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newsletter Ray W. Herrick Laboratories Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2031 Spring 2011 https://engineering.purdue.edu/Herrick Volume 20, Number 1 Ceremonial Groundbreaking —with excerpts from Emil Venere’s News Release, Purdue University News Service Purdue University “broke ground” Friday, April 1 Inside on the project to expand Ray W. Herrick Labora- Fritz Peacock Retires 3-4 tories. The ceremonial groundbreaking took place New MURI Awarded 4 at 3 p.m. in front of current Herrick Labs and A tribute to M. Haroon 5 represents the start of a multi-phase, 68,000- Carrie Hall in Paris 6 square-foot rebuilding project. The new Herrick building, when all phases are completed, will Ray Cohen Honored 6 roughly double the usable square footage of the Anil Bajaj named Head of ME 7 labs. 2012 Conferences 7-9 Margaret Mathieson, Ph. D. student in the Ther- Jim Braun & Yan Chen 10 mal Sciences Area of Herrick Labs, was the Herrick News 10-11 “Master” of Ceremonies for the event. Purdue Artist's interpretation of Phase I of the rebuild and Upcoming President Cordova’s first remarks after being in- expansion of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. The Building existing Herrick Labs are in the background. troduced were to congratulate Margaret on being th (AEI & Flad Arch itects) June 9 , 2011: Bids due for the close to completing her Ph.D. and her acceptance Phase I project. of a faculty position at Marquette University. will lead to dramatic improvements in health and July, 2011: Purdue Board of “Herrick’s expanded capabilities will enhance productivity.” Trustees Meeting, request for Purdue’s ability to attack the challenges surround- approval of bid for Phase I. ing major issues, including energy conservation Michael Diestel, the program director for the August, 2011: Projected con- and indoor-environmental health,” said Purdue NIST Construction Grant Program also attended. struction start. President France A. Córdova. Michael is very busy as many of the laboratories IAC sponsored under the four rounds of this program Purdue October 20-22, 2011: University are moving, or are in construction, and so we Herrick Laboratories Industrial President were very pleased that he could make the event. Advisory Committee Meeting, France This Construction Grant Program was started in Homecoming Weekend, Illinois Córdova 2008. He pointed out how competitive the pro- Football Game, speaking gram was and how good our proposal must have & Dedication of the Roger Gate- at the been to win. The number of proposals is a reflec- wood Wing of Mechanical Engi- ground- tion of the strong need for funds for research in- neering. breaking. frastructure and the limited number of programs 2012 Purdue International She went on to point out that buildings are re- available to address that need. As most of our Compressor, Refrigeration sponsible for roughly 40 percent of the nation’s readers will know from previous Newsletters, & Building Conferences & Short Courses energy use, 71 percent of electricity consumption NIST is providing 50 percent of the funding for and 38 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, and this Phase I project. July 14-15, 2012: Short Courses that Americans typically spend more than 90 per- Other funds are from private donations. These cent of their time indoors, while 20 percent to 30 include gifts from ME alumni including Gerald July 16-19, 2012: 21st International Compressor percent of occupants have health problems related Hines and Roger Gatewood and from Herrick to indoor environments, according to a project Engineering Conference, alumni such as Terry Manon, Ed Eisele, Dick 14th International Refrigera- report prepared by Purdue and the National Insti- Erth, Don Coates, and Jack Elson (and many oth- tute of Standards and Technology, an agency of tion and Air Conditioning Confe- ers). The Ford Fund, Herrick Foundation, Cum- rence & the U.S. Department of Commerce.” mins, and Copeland have also contributed to the 2nd International High Per- “Research in the Herrick facilities will help to project and Carrier, Kawneer, Lutron and Viracon formance Buildings Conference create buildings that are better for the environ- have generously committed to some very signifi- (see pages 7-9 inside) ment, more comfortable and healthier for people,” cant in-kind donations. No State or University said Leah Jamieson, Purdue’s John A. Edwardson funds have been applied to this project. Dean of Engineering. “Future building designs (continued on page 2) 1 Ceremonial Groundbreaking (continued) Representing the donors to the project, John Wall, Chief Technical Six years after my first tour of Herrick Labs, I recognize its true Officer and Vice President at Cummins, also gave a speech. Patricia “inner beauty.” However, I look forward to the time when this Davies, the Director, gave a speech acknowledging all the people building becomes a reflection of the quality of the research, the working on the project at Purdue, AEI & Flad Architects, and all faculty, and the students that it supports.” those who have contributed to make this project possible. Margaret Mathison gave a graduate student’s perspective on the new building. Margaret Mathison, current Ph.D. student, gives the welcoming re- marks and introduces Purdue University President, France Córdova. ooo0 00ooo It was a pleasure to see so many people at the Laboratories cele- brating with us including Dick Fontaine, son of the Laboratories Ray W. Herrick Labs. ceremonial groundbreaking held Friday, April 1, founder Bill Fontaine, and our former directors and spouses: Ray 2011. From left are John Wall, vice president and chief technical officer & Lila Cohen, and Bob & Deb Bernhard. for Cummins Inc.; Purdue President France A. Córdova; Michael Dies- tel, federal program officer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Leah Jamieson, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, Patricia Davies, Director of Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) Margaret’s Speech “When I decided to attend Purdue for my graduate studies, my decision was based primarily on the reputation of the school of mechanical engineering and my interaction with my future advi- sors, Professors Braun and Groll. I didn’t know much about the reputation of Herrick Labs. In fact, on my first visit to campus I Alums of the Herrick Laboratories Don Coates (MS ’66, Ph. D. ’70) remember being somewhat shocked to realize that the labs were and Marion Pottinger (MSME ’63, Ph.D. ’66) with their former re- search advisor Ray Cohen and Lila Cohen. built in an old barn. However, after touring the experimental setups and studying the posters hanging in the lab, I felt certain Dick is now retired from his dentistry practice and living west of that these labs would provide me with the opportunity to not Lafayette. He promised to send us the ball from the original only engage in quality research, but also to have an impact Herrick weather vane, which apparently has holes or dents in it through interaction with industry. from people using it for target practice when the building was a barn, out in the far west edge of the Purdue campus. I know that Herrick Labs will continue to provide students with outstanding research experiences that will only be enhanced by The day ended with a dinner at a Bistro 501 in downtown the unique facilities of the new building. I also know that Her- Lafayette. rick Labs will continue to welcome new students with barbeques and opportunities for mentoring; that students will continue to A video recording of the ceremony is available on You Tube at grumble about cleaning the lab and preparing posters, but will http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGTj2nFsLnY . benefit from the experience of presenting their research and inte- racting with our Industrial Advisory Committee; and I know that students will continue to experience an exciting blend of indus- try and academia at the biannual International Compressor, Re- frigeration and Air-Conditioning, and High Performance Build- ings Conferences organized by our faculty. When I leave Herrick Labs to begin my own academic career in August, I will take with me not only the skills that I need to suc- ceed as a researcher and a teacher, but also the support of the John Wall, CTO and VP of Cummins talking to Lisa Calvert, the new faculty, staff, and students that have encouraged me throughout VP for Development at Purdue and Amy Noah, Interim Associate VP for my Ph.D. studies. As the new labs become a reality, I plan to Advancement. Leah Jamieson, Dean, and Melba Crawford, Associate visit often and collaborate with the Herrick faculty to take ad- Dean for Research, in the College of Engineering are to the left. In the background on the right are Deb Bernhard, Jim Braun, and Bob Parrin. vantage of these exciting facilities. 2 Fritz Peacock Retires Thank You from Fritz On January 31, Fritz Peacock came to work for the last day. He Have I really been here at Herrick Lab twenty-three years? That retired after 30 years at Purdue. sounds like a long time...about the same length of time as it must Part of the time he worked in seem to those of you struggling to finish your thesis. That too Transportation Services, and the can seem to go on and on. I remember coming here after seven- remaining time he was at the teen years of teaching auto mechanics students at Ivy Tech. I Herrick Laboratories. He’s she- was full of ideas with things to do to make a difference. I pherded many graduate students thought I was the teacher and you were my pupils. How wrong I through the shop’s procedures was. and made sure they left wiser for It took a while to understand what my job really was.