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New ASTM Committee E58 to Develop Standards That Support Engineering Investigations and Assist the Court, ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations (SDO) in the world, today announced the formation of ASTM Committee E58 on Forensic Engineering . Committee E58 will develop standards that promote awareness of the scientific, engineering, ethical and legal considerations inherent in forensic engineering investigations, reporting and testimony., Bringing Engineering Reason to the Dispute Resolution Process, Forensic engineering focuses on the investigation of alleged defects in materials, products, structures and components. These cases are litigated on the premise that the defects cause personal injury or damage to property. Forensic engineering investigations may help determine the causes of these events and assist the disputing parties or the court in resolving the case. Today, forensic…, Assisting the Court through Consensus Standards, ASTM Committee E58 comes together to create important standards and guides that will support the judicial process by facilitating an improved understanding of forensic engineering practices and associated technical issues. This will better enable the court to resolve disputes in a more well-informed and efficient manner, relying on deeper knowledge of the technical data presented and the sound…, E58 Standards: Guiding Forensic Engineering Practice, E58 standards will help guide forensic engineers in conducting investigations in a robust manner while protecting overall public safety. The initial scope of Committee E58 activities will be driven by subcommittees on Product Defect Incidents, Vehicular Incidents, Electrical Incidents and Industrial Processes. ASTM Committee E58 will build upon the body of work of former subcommittee E30.05 on…, Foundation Standard for the Forensic Engineering Profession, Other E58 standards will bolster the role of forensic engineering professionals in the eyes of the court and other users of these services. Consistent with this objective, Committee E58 has recently drafted a general practice document for the forensic engineering profession, titled Standard Guide for the Practice of Forensic Engineering. The goal of this standard is to further educate the court…
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ASTM International Committee E35 on Pesticides and Alternative Control Agents has now published the last in a series of three ASTM International standards that address the activity of hand hygiene agents against microbes that can be transmitted via contaminated hands. Subcommittee E35.15 on Antimicrobial Agents developed the new standard, ASTM E2613 , Test Method for Determining Fungus-…
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ASTM International Committee E35 on Pesticides and Alternative Control Agents has begun work on the latest in a series of standards on biofilm. The proposed new standard, WK17813 , Test Method for Quantification of a, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Biofilm Grown with Low Shear and Continuous Flow Using a Drip Flow Biofilm Reactor, is being developed by Subcommittee E35.15 on Antimicrobial Agents. According to Darla M. Goeres, senior research engineer, Center for Biofilm Engineering, and E35 member, biofilm is defined as microorganisms living in a self-organized cooperative community. These communities, which are embedded in slime and can be…, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Biofilm Grown with High Shear and Continuous Flow Using CDC Biofilm Reactor; and E2196 , Test Method for Quantification of a, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Biofilm Grown with Shear and Continuous Flow Using a Rotating Disk Reactor) is that biofilm is grown under low fluid shear close to the air/liquid interface and that the drip flow reactor is a plug flow reactor system, resulting in biofilm that is visible to the naked eye and smooth and slimy in appearance. Biofilm generated in a drip flow reactor could represent those found in a wide spectrum of…
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A new ASTM International standard, E 2555 , Practice for Factors and Procedures for Applying the MIL-STD-105 Plans in Life and Reliability Inspection, represents the latest work of a task group that is converting a series of old U.S. Department of Defense standards into ASTM documents. The task group is part of Subcommittee E11.30 on Data Analysis, which is under the jurisdiction of ASTM…
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Biofilm, self-organized communities of bacteria that can have both positive and negative effects in a variety of industries, is the subject of a new ASTM International standard, E 2562 , Test Method for Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Grown with High Shear and Continuous Flow Using CDC Biofilm Reactor. The new standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E35.15 on…
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Responding to a new emphasis by regulatory agencies that firms manufacturing drug products demonstrate the efficacy of disinfectants used in controlled environments, ASTM International Committee E35 on Pesticides and Alternative Control Agents has begun to develop a proposed new standard, WK12880 , Guide for Evaluation of Clean Room Disinfectants. WK12880 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee…
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ASTM International Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics has approved a new practice that describes methods for proficiency testing providers to use in analyzing laboratory results obtained in their programs. The standard, E 2489 , Practice for Statistical Analysis of One-Sample and Two-Sample Interlaboratory Proficiency Testing Programs, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E11.20 on Test…
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A proposed new standard currently being developed by ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics will prove to be useful to the tantalum sputtering target industry. The proposed standard, WK9490, Test Method for Reporting Crystallographic Orientation of Sputtering Target Materials, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F01.17 on Sputter Metallization. "The tantalum sputtering target…
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ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics is currently developing a proposed new standard that will provide uniformity in the values reported for oxygen content in aluminum alloys used for sputtering targets in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The proposed standard, WK9120, Determination of Oxygen in High Purity Aluminum and Alloys in High Purity Aluminum Base by Inert Gas Fusion…
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A former military standard has become the basis for a new ASTM standard developed by Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics. The new standard, E 2234, Practice for Sampling a Stream of Product by Attributes Indexed by AQL, will be the first in a series based on a now-withdrawn set of military documents on sampling. Practice E 2234, presently under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E11.10 on…