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ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in fields where technical standards play a crucial role. This year’s winners were chosen from a competitive pool of applicants. The following candidates will receive the 2024 ASTM International graduate scholarships:, Lane Flora, is an applications engineer at Jacobi Carbons, pursuing a master of science degree in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University. Flora is an active member in various ASTM committees including activated carbon ( D28 ), air quality ( D22 ), and water ( D19 ). He will soon be taking a position as technical director at Jacobi Carbons, using ASTM standards to advance a high standard of…, Melissa Armistead, is a Ph.D. student in fiber and polymer science at NC State University. Armistead is a member of ASTM’s personal protective clothing and equipment committee ( F23 ), currently using ASTM standards in her work to improve safety and comfort for textiles used in firefighting., Pandora K. Picariello, is a Ph.D. student in materials science at Colorado School of Mines. Picariello plans to use her experience in additive manufacturing with ASTM and NIST at an upcoming internship with Canopy Aerospace, the start of her career in the field., Vishnu Ramasamy, is a Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant in materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Ramasamy is also pursuing a career in additive manufacturing after working with ASTM’s additive manufacturing committee ( F42 ), and hopes to develop standards for hybrid AM processes. ASTM International has more than 5,000 student members at all levels of education who pay…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel+ 1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Academic Outreach Contact: , Travis Murdock, tel+ 1.610.832.9714; tmurdock@astm.org Release #11889 ###
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ASTM International’s vehicle-pavement systems committee ( E17 ) has presented its Billiard-Stubstad Award to Mike Bilbee. Established in 2015 in honor of Gary Billiard and Richard Stubstad, the Billiard-Stubstad Award is intended to recognize individuals who have made exemplary technical, practical, and/or administrative contributions to the pavement engineering community through their standards…, Media Inquiries, : Gavin O’Reilly , tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11878 ###
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ASTM International’s vehicle-pavement systems committee ( E17 ) has presented its Billiard-Stubstad Award to Garry Aicken, technical manager at Kessler Soils Engineering Products. Established in 2015 in honor of Gary Billiard and Richard Stubstad, the Billiard-Stubstad Award is intended to recognize individuals who have made exemplary technical, practical, and/or administrative contributions to…, Media Inquiries, : Gavin O’Reilly , tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11776 ###
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ASTM International announced five $500 grants for university students to help with senior or graduate design projects that contain an ASTM International standards component. “These grants allow ASTM International to support students who are directly engaging with our standards in real-world scenarios as they work on capstone projects,” said Travis Murdock, academic outreach coordinator. “The…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org , Academic Outreach Contact, : Travis Murdock, tel. +1.610.832.9714; tmurdock@astm.org Release #11771 ###
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ASTM International’s metallic and inorganic coatings committee ( B08 ) is developing a proposed standard ( WK29468 ) , that will establish performance requirements for electrodeposited nanostructured zinc-nickel coatings. The scope of application for the coating will be to provide enhanced corrosion resistance in marine, industrial, and high humidity environments to oil & gas, automotive,…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Jennifer Tursi, tel +1.610.832.9653; jtursi@astm.org Release #11768 ###
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ASTM International presented its top annual award – the 2023 Award of Merit – to Sarah Smit for her contributions to ASTM’s personal protective clothing and equipment committee (F23). The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM International committee activities. Smit was…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11695 ###
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ASTM International’s personal protective clothing and equipment committee ( F23 ) has approved a new standard that will help improve the safety of protective clothing for healthcare professionals and others who come into contact with liquid drugs. The new standard ( F3267 ) establishes design, performance, documentation, and labeling requirements and provides test methods for protective clothing…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Mary Mikolajewski, tel +1.610.832.9678; mmikolajewski@astm.org Release #11624 ###
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ASTM International is celebrating its 125 th anniversary this year and, as part of the celebrations the organization has announced eight winners of its Standards Case Study Contest, launched in Spring of 2022. ASTM technical committees were invited to submit examples of standards that exemplify an above-average impact in bettering society. 74 submissions from 44 different committees were…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #11588 ###
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Papers are invited for the Technologies for the Mitigation of Aircraft Landing Performance Related Runway Excursion Conference , to be held in the first week of December 2023 in Washington, D.C. The event is sponsored by ASTM International’s committee E17 on vehicle-pavement systems and will be held in conjunction with the committee’s standards development meetings. The language of the conference…, Regulators, - FAA, Transport Canada, ICAO, etc., Standards, – ASTM, Safety Investigators, – NTSB, TSB, etc., Sensing Technologies, Aircraft Sensing Technologies for Wheel Braking Pavement Sensing Technologies, Operators, Airports Airlines, Research Institutions, – NLR, Georgia Tech, FAA etc. To participate in the conference, authors must submit a 250 to 300-word preliminary abstract using the online Abstract Submission Portal no later than , May 19, 2023, . To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract. Additional information is available from technical chairs John Gadzinski ( john@fourwindssafety.com ) and Scott Fritz ( sfr@sarsys-asft.com ) . For more information about the conference, visit https://na.eventscloud.com/website/51155/e17-dec-2023-…, Symposia Operations Contact:, Tammy Schane, tel+1.610.832.9522, symposia@astm.org Release #11584 ###
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ASTM International’s metallic and inorganic coatings committee ( B08 ) has developed a new standard that describes a test method for testing abrasion resistance of hard anodic coatings. These coatings have applications in many industries, including aerospace, food processing, and firefighting, among others. The new standard, which will soon be published as B1023, describes how the Taber abraser…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Jennifer Tursi, tel +1.610.832.9653; jtursi@astm.org Release #11531, ###