PM's Julius Ballanco receives Higgins Medal from ASME
The award recognizes an individual's contributions to plumbing standards and codes
PM columnist Julius Ballanco, P.E., CPD, F-ASPE and president of J.B. Engineering and Code Consulting, P.C. in Munster, Indiana, recently received the Patrick J. Higgins Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
ASME established the award in 2007 to recognize an individual who has contributed to the enhancement of standardization through contributions to the development and promotion of ASME Codes and Standards or Conformity Assessment Programs in the following areas: plumbing materials and equipment; screw threads; tools (machine, cutting and hand); fasteners (bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, washers); chain, attachments and sprockets for power transmission and conveying; metal and metal alloy wrought mill product nominal sizes; pressure and temperature instruments and accessories; classification and designation of surface qualities, gage blanks, chemical standard pumps, dimensional metrology, industrial system energy assessment; overhead hoists; measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits; reliability, availability and maintainability of power plants; steel stacks; verification and validation in computational modeling and simulation; engineering drawing; and related documentation practices.