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of organic vapors, exposure assessment methods and strategies, biologic moni-
toring, and personal protective equipment. He developed a sampling system for
measuring respirator protection from ammonia in livestock production facilities.
He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Gas and
Vapor Detection Systems Committee and a member of the Pennsylvania State
University Outreach and Graduate Education Committee. He has been a reviewer
for the AIHA Journal , The Analyst , and the Royal Society of Chemistry. From 1997
to 1999, Dr. Groves was an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive
Medicine and Environmental Health and co-director of the industrial-hygiene core
of the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, both at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Groves was an industrial hygienist and engineering loss-control representative
with Aetna Life and Casualty from 1986 to 1990 and an industrial hygienist at
Newport News Shipbuilding from 1990 to 1991. Dr. Groves received his PhD and
MPH in industrial health from the University of Michigan and his BS in chemical
engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Ronald L. McAllister is manager of support and facilities at Case New Holland
(CNH) America LLC, a large manufacturer of agricultural equipment. He is re-
sponsible for the prototype shop, which builds agricultural equipment for the
New Holland and Case IH brands as part of the engineering product-development
process, along with drafting, tool design, and facilities at CNH in New Holland,
Pennsylvania. His specialty is the design and improvement of equipment related
to forage harvesting and round balers. For more than 35 years, Mr. McAllister has
been directly involved with safety-related aspects of product development. He was
a member of the CNH product-safety review committee for 12 years and chaired it
for 4 years. During that time, he participated in more than 100 product-safety re-
views and provided recommendations for safety improvements in products before
production. He was also involved in the development of industry-wide standards.
Mr. McAllister guided academic and industry leaders in the revision of American
Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) S279, Lighting and Mark-
ing of Agricultural Equipment on Highways , and he led support of extensive research
conducted at Ohio State University that helped to define the specifications for the
revision of that standard. He holds five U.S. patents. In 2006, he was awarded the
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Engineering Safety Award
by ASABE for his dedication and outstanding leadership and accomplishments in
agricultural safety engineering. Mr. McAllister holds a BS in agricultural engineer-
ing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
James D. McGlothlin is an associate professor of industrial hygiene and ergonom-
ics and director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences Graduate
Program at Purdue University. Dr. McGlothlin is a Certified Professional Ergono-
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