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Donald L. Deetscreek, director of quality assurance for Johnstown Wire Technologies in Johnstown, Pa. , has been named an ASTM fellow and 2006 winner of the ASTM International Award of Merit. ASTM Committee A05 on Metallic-Coated Iron and Steel Products honored Deetscreek for his contributions to steel wire and wire products standardization in Subcommittee A05.12 on Wire Specifications, as well…
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During a recent visit to Korea, ASTM International president James Thomas addressed a class of over 550 freshman engineering students regarding the relevance and impact of standards to their professional development and in their personal lives. On Wednesday, 10 May, James Thomas delivered a one-hour lecture to students enrolled in Dr. Chang Wook Kang's "Visions in Engineering" class at Hanyang…
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Jeffrey H. Greenwald, P.E., David I. McLean, Ph.D., P.E., and Jason Thompson have won the 2005 Alan H. Yorkdale Award for their paper, "Effects of Confinement Reinforcement on Bar Splice Performance." The paper was published in the, Proceedings of the 10th Canadian Masonry Symposium, , a program held in Banff, Canada, in June 2005. Greenwald is vice president of engineering and product development with the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association in Alexandria, Va. McLean is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. Thompson is a structural engineer with the National Concrete Masonry Association. ASTM…
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A 2006 ASTM International Award of Merit and the accompanying title of fellow honor the ASTM work of George E. Totten, Ph.D., president of G.E. Totten & Associates, LLC, in Seattle, Wash. ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants cited Totten "for selfless and tireless contributions towards standards development and improving the standards development process, both as individual…
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A 2006 ASTM International Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow have been given to Thomas J. Sliva, vice president and technical director of DL Labs, Inc., in Brooklyn, N.Y. ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications cited Mr. Sliva, an ASTM International member since 1984, for his standards development work and his activities in subcommittees on…
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ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications presented the Henry A. Gardner Subcommittee Chairman of the Year Award to Rey G. Montemayor, Ph.D., chief chemist in the Quality Assurance Laboratory, Products and Chemical Division, of Imperial Oil Ltd. in Ontario, Canada. The honor recognizes Montemayor's outstanding contributions to the operation of…
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William G. Ullrich, principal of Link Consulting LLC in Annapolis, Md., has been honored with the 2006 Jerry W. Gambrell Award by ASTM International Committee F14 on Fences. The committee cited Ullrich "for his commitment to ASTM and the fence industry by providing leadership, innovation, and assistance in the development of fence industry standards for over 30 years." Ullrich lives in Annapolis…
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Kenneth O. Henderson, vice president of technology for the Cannon Instrument Co. in State College, Pa., has become chair of ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants. Committee D02 includes 1500 industry professionals and experts who are responsible for almost 600 standards published in five volumes of the, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, . Henderson has previously served as vice chairman and as secretary of the committee. Henderson lives in Port Matilda, Pa. An ASTM International member since 1983, Henderson is also a member of ASTM Committees D01 Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications and E20 on Temperature Measurement. Outside ASTM International, Henderson is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the…
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ASTM Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation has elected Andre O. Desjarlais, group leader at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., as its new chairman. The committee has a membership of 350 who maintain 145 standards published in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards . Desjarlais lives in Knoxville, Tenn. An ASTM International member since 1981, Desjarlais serves on several Committee…
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Committee D11 on Rubber has honored John S. Dick, senior engineer, applications, for Alpha Technologies in Akron, Ohio, with the Committee D11 Distinguished Service Award. The committee cited Dick "For over 25 years of dedicated and distinguished service to Committee D11 in the development and maintenance of international standards for the rubber industry and for outstanding leadership on…