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ASTM to Sponsor 2024 Exo Games, Centered on First Responders
ASTM International’s Exo Technology Center of Excellence (ET CoE) is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Exo Games, an initiative to improve student involvement and education in the exo technologies… more
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Meeting Change Head-On
Most of us can earn a satisfactory wage. But do you ever wonder how much more you could contribute to society if your self-image evolved from being a specialist to being a savvy, all-around individual who has a technical… more
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Chemicals, Medical, Energy, Environment, Quality, Transportation, Construction, Consumer Products, Metals & Materials, Safety
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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 manufacturing sector, where they encounter plastics product design… more
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Metals & Materials, Construction, Medical, Environment, Transportation, Quality, Consumer Products, Energy, Chemicals, Safety
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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, securing public health and safety, attaining market access and… more
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Energy, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Transportation, Quality, Medical, Environment, Metals & Materials, Construction, Safety
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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 standards as part of their engineering and business curricula.… more
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Metals & Materials, Medical, Energy, Consumer Products, Environment, Safety, Quality, Transportation, Chemicals, Construction
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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 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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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 standards, conformity assessment and related topics. One such… more
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Safety, Medical, Chemicals, Environment, Construction, Transportation, Metals & Materials, Quality, Energy, Consumer Products
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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
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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 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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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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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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