qualifications. Job function was at advanced degree level.

Experience:

• Retired on January 1, 1995 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and formed R & D Services, Inc. as an energy/engineering consulting company.

  Entire career of 36 years was spent at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( 1958-1995).

  Major activities have been related to research in the field of heat transfer.

  Analyses of thermal performance of insulation materials.

  Directed a thermal measurement laboratory.

  Operated heat flow meter apparatus (C518) and an unguarded thin heater apparatus ( C1114).

  Developed test equipment for the High Temperatures Materials Laboratory at ORNL.

  Principal investigator for four ORNL Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with industry.

  Contacts with Department of Energy, Federal Trade Commission and state agencies.

  Numerous presentations at technical meetings.

  Over 140 publications.
  
  

Societies:

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ASTM E 05 Voting member (Fire Standards)

ASTM D 35 Voting member (GeoSynthetics)

ASTM C 16 Voting member (Thermal Insulation)

Chairman of C 16 Committee (1998 -     )

Chairman of C 16.95 (Editorial)

Executive Committee Member-at-Large

Task Group Chairman

ASTM C 16 Symposium Chairman ( 1991)

ASTM C 16 Symposium Chairman ( 1997)

ASTM Award for Excellence for Symposium and Publication Management, October 1992.

• The International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC)

Chairman for ITCC 22 ( October 1995)

ITCC Fellow (1987)

Secretary of ITCC

• Insulation Contractors Association of America (ICAA)

Chairman of Technical Committee for Four Years

Key Man Award (1990,91,92)

Lifetime Member (1995)

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