BFRL NEWS

Previously Posted News Archives
2001

Date Reported		News Item
Fall 2001		"Hurry Please," to Be in the Software, Says BEES Please Time’s running out for manufacturers who want their products to be included in the 2002 version of BEES, a Windows-based software designed by NIST to help the construction industry select “cost-effective” green building products.  Details...
Summer 2001		NIST's Solar Photovoltaic System  A portion of the energy used at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, MD is being provided by renewable energy. The solar system will reduce the quantity of electricity purchased to power the NIST campus and reduce the monthly peak demand charges.  Details...
Summer 2001		Simulating a Hurricane Tests performed on May 16 and 17, 2001,  in Lubbock, Texas, used propeller blasts from C-130s to subject instrument-laden test homes to three sustained wind levels, one comparable to that of a hurricane.  Details...
Summer 2001		NFPRF Honors NIST scientists for Fire Fighter Safety Research Mr. J. Randall (Randy) Lawson of NIST's Building and Fire Research Laboratory, and Dr. William (Ruddy) E. Mell of the University of Utah have been announced as the winners of the 2001 Harry C. Bigglestone Award for Excellence in Communications for their publication of the pioneering work on developing an accurate and flexible model of heat transfer through protective clothing for fire fighters. The study was funded jointly by NIST and United States Fire Administration.  The award winning paper, "Heat Transfer Model for Fire Fighter's Protective Clothing," appeared in NFPA's Fire Technology, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2000. The Bigglestone Award, sponsored by the National Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPRF), Quincy, MA, is presented to the authors of the best paper submitted to Fire Technology during the previous year. The award and invited lecture are presented at the 2001 National Fire Protection Association's Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. For more information contact Randy Lawson 301-975-6877 .
Summer 2001		ASME Best Paper Award On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, the BFRL Building Integrated Photovoltaic Research Team was honored at the Solar Forum 2001 Conference's Awards Banquet in Washington, DC.  receiving an ASME Best Paper Award. There were approximately 400 papers presented at this conference. The BFRL team received one of only four best paper awards. The paper is entitled "Measured Performance of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Panels" authored by Hunter Fanney, Brian Dougherty, and Mark Davis. This paper as well as two others associated with our Building Integrated research program have been accepted for publication in ASME's Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. All three authors received a certificate at the awards ceremony. The paper is located at "http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/863/bipv/documents/Measured_Performance.pdf"
Summer 2001		Young Scientist Award for Excellence Kevin McGrattan, of the Fire Research Division, has received the 2000-2001 NIST Chapter of Sigma Xi Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. The award recognizes Kevin's outstanding research in the development and extension of computer models to predict fire dynamics.
Summer 2001		BFRL Participates in the NIST Centennial Open House for Students! Approximately 7,600 kids learned how NIST researchers are working toward cutting-edge scientific discoveries to benefit society.  Details...
Spring 2001		2001 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize John Gross has been selected by ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute as the recipient of the 2001 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize.  This award is for his paper "Cyclic Testing of Steel Moment Connections Rehabilitated with RBS or Welded Haunch" published in the Journal of Structural Engineering in January 2000 and jointly authored with Professor Chia-MingUang and Mr. Kent Yu at the University of California at San Diego. The Raymond C. Reese prize is awarded to the author or authors of paper published by the society during the past year that describes a notable achievement in research structural engineering and which indicates how it can be used.  The paper should include the results of research and, in particular, should indicate and recommend how the research can be applied to design; it is this latter feature that is considered to be most important. John's paper describes the NIST-led work on retrofit of welded steel moment frame structures following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.  This work was funded through a one-time supplemental appropriation from Congress.  John joins a distinguished group of colleagues -- including a several members of the national academy of engineering -- that has received this award since its inception in 1970.
Spring 2001		NIST SPHERE BFRL's Integrating Sphere Weathering Device will allow researchers to introduce new technologies for UV exposure of polymeric materials Improve spatial irradiance uniformity, temperature control, and provide greater experimental flexibility in UV weathering instrumentation.
Spring 2001		Commerce Engineer of the Year Award BFRL researcher, John Gross, has been awarded the 2000 "Commerce Engineer of the Year Award". John is also among the top ten finalists, from the 33 agency winners, one of which will be chosen as the "NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year". The National Society of Professional Engineers will choose the recipient during their awards ceremony in February.

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