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ASTM International will host Ms. Patricia Castro Espinoza from the Instituto de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI), the national standards body of Peru, this month as part of their Standards Expert Exchange Program (SEEP). Castro Espinoza is responsible for the management and coordination of the national technical committees in Peru and also…
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Eileen Mullen, Director, Human Resources, ASTM International, presents a contribution from ASTM to Chris Garrity, Senior Director, Start! Heart Walk, American Heart Association, Philadelphia, Pa. The $2,500 donation will be part of funds raised for the Philadelphia Start! Heart Walk at Citizens Bank Park on Nov. 15. Over 5,000 area walkers participate in the event, which raises funds to support…, Release #8015
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ASTM International has contributed $2,000 for the installation of a new scoreboard at Sutcliffe Park in Conshohocken, Pa. Nearly 300 children play baseball in the Conshohocken Little League. Teams within the league play each other and the Conshohocken Little League hosts games with teams from seven other townships at Sutcliffe Park. In addition, the park is used for Little League tournament play…, Release #8025
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In 2008, ASTM International will again join six other societies as a sponsor of the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering program. Through this program, interns learn how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy issues over nine weeks in Washington, D.C. Each intern is also required to develop a policy paper on a topic of mutual interest to themselves and…
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ASTM International has contributed to the relief efforts for victims of the massive earthquake that struck the Eastern Sichuan region of China in May with both monetary and product donations to assist with emergency response work and rebuilding efforts. ASTM has donated two sets of the compilation ASTM Standards In Building Codes to serve as a resource in recovery and reconstruction in the…
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Dr. Jonathan Cheng, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, Drexel University, and Kevin Shanahan, Technical Committee Operations, ASTM International, participated in an educational event for engineering students at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 21, 2008. An ASTM International member for more than 20 years, Dr. Cheng is active in Committee D35…
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ASTM International continues to offer valuable information and resources on standards to students and educators around the world. In the past, ASTM’s campus visits have taken place at schools with major engineering programs. However, during a recent campus visit to Eastern University near Philadelphia, ASTM staff member Jim Olshefsky was asked to speak to an International Business class. …
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Orlando, Fla., will be the location of a coordinated program being organized by ASTM International in cooperation with the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST-R) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The program, being co-sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International), the…
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Stockholm will be the location of the 2008 spring meeting of the ASTM International board of directors. The ASTM board meetings, as well as other events, will take place in Sweden during the week of April 21, 2008. The selection of Stockholm as host city for the ASTM leadership team came at the invitation of Lars Flink, CEO of the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), which is headquartered in…
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The 2nd International Seminar on Standardization (sponsored by Normdocs) will be held at the Rossia Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 21-23, 2008. The seminar is intended for quality and technical experts who deal with international standards and related information tools. Representatives of ASTM, ASME, SAE and ONORM (Austrian Standards Institute) will be participating and will provide…