3/13/2012 11:27:00 AM
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Brahimi Elected Chair of ASTM Fastener Committee
Salim Brahimi was elected chair of the ASTM International Committee F16 on Fasteners.
The 200-member committee develops standards for bolts, screws, nails and other fasteners for industrial and government use.
Brahimi is president and principal engineer at IBECA Technologies Corp. in Montreal, Canada. A member of ASTM since 1997, Brahimi works on several F16 subcommittees and is vice chairman of F16.02 on steel bolts, nuts, rivets and washers.
In 2004 ASTM honored Brahimi with the Fred F. Weingruber Award from Committee F16 in 2004.
Brahimi is also a member of Committees A01 on steel, stainless steel and related alloys, B08 on metallic and inorganic coatings, E28 on mechanical testing, and F07 on aerospace and aircraft.
He is completing his Ph.D. at McGill University in Montreal, where he also earned a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering and a master’s in materials engineering.
Brahimi founded IBECA Technologies Corp. in 2002. He specializes in developing solutions to problems relating to product and process design, product and process reliability and product applications. He leads investigations in cases of critical component failure. Web: ibeca.ca
Prior to IBECA, he was director of applications, engineering and quality at KAMAX L.P. in Troy, MI.
Brahimi also is a member of SAE International, the Quebec Order of Professional Engineers and the Research Council on Structural Connections. He is chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee that represents Canada on the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 2 on Fasteners.
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