News Releases

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Michael Anderson, Area Manager of Latin America at Falex Corporation, for his contributions to the petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants committee (D02).

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Frank H. Ruddy, president of Ruddy Consulting, for his contributions to the nuclear technology and applications committee (E10). 

ASTM International’s nondestructive testing committee (E07) presented the Charles W. Briggs Award to David P. Harvey, research and development engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Harvey was honored for his continuous and outstanding contributions to the work of the committee through its subcommittees, sections, and task forces.

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Michael J. Ruddy, director of quality/technical services at NOV Tuboscope, for his contributions to the nondestructive testing committee (E07). 

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Jonathan H. Daniels, CEO and founder of Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, for his contributions to the unmanned aircraft systems committee (F38).

ASTM International’s medical and surgical materials and devices committee (F04) presented the Patrick G. Laing Award to Dr. Clifford Warner, senior principle engineer at W.L. Gore and Associates. 

The committee honored Dr. Warner for his significant and outstanding contributions to the committee in developing standards for medical and surgical devices.

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Kevin K. McGhee, associate director of research at Virginia Transportation Research Council, for his contributions to the vehicle-pavement systems committee (E17). 

Nicholas John Roberts, sergeant for the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake, was awarded the 2020 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award.

ASTM International’s consumer products committee (F15) honored Patricia Edwards, voluntary standards coordinators for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), with the Margaret Dana Award. 

Edwards was recognized for her deep commitment to standards development and consumer product safety and for acting as a driving force for continuous standards improvement. 

Bala Muralikrishnan, mechanical engineer for the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was recently awarded the 2020 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award.