ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National Board

ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National hauptplatine ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National Board ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National BoardMay 20, 2016 Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, ASME past president and former National Board member representing Qubec (center), with David Douin, National Board executive director (left), and John Burpee, chairman of the National Boards Board of Trustees, at the award presentation in Kissimmee, Fla. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Sofsky of the National Board) The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors recently honored Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, Eng., past president of ASME, for her decades of service ensuring public safety through the development and versetzung of codes and standards. Kotb, a longtime National Board member representing Qubec, Canada, received the Boards prestigious Safety Medal at a ceremony held May 9 during the National Boards General Meeting in Kissimmee, Fla.Ko tb, who served as ASMEs 132nd president in 2013-2014, was nominated for the award in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of boiler and pressure vessel safety by enforcement of codes, laws and regulations for the safe construction, installation and repairs of boilers and pressure vessels and through her service on many National Board and ASME committees. Kotbs nomination was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees at its meeting in February.The Safety Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the National Board, honors distinguished contributors to professional organizations related to the boiler and pressure vessel industry. Candidates must have participated in National Board activities for at least 15 years and served at least one term on the National Boards Board of Trustees, the National Board Advisory Committee, a National Board committee or task group, or a nationally recognized standards committee or subcommittee. Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb receive d the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors prestigious Safety Medal during the Boards General Meeting earlier this month. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Sofsky of the National Board)A native of Cairo, Egypt, Kotb is a resident of Montreal and a licensed engineer in Qubec. She recently retired as head of the Pressure Vessels Technical teilen for Rgie du btiment du Qubec, a board established by the Qubec government to ensure the quality and safety of buildings and systems, including safety programs within the field of pressure vessels.Kotb has been a longtime, active volunteer with both the National Board and ASME. She served as a National Board member representing Qubec from 1989 until 2015 and as member-at-large of the organizations Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1993. In addition to her term as ASME president, Kotb, an ASME member for more than 20 years, has served the Society as Board of Governors member from 2008 to 2011 and vice president of Conformity Assessment from 2003 to 2006. She also served as chair of the ASME Presidential Task Force on Uniform (Financial) Reporting and chair of the Qubec Section, as well as a member of the ASME Committee on Governance and Strategy, the Council on Codes and Standards, the Engineering for Change (E4C) LLC Management Committee, ASMEs Engineering for Global Development Committee, and the Committee on Ethical Standards and Review. She was the recipient of ASMEs Dedicated Service Award in 2008 and the Canadian Standards Association Award of Merit in 2003.