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Zamrik's Induction as Presidency Highlight's
Summer Annual Meeting (6/18/07)
Sam Y. Zamrik became ASME's new president
at the Society's Summer Annual Meeting in Toronto earlier this month.
The beginning of Zamrik's year-long term as president was just one
in a number of notable events at this year's summer business gathering.
Others included the nomination of Thomas M. Barlow as the Society's
president-nominee and three new members for the Board of Governors,
and the convening of the first-ever ASME Think Tank Summit.
Zamrik, an ASME Fellow and professor emeritus of engineering mechanics
at Pennsylvania State University, has been a member of ASME for
more than 34 years and is a recognized technical authority on pressure
vessels and piping.
His goals as the 126th president of the Society include promoting
programs and activities aimed toward women and early-career engineers,
while maintaining a commitment to expanding the Society's knowledge
resources globally.
Also at the meeting, Thomas Barlow was named as the Society's new
president-nominee. Barlow has held a number of posts within ASME,
including member of the Board of Governors, vice president of the
Energy Resources Group, member of the Board on Public Information,
and member of the Publications Committee. He will assume the presidency
at the 2008 Summer Annual Meeting next June.
In other news from SAM, Frank Adamek, Don R. Frikken, and Marc W.
Goldsmith joined the Board of Governors, replacing outgoing members
William T. Cousins, Dirk F. Dauw, and Robert J. Simoneau. Amos E.
Holt became the Society's secretary and treasurer, replacing the
outgoing Thomas Pestorius.
Moreover, the ASME Think Tank Summit debuted at the conference.
The Summit, which was held on June 10-11, consisted of three 90-minute,
town-hall style discussions on the topics of women and engineering
education, the pros and cons of product lifecycle management (PLM),
and human factor engineering. Participants included Walt Baxter
of Medtronic, Dave Kasik of Boeing, Ken Kreafle of Toyota, Ron Lasser
of Tufts University, Carolyn Meyers of Norfolk State University,
and Jeffrey Wilbert of Northrop Grumman.
For detailed coverage of the event, read the July issue of ASME
News Online, www.asmenews.org.
Boiler Code Available for Purchase Next Month
The 2007 edition of the ASME Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code will be available July 1.
The internationally recognized code establishes rules of safety
relating to the construction, operation, testing, and maintenance
of boilers, transport tanks, nuclear power plant components, and
other pressure systems. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
includes 12 sections.
ASME regularly updates the code to reflect advancements in design,
materials, construction methods, and applications, and issues a
new edition every three years. The 2007 code includes a completely
revised and updated Section VIII, Division 2, covering the construction
of pressure vessels.
Section VIII, Division 2 presents rules, requirements, specifications,
and other information relating to material toughness, stress and
fatigue in components, multiple loading, and other conditions in
pressure systems.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is referenced by purchasers,
regulators, inspectors, insurers, and municipal authorities worldwide.
A volunteer group of more than 800 engineers drawn from varied industries
develops and maintains the code. More than 92,000 copies of the
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code are in use around the world.
To order the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, contact ASME
at (800) 843-2763 or visit www.asme.org/Codes/International_Boiler_Pressure.cfm.
Two Companies are Woelfel Winners
V-Tech of Kristiansand, Norway, and
DES Operations of Aberdeen, Scotland, have been chosen as the winners
of the 24th Annual Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Award Competition.
The two companies were honored at a reception held April 30 in Houston.
The ASME International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI) sponsors
the annual award competition to promote technical innovation in
energy development and related fields.
V-Tech was selected from among five finalists as the top award recipient
in the competition. IPTI recognized the nine-year-old company for
UniSlips, a device that mounts to pipes and secures them for inspection
and maintenance. UniSlips, featuring a double wedge and dedicated
cylinder on each jaw, fits pipes of various sizes.
DES Operations won the Innovation Award for the Multiple Application
Re-injection System, or MARS, a complete technology management system
enabling multiphase pumping and metering, well simulation, sand
filtering, water and gas separation, and other functions in offshore
energy operations.
IPTI holds the Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Awards each year
at the Offshore Technology Conference.
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