James Coaker to Receive Codes and Standards Honor at the 2014 Congress

James Coaker to Receive Codes and Standards Honor at the 2014 Congress James Coaker to Receive Codes and Standards Honor at the 2014 Congress James Coaker to Receive Codes and Standards Honor at the 2014 CongressJames W. Coaker, PE, principal of Coaker Co.Eight engineering trendsetters - including James W. Coaker, PE, principal of Coaker Co. - will be recognized for their contributions to the profession and to the Society at the 2014 Honors Assembly. The prestigious event will be held Nov. 17 during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition this November in Montreal, Canada.Coaker, who will receive the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal, is being recognized for outstanding contributions in promoting the acceptance of ASME standards worldwide through personal engagement with key stakeholders, publications in industry journals, and professional development programs and for leadership in the development of performance standards that facilitate the incorporation of new technology and encourage innovative engineering solutions. The medal honors the memory and extraordinary contributions of Melvin R. Green, an ardent supporter of industrial standards and longtime employee of the Society. It recognizes outstanding contributions to the development, promulgation or management of documents, objects or devices used in ASME programs of technical codification, standardization and conformity assessment. After earning his bachelors degree in 1968, Coaker spent four years on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a propulsion engineer, with shipboard tours in Vietnam and the Mediterranean. Upon completion of his active naval duty, Coaker worked in pump and condenser application engineering before joining a plate steel konzeption/fabrication company, where he progressed to chief engineer.In 1987, Coaker joined the design and construction staff of the United States Postal Service (USPS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible fo r national inspection and safety of boilers, elevators, escalators and compressed air systems. During his last year with USPS he served as a senior contracting officer for design and construction.Following his retirement from USPS in 2001, Coaker entered private practice as principal of Coaker Co, P.C., an engineering consultant practice dedicated to supporting accident investigation and litigation involving elevator and escalator cases, and education in standards application.An ASME Fellow, Coaker is chair of the Committee on Finance and Investment, and serves on the Board on Safety Codes and Standards. A member of several Codes and Standards committees and groups, Coaker served as a member of the Board of Governors, the Council of Codes and Standards, and the board of directors of the ASME Foundation, and as chair of the Events Committee, among other positions. He received a Dedicated Service Award from the ASME Board on Professional Development and, in 2010, received the Society s Safety Codes and Standards Medal.Coaker earned his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., in 1968, and his masters degree in business from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, in 1976. He is a registered professional engineer in Virginia.The ASME Foundation is the proud supporter of the ASME Honors and Awards program through the management of award endowment funds set up by individuals, corporations or groups. For more information on the 2014 Honors Assembly and all eight of this years award recipients, visit www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2014/Honors.cfm.