APPROVED MINUTES BOARD ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT November 7, 2000

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1 APPROVED MINUTES BOARD ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT November 7, 2000 A meeting of the Board on Research and Technology Development was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000 in conjunction with ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. The following people attended all or part of the meeting: BRTD MEMBERS Avram Bar-Cohen - University of Minnesota (Vice President, Research) Said Jahanmir - NIST (Vice President Elect, Research) Murray Abbott - CONSOL Energy, Inc. (Rep, Research Committee on Corrosion and Deposits from Combustion Gases) James Bellows - Siemens Westinghouse (Rep, Research Committee on Water & Steam in Thermal Systems) Domenic Canonico - ABB Alstom Power (Rep. from CCS) F. Roy Fleet, Consultant (Rep, Research Committee on Gas Pipeline Safety) Jim Mathews - Duke Power (Rep, Research Committee on Power Plant and Environmental Chemistry) A. Alan Moghissi - RSI (Member at Large) Rita Patterson - University of Texas Medical Branch (Member at Large) Norman Samurin - Dresser Rand (Member at Large) Michael Schmidt - Industrial Risk Insurers (Rep, Research Committee on Risk Technology) William Schmidt - University of Arkansas (Rep, COEd) John Siegmund - Sheppard T. Powell Associates (Rep, Research Committees) Ephraim Suhir - Lucent Technologies (Rep, Research Committee on Reliability of Photonics Systems) Charles Velzy - Retired (Rep, DOE/EM Peer Review Committee) J. Kenneth Wittle - Electro-Pyrolysis (Rep, Research Committee on Industrial and Municipal Wastes) GUESTS Ken Balkey - Westinghouse (former Chair, Research Committee on Risk Technology) Charles Beardsley - ASME Staff Ernie Daman - Consultant (Member of DOE/EM Peer Review Committee) Richard Hirsch - Retired (BRTD Rep. to the Engineering Foundation Board of Directors) John Janssen - Retired (former member of BRTD) Fred Landis - University of Wisconsin (interested ASME member) John Lloyd - Michigan State University (ASME Sr. VP of Engineering) Keith Thayer - Retired (former ASME President) STAFF

2 Carolyn Davis - Director, Research Roger De Cesare - Manager, Research Operations Norma Johnston - Manager, Research Administration Item 1 - BRTD agenda The agenda was approved as amended and is attached as Appendix A. Item 2 - Minutes from the June meeting The minutes of the June 5, 2000 meeting were approved as written. It was recommended that the minutes be distributed via and that placing the minutes on the web site be investigated. Item 3 - Special addresses Jack Lloyd, Senior VP for Engineering, addressed the Board and urged them to become actively involved in emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology. He further said that the Board of Governors would like to see CRTD continue to pursue research in key areas. Keith Thayer, former ASME President, encouraged the Board to become more proactive on a regional basis. For example, he spoke of section meetings in Texas that break out into small study groups to pursue topics of interest. CRTD could participate in this regional activity by perhaps providing the groups with core information on a variety of topics. Item 4 - Management Reports 4a) Chair's Report: Bylaw changes. - Avram Bar-Cohen reviewed the reorganization of the Board, highlighted by the inclusion of the Chair (or his/her designee) of each of the Research Committees, a representative from each of the Technical Groups, and a representative from each of the C&S Boards. Bar-Cohen noted that a further change in the bylaws allows the Vice President Elect for Research to serve on the Board. After extensive discussion, it was moved and seconded to approve the changes in the bylaws. The motion passed, with one abstention and no opposition. A copy of the changed bylaws is attached as Appendix B. BRTD Executive Committee. Bar-Cohen announced his appointment of Executive Committee members and asked for Board approval. A motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimously to approve the new Executive Committee. The members, in addition to Bar-Cohen, are Said Jahanmir, Domenic Canonico, Norm Samurin, and Ken Wittle. ASME Manual for Peer Review. Chuck Velzy, Chair of the DOE/EM Peer Review Committee, discussed the manual that is used for peer review and asked the Board to approve it. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Manual for Peer Review; the motion passed unanimously. Membership of the DOE/EM Peer Review Committee. Velzy explained that originally the Peer Review Committee was not considered a Research Committee and hence had not had its membership approved by the Board. In order to bring the Peer Review Committee and its activities into the realm of CRTD's other research entities, Velzy asked the Board to approve the appointment of members of the Peer Review Committee after the fact. (Rosters were sent to BRTD for review prior to the IMECE.) It was so moved. The motion was seconded and passed

3 unanimously. 4b) Director's Report - Carolyn Davis, Director of CRTD, discussed the activities of the Center since the last BRTD meeting in June. She said that the focus is now three-fold: first, to continue the support of the existing Research Committees and the ongoing research in which they are involved; second, to help identify needs and barriers and to publicize that information within the research community; and third, to raise the level of visibility of the Center --- both within ASME and in the engineering community as a whole --- and to strengthen its bonds with these same entities. Davis also discussed the status of the various research projects, both ongoing and in various stages of preparation. Her handout is included as Appendix C. 4c) Financial Report - (This report was deferred until after the Committee Reports were given.) Norma Johnston presented the BRTD budget and forecast, which at this time implies a shortfall of approximately $100,000. (See Appendix D.) The Board discussed this situation at length and recognized the need for both a short-term and a long-term solution. Bar-Cohen presented the following resolution to the Board, which was accepted unanimously. BRTD Resolution -- November 7, 2000 Whereas, the BRTD has become aware of a predicted financial shortfall of $100,000 for FY01, be it resolved that The BRTD will redouble their efforts to develop, with staff support, income-generating activities in the context of member services (e.g. workshops, road mapping, etc.). Staff will be encouraged to explore the income stream derived by BRTD from the recently published Steam Tables and other Research Committee publications. The BRTD committees are prepared to lend custodial funds and/or purchase services of CRTD staff as needed to cover the financial shortfall. Item 5 - Committee (and other) Reports Full reports are found in Appendix E. 5a) PCCSR - Michael Schmidt reported that this standing committee was sunset this morning. In the future, D. Canonico will serve as the primary link between BRTD and C&S. 5b) DOE/EM Peer Review - Chuck Velzy reported on the progress of this committee throughout its four-year history. The annual meeting will be held Nov 30 with Sr. DOE staff. 5c) IIRC - Roger De Cesare gave a brief update on the Prodigal project. 5d) Corrosion and Deposits from Combustion Gases - Murray Abbott reported. Projects have included corrosion in municipal waste incinerators, the high-sulfur coal slagging project, and specialized conferences on the fire-side behaviors of mineral matter. Power plant emissions is an important area the committee is considering for future activities, particularly trace metals. 5e) Gas Pipeline Safety - Roy Fleet reported. Several books have been published, including a history baseline document of pipeline companies. The committee recently completed its report

4 on a $250,000 project and the report is now available. 5f) Industrial and Municipal Waste - Ken Wittle reported. Future projects probably include Phase II of ReMAP. There may also be a information exchange with EPA. 5g) United Engineering Foundation (UEF) - Dick Hirsch reported. UEF has decided not to provide research grants and to concentrate on advancement of engineering grants. White papers, in opposition to this decision, are being prepared. 5h) Reliability of Photonic Systems - Ephraim Suhir reported. This is a new committee, which met Monday, Nov 6, 2:00-4:00 PM. Officers were elected and plans laid out for future work. 5i) PPEC - Jim Mathews reported. Their list serve has proved extremely useful. In addition to the committee's exchange of information, they are also investigating a joint effort with the Research Committee on Water & Steam in Thermal Systems. 5j) Risk Technology - Michael Schmidt reported. The Risk Technology Handbook will be out soon. Priorities include workshops and handbooks. Future projects may include crane maintenance, skate parks RBT, Prodigal, welds, flaw distribution, and risk-based design. 5k) Joint Council Task Force: C&S, COE, CPA - The subject under consideration by this task force is risk communication, and the purpose of the task force is to produce an ASME position paper on " the use of risk-based approaches in all aspects of mechanical engineering and their positive benefit for society". 5l) Water & Steam in Thermal Systems - Jim Bellows reported. This committee is the result of a melding of two committees in the late 80s; the real work is done in the two subcommittees. Water Technology has produced a lay-up document, with a HRSG consensus document as another goal. Properties of Steam is responsible for the Steam Tables (the current version is just out and the 2017 version is being planned). 5m) Standards Committee for Gas Turbines - Jack Vaught reported. B133 standards are reviewed/revised every five years, with the driver being the need for a standard for stationary gas turbines. Item 6 - Old Business 6a) HRSG Workshop - Roger De Cesare gave a brief report of the status of this effort within CRTD. (Appendix F) 6b) Guidelines for Proposal Review, Metrics - In the interest of time, Davis passed out copies of these two documents to the Board members for their review. Further action will be pursued by mail or at the Summer Annual Meeting in June c) Proposals to BCTD (prior to its sunsetting) - Norm Samurin reported on two proposals originally presented to the Board Committee on Technology Development (BCTD) at its meeting

5 at SAM, June, (1) The Lehigh proposal on the use of artificial intelligence in determining maintainability of power plants. Norm asked the RC on Risk Technology to review this proposal to determine if there is interest there. (2) Sustainable development. BPPE is considering adding sustainability to its Code of Ethics. Norm asked the Board to consider whether or not there is a role in this area for research. Item 7 - New Business 7a) CRTD Committee Appointments - A motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimously that all appointments be approved. (Appendix G) 7b) National Nanotechnology Initiative Position Statement - It was announced that this statement, already approved by the Board, would go forward to COE on Wednesday for approval by that body. (Appendix H) 7c) Miscellaneous Actions - In the interest of time, Bar-Cohen announced that miscellaneous items needing attention by the Board will be distributed by mail. Item 8 - Adjournment Bar-Cohen adjourned.