Views from the Podium
Knowledge and familiarity with standards can give you the edge you need before you enter today’s competitive technical and business environment. To explore this subject further, we spoke to numerous ASTM members from the academic community.
Check out the interviews below to learn professors’ views on knowing about standards before entering the workforce.
Steven M. Cramer, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Civil Archectural and Environmental Engineering
Richard Klingner, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2006
John T. Germaine, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2005
Mark D. Gottsegen, M.F.A.
University of North Carolina
Department of Art
2005
Warren O. Haggard, Ph.D.
University of Memphis
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2005
John K. Mahaney, Jr. Ph.D.
University of Akron
College of Business Administration
2005
John Rankin
Marshall University
2005
Mary Stroup-Gardiner, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Dept. of Civil Engineering
2005
Professor Spotlight
John T. Germaine, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
“For my profession, standards are an essential part of the business, and every graduate student should be aware of both the general nature of standards and - in addition - the specific standards used in routine practice.”