Little Rock Engineer Earns Ashrae Research Promotion Award

QUEBEC CITY - Rick L. Sellers, P.E, has received the William J. Collins Jr. Research Promotion Award for the chapter research promotion chair who excels in raising funds for research for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

The Award was presented at the Society's Annual Meeting held here June 24-28. The award in honor of Presidential Member William J. Collins Jr., who was instrumental in organizing ASHRAE's research promotion program.

Sellers is principal, Pettit and Pettit Consulting Engineers, Little Rock, Ark.

As chair of the Research Promotion Committee for the Arkansas Chapter, Sellers set a new record chapter contribution level of $47,525, and had a contribution per member amount of $181.35, which is five times the Society average. The chapter has 262 members, of which 116 supported ASHRAE research promotion.

This indicates that few, if any, stones were left unturned during the campaign, according to this nominator.