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ASTM International’s Committee on Declarable Substances in Materials ( F40 ) presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Dr. Bruno A Vrebos, of Malvern PANalytical, in Almelo, Netherlands. The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards. The committee honored Vrebos for…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org R elease #10361
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Today, ASTM International debuted a new learning management system (LMS) designed to enhance user experience and functionality. Existing customers will begin seeing a seamless transition to the new platform. The migration will be completed by August 31. Since 2012, the number of learners has grown from 500 to over 4,000. Usage increased by over 174 per cent last year alone, prompting the need for…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org R elease #10362
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ASTM International’s committee on glass and glass products ( C14 ) is creating a standard that will help clean and restore glass windows, doors, and other architectural glass used in modern buildings. People involved in related industries including glass manufacturing, glazing companies, and maintenance/restoration contractors are invited to participate in the development of the proposed standard…, ASTM Committee C14 on Glass and Glass Products Next Meeting:, April 11, Moorestown, N.J., Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Paul West, International Window Cleaning Association, Zanesville, Ohio, tel +1.808.443.3833; kohalapaul@gmail.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Thomas O’Toole, tel +1.610.832.9739; totoole@astm.org R elease #10277
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ASTM International has published the first papers in its new online journal: Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems. Access to papers during the journal’s inaugural year is free (here). “From dozens of submissions, we are pleased to announce the first four published, authored by 20 leading minds in this fast-growing field,” said Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, the journal’s editor-in-chief who is the…, ASTM International Contact:, Alyssa Conaway, tel. +1.610.832.9620, aconaway@astm.org Release #10272
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Yesterday, Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri was given the 2016 ASTM International President’s Leadership Award. This recognizes individuals early in their ASTM International career who have significantly advanced the organization's mission through extraordinary accomplishment, example, and vision. Rachuri is serving as Editor-in-Chief of ASTM International’s new journal, Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10176
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A first-of-its-kind standard from ASTM International aims to support the introduction of ethanol as a cooking fuel, a step which will help people in developing countries access and use a safer alternative to wood, charcoal, and other traditional fuels. Each year, millions of people get sick or die due to household air pollution from cooking with traditional fuels, according to ASTM member Brady…, ASTM Committee E48 on Bioenergy and Industrial Chemicals and Biomass Next Meeting:, June 29, 2016, Bellevue, Wash., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Brady Luceno, POET Clean Cooking, Sioux Falls, S.D., +1.605.965.6702; brady.luceno@poet.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10017
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ASTM International is developing a proposed standard that will help manufacturers of automatic guided industrial vehicles evaluate their products. In addition to manufacturers, vehicle buyers will use this standard (WK48955: Test Method for Docking and Navigation for Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles) to conduct their own tests on potential purchases. ASTM member Roger Bostelman is…, Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Roger V. Bostelman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., tel +1.301.975.3426; roger.bostelman@nist.gov, ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, tel +1.610.832.9720; ppicariello@astm.org Release #9811 ###
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Keeping birds away from potentially fatal encounters with building exteriors is the purpose of a proposed new ASTM International standard, ASTM WK47853 , Test Method for Bird Collision Deterrence Material Threat Factor. It is possible that as many as a billion birds are killed every year after colliding with glass on buildings, including many single-family homes — and this is in the United States…, ASTM Committee C14 Next Meeting:, April 14, 2015, Moorestown, N.J., Technical Contact:, Stefan Knust, Ennead Architects, New York, New York, tel +1.212.807.7171; sknust@ennead.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Thomas O’Toole, tel +1.610.832.9739; totoole@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, tel +1.610.832.9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9767
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ASTM International has launched a new technical committee, F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles . After organizational meetings in October 2013 and January 2014, F45 was approved at the board of director’s recent spring meeting. In use since 1953, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are defined by the Material Handling Institute (MHI) as “computer-controlled wheel-based load…, Technical Contact:, Roger Bostelman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., roger.bostelman@nist.gov , ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, Phone: 610-832-9720; ppicariello@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9650
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Events Include USTDA-Sponsored Workshop, Rare Earth Materials Workshop and RoHS Roundtable, ASTM International Committee F40 on Declarable Substances in Materials conducted its biannual standards development meetings on March 10-11, 2014, at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s facilities in Shanghai, China. The meeting included both standards development work and special presentations. ASTM staff and F40 members participated in other events related to declarable substances in China, including…, F40 Meeting, Committee F40 is currently developing three proposed new standards, which were discussed in the Shanghai meeting: • ASTM WK26792, Guide for Identification of Declarable Substances in Polymeric Materials; • ASTM WK21957, Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Lead in Paint and Other Coatings Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (EDXRF); and • ASTM WK44003, Test Method for…, New Chemical Substance Workshop, Members of F40 participated in the U.S.-China Provisions on the Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances workshop held in Shanghai on March 12. The workshop was organized by ASTM International in cooperation with the American National Standards Institute on behalf of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. More than 30 participants from different regions of China, as well as from…, Rare Earth Materials Workshop, On March 13, F40 held a Rare Earth Materials workshop. Gao Lan, secretary general, Standardization Administration of China’s TC229 on Rare Earth Metals, provided an overview of TC229’s work, while Taco van der Marten, chairman of ASTM Subcommittee F40.04 on Rare Earth Materials, described the history and current activities of the subcommittee. The workshop also featured a presentation by Kevin…, RoHS Roundtable, Alyson Fick, ASTM staff manager for F40, spoke at a March 17 event held by the American Chamber of Commerce, China division, in Beijing. The roundtable on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) standards provided the opportunity for China-based U.S.-funded companies to understand ASTM standards that consider RoHS issues. Also speaking at that roundtable were Weibing Xing, chief engineer,…, Sinopec Visit, In addition to the F40 meetings and events, Fick, along with ASTM China office representatives Liu Fei and Nancy Hu, visited the polymers and plastic building product division of Sinopec Petroleum in Beijing. This division uses many standards under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee D20 on Plastics . The ASTM staff provided an overview of ASTM and D20 to 20 attending engineers. A…, ASTM Committee F40 Next Meeting:, Nov. 12-14, 2014, New Orleans, La., ASTM Staff Contact:, Alyson Fick, Phone: 610-832-9710; afick@astm.org , ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9634