Andy Kireta

This year, the Committee on Air Quality (D22) celebrates its 75th anniversary! Festivities at committee week included ASTM's Ashley Wiand receiving the George Luciw Award of Excellence, and Lisa Drennen Drennan getting the Award of Appreciation. With @ASTMpres Andy Kireta (right)

ASTM's plastics committee (D20) celebrated academic innovation at Committee Week yesterday. An inspiring presentation by Professor Nandika D’Souz @UT_Dallas preceded acknowledgement of student poster presenters (here picture in photo). Each showcased cutting-edge research.

ASTM International’s Exo Technology Center of Excellence (ET CoE) will be holding the 3rd Annual Exo Games, an initiative to improve student involvement and education in the exo technologies industry, from Aug. 3-7 at the ASTM International headquarters in West Conshohocken, PA. To learn more about the event — including sponsorship opportunities — visit go.astm.org/4lnz4sr

Heads up displays in goggles and more are coming to your favorite cold-weather #sports. Join guests Earl Saline @NSAA_org, and Evangelos Spyrou @CCMHockey , as they discuss how standards support both amateurs and the next generation Olympic athletes. Wherever you get podcasts... or go.astm.org/podcast-winter…

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Celebrating its 20th annivesary this year, ASTM's #nanotechnology committee (E56) honored its twenty “founding members”, who have served on the committee since its formation. Learn more about the committee at go.astm.org/45aBd3z

Congrats to R. Bryan Ormond for being named 2025 ASTM Professor of the Year. Associate professor and director of the Milliken Textile Protection and Comfort Center at North Carolina State University @ncstate, Ormond uses standards in teaching new generations of PPE researchers. go.astm.org/47EZpwM

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, ASTM's Emerging Professionals Program continues to guide members who have demonstrated the potential to be industry and committee leaders. Here at Committee Week in Atlanta, 28 of 33 nominees were in attendance. Want to nominate someone for 2026? See go.astm.org/43N9qqg

Did you know that ASTM has standards for the testing of ballistic shields? Used by #LawEnforcement, these tactical shields are designed to stop or deflect projectiles. E3141 and E3347 are standards that include the test method used to evaluate ballistic resistance of such shields. To purchase standards, see go.astm.org/4gKIqfo

#LawEnforcement officials use #ballistic #shields for crowd control. ASTM standards for #BallisticShields save lives. Watch this video to learn more, and listen the latest episode of Standards Impact: "Standards for #FirstResponders." See... go.astm.org/48K4wgb