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Montgomery Glider (1883) Hiller Aircraft Museum, San Carlos, California: the first heavier-than-air human-carrying aircraft to achieve controlled piloted flight.
Shortly after in 1887, ASME issued, “Standard for the Diameter and Overall Dimensions of Pipe and Its Threaded Ends”, which addressed mass production and standardization issues with the manufacturing of pipe.
Folsom Power House #1 (1895) Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, Folsom, California: one of the first successful uses of hydroelectric power in the world, including the first successful long-distance transmission of power.
However, it wasn’t until 1905 that a major turning point gave new definition to ASME’s purpose and impact on civilian life.
After the ASME helped overcome manufacturer objections to "needless government interference" Massachusetts passed "An Act Relating to the Operation and Inspection of Steam Boilers" in 1907.
In 1908 the state of Ohio passed similar legislation, the Ohio Board of Boiler Rules adopting, with a few changes, the Rules of the Massachusetts Board.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (B&PVC) was conceived in 1911 out of a need to protect the public.
Because of this lack of uniformity, both manufacturers and users made an appeal in 1911 to the Council of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to correct the situation.
After more years of research and development ASME published the first edition of the BPVC Code in 1914.
ASME published the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) in 1915, which was later incorporated into laws in most North American territories.
To outline safe and standardized elevator design and use, the first edition of the ASME A17 standard, “American Standard Safety Code for Elevators”, was issued in 1921.
The first Code rules for pressure vessels, entitled Rules for the Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, followed in 1925.
Solar Energy and Conversion Laboratory (1954) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida: pioneering developments in solar-energy applications, with global accomplishments in training and innovation.
Earnest efforts for private sector nuclear power generation did not start until the passage of the 1954 Amendments to the Atomic Energy Act which allowed rapid commercialization of United States reactor technology.
Atlas Launch Vehicle (1957) Gillespie Fields Airport, El Cajon, California: a first launch vehicle for the US space program.
PACECO Container Crane (1959) Port of Nanjing, Nanjing, China: first high-speed, dockside container-handling crane.
Saturn V Rocket (1967) US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama: largest rocket engines built at the time of the first US missions to the moon.
The 2013 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code has over 16,000 pages, each of which measures 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches.
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Those interested in contracting with ASME to produce one or both of the brochures should submit a letter of interest outlining qualifications and a brief vita to the current chair of the History and Heritage Committee, Terry S. Reynolds (treynold@mtu.edu) before October 1, 2021.
Submission of a polished first draft is due by January 15, 2022.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers | 1908 | $44.1M | 50 | 3 |
| American Society of Civil Engineers | 1852 | $56.8M | 250 | 4 |
| National Academy of Engineering | 1964 | $7.7M | 58 | 1 |
| Institute Of Industrial And Systems Engineers | 1948 | $25.0M | 412 | - |
| The Tau Beta Pi Association | 1885 | $3.8M | 50 | - |
| American Institute of Physics | 1931 | $14.7M | 369 | 1 |
| American Physical Society | 1899 | $75.0M | 381 | - |
| Electrochemical Society | 1902 | $10.0M | 57 | - |
| AIAA | 1963 | $21.0M | 50 | 5 |
| IEEE Foundation | 1973 | $120.0M | 560 | 59 |
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