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| leader_title = President{{cite press release |date=2024-06-19 |url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/media-inquiries/press-releases/ipri-brown-begins-term-as-asme’s-143rd-president,-new-members-and-nominees-to-the-board-of-governors-announced |title=Ipri-Brown Begins Term as ASME's 143rd President, New Members and Nominees to the Board of Governors Announced |publisher=ASME |access-date=2025-04-02}}

| leader_name = Susan Ipri-Brown

| leader_title2 = Immediate Past President{{cite press release |date=2023-06-21 |url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/media-inquiries/press-releases/thomas-kurfess-begins-term-as-asmes-142nd-president,-one-new-member-and-three-nominees-to-the-board-of-governors-announced |title=Thomas Kurfess Begins Term as ASME’s 142nd President, One New Member and Three Nominees to the Board of Governors Announced |publisher=ASME |access-date=2025-04-02}}

| leader_name2 = Thomas Kurfess

| leader_name3 = Thomas Costabile

| leader_title3 = Executive Director{{Cite web|date=2018-05-22|url=https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/society-news/asme-news/selects-thomas-costabile-executive-director|title=ASME Selects Thomas Costabile as Executive Director|website=asme.org}}

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{{Redirect|ASME|the magazine editors' society|American Society of Magazine Editors}}The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of outreach."{{Cite web |author=ASME|title=ASME.org > About ASME |url=http://www.asme.org/about-asme |access-date=2011-12-27 }} ASME is thus an engineering society, a standards organization, a research and development organization, an advocacy organization,{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/advocacy-government-relations|title=Engineering Advocacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213075228/https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/advocacy-government-relations|archive-date=2015-02-13|url-status=dead}} a provider of training and education, and a nonprofit organization. Founded as an engineering society focused on mechanical engineering in North America, ASME is today multidisciplinary and global.

ASME has over 85,000 members in more than 135 countries worldwide.{{Cite web |title=ASME by the Numbers 2022 |date=April 2022 |publisher=ASME |url=https://www.asme.org/getmedia/12e28501-4520-42ec-ab8b-aeb0353ad801/asme_by_the_numbers_2022_v10.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013212154/https://www.asme.org/getmedia/12e28501-4520-42ec-ab8b-aeb0353ad801/asme_by_the_numbers_2022_v10.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-13}}{{cite web|title=About ASME – At a Glance|url=http://www.asme.org/about-asme|publisher=ASME|access-date=7 November 2011}}

ASME was founded in 1880 by Alexander Lyman Holley, Henry Rossiter Worthington, John Edison Sweet and Matthias N. Forney in response to numerous steam boiler pressure vessel failures.{{cite web | title = Setting the Standard | publisher = ASME | url = http://www.asme.org/about-asme/history |work=History| access-date = 2011-10-01}} Known for setting codes and standards for mechanical devices, ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations.{{cite web|title=The ASME Digital Collection|url=http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/ |publisher=ASME |access-date=15 February 2017}} It holds numerous technical conferences and hundreds of professional development courses each year and sponsors numerous outreach and educational programs. Georgia Tech president and women engineer supporter Blake R Van Leer was an executive member.{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Paul |last2=Martin |first2=C. Samuel |last3=O'Hern |first3=Timothy J. |title=History of the Fluids Engineering Division |url=https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339294 |journal=Journal of Fluids Engineering |language=English |doi=10.1115/1.4033976 |date=3 August 2016|volume=138 |issue=10 }} Kate Gleason and Lydia Weld were the first two women members.{{cite journal |title=American Women Engineers |journal=The Woman Engineer |date=June 1922 |volume=I |issue=11 |page=156 |url=https://twej.theiet.org/twej/WES_Vol_1.html |access-date=21 January 2024}}

Codes and standards

ASME is one of the oldest standards-developing organizations in America. It produces approximately 600 codes and standards covering many technical areas, such as fasteners, plumbing fixtures, elevators, pipelines, and power plant systems and components. ASME's standards are developed by committees of subject matter experts using an open, consensus-based process. Many ASME standards are cited by government agencies as tools to meet their regulatory objectives. ASME standards are therefore voluntary, unless the standards have been incorporated into a legally binding business contract or incorporated into regulations enforced by an authority having jurisdiction, such as a federal, state, or local government agency. ASME's standards are used in more than 100 countries and have been translated into numerous languages.{{cite web|title=Standards Are Global|url=http://www.asme.org/kb/standards/history-of-asme-standards|work=History of ASME Standards|publisher=ASME|access-date=7 November 2011}}

Boiler and pressure vessel code

{{main article|ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code}}

The largest ASME standard, both in size and in the number of volunteers involved in its preparation, is the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC). The BPVC provides rules for the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, care, and use of boilers, pressure vessels, and nuclear components. The code also includes standards on materials, welding and brazing procedures and qualifications, nondestructive examination, and nuclear in-service inspection.

Other notable standardization areas

Other Notable Standardization Areas include but not limited to are; Elevators and Escalators (A17 Series), Overhead and Mobile Cranes and related lifting and rigging equipment (B30 Series), Piping and Pipelines (B31 Series), Bio-processing Equipment (BPE), Valves Flanges, Fittings and Gaskets (B16), Nuclear Components and Processes Performance Test Codes.

Publications

= Journals =

{{main|List of American Society of Mechanical Engineers academic journals}}

The journals published by ASME include:{{Cite web |title=ASME – List of All Journals – ASME |url=https://www.asme.org/publications-submissions/journals/find-journal |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=asme.org |language=en}}

= Magazine =

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In addition to academic journals, since 1880 the ASME has also published the magazine Mechanical Engineering.

Society awards

ASME offers four categories of awards: achievement awards to recognize "eminently distinguished engineering achievement"; literature awards for original papers; service awards for voluntary service to ASME; and unit awards, jointly awarded by six societies in recognition of advancement in the field of transportation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards|title=Honors & Awards|website=asme.org}}

=== Nadia Medal recipients ===

= ASME Fellows =

{{Category see also|Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers}}

ASME Fellow is a Membership Grade of Distinction conferred by The ASME Committee of Past Presidents{{cite web|title=Fellows|url=https://www.asme.org//about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/fellows|publisher=ASME|access-date=10 August 2013}} to an ASME member with significant publications or innovations and distinguished scientific and engineering background. Over 3,000 members have attained the grade of Fellow. The ASME Fellow membership grade is the highest elected grade in ASME.{{cite web|title=Award Descriptions & Applications|url=http://asme-ipti.org/petroleum-division/award-descriptions-applications/|publisher=ASME IPTI|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112103459/http://www.asme-ipti.org/petroleum-division/award-descriptions-applications/|archive-date=2011-11-12|url-status=dead}}

E-Fests

ASME runs several annual E-Fests, or Engineering Festivals,{{Cite web|url=http://efests.asme.org|title=ASME E-Fests™|website=efests.asme.org|access-date=2018-08-30}} taking the place of the Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/events/competitions|title=ASME Competitions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410053708/http://www.asme.org/events/competitions|archive-date=2011-04-10|url-status=dead}} In addition to the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC), the Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D Challenge (IAM3D), the Student Design Competition, and the Old Guard Competition,{{Cite web|url=https://efests.asme.org/competitions|title=ASME E-Fests™ Competitions|website=efests.asme.org|access-date=2018-08-30}} there are also talks, interactive workshops, and entertainment.{{Cite web|url=https://efests.asme.org/#about|title=ASME E-Fests™|website=efests.asme.org|access-date=2018-08-30}} These events allows students to network with working engineers, host contests, and promote ASME's benefits to students as well as professionals. E-Fests are held in four regions in the United States and internationally{{Cite web|url=https://efests.asme.org/#locations|title=ASME E-Fests™|website=efests.asme.org|access-date=2018-08-30}}—western U.S, eastern U.S., Asia Pacific, and South America—with the E-Fest location for each region changing every year.{{cite web | title = Student Professional Development Conference | publisher = ASME | url = http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/ | access-date = 2008-03-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323001209/http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/ | archive-date = 2008-03-23 | url-status = dead }}

Student competitions

ASME holds a variety of competitions every year for engineering students from around the world.{{cite web|title=ASME Competitions|url=http://www.asme.org/events/competitions|publisher=ASME|access-date=2012-06-25}}

  • Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC)
  • Student Design Competition (SDC)
  • Innovative Design Simulation Challenge (IDSC)
  • Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D Challenge (IAM3D)
  • Old Guard Competitions
  • Innovation Showcase (IShow)
  • Student Design Expositions

Organization

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ASME has four key offices in the United States,{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/contact-us|title=Contact Us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321145502/http://www.asme.org/about-asme/contact-us|archive-date=2011-03-21|url-status=dead}} including its headquarters operation in New York, N.Y., and three international offices in Beijing, China; Brussels, Belgium, and New Delhi, India. ASME has two institutes and 32 technical divisions within its organizational structure. Volunteer activity is organized into four sectors:

  • Technical Events and Content
  • Public Affairs and Outreach
  • Standards and Certification
  • Student and Early Career Development

Controversy

In 1982, ASME was found to be the first non-profit organization to in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The United States Supreme Court found the organization liable for more than $6 million in American Society of Mechanical Engineers v. Hydrolevel Corp.

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Calvert, Monte A. The Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830–1910: Professional Cultures in Conflict. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1967.
  • Hutton, Frederick Remson (1915) [https://archive.org/details/historyoftheamer014404mbp A History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ASME.]
  • Sinclair, Bruce. A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1880–1980. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1980.
  • {{cite book| author = John H. White| title = A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development, 1830–1880| year = 1979| publisher = Courier Dover Publications| isbn = 978-0-486-23818-0 }}

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