Biography: Dr. Sam Zamrik is currently the President of ASME, and a consultant and professor emeritus of engineering mechanics at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been an active member of ASME, and is a fellow of the society. He joined the society 34 years ago. Since then, he served as a member of the Board of Governors, the Vice President of the Society's Council on Engineering, and had fiscal and organizational responsibility for four technical divisions.

Dr. Zamrik also served on other ASME Boards including Codes and Standards and Professional Development and Publications. Furthermore, he served as Editor of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessels Technology from 1993-2005 and Chair of the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division in 1992.

During his presidency, Dr. Zamrik will continue to implement the Society’s Continuity and Change initiative. He recently chaired two critical Continuity and Change teams: the Reorganization Review Team and the Project Management Review Team. As president, Dr. Zamrik will focus on increasing the participation of engineering students, early career engineers, women and minorities within ASME, and actively promoting programs to better address their needs.

Dr. Zamrik has received numerous honors and awards. The Pressure Vessels and Piping Division has named the journal Literature award as "The Sam Zamrik Literature Award" to honor his dedication to the division and the journal. He received the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Medal in 1996, the ASME Central Pennsylvania Section's Outstanding Mechanical Engineer of the Year award in 1992, the Robert M. McGrattan Literature Award in 1991 and the ASME Service Award in 2006.