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Biography: George H. Corliss
George Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine, started as a merchant and entrepreneur before he was an inventor and engineer. The right balance of skills helped him seize opportunities to work on steam engines during the Industrial era, and the world has been grateful ever since.
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As people outside seemed to wilt under the sweltering heat and debilitating humidity, some 800 engineers and scientists gathered inside the cool clime of the Marriott Waterfront Hotel overlooking the Baltimore Harbor last week for the five-day Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, which addressed, interestingly enough – heat – and its impact on pressure vessel and piping technology.
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Thomas Pastor received the 2011 Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal in recognition of extraordinary leadership and tireless efforts in the development of market-relevant standards products, the implementation of effective organizational and process enhancements, and in advancing the acceptance of ASME codes and standards and conformity assessment programs worldwide.
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