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Brenizer receives ASTM Award of Merit

Jack S. Brenizer, Jr., the J. 'Lee' Everett Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and chairman of the nuclear engineering program, has received the Award of Merit from the American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM). The award is one of the organization's highest honors.

Brenizer was recognized "for exemplary technical and administrative leadership and contributions to Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing, leading to global adoption of ASTM International standards on neutron radiology."

For 25 years, Brenizer has been a member of ASTM International, serving as chair of Committee E07 since 2006 and working on multiple E07 subcommittees. He has been awarded three certificates of appreciation and the Charles W. Briggs Award for his work with the committee.

Brenizer received his bachelor's degree in physics from Shippensburg University and his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State in engineering sciences and nuclear engineering, respectively.

He was a professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at the University of Virginia for 17 years before joining the Penn State faculty in 1999. He teaches courses in radiation interaction with matter, radiation dosimetry and radiation detection.

His research involvement includes radiation detection and neutron activation analysis. He has written more than 50 journal articles on nondestructive testing.

Brenizer is also a member of the American Nuclear Society, the Health Physics Society, Sigma Xi, the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, the American Society for Engineering Education and the International Society for Neutron Radiography.

ASTM International was established in 1898 and is one of the world's largest international standards development and delivery systems. ASTM standards are accepted and used in research and development, product testing, quality systems and commercial transactions around the world.

Last Updated January 9, 2015

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