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ASTM International’s soil and rock committee (D18) has awarded its C.A. Hogentogler Award to Zaher Jarrar, engineer for Caterpillar. The award is given in honor of the committee’s first chair and in recognition of a paper of outstanding merit on soils for engineering purposes presented before ASTM. Jarrar was specifically recognized for his paper, “Four-Dimensional Dynamic Synchrotron…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11691 ###
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ASTM International’s soil and rock committee (D18) has awarded its C.A. Hogentogler Award to Khalid Alshibli, professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee. The award is given in honor of the committee's first chair and in recognition of a paper of outstanding merit on soils for engineering purposes presented before ASTM. Alshibli’s career…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11688 ###
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Today, ASTM International released its new eLearning program on laboratory soil testing. These courses are built to bridge the gap between written standards and the laboratory experience for laboratory technicians, QA/QC professionals, and anyone who needs familiarity with these ASTM standards. The program covers important laboratory testing techniques. Each course in this program contains: Self-…, Media Inquiries, : Gavin O’Reilly, tel+1 610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11654 ###
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Papers are invited for ASTM International’s Symposium on Shear Testing of Soils , to be held Jan. 29-30, 2025, in Houston, Texas. The event is sponsored by ASTM International’s soil and rock committee (D18) and will be held in conjunction with the committee’s January standards development meetings. This symposium will provide an international forum for experts to discuss the need for the…, Aug. 18, 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 chair and co-chairs, Timothy D. Stark ( tstark@illinois.edu ) ; Navid Jafari ( njafari@lsu.edu ); Michael Laney ( michael.laney@gsi.us ); and Abedalqader Idries ( aidries2@illinois.edu ). For more…, Symposia Operations Contact:, Tammy Schane tel+1.610.832.9522, symposia@astm.org Release #11647 ###
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ASTM International’s light sport aircraft committee ( F37 ) has approved a new standard that addresses aeroelasticity requirements of light sport aircraft. Aeroelasticity refers to the interaction of aerodynamic, inertial, and elastic forces that emerge during the relative movement of air and aircraft. According to ASTM member Rian Johnson, the new specification ( F3619 ) defines the standards…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Joe Koury, tel +1.610.832.9804; jkoury@astm.org Release #11642 ###
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ASTM International’s petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants committee (D02) has presented its Sydney D. Andrews Scroll of Achievement Award to James Brown, chemometrician with Guided Wave, Inc. and Process Insights. A long-time ASTM International member, Brown was recognized for his many contributions to advancing the aims of the committee and the organization as an expression of high…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11629 ###
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ASTM International has presented the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award to Vincent Drnevich for his contributions to ASTM’s soil and rock committee (D18). Drnevich is one of four recipients of the award for the year. A regular ASTM International member since 1972, Drnevich had been previously honored by the organization with four Richard E. Ladd Standards Development Awards (2004, 2008…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11628 ###
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ASTM International has presented the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award to Gary N. Durham for his contributions to ASTM’s soil and rock committee (D18). Durham is one of four recipients of the award for the year. A member of ASTM International since 1972, he has been previously honored with the D18 Special Service Award (2000, 2002), the Award of Merit (2007), and a previous A. Ivan…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11621 ###
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ASTM International’s thermal insulation committee ( C16 ) has approved a new standard that will aid in the development of new insulation products. The new standard ( C1919 ) covers the measurement of steady-state thermal transmission properties of small flat slab thermal insulation specimens using a heat-flow-meter apparatus. ASTM member Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya says that, in addition to being used…, 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 #11619 ###
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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 ###