Let’s say you work in R&D in an emerging field like exoskeletons — wearable, high-tech equipment that helps factory workers, patients, and others. Some of the prototypes you’ve built are…
read moreThe ASTM International headquarters building in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, is in the midst of a makeover. As a start, the building’s first and fourth floors were renovated in the last 12…
read moreOn July 23, the partners in the new ASTM International Center of Excellence in Additive Manufacturing will gather for a signing ceremony at Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.…
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Natural disasters like earthquakes…
read moreUntil recently, no matter where they were stationed, most U.S. soldiers wore the same combat boot. The footwear performed well in arid climates, such as the deserts of Iraq, but proved problematic…
read morePeople live and work and shop at 245 Park Avenue, a 48-floor skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, one of many dotting the city’s skyline. The Park Avenue building also became New York City’s largest…
read moreWhen adventurous New Yorkers paid five cents to board the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway at Coney Island in 1884, they found themselves hurtling along at a top speed of nearly 10 kilometers…
read moreKey excerpts from conversations with women leaders in standardization.
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Sketchy, ephemeral clues like these are often the only leads authorities have when investigating a crime or…
read more“Everyone goes up the mountain a different way, but they share the goal of the same summit,” says Dale F. Bohn, product quality manager for Flint Hills Resources LP and ASTM International’s…
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