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Mr. Zarr joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in January 1983 as a Research Mechanical Engineer. In 1987, he became project leader of NIST’s one-meter guarded hot plate laboratory, a facility used to evaluate steady-state thermal transmission properties of insulating and building materials. Under his leadership, the facility has developed thermal insulation SRMs, participated in interlaboratory comparisons, and provided more than 100 measurements to industry, government agencies, and academia. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Zarr piloted an international comparison of guarded-hot plate laboratories located at national metrology institutes in Europe, North America and Asia. Collaborating with the NIST Measurement Services Division, Mr. Zarr developed NIST Standard Reference Database 81, “NIST Heat Transmission Properties of Insulating and Building Materials.” The database, which compiled more than 50 years of NIST guarded-hot-plate data, is an authoritative reference for aggregated databases of design heat transmission coefficients. Recently, Mr. Zarr has supervised the design, construction and evaluation of a new guarded-hot-plate facility with extended temperature capabilities that will address thermal measurement issues for industrial building applications. Mr. Zarr received his Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1982 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland. He is a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials Committee C-16 on Thermal Insulation, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Zarr was elected as a fellow at the 26th conference of the International Thermal Conductivity Conferences held in 2001. In 2002, Mr. Zarr received the NIST Bronze Medal for superior federal service. In 2007, ASTM International Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation presented Mr. Zarr with their Honors Award for significant and meritorious contribution in the field of thermal insulation. |
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Robert R. ZarrEducationDrexel University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1980Drexel University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982 PositionResearch Mechanical EngineerHeat Transfer and Alternative Energy Systems Group Building Environment Division Building and Fire Research Laboratory |
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Information Last updated: 6/25/2007