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Anthony E. Fiorato, Ph.D., president and CEO of CTLGroup in Skokie, Ill., has become the 2006 chairman of the ASTM International Board of Directors; he has been part of the Board of Directors since 2001. An active member of ASTM International who joined the organization in 1980, Fiorato currently serves on ASTM Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. He is vice…
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Roger L. Blaine, Ph.D., regulatory affairs manager at TA Instruments in New Castle, Del., a worldwide supplier of thermal analysis and rheology equipment, has been elected to a term on the ASTM International Board of Directors. Blaine's ASTM involvement began more than 30 years ago: he joined the Society in 1973 and that year was a founding member of Committee E37 on Thermal Measurements. He…
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Catherine (Kitty) H. Pilarz, director of Mattel worldwide product safety for Fisher-Price in East Aurora, N.Y., has begun a term as a member of the ASTM International Board of Directors. Pilarz chairs ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products, a group of about 800 professionals from industry, government, and academia who work on 40 technical subcommittees. She also leads the F15 group on play yards…, Business First Magazine, . Release #7314
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Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E., president/senior principal and head of the Building Technology Group at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. (SGH), has been elected to the ASTM International Board of Directors for a term beginning in 2006. Schwartz has been honored with a 1994 ASTM International Award of Merit and title of fellow for his contributions to ASTM standards activities. An ASTM International…, Glass Digest, for more than a decade. Release #7315
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John R. Scully, Ph.D., professor of materials science and engineering and co-director of the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, has been honored with the 2005 Francis LaQue Memorial Award by ASTM International Committee G01 on Corrosion of Metals. Committee G01 cited Scully "for his numerous contributions in the development of…
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Kenneth F. Yarosh, an associate scientist and the European technical manager, Global Construction Industry, for Dow Corning Corp. in Seneffe, Belgium, has been elected to the ASTM International Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning this year. Yarosh is first vice chairman of ASTM Committee C24 on Building Seals and Sealants and its executive subcommittee; he serves on a number of C24…
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According to a report published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in April 2005, more than 10,000 emergency room-treated injuries and 49 deaths have been attributed to powered scooters since 1998. With these statistics in mind, ASTM Internationals Committee F15 on Consumer Products has formed a new subcommittee, F15.58 on Powered Scooters and Skateboards. The subcommittee was…
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Applications are currently being accepted for the 2006 ASTM International Katharine and Bryant Mather Scholarship., Administered by ASTM International Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates, the scholarship applies to students pursuing degrees specializing in cement or concrete materials technology. Full-time undergraduate students completing their second/sophomore year of college, or later, or graduate students (specializing in cement or concrete materials technology) are eligible to apply. The…
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The ongoing need to deal with oil in stranded ships, especially those in remote areas, is the impetus behind a proposed new standard being developed by ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response. One possible response to such a crisis, burning the oil on the ship before it can damage the environment, is the subject of the proposed standard, F 2533, Guide for…
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ASTM International Committee F25 on Shipbuilding is supporting the 2006 Marine Environmental Engineering Technology Symposium, Common Issues, Common Solutions Government/Industry Partnership . Other sponsors of the event, which will occur Jan. 23-25, at the Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va., are the American Society of Naval Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and…