The Case for Standards in the Classroom

It is vitally important, for many reasons, that students are introduced to international standards that are relevant to their disciplines during…

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Teaching the Value of Standards Through Senior Design Work

My standards education began in 1990 when I became the chairman of an ASTM International task group. I was the group leader of…

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ASTM Members Offer Assistance and Support for College and University Efforts

Students from the City College of New York attend the first installment of the Phase…

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2013 ASTM Professor of the Year Reflects on Engineering Education

In the fall of 2013, Haibin Ning was named the ASTM International 2013 Professor of the Year for his work teaching…

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Lessons Learned While Playing a Game Applicable in Real Life

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Standards Coordination Office offers training to government agencies on…

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Guidance and Opportunity

In a 1999 article for SN, I posed a question about whether standards and codes in engineering higher education were "confounding constraints or helpful…

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New ASTM Resource Provides Materials for Standards Education

ASTM International has produced a new academic offering to help university professors provide information about technical…

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Children's Product Safety and KID's TEST Program

Kids In Danger was founded in 1998 after the death of Danny Keysar in a recalled portable crib…

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ASTM Supports Students Incorporating Standards in Academic Work

Students who emerge from college or university with an understanding of the role of standards in R&D, product design,…

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Polymers Properties Course Work Increases Understanding of ASTM Standards

Many of the students at Kettering University in Flint, Mich., undertake cooperative work assignments in the…

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