ASTM International Petroleum Committee Honors Jo Ameye with Award of Merit

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 18, 2015—Jo Ameye, general manager at Fluitec NV in Antwerpen, Belgium, has received the Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow from ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels and Lubricants.
 
The Award of Merit, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. Ameye was recognized specifically for his outstanding dedication to the development of standards for turbine oils and condition monitoring.
 
Chairman of the D02.C0 subcommittee on Turbine Fuels for more than 10 years, Ameye also leads the section on Oxidation of Turbine Fuels. D02 has recognized his past contributions with an Award of Appreciation and two Awards of Excellence. He has co-authored several ASTM journal articles and special technical papers.
 
Ameye has more than 25 years of experience in lubricant condition monitoring technologies. He first joined Fluitec NV, a company that specializes in fluid lubricant condition monitoring and fluid particle contamination control, as international sales and marketing manager in 1997. Ameye assumed his current role in 2011.
 
A graduate of Thomas More Mechelen – Antwerp University in Belgium, Ameye holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Outside ASTM, he is a member of the European Lubricating Grease Institute, the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
 
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