Hulett, Richard H., “Rich” (M’76, SM’90, F’03)
Fellow – “For technical leadership in advancing the safe and reliable application of electrical resistance heat tracing cables to maintain fluids in pipelines.”
Current Employment:
Thermon Manufacturing
100 Thermon Drive
P.O. Box 609
San Marcos, TX 78667-0609
Tel. No.: (t12) 396-5801
FAX: (512) 754-2425
e-mail: rich.hulett@thermon.com
Residence:
237 Muse Drive
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Tel. No.: (916) 939-0306
Spouse: Margarete
Education:
- Stanford University – BSME – 1964
- Stanford University – MSME – 1965
IEEE Activity:
- Standards Board Member: 2001-2009
- Standards Board Vice Chair: 2005, 2006
- New Standards Committee (NESCOM) Member: 2001
- Review Committee (REVCOM) Member: 2002
- Standards Coordinating Committee (SCC) Coordinator: 2003-2005
- Procedures Committee (PROCOM) Member: 2005, 2006
- PROCOM Chair: 2006-2009
- Patent Committee (PATCOM) Member: 2006-2009
- Appeal Pool Committee Member: 2006
- Board of Governors Nominations and Appointments Committee Member: 2005, 2009
PCIC Activity:
- IEEE Industrial Application Society: IEEE IAS Petroleum and Chemical Industrial Committee (PCIC) Member: 1976-present
- PCIC Standards Subcommittee Vice Chair: 1993-1995
- PCIC Standards Subcommittee Chair: 1996-2005
- PCIC Chemical Subcommittee Member: 1978-2006
- PCIC Codes and Regulations Subcommittee Member: 1978-2006
- IEEE Standard 515 (Electrical Resistance Heat Tracing for Industry Applications) Working Group Member: 1979-2006. Chair 1985– present
- IEEE Standard 515.1 (Electrical Heat Tracing for Commercial Applications) Working Group Surfcontrol (E-mail)Member: 1991-1996, 2008-2009
Awards:
- 2000 IEEE Standards Medallion
- 2001 David C. Azbill Award for extraordinary contributions to PCIC sponsored standards
- 1998 IEEE PCIC Technical Prize Paper: IEEE 515 Revision 2: “A Standard and One More Step Towards Harmonization”
- 1990 IEEE PCIC Technical Prize Paper PCIC: Revised 515: Recommended Practice for Electrical Resistance Heat Tracing
- 2002 IEEE PCIC Technical Prize Paper “A Comparison of the IEEE and IEC Standards Processes”
Papers Authored/Co-Authored:
- PCIC 2005: Submersible Cable Standards History Newly Revised”, M.O. Durham, R.A. Durham and R.H. Hulett
- PCIC 2002: “A Comparison of the IEEE and IEC Standards Processes”. B. Johnson, D. Dunn, R. Hulett
- PCIC 1997: Heat Tracing Performance and Reliability, “The Rest of the Story”, H.L. Bradfield, R.H. Hulett, B.C. Johnson, and N.R. Rafferty
- PCIC 1998: IEEE 515 Revision 1: “A Standard and One More Step Towards Harmonization”, R.H. Hulett, Published: Industry Applications Magazine
- PCIC 1990: Revised 515: Recommended Practice for Electrical Resistance Heat Tracing, R.H. Hulett, PCIC Honorable Mention, Published: IA Transactions- 1991
- PCIC 1985: New Concepts for Process Heating Applications, R.H. Hulett and B.T. Kennedy
- 1985 Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering Symposium: “Ice Prevention by Electric Heat Tracing”, R.H. Hulett and J.T. Lonsdale
- 1981 ISA Conference: “Design and Evaluation of Heat Tracing for Hostile Environments”, R.H. Hulett and K.S. Shell
- 1969 ASME-AIChE Heat Transfer Conference: “An Avionic Heat Pipe”, A.T. Calimbas and R.H. Hulett
Other IEEE/PCIC Presentations:
- Tutorial Instructor: PCIC 1996 – Pipe Heat-Tracing Methods
- Tutorial Instructor: PCIC 1994 – Heat Tracing – Recent Trends, Designs, Specification, Installation, and Pitfalls
- Tutorial Instructor: PCIC 1992 – Designing, Installing And Documenting Heat Tracing Systems in Classified Locations
Other Professional Involvement:
- Member, Canadian Standards Association, Committee 130, Heating Cables and Heating Cables Sets: 1978-1982
- Member, IEC TC31 US TAG, 2005-present
- Technical Committee 20B, Working Group 10, Heating cables for industry applications – Part 1. 1980-1985
- Technical Committee 31, Maintenance Team 18, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres. 1998-Present
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1964-Present