NEW YORK, June 12, 2008 – Thomas M. Barlow, formerly of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is the 127th president of ASME.  Barlow will serve a one-year term, effective June 2008.

The announcement was made during the proceedings of the 2008 ASME Annual Meeting, June 7-11, in Orlando, Fla.

A longtime member of ASME, Barlow has participated on numerous technical, regional and Society-wide committees and boards and has demonstrated a strong record of support and leadership in student outreach, membership development, technology and engineering diversity.  He is a fellow of ASME and former member of the ASME Board of Governors, serving from 2003 to 2006.
 
Barlow enjoyed a 40-year career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, serving in a number of management and leadership positions before retiring in 2000.

Barlow is the recipient of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division Award and has co-authored several papers, including “Benefits of Energy Storage Technologies” published in 1984.  Barlow served as the site manager of the Mechanical Energy Storage Technology Project of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1977 to 1981.  He also served as a mechanical engineer, specializing in aircraft structures, while on active duty at the U.S. Air Force Research and Development Command at Wright-Patterson Air Base in Ohio, from 1957 to 1960.

Barlow attended Washington State University and received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1957.  He also earned an M.B.A. degree from Golden Gate University in 1985.

Barlow has been a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and American Society for Engineering Management, and has served on the Engineering and Computer Science Research Advisory Council at California State University at Fresno. He is currently a member of the External Advisory Board of the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Washington State University and also member of the Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies.  Barlow is the recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award and the Society’s Membership Development Award.

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences.  ASME develops codes and standards that enhance public safety, and provides lifelong learning and technical exchange opportunities benefiting the global engineering and technology community.  ASME has more than 127,000 members worldwide.

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