Pete is a licensed Professional Engineer and has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering emphasizing heat transfer. Peter has extensive experience in engineering design and project management, with projects ranging from heavy equipment machine design to large complex laboratory based scientific instrumentation. Peter's experience also includes software development utilizing micro-dataloggers for system control and data acquisition.
Specialties
Engineering design
Project management
Facilities management
Micro-dataloggers
Publications
Ball, J.T., D.W. Johnson, B.R. Strain, R.B. Thomas, K.L. Griffin, D.T. Tissue, P.D. Ross, D.T. Tingey, J. Vose, W.E. Winner, et al. Forest Response to Elevated CO2, Annual Report to the Electric Power Research Institute. 51 pp., 1991.
Ball, J.T., D.W. Johnson, B.R. Strain, R.B. Thomas, K.L. Griffin, D.T. Tissue, P.D. Ross, D.T. Tingey, J. Vose, W.E. Winner, et al. Forest Response to Elevated CO2. Annual Report to the Electric Power Research Institute. 145 pp., 1992.
Ball, J.T., D.W. Johnson, B.R. Strain, R.B. Thomas, K.L. Griffin, D.T. Tissue, P.D. Ross, D.T. Tingey, J. Vose, W.E. Winner, et al. Forest Response to Elevated CO2. Annual Report to the Electric Power Research Institute. 111 pp., 1993.
Ball, J.T., D.W. Johnson, B.R. Strain, R.B. Thomas, K.L. Griffin, D.T. Tissue, P.D. Ross, D.T. Tingey, J. Vose, W.E. Winner, et al. Forest Response to Elevated CO2. Annual Report to the Electric Power Research Institute. 67 pp., 1994.
Ball, J.T., J.B. Picone, P.D. Ross. Evapotranspiration by riparian vegetation along the Lower Colorado River. US Bureau of Reclamation. Report 1-CP-30-08910. 188 pp., 1995.
Ball, JT, Ross, PD, Picone, JB, Ross, GN, Peterson, RL, Eichelman, HY Changes in Carbon Cycle at Elevated CO2, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 76, No. 2: p12, 1995.
Ball, JT, , Eichelman, HY Ross, PD, The Relationship of Final Biomass to Net Ecosystem Exchange in Ponderosa Pine Grown for Six Years in a 3CO2 by 3N experimental Matrix. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 78, No. 2, 1997.
Griffin, KL, PD Ross, DA Sims, Y Luo, JR Seemann, CA Fox, JT Ball.. EcoCELLs: Tools for mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange. Plant, Cell and Environment 19:1210-1221, 1996.
Griffin, KL, PD Ross, JR Seemann, JT Ball. EcoCELLs: Mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 1995 Vol 76, No. 2: p100, 1995.
Griffin, KL, PD Ross, Severinghaus, J Keeling, RF, JT Ball. Respiratory Quotient: Direct Effects of CO2 on Carbon and Oxygen Flux in the Dark. 1996 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 77 No. 2, 1996.
Picone, JB, Ross, PD, Ball, JT, Examining Evapotranspiration of Southwestern Raparian Vegetation Using the Bowen Ratio Energy Balance Method. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 76, No. 2: p213, 1995.
Ross, P.D. Engineering Evaluation of Selected Biosphere 2 Modifications. Columbia University Earth Institute. 19 pp.,1998.
Ross PD, Griffin, KL, Ball, JT. An Integrated System for the Measurement of Mesocosm Scale Material Fluxes. 1995 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 76, No. 2: p230, 1995.
Turner R.H., Klieser, J.D., Ross, P.D. The Feasibility of Solar Augmented Sludge Drying at Stead Sewage Treatment Plant. City of Reno,1989.
Turner R.H., Klieser, J.D., Ross, P.D.. Solar Sludge Drying. Proceedings of the ASME International Solar Energy Conference, 1989.
Wiesnborn, W., Ball, J.T., Brummer, J, Burnett, E., Busch, D., Carlson, J., Croxen, F., DeLoach, C.J., Klienman, A., Picone, J., Ross, P.D., and White, W., Vegetation Management Study, Lower Colorado River. US Bureau of Reclamation. Final Report, Phase II 72 pp.
