Ruschau Named Fellow of ASTM International

This month, ASTM International will honor John Ruschau, senior research engineer at UDRI, with an Award of Merit and the accompanying title of Fellow. This recognition is the highest ASTM award for individual contributions to standards activities.

According to ASTM, Ruschau has been cited "for his distinguished and sustained technical contributions to ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture; his leadership in developing, maintaining, and enhancing standard E 647 on fatigue crack growth; and his leadership of task groups and subcommittees on subcritical crack growth." He has written extensively about fatigue crack growth testing and analysis as well as organized symposia on the topic.

An ASTM member since 1979, Ruschau has been chairman of the task group responsible for the updates to a primary E08 standard, E 647, “Measurement of Fatigue Crack Growth Rates.” He has been instrumental in the effort to ensure consistency among different sections of the standard. He has also played a key role in maintaining and updating other standard methods in the area of subcritical crack growth.

Ruschau is a senior research engineer in UDRI’s Materials Test and Evaluation group (Materials Engineering division) concentrating on materials test and evaluation. In his recent work, he has focused on cracked and damaged aircraft structures, aluminum and titanium durability issues, laser shot peening effects, and subcritical crack growth.

Established in 1898, ASTM International is one of the largest standards development and delivery systems in the world. ASTM standards are accepted and used in research and development, product testing, quality systems, and commercial transactions around the globe.

For more information, contact John Ruschau. 

May 2002

For more information, please contact Pamela Gregg (pamela.gregg@udri.udayton.edu), UDRI Communication Administrator, at 937-229-3268.

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