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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering. The ASME was founded in 1880 by Alexander Lyman Holley, Henry Rossiter Worthington, John Edison Sweet and Matthias N. Forney. The organization is known for setting codes and standards for mechanical devices.

As of 2004, the ASME has 125,000 members.

References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.

See also

List of ASME Presidents

External links

• http://www.asme.org
• ASME Code - ONE/TUV/BV - Source of Information on ASME Code related questions outside USA and Canada