What is the ASME?
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional organization which promotes advances in engineering, along with professional development, education, and engineering safety. Over 120,000 people worldwide belong to this organization, which keeps members updated with publications, conferences, and other materials. Many consumers are familiar with the ASME, albeit indirectly, because the organization has created hundreds of codes and standards which are meant to increase the safety of everything from boilers to boats. A group of men founded the ASME in 1880, recognizing that mechanical engineering was playing a major role in human lives, and that this role was often deadly. In the United States alone, there were hundreds of boiler explosions every year which the men realized could be preventable, if standardized codes were used for manufacture and safety procedures. The men also wanted to promote “the art, science, and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engi
