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{{Short description|American engineer (1907–1984)}}
'''Ronald Bromley Smith''' (October 28, 1907 – August 4, 1984)<ref>"[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/obituaries/ronald-bromley-smith.html Obituaries: Ronald Bromley Smith]." ''New York Times,'' August 10, 1984.
'''Ronald Bromley Smith''' (October 28, 1907 – August 4, 1984)<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/obituaries/ronald-bromley-smith.html Obituaries: Ronald Bromley Smith]." ''New York Times,'' August 10, 1984.
</ref> was an American [[mechanical engineer|mechanical]] and [[consulting engineer]], [[business executive]] with the [[Elliott Company]] and later with [[KBR_(company)#M._W._Kellogg|M. W. Kellogg Limited]], now [[KBR (company)|KBR, Inc.]], and [[inventor]]. He is known as 82nd president of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] in the year 1963-64.<ref>Matthew Wisnioski, ‎Matthew H. Wisnioski. ''Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America.'' 2012. p. 71.</ref>
</ref> was an American [[mechanical engineer|mechanical]] and [[consulting engineer]], [[business executive]] with the [[Elliott Company]] and later with [[M. W. Kellogg Co.]], now [[KBR (company)|KBR, Inc.]], and [[inventor]]. He is known as 82nd president of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] in 1963–1964.<ref>Matthew Wisnioski, Matthew H. Wisnioski. ''Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America.'' 2012. p. 71.</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Smith was born in [[New London, Connecticut]] in 1907, son of Isaac B. Smith and Emma L. (Stone) Smith.<ref>''Who's who in Finance and Industry'' 1951. p. 1152</ref> He obtained his BSc cum laude from the [[University of Washington]] in 1931 and his MSc from the [[University of Pittsburgh]] in 1937. In 1936 he had done graduate work at the University of Michigan.<ref name="EJC 1970">Engineers Joint Council, ''Engineers of Distinction, Volume 1.'' 1970. p. 390</ref>
Smith was born in [[New London, Connecticut]] in 1907, son of Isaac B. Smith and Emma L. (Stone) Smith.<ref>''Who's who in Finance and Industry'' 1951. p. 1152</ref> He obtained his BSc cum laude from the [[University of Washington]] in 1931 and his MSc from the [[University of Pittsburgh]] in 1937. In 1936 he had done graduate work at the University of Michigan.<ref name="EJC 1970">Engineers Joint Council, ''Engineers of Distinction, Volume 1.'' 1970. p. 390</ref>


In 1930 Smith had started his career in the industry at Westinghouse Electric, and in 1936 he moved to the [[Elliott Company]] in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.<ref name="EJC 1970"/> In 1938 he presented one of his first remarkable papers on a congress on steam-turbine calculation. His work got noticed because he had approached the reheat problem from the analytical standpoint."<ref>Carl Stripe. ''Combustion'' Volumes 10-11. 1938. p. 21</ref>
In 1930 Smith had started his career in the industry at Westinghouse Electric, and in 1936 he moved to the [[Elliott Company]] in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.<ref name="EJC 1970"/> In 1938 he presented one of his first remarkable papers on a congress on steam-turbine calculation. His work got noticed because he had approached the reheat problem from the analytical standpoint."<ref>Carl Stripe. ''Combustion'' Volumes 10-11. 1938. p. 21</ref>


By 1943 Smith was appointed director of Research and Development at Elliott Company, and by 1946 he had been promoted Director and Vice President. The research activities in those days concerned the "development of new types of power plant and process machinery, such as : gas turbines, gas and air compressors, turbo-expanders, air reduction and gas separation, heat exchange, deaerating heaters, centrifugal and axial flow blowers, superchargers..."<ref>''Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States.'' 1946. p. 108</ref>
By 1943 Smith was appointed director of Research and Development at Elliott Company, and by 1946 he had been promoted Director and Vice President. The research activities in those days concerned the "development of new types of power plant and process machinery, such as : gas turbines, gas and air compressors, turbo-expanders, air reduction and gas separation, heat exchange, deaerating heaters, centrifugal and axial flow blowers, superchargers..."<ref>''Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States.'' 1946. p. 108</ref>


=== Further career, honours and awards ===
=== Further career, honours and awards ===
In 1948 Smith joined the engineering staff of The M. W. Kellogg Co. as expert in "gas turbines, superchargers, condensers, oxygen plants and power machinery in general."<ref>''World Petroleum,'' Volume 19. 1948. p. 108</ref> He had been hired by CEO Morris Kellogg personally, who was acquainted with several significant technical development achievements Smith had realized during the war.<ref>Robert H. Multhaup, ‎Gunther P. Eschenbrenner. ''Technology's Harvest: Feeding a Growing World Population.'' 1996. p. 43</ref> By 1950 Smith was promoted to director of engineering,<ref>Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, ''Yearbook,'' 1950. p. 171</ref> in 1960 Vice-President,<ref>Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.). ''Year Book.'' 1962. p. 262</ref> and in 1965 Senior Vice President of the M. W. Kellogg Company just before his retirement in 1962.<ref>''The Journal of Engineering Education,'' Volume 56. 1965. p. 88.</ref><ref>''Mechanical Engineering.'' Volume 92. 1970. p. 23</ref> Afterwards he started his own private consulting practice.<ref name="EJC 1970"/>
In 1948, Smith joined the engineering staff of [[The M. W. Kellogg Co.]] as expert in "gas turbines, superchargers, condensers, oxygen plants and power machinery in general."<ref>''World Petroleum,'' Volume 19. 1948. p. 108</ref> He had been hired by CEO Morris Kellogg personally, who was acquainted with several significant technical development achievements Smith had realized during the war.<ref>Robert H. Multhaup, Gunther P. Eschenbrenner. ''Technology's Harvest: Feeding a Growing World Population.'' 1996. p. 43</ref> By 1950, Smith was promoted to director of engineering,<ref>Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, ''Yearbook,'' 1950. p. 171</ref> in 1960, vice-president,<ref>Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.). ''Year Book.'' 1962. p. 262</ref> and in 1965, senior vice-president of the M. W. Kellogg Company just before his retirement in 1962.<ref>''The Journal of Engineering Education,'' Volume 56. 1965. p. 88.</ref><ref>''Mechanical Engineering.'' Volume 92. 1970. p. 23</ref> Afterwards he started his own private consulting practice.<ref name="EJC 1970"/>


In 1944 Ronald B. Smith had been awarded with [[Richard Söderberg]] the Captain Joseph H. Linnard prize for "best paper contributed to the proceedings of the Society" by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.<ref> ''Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping,'' Volume 83. 1954. p. 550</ref> In 1962 Smith was elected 82nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1963-64.<ref>''ELECTRICAL WORLD.'' 1962. p. 26</ref> In 1964 he was awarded the honorary degree of engineering by the [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name="EJC 1970"/> And in 1979 Smith was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.<ref>[https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/achievement-awards/honorary-member Honorary Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers], 2017. Accessed 2017-09-22.</ref>
In 1944 Ronald B. Smith had been awarded with [[Richard Söderberg]] the Captain Joseph H. Linnard prize for "best paper contributed to the proceedings of the Society" by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.<ref>''Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping,'' Volume 83. 1954. p. 550</ref> In 1962 Smith was elected 82nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1963–64.<ref>''ELECTRICAL WORLD.'' 1962. p. 26</ref> In 1964 he was awarded the honorary degree of engineering by the [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name="EJC 1970"/> And in 1979 Smith was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.<ref>[https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/achievement-awards/honorary-member Honorary Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers], 2017. Accessed 2017-09-22.</ref>


In the 1940s Smith had settled in [[East Orange, New Jersey]], and in the 1960s he had moved to [[Old Greenwich, Connecticut]].<ref>United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. ''Licensing and Regulation of Nuclear Reactors: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, Part 2.'' 1968. p. 619.</ref>
In the 1940s Smith had settled in [[East Orange, New Jersey]], and in the 1960s he had moved to [[Old Greenwich, Connecticut]].<ref>United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. ''Licensing and Regulation of Nuclear Reactors: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, Part 2.'' 1968. p. 619.</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
* Smith, Ronald Bromley. "Thermal problems in the mechanical design of steam turbines." ''Journal of the Franklin Institute'' 220.5 (1935): 573-613.
* Smith, Ronald Bromley. "Thermal problems in the mechanical design of steam turbines." ''Journal of the Franklin Institute'' 220.5 (1935): 573–613.
* R.B. Smith. "The calculation of steam-turbine reheat factors." ''Trans. ASME'' (1938).
* R.B. Smith. "The calculation of steam-turbine reheat factors." ''Trans. ASME'' (1938).
* [[C. Richard Soderberg]], & Ronald B. Smith. "[http://www.sname.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=20365f77-d943-42c9-807f-00ee3c9c5962 The Gas Turbine as a Possible Prime Mover]," ''Soc. of Naval Arch, and Marine Eng.,'' Paper No. Paper No. 5, 1943. p. 115-155
* [[C. Richard Soderberg]], & Ronald B. Smith. "[http://www.sname.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=20365f77-d943-42c9-807f-00ee3c9c5962 The Gas Turbine as a Possible Prime Mover]," ''Soc. of Naval Arch, and Marine Eng.,'' Paper No. Paper No. 5, 1943. p.&nbsp;115-155
* [[C. R. Soderberg]], R. B. Smith, and A. T. Scott, "A Marine Gas Turbine Plant," ''Trans. Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,'' USA, Vol. 53, (1945). 249-289
* [[C. R. Soderberg]], R. B. Smith, and A. T. Scott, "A Marine Gas Turbine Plant," ''Trans. Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,'' USA, Vol. 53, (1945). 249-289


;Patents, a selection
;Patents, a selection
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://www.google.com/patents/US2294809 Method of and apparatus for the remote verification of checks]." U.S. Patent No 2,294,809, 1942.
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2294809 Method of and apparatus for the remote verification of checks]." U.S. Patent No 2,294,809, 1942.
* Smith, Ronald B. "[https://www.google.ch/patents/US2402459 Submarine and ship detector using reflected radio waves]." U.S. Patent No. 2,402,459. 18 Jun. 1946.
* Smith, Ronald B. "[https://www.google.ch/patents/US2402459 Submarine and ship detector using reflected radio waves]." U.S. Patent No. 2,402,459. 18 Jun. 1946.
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://www.google.com/patents/US2438462 Metered spraying device for mixed liquids]." U.S. Patent No 2,438,462, 1948.
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2438462 Metered spraying device for mixed liquids]." U.S. Patent No 2,438,462, 1948.
* Smith, Ronald B. "[https://www.google.ch/patents/US2443403 Heated journal bearing]." U.S. Patent No. 2,443,403. 15 Jun. 1948.
* Smith, Ronald B. "[https://www.google.ch/patents/US2443403 Heated journal bearing]." U.S. Patent No. 2,443,403. 15 Jun. 1948.
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://www.google.com/patents/US2505217 High-temperature rotating machinery]." U.S. Patent No 2,505,217, 1950.
* Smith, Ronald B., "[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2505217 High-temperature rotating machinery]." U.S. Patent No 2,505,217, 1950.


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Latest revision as of 17:20, 8 June 2024

Ronald Bromley Smith (October 28, 1907 – August 4, 1984)[1] was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, business executive with the Elliott Company and later with M. W. Kellogg Co., now KBR, Inc., and inventor. He is known as 82nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1963–1964.[2]

Biography

[edit]

Youth and early career

[edit]

Smith was born in New London, Connecticut in 1907, son of Isaac B. Smith and Emma L. (Stone) Smith.[3] He obtained his BSc cum laude from the University of Washington in 1931 and his MSc from the University of Pittsburgh in 1937. In 1936 he had done graduate work at the University of Michigan.[4]

In 1930 Smith had started his career in the industry at Westinghouse Electric, and in 1936 he moved to the Elliott Company in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.[4] In 1938 he presented one of his first remarkable papers on a congress on steam-turbine calculation. His work got noticed because he had approached the reheat problem from the analytical standpoint."[5]

By 1943 Smith was appointed director of Research and Development at Elliott Company, and by 1946 he had been promoted Director and Vice President. The research activities in those days concerned the "development of new types of power plant and process machinery, such as : gas turbines, gas and air compressors, turbo-expanders, air reduction and gas separation, heat exchange, deaerating heaters, centrifugal and axial flow blowers, superchargers..."[6]

Further career, honours and awards

[edit]

In 1948, Smith joined the engineering staff of The M. W. Kellogg Co. as expert in "gas turbines, superchargers, condensers, oxygen plants and power machinery in general."[7] He had been hired by CEO Morris Kellogg personally, who was acquainted with several significant technical development achievements Smith had realized during the war.[8] By 1950, Smith was promoted to director of engineering,[9] in 1960, vice-president,[10] and in 1965, senior vice-president of the M. W. Kellogg Company just before his retirement in 1962.[11][12] Afterwards he started his own private consulting practice.[4]

In 1944 Ronald B. Smith had been awarded with Richard Söderberg the Captain Joseph H. Linnard prize for "best paper contributed to the proceedings of the Society" by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.[13] In 1962 Smith was elected 82nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1963–64.[14] In 1964 he was awarded the honorary degree of engineering by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[4] And in 1979 Smith was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[15]

In the 1940s Smith had settled in East Orange, New Jersey, and in the 1960s he had moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut.[16]

Selected publications

[edit]
  • Smith, Ronald Bromley. "Thermal problems in the mechanical design of steam turbines." Journal of the Franklin Institute 220.5 (1935): 573–613.
  • R.B. Smith. "The calculation of steam-turbine reheat factors." Trans. ASME (1938).
  • C. Richard Soderberg, & Ronald B. Smith. "The Gas Turbine as a Possible Prime Mover," Soc. of Naval Arch, and Marine Eng., Paper No. Paper No. 5, 1943. p. 115-155
  • C. R. Soderberg, R. B. Smith, and A. T. Scott, "A Marine Gas Turbine Plant," Trans. Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, USA, Vol. 53, (1945). 249-289
Patents, a selection

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Obituaries: Ronald Bromley Smith." New York Times, August 10, 1984.
  2. ^ Matthew Wisnioski, Matthew H. Wisnioski. Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America. 2012. p. 71.
  3. ^ Who's who in Finance and Industry 1951. p. 1152
  4. ^ a b c d Engineers Joint Council, Engineers of Distinction, Volume 1. 1970. p. 390
  5. ^ Carl Stripe. Combustion Volumes 10-11. 1938. p. 21
  6. ^ Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States. 1946. p. 108
  7. ^ World Petroleum, Volume 19. 1948. p. 108
  8. ^ Robert H. Multhaup, Gunther P. Eschenbrenner. Technology's Harvest: Feeding a Growing World Population. 1996. p. 43
  9. ^ Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Yearbook, 1950. p. 171
  10. ^ Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.). Year Book. 1962. p. 262
  11. ^ The Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 56. 1965. p. 88.
  12. ^ Mechanical Engineering. Volume 92. 1970. p. 23
  13. ^ Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping, Volume 83. 1954. p. 550
  14. ^ ELECTRICAL WORLD. 1962. p. 26
  15. ^ Honorary Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. Accessed 2017-09-22.
  16. ^ United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Licensing and Regulation of Nuclear Reactors: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, Part 2. 1968. p. 619.
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