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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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As a result of the Safety Equipment Institute becoming a subsidiary of ASTM International on April 19, SEI is expanding its offerings beyond its existing product certifications to include personnel certifications and environmental declaration programs. The SEI Board Standing Committee on Certification Programs met for the first time yesterday. It approved operating manuals and procedures for SEI’…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel. +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, SEI Staff Contact:, Pat Gleason, tel. +1.703.442.5732; pgleason@seinet.org Release #10101
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Edward Falis, vice president of Sampling Associates International, LLC of Hampton, Va., has received the R. A. Glenn Award from ASTM International Committee D05 on Coal and Coke . The committee noted Falis’ continuous and outstanding contributions to the development of standards on the industrialization of coal, petroleum coke, and furnace coke. Falis previously served as an inspector for Jno.…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10080
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ASTM International Committee F12 on Security Systems and Equipment (F12) has presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Julia Schimmelpenningh of Eastman Chemical Company in Springfield, Mass., U.S.A. The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards. The committee honored…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10067
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ASTM International and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) will collaborate on developing and disseminating standards, best practices, and other tools that support the growing geospatial industry. The organizations plan to work together in areas such as data acquisition and dissemination, location-based services, and unmanned (autonomous) navigation. Daniel Smith, vice president, technical…, Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, director, corporate communications, ASTM International, tel +1.610.832.9603, nosburn@astm.org or Denise McKenzie, executive director, communications & outreach, OGC, tel +1.314.546.4569, dmckenzie@opengeospatial.org, ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, director, developmental operations, tel +1.610.832.9720; ppicariello@astm.org, OGC Staff Contact:, Scott Simmons, executive director, standards program, tel +1.970.682.1922; ssimmons@opengeospatial.org Release #10034
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A proposed ASTM standard could help improve workplace safety by describing proximity alarm systems that can be used to prevent cranes, utility trucks, and other equipment from encroaching inside OSHA minimum approach distances and contacting high-voltage power lines. The standard would be most useful to the construction industry, but it could also help in firefighting, drilling, mining,…, ASTM Committee F18 on Electrical Protective Equipment for Workers Next Meeting:, Oct. 4-7, 2015, Las Vegas, Nev., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Lance Burney, Sigalarm, Sanford, Fla., tel +1.407.321.0722; lance@sigalarminc.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Kevin Shanahan, tel +1.610.832.9737; kshanahan@astm.org Release #9903
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Manufacturers and users of laser scanners used in 3D imaging will benefit from a new ASTM standard that helps evaluate their measurement performance. Specifically, the standard will help evaluate time-of-flight imaging systems, which determine measurements by detecting the reflected light from a scene illuminated by a modulated light source. The new standard is E2938 , Test Method for Evaluating…, Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Kamel S. Saidi, Ph.D., National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., tel. +1.301.975.6069; kamel.saidi@nist.gov , ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, tel +1.610.832.9720; ppicariello@astm.org Release #9897
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A proposed ASTM International standard will help predict deposits caused by combustion gases in boilers of coal fired power plants. All interested parties, particularly coal chemists, are invited to join in the development of the standard (WK48796, Practice for Determination of Water-Soluble Alkali Content in Coal). Subcommittee D05.21 on Methods of Analysis is developing the proposed practice.…, ASTM Committee D05 on Coal and Coke Next Meeting:, May 10-13, 2015, Columbus, Ohio, Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Kelly Olenyik, Standard Laboratories Inc. - Western Division, Casper, Wyo., tel +1.307.234.9957; kolenyik@vcn.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Scott Orthey, tel +1.610.832.9730; sorthey@astm.org Release #9814 ###
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Grainy security-camera footage capturing a car as it plunges through glass into a store is seen all too often on television and Internet news sites. The commonplace nature of such accidents signals a need for better storefront protection from errant cars. Protective barriers are becoming an increasingly important component of preventing or minimizing the damage from such accidents. Now, a new…, ASTM Committee F12 Next Meeting:, April 27-28, 2015, April committee week, Anaheim, Calif., Technical Contact:, Michael Brackin, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Bryan, Texas, tel +1.979.845.2019; m-brackin@ttimail.tamu.edu, ASTM Staff Contact:, Joseph Hugo, tel +1.610.832.9740; jhugo@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, tel +1.610.832.9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9746
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Since 2009, the National Fire Protection Association has required arc rated gloves in its NFPA70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. A new ASTM standard will now provide arc rating thermal protective values for gloves, which will allow more gloves to be used inside an arc flash zone when there is no shock hazard. The new standard, ASTM F2675/F2675M , Test Method for Determining Arc…, ASTM Committee F18 Next Meeting:, Oct. 20-23, 2013, Charleston, S.C., Technical Contact:, Hugh Hoagland, ArcWear, Louisville, Ky., Phone: 502-832-9737; hugh@arcwear.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Kevin Shanahan, Phone: 610-832-9737, kshanahan@astm.org , ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9469