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TheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME)
isaprofessionalassociationthat,initsownwords,
"promotestheart,science,andpracticeofmultidisciplinary
engineeringandalliedsciencesaroundtheglobe"via
"continuingeducation,trainingandprofessional
development,codesandstandards,research,conferencesand
publications,governmentrelations,andotherformsof
outreach."[1]ASMEisthusanengineeringsociety,a
standardsorganization,aresearchanddevelopment
organization,alobbyingorganization,aprovideroftraining
andeducation,andanonprofitorganization.Foundedasan
engineeringsocietyfocusedonmechanicalengineeringin
NorthAmerica,ASMEistodaymultidisciplinaryandglobal.
ASMEhasover140,000membersin158countries
worldwide.[2]
ASMEwasfoundedin1880byAlexanderLymanHolley,
HenryRossiterWorthington,JohnEdisonSweetand
MatthiasN.Forneyinresponsetonumeroussteamboiler
pressurevesselfailures.[3]Knownforsettingcodesand
standardsformechanicaldevices,ASMEconductsoneofthe
world'slargesttechnicalpublishingoperations,[4]holds
numeroustechnicalconferencesandhundredsof
professionaldevelopmentcourseseachyear,andsponsors
numerousoutreachandeducationalprograms.

Contents
1 ASMEcodesandstandards
1.1 ASMEboilerandpressurevesselcode
(BPVC)
1.2 Othernotablestandardizationareas
2 Notablemembers
3 Societyawards
3.1 ASMEfellow
4 Studentprofessionaldevelopmentconference
(SPDC)
5 Studentcompetitions
6 Organization
7 Controversy
8 Seealso
9 References
10 Furtherreading
11 Externallinks

ASME

Predecessor

AmericanSocietyofMechanical
Engineers

Formation

1880

Type

notforprofitmembership
organization

Headquarters NewYorkCity,U.S.
Location

TwoParkAvenue
NewYork
NY100165990
UnitedStates

Region
served

Worldwide

Membership

140,000+inover150countries

Official
language

English

President

JulioC.Guerrero

President
elect

K.KeithRoe

Affiliations

AIChE

Website

www.asme.org(http://www.asme.o
rg)

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ASMEisoneoftheoldeststandardsdevelopingorganizationsinAmerica.Itproducesapproximately600
codesandstandardscoveringmanytechnicalareas,suchasfasteners,plumbingfixtures,elevators,pipelines,
andpowerplantsystemsandcomponents.ASME'sstandardsaredevelopedbycommitteesofsubjectmatter
expertsusinganopen,consensusbasedprocess.ManyASMEstandardsarecitedbygovernmentagenciesas
toolstomeettheirregulatoryobjectives.ASMEstandardsarethereforevoluntary,unlessthestandardshave
beenincorporatedintoalegallybindingbusinesscontractorincorporatedintoregulationsenforcedbyan
authorityhavingjurisdiction,suchasafederal,state,orlocalgovernmentagency.ASME'sstandardsareused
inmorethan100countriesandhavebeentranslatedintonumerouslanguages.[5]

ASMEboilerandpressurevesselcode(BPVC)
ThelargestASMEstandard,bothinsizeandinthenumberofvolunteersinvolvedinitspreparation,isthe
ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode(BPVC).TheBPVCprovidesrulesforthedesign,fabrication,
installation,inspection,care,anduseofboilers,pressurevessels,andnuclearcomponents.Thecodealso
includesstandardsonmaterials,weldingandbrazingproceduresandqualifications,nondestructive
examination,andnuclearinserviceinspection.

Othernotablestandardizationareas
OtherNotableStandardizationAreasincludesbutnotlimitedtoareElevatorsandEscalators(A17Series),
PipingandPipelines(B31Series),BioprocessingEquipment(BPE),ValvesFlanges,FittingsandGaskets
(B16),NuclearComponentsandProcessesPerformanceTestCodes.

Notablemembers
Thefollowingpeopleare,orwere,notablemembersofASME:
DennisAssanis
CharlesBrinckerhoffRichards(18331919)Founder,managerfrom188182,Vicepresidentfrom
188890[6][7]
AlexanderT.Brown(18541929)
KenP.Chong
NancyD.Fitzroy[8]
HenryGantt(18611919)
JamesPowers(18711927),inventorofthePowersAccountingMachines,whosebusinesswasa
predecessorofSperryRandandUnisys.[9]
JohnE.Leland,DirectoroftheUniversityofDaytonResearchInstitute
WilliamMason(18371913)engineerandinventorresponsibleformanyadvancesinthedesignof
modernfirearms[10]
AlexanderC.Monteith(19021979)
HughPembrokeVowles(18851951)
SamuelT.Wellman(18471919)
JohnI.Yellott(19081986)
AlexanderLymanHolley(18321882)Founder[11]
HenryRossiterWorthington(18171880)Founder[11]
JohnEdsonSweet(18321916)Founder[11]
WalterPolakov[12]
FrankM.White

Societyawards
ASMEMedal
HonoraryMember
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KateGleasonAward
SoichiroHondaMedal
RalphCoatsRoeMedal
HolleyMedal
MelvilleMedal
CharlesT.MainStudentLeadershipAward
OldGuardEarlyCareerAward

ASMEfellow
ASMEFellowisaMembershipGradeofDistinctionconferredbyTheASMECommitteeofPast
Presidents[13]toanASMEmemberwithsignificantpublicationsorinnovationsanddistinguishedscientificand
engineeringbackground.Over3,000membershaveattainedthegradeofFellow.[13]TheASMEFellow
membershipgradeisthehighestelectedgradeinASME.[14]

Studentprofessionaldevelopmentconference(SPDC)
ASMErunstheStudentProfessionalDevelopmentConference(SPDC),whichallowsstudentstonetworkwith
workingengineers,hostcontests,andpromoteASME'sbenefitstostudentsaswellasprofessionals.SPDC
conferencesareheldinNorthAmericaandinternationally.Thelocationforeachdistrictchangeseveryyear.[15]

Studentcompetitions
ASMEholdsavarietyofcompetitionseveryyearforengineeringstudentsfromaroundtheworld.[16]
HumanPoweredVehicleChallenge(HPVC)
StudentDesignCompetition(SDC)
InnovativeDesignSimulationChallenge(IDSC)
InnovativeAdditiveManufacturing3DChallenge(IAM3D)
OldGuardCompetitions
InnovationShowcase(IShow)
StudentDesignExpositions

Organization
ASMEhasfivekeyofficesintheUnitedStates,includingitsheadquartersoperationinNewYork,N.Y.,and
threeinternationalofficesinBeijing,ChinaBrussels,Belgium,andNewDelhi,India.ASMEhastwoinstitutes
and32technicaldivisionswithinitsorganizationalstructure.Volunteeractivityisorganizedintofoursectors:
TechnicalEventsandContent,PublicAffairsandOutreach,StandardsandCertification,andStudentandEarly
CareerDevelopment.

Controversy
ASMEbecamethefirstnonprofitorganizationtobeguiltyofviolatingtheShermanAntitrustActin1982.The
SupremeCourtfoundtheorganizationliableformorethan$6millioninAmericanSocietyofMechanical
Engineersv.HydrolevelCorp.

Seealso
ASMEY14.412003DigitalProductDefinitionDataPractices
ListofHistoricMechanicalEngineeringLandmarks
ASMEMedal
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ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode(BPVC)

References
1.ASME."ASME.org>AboutASME".Retrieved
20111227.
2."AboutASMEAtaGlance".ASME.Retrieved
7November2011.
3."SettingtheStandard".History.ASME.Retrieved
20111001.
4."WelcometotheASMEDigitalLibrary!".ASME
DigitalLibrary.Retrieved7November2011.
5."StandardsAreGlobal".HistoryofASMEStandards.
ASME.Retrieved7November2011.
6.FrederickRemsenHutton,ed.(1915).Ahistoryofthe
AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersfrom1880
to1915.TheSociety.p.16.
7."Machinery".TheIndustrialPress.1908:826.
"RichardswasoneofthefoundersoftheAmerican
SocietyofMechanicalEngineersin1881"
8."Fitzroy,NancyDeloyeASMEPresident,198687"
(cfm).ASME.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13
March2008.Retrieved20080218.
9."JamesPowers".NewYorkTimes.10November
1927.Retrieved23February2012.
10.AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(1914).

10.AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(1914).
"Necrology".TransactionsoftheAmericanSocietyof
MechanicalEngineers.TheSociety.35.Retrieved
19November2011.
11."ASMEFounders".ASME's125thAnniversary.
asme.org.Retrieved18November2011.
12.Wren,Daniel(1980),"ScientificManagementinthe
U.S.S.R.,withParticularReferencetothe
ContributionofWalterN.Polakov",TheAcademyof
ManagementReview,5(1):111,
doi:10.5465/amr.1980.4288834,JSTOR257800
13."Fellows".ASME.Retrieved10August2013.
14."AwardDescriptions&Applications".ASMEIPTI.
Retrieved10August2013.
15."StudentProfessionalDevelopmentConference".
ASME.Archivedfromtheoriginalon23March
2008.Retrieved20080327.
16."ASMECompetitions".ASME.Retrieved
20120625.

Furtherreading
Calvert,MonteA.TheMechanicalEngineerinAmerica,18301910:ProfessionalCulturesinConflict.
Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,1967.
Hutton,FrederickRemson(1915)AHistoryoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ASME.
(https://archive.org/details/historyoftheamer014404mbp)
Sinclair,Bruce.ACentennialHistoryoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,18801980.
Toronto:TorontoUniversityPress,1980.
JohnH.White(1979).AHistoryoftheAmericanLocomotive:ItsDevelopment,18301880.Courier
DoverPublications.ISBN9780486238180.

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