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August 2007
BFRL Monthly Highlights
May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 MORE Highlights
Gregory Linteris Receives ASHRAE Best Paper Award
Gregory Linteris of the Materials and Products Group in the Fire Research Division was awarded an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Technical/Symposium Paper Award, which recognized the authors of the best papers presented at society meetings. His paper, “Burning Velocity of 1, 1-Diflurorethane (R-152a),” discusses the importance of flame stretch in burning velocities measurements for refrigerants/air mixtures. The measurements are important as the refrigeration industry moves towards the use of flammable working fluids to overcome constraints associated with the global warming and ozone depletion potential of formerly used working fluids.
CONTACT:
Jeffrey Gilman
301-975-6573Domanski Receives ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
Piotr Domanski of the HVAC&R Equipment Performance Group received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). This award recognizes Domanski’s exceptional service to the society through his leadership on several standards and technical committees, numerous technical presentations and publications, and organization of various technical sessions and seminars. Among his past activities, he co-organized and chaired the 1997 ASHRAE/NIST conference “Refrigerants for the 21st Century,” which took place at NIST in Gaithersburg, Md. Currently, Domanski serves on the ASHRAE Research Administration Committee. Presentation of the award took take place on June 23, 2007, during the opening plenary session of the society’s annual meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
CONTACT:
Piotr Domanski
301-975-5877BFRL’s Tinh Nguyen Receives Best Paper Award
Tinh Nguyen of BFRL received the Best Paper Award at the Asia Pacific Coatings and Show held in June 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, and reaffirmed longstanding and ongoing collaborative research efforts on nanocomposites with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, and with the Xiamen University Key State Laboratory in Xiamen, China. Nguyen’s paper was entitled “A Novel Method to Covalently Functionalize Carbon Nanotubes with Isocyanate for Polyurethane Nanocomposite Coatings.” The Asia Pacific Coatings and Show’s exhibition was attended by more than 4,000 visitors, and substantial growth in the coatings market is projected for building, construction, and automotive applications. Nguyen also gave invited talks to the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces at the Xiamen University in Xiamen, China, and to the Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. Both groups have reaffirmed their eagerness and willingness in continuing joint research with Nguyen and BFRL in applying their metrologies for assessing the service life of nanocomposite materials.
CONTACT:
Jonathan Martin
301-975-6717
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