Sims Next ASME President
6/12/2014
Sims Next ASME President
Robert Sims Jr., senior engineering fellow at Becht Engineering Co. Inc., has been elected the 133rd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for a one-year term beginning July 2014.
Sims has been a member of ASME for 33 years and is an authority on risk-based technologies. Prior to joining Becht in 1998, Sims was with Exxon for 30 years.
Sims is a fellow of ASME, a recipient of the Society’s Dedicated Service Award, the Taylor Codes & Standards Medal, and the Green Codes and Standards Medal (2006). He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Vanderbilt University.
Founded in 1880, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization with 130,000 members worldwide. ASME fosters collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME provides codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs. Web: asme.org
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