Standardization News

On Feb. 24, Ileane Smith, manager of ASTM's member promotion and academic outreach, visited the campus of Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa.

Smith was invited by Scott Burman, vice president of the student's engineering group. During the visit Smith spoke to the group about their educational plans and career goals. Many of the students intend to take further classes in the areas of mechanical, chemical, architectural and automotive engineering in addition to various other STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) related disciplines.

The students learned about ASTM's Jumpstart Your Career campaign and how they can take advantage of ASTM's free student membership and scholarship opportunities. The group discussion also focused on networking, promoting their work with social media and identifying additional speakers from other local organizations focused on supporting the engineering community.

Professor William Brownlowe, department head of engineering and design technology at MC3, and the students agreed that the presentation was beneficial in helping them understand the real-world applications of ASTM standards. The group has plans to enter an upcoming robotics competition and may submit a video to ASTM's Jumpstart Your Career video contest. For more information on Jumpstart Your Career and the video contest, visit www.astm.org/studentmember.