ASTM International’s plastic piping systems committee (F17), presented the Frank W. Reinhart and Henry “Butch” Kuhlman Award to James Goddard, retired (Powell, Ohio, USA). 

Janet L. Gbur, Ph.D., research biomedical engineer and investigator in the Advanced Platform Technology Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio, USA), will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors.

Debra R. Wilson, material science director for Berry Global Inc. (Boerne, TX, USA) will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors.  

A Fortune 500 global company, Berry Global develops, designs, and manufactures innovative packaging and engineered products.

Pamela M. Shinkoda, P.Eng., research associate, fire acoustic, building systems for CGC Inc. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors. 

ASTM International’s pesticides, antimicrobials, and alternative control agents committee (E35) honored Carol Vincent, senior clinical manager with Unilever R&D (Trumbull, CT, USA), with the Chip Collins Memorial Award. 

ASTM International’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee (C09) honored Ying Wang, Ph.D. student at the University of Miami, with the Katharine and Bryant Mather Scholarship Award.

The Katharine and Bryant Mather Scholarship Award is presented annually to full-time undergraduate or graduate students pursuing degrees specializing in cement or concrete materials technology or concrete construction. 

ASTM International’s concrete pipe committee (C13) presented the 2021 Robert R. Liteheiser Award to William E. Washabaugh, president of Northern Concrete Pipe Inc (Bay City, Michigan, USA). Washabaugh was honored for his outstanding work on box culvert and other standards revisions in the committee.

ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Kenneth T. White, principal at Consultive Services (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA) for his contributions to the performance of buildings committee (E06). 

ASTM International’s ships and marine technology committee (F25) honored Regina Farr, program analyst with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (Washington, DC, USA), with the John Nachtsheim Award.

ASTM International’s ships and marine technology committee (F25) honored John Goering, safety engineer with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (Washington, DC, USA), with the John Nachtsheim Award.