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Quality Progress, June, 2006 by Anonymous

THE NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NAMRI) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) have announced the winners of the NAMRI/SME Research Implementation Award. The award recognizes individuals for outstanding original research that had a significant commercial or societal impact. This year's recipients were recognized for developing concepts and methods related to the finite element modeling of forming problems. They were: Taylan Altan, Ohio State University; Goverdhan D. Lahoti, the Timken Co.; and Soo Ik Oh, Scientific Forming Technologies Corp. For more information, go to www.sme.org/namri.>ISA, A NONPROFIT AUTOMATION ORGANIZATION, has released the second edition of the ISA Handbook of Measurement Equations and Tables. This version provides hundreds of equations and tables to help select, operate and maintain measurement devices. For more information, go to www.isa.org/books.>THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY is seeking a standards expert for a one-year assignment in Baghdad to work with various agencies to build a standards infrastructure in Iraq. For more information or to apply, go to Career Opportunities at www. ansi.org.

THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS (JCAHO) has begun conducting all onsite accreditation surveys and certification reviews unannounced. JCAHO says the decision to institute unannounced surveys was driven largely by healthcare leaders who wanted to eliminate the significant costs of preparing for onsite evaluations. The leaders also said their organizations should always be prepared for a JCAHO survey. JCAHO accredits or certifies more than 15,000 healthcare organizations. For more information, go to www.jointcommission.org.