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Graduate Scholarships, Student Project Grants, and Other ASTM Opportunities
Here’s how students, academics, and partners are contributing to the next generation of standardization (September/October 2024).
ASTM International Awards $10,000 Scholarships to Four 2024 Graduate Students ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in fields where technical standards play a crucial role. This year… more
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Standards in the Classroom
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 hindrances?"1 Well, a decade or so of educational and work experiences… more
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Safety, Medical, Chemicals, Quality, Energy, Consumer Products, Transportation, Metals & Materials, Environment, Construction

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Think Like a Girl. Become an Engineer.
(Left to right) Katharine Morgan, executive vice president, ASTM meets with Think Like a Girl co-founders Megan DeGeorge, Alexis Basantis and Gabrielle Rochino, and their adviser, Jennifer A. Kadlowec, Ph.D., head of Rowan's Department of Mechanical… more
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Grants and Scholarships; Papers and Education Ideas
ASTM Announces Project Grant Winners Each year ASTM International offers a limited number of $500 grants to university students to help with student design projects that contain an ASTM standards component. The 2015 project grant winners are:… more
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Going Small
It's never too soon to teach kids about science, engineering… and even standards. There once was a time when science and engineering were considered not only good ways to make a living but maybe even "cool." Today, with changes in aptitudes and… more
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Environment, Quality, Medical, Energy, Construction, Metals & Materials, Consumer Products, Transportation, Safety, Chemicals

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Passing the Torch
Learn how to attract the next generation of standards developers to your technical committee's work through these success stories. An oft-quoted maxim says that if you give someone a fish you may feed them for a day, but if you teach them how to… more
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Transportation, Environment, Medical, Consumer Products, Quality, Energy, Safety, Construction, Chemicals, Metals & Materials

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Developing Standards Professionals
A Report on the 2014 ICES Conference In forming the group that would become the International Cooperation for Education about Standardization, or ICES, John Hill, standards manager at Sun Microsystems, said, "Companies as well as standards bodies… more
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Chemicals, Metals & Materials, Construction, Quality, Medical, Environment, Transportation, Safety, Consumer Products, Energy

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Preparing the Next Generation
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 their time at university. These standards often contain… more
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Medical, Metals & Materials, Safety, Transportation, Environment, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Construction, Energy, Quality

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Standards in Capstone Design
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 R&D for a medical device manufacturer, recognized the need… more
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Safety, Medical, Energy, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Construction, Quality, Metals & Materials, Transportation, Environment

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Teaching Professional Skills to University Students
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 II environmental site assessments course through the college's Department of Earth… more
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Metals & Materials, Transportation, Consumer Products, Environment, Construction, Medical, Chemicals, Safety, Energy, Quality

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The WISE Program
Setting the Standard Washington Internships for Students of Engineering is a nine-week experiential public policy program designed for engineering students between their junior and senior years in college. Each year, up to 15 students are chosen in… more
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Metals & Materials, Medical, Environment, Quality, Safety, Construction, Energy, Chemicals, Transportation, Consumer Products