Past General Session Presentations

81^st General Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee
Monday, May 14, 2012

• Opening Remarks 
  Astronaut Gene Cernan
  Narrative
   
• Potential Detrimental Consequences of Excessive PWHT on Pressure Vessel Steel Properties
  Carl Spaeder, PhD, Consultant
  Narrative | Slides
   
• The Day a Generation Died
  R. Miles Toler, Museum Director
  London Museum
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Update
  Kenneth R. Balkey, PE, Consulting Engineer
  Westhinghouse Electric Company
  Senior Vice President, ASME Council on Standards and Certification
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Solar Boilers: Evolving Issues with an Evolving Technology
  Don Cook, Principal Safety Engineer
  State of California
  Tim Zoltowski, Regional Risk Engineering Manager
  Zurich North American Insurance
  Narrative | Slides (Cook) | Slides (Zoltowski)
   
• Establishment of a Federal Inspection Agency at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  John P. Swezy, Jr, Mechanical Engineer
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Applicability of National Board Testing Data to Reliability for Industry
  Joseph F. Ball, PE, Director
  The National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Pressure Relief Department
  Narrative | Slides

 

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80^th General Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday, May 9, 2011

• ASME: International Update
  Joe Brzuszkiewicz, Project Engineering Administrator
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Cold Iron & Cool Heads - Hard-Won Lessons from the Machine Frontier for the Next Generation
  James R. Chiles, Author
  Inviting Disaster, The God Machine
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Industrial Boilers after Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
  Robert D. Bessette, President
  Council of Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO)
  Narrative | Slides
   
• The Authorized Inspector - Manufacturer Relationship in a Mass Production Shop
  Mike Pischke, BS MetE, MS MatS
  Quality Manager, Quality Assurance - Alfa Laval
  Vice President, PVMA
  Narrative | Slides
   
• The Code and Common Arc - Assuring Integrity While Bringing Efficiencies to American Industry
  Jim Pillow, Operating Committee Chairman
  Common Arc Corporation
  Narrative | Slides
   
• Jurisdictional Inspection Integrity and Ethics
  Michael Zdinak, Assistant Vice President
  Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
  Narrative | Slides