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Here is all of the latest news about student members, faculty members, and the broader community working to inspire the next generation of standardization.
In each issue of Standardization News, we provide updates about ASTM International student members, faculty, and other professionals who are helping inspire the next generation of standardization. In the September/October issue, we shared the… more
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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 undergraduate and graduate students about ASTM International… more
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Transportation, Metals & Materials, Quality, Construction, Energy, Safety, Medical, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Environment
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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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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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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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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. Danny's parents first set out to warn other parents of recalled products - something KID still does… more
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Metals & Materials, Energy, Consumer Products, Quality, Medical, Safety, Chemicals, Environment, Construction, Transportation
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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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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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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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