| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental
Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) today announced that William F. Mitchell,
CEO and President, has been elected to the position of Chair of the ASME
International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Industry Advisory
Board (IAB). Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a nonprofit educational and technical organization serving a worldwide membership of 125,000. ASME is responsible for:
The work of the Society is performed by its member-elected Board of Governors and through its five Councils, 44 Boards and hundreds of Committees in 13 regions throughout the world. There are a combined 400 sections and student sections serving ASME's worldwide membership. The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) was established in 1987 to help ensure ASME programs are relevant and effective for its members in industry and to strengthen the Society's ties to industrial members. Over 80 percent of ASME's members (non-students) are employed by industry. The IAB provides advice to the Board of Governors and other Society units on present and proposed ASME activities of interest to industry. New IAB nominations are submitted to the IAB Nominating Committee for review and approval to ensure that it is a peer group. The IAB is comprised of industry executives at or near the CEO level of large and small companies that employ ASME members and meets twice yearly, in the spring and fall, focusing on a wide range of topics with mutual interest to associated industry and ASME. Says Mitchell, "I am honored to be elected to this most esteemed position and seek to fulfill my new post to the best of my abilities in the services of all ASME activities." Environmental Tectonics Corporation designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. |
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