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Joe Greenslade, director of engineering technology at the Industrial Fasteners Institute in Independence, Ohio, has received the Fred F. Weingruber Award from ASTM International Committee F16 on Fasteners.

The committee noted, “Greenslade’s leadership and dedication have helped make F16 a premier body for fastener standards.” An ASTM member since 1994, Greenslade works on multiple F16 subcommittees, as well as on Committee B08 on Metallic and Inorganic Coatings.

Greenslade assumed his role at the Industrial Fasteners Institute in 2007. Prior to that he was president of Greenslade & Co. Inc., based out of Fort Worth, Texas. He mainly specializes in mechanical fastener design, applications, manufacturing and quality, and holds 13 U.S. patents.

Outside ASTM, Greenslade is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Industrial Fasteners Institute, the International Organization for Standardization, the Research Council on Structural Connections and SAE International. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Texas A&M University.