ASME: Standards Development Process
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional association that promotes the practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences. ASME is a leading international developer of codes and standards associated with mechanical engineering with more than 500 published standards used in more than 100 countries.
ASME Technical Committees
ASME carries out its standards development work through over 70 technical committees made up of over 5,500 volunteers including engineers, scientists, and government officials from around the world.
ASME's Bioprinters Standards Committee
Develops, reviews, and maintains guidelines and standards for bioprinter hardware requirements
Standards Development Process
The ASME standard development process has five major steps:
Initiating the Project: Requests for a new code or standard are referred to the appropriate supervisory board for consideration and assigned to a new or existing technical committee.
Drafting the Standard: Once the appropriate committee determines that there is sufficient interest and need for a new standard, a project team is assembled and begins drafting.
Public Comment: Project members provide access to draft proposals for public review and respond to any comments.
Internal Review: Standard drafts are submitted to the standards committee for balloting and the supervisory board and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for review.
Publishing the Standard: When all considerations have been satisfied, the document is approved as an American National Standard and published by ASME.
How You can Participate in ASME Standards Development
Participation in ASME technical committees is free and open to anyone with requisite technical expertise. Applicants are encouraged to contact the staff engineer assigned to the committee of interest (listed on each committees page under the ASME Codes & Standards Board and Committee index) to ensure eligibility and full compliance with the application process.
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