NASA’s Jess Waller Receives ASTM/SES Painter Award for Work on Nondestructive Testing Standards
West Conshohocken, PA — ASTM International and the Society for Standards Professionals presented the 2015 Robert J. Painter Memorial Award for Meritorious Service to Jess Waller, Ph.D., polymer scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Testing Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. The award is presented to a person who has contributed the most outstanding service in a given year in the field of standards.
ASTM Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing noted Waller’s many contributions in leading the development of standards for composite materials and aerospace materials over the last year. An ASTM member since 1997, Waller also serves on Committees D20 on Plastics, D30 on Composite Materials, F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and G04 on Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres. He also a member of the ASTM Smart Manufacturing Advisory Committee (SMAC).