Richard C. Ward (Richard)
P.O. Box 2008, Bethel Valley Rd., MS-6085
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6085
Phone: 865-574-5449
Fax: 865-576-0003
E-Mail: wardrc1@ornl.gov

Position:

Senior R&D Staff Member

Appointed:

ORNL staff member since 1983; appointed to present position in 2001

Education:

Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Riverside, 1978

Memberships:

Biomedical Engineering Society; American Physical Society; Sigma Xi

Primary Expertise:

Twenty-five years experience in computer modeling and simulation in the physical and biological sciences including: human modeling, biokinetics and pharmacokinetics, and health physics. Extensive experience in verification and validation of codes (with focus on dosimetry), designing graphical user interfaces for large data systems, developing computational environments that utilize distributed and parallel, designing image analysis tools for segmentation of CT images, and constructing image-based models.

Other Expertise:

Condensed matter physics with emphasis on phase transitions; ground water transport

Publications:

Over 35 journal, conference papers, and reports in physics and engineering including:

Ward, R. C., K. F. Eckerman and L. S. Ahmad (University of Houston), "Web-access to a Lung Deposition Model for Radiation Protection and Physiological Modeling," in Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 11 (Eds. James D. Westwood, et al.), IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 389?391 (2003).

Ward, R. C., K. L. Kruse, G. O. Allgood, L. M. Hively, K. N. Fischer, N. B. Munro, and C. E. Easterly, "Virtual Human Project" in Proceedings of the SPIE: Visualization of Temporal and Spatial Data for Civilian and Defense Applications (eds. N L Faust and G O Allgood), 4368:158-167 (2001).

Kruse, K. L., P. T. Williams, G. O. Allgood, R. C. Ward, S. S. Gleason, M. J. Paulus, N. B. Munro, G. Mahinthakumar, C. Narasimhan, J. R. Hammersley, D. E. Olson, "Flow Simulation in a 3-D Model of Pig Airways and Connection to Lung Sounds," in Proceedings of the SPIE: Visualization of Temporal and Spatial Data for Civilian and Defense Applications (eds. N L Faust and G O Allgood), 4368:168-175 (2001).

Holmes, S. L., R. C. Ward, J. D. Galambos, and D. J. Strickler, "A Method for Optimization of Pharamacokinetic Models," Toxicology Methods, 10:41-53 (2000).

Ward, R.C., M. W. Yambert, R. J. Toedte, N. B. Munro, C. E. Easterly, E. P. Difilippo, D. C. Stallings, "Creating a Human Phantom for the Virtual Human Program," Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2000, IOS Press, Amsterdam (2000).

Ward, R. C., D. J. Strickler, J. S. Tolliver, and C. E. Easterly, "A Java User Interface for the Virtual Human," Proceedings of the Joint BMES/EMBS Conference (Atlanta, GA), p 1211 (1999).

Eckerman, K. F., R. C. Ward and L. Maddox, "US Army Radiological Bioassay and Dosimetry: The RBD Software Package," ORNL/TM-11858 (1993).

Ward, R. C., K. F. Eckerman, "DOSEXPRT - A Bioassay Dosimetry Code for Martin Marietta Energy Systems," ORNL/TM-11857 (1992).

Travis, C. C., R. K. White and R. C. Ward, "Interspecies Extrapolation of Pharmacokinetics," J. of Theoretical Biology, 142:285-304 (1990).

Ward, R. C. and C. C. Travis, "Scaling Physiological Pharmacokinetic Models by Physiological Time," in Modeling and Simulation on Microcomputers, Society for Computer Simulation MultiConference, San Diego, CA, pp 55-59 (1988).

Ward, R. C., C. C. Travis, D. M. Hetrick, M. E. Andersen and M. L. Gargas, "Pharmacokinetics of Tetrachloroethylene," J. of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology , 93:108-117 (1988).