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As a member of ASTM International, you can make a difference in your industry by contributing to the development of standards. Luckily, there are also many ways to make that membership work for you. Mar 12, 2025 01 ENGAGE Prioritize the business objectives that were the original catalyst for joining your ASTM technical committee. By joining the subcommittees that have jurisdiction over the standards you use, you can impact the direction of your field.

What makes ASTM standards different? This is a question I hear frequently and often answer by rote. They represent the highest quality technical content. They keep pace with current technology and technological changes. They quickly adapt to market and regulatory needs and drivers. They reflect broad, diverse, and balanced input. All true. But these are just the visible results of what makes them different and makes a difference.

Standards for the Hidden Dangers of Gates Gates help ensure safety and security in society, yet sometimes they themselves cause harm. Standards can help make them safer. hroughout history, safety and security have been common concerns in society. Yet sometimes, something put in place to protect people from harm has actually contributed to injuries and even fatalities. Such at times has been the case with manual and automatic fence gates.

Nuclear energy had a big year in 2024. New government projects broke ground and older ones were renewed. Plant Vogtle Unit 4 entered commercial operation, making the Waynesboro, Georgia plant the largest clean power generator in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Biden administration also released goals to expand nuclear capacity by 200 gigawatts by 2050, and President Biden signed the ADVANCE Act, which could allow for the increased production of new reactors.

The Power of ASTM Membership Membership in ASTM offers numerous benefits, from participation in standards development, to professional networking, to personal growth and leadership opportunities. ASTM International has over 30,000 volunteer members and 12,000 standards operating worldwide, representing over 90 industries in over 140 countries. Creating consensus standards is ASTM’s mission, and its members are indispensable to that goal.

Flying the Crowded Skies As unmanned aircraft fill the skies, partnerships around the world will help harmonize standards - and manage the crowded civil airspace. From The Jetsons to Back to the Future, visions of the 21st century created in the 20th century often depict metropolitan areas of the future with modes of transportation that seem to have escaped the bonds of gravity.