The National Space Society (NSS) is an independent, educational, grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. NSS has over 12 thousand members (and more supporters) and over 50 chapters in the United States and around the world. The society also publishes Ad Astra magazine, an award-winning periodical chronicling the most important developments in space. NSS leadership is provided by a member-elected, all-volunteer Board of Directors that provides strategic direction for the Society, and a Board-elected Executive Committee (Officers) that manages the functions of the Society and oversees a number of supporting operating committees. The NSS President and Chairman of the NSS Board of Directors is Mr.Kirby Ikin. If you are interested in participating as a Director of the society, nomination guidelines and petition forms are available.

Product Development Institute offers best practices consulting services focused on new product development and portfolio management. It offers services in research and development expense management, along with advice on conceptual design, implementation, and operational management issues. The company's portfolio management services help clients manage research and development and product development pipelines to optimize returns. Product Development Institute company also publishes a series of books on product innovation. Product Development Institute has worked with more than 1,000 clients. Its Stage-Gate subsidiary offers software used by companies to manage their product development processes.

Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. offers project management and business consulting services. The company provides business process analysis and optimization, organizational assessment & alignment, product development and lifecycle management, supply chain management services. It also provides project management and business consulting services such as manufacturing and operations strategy development, capital plan development, and strategic planning. IPM primarily caters to life sciences, chemical and petroleum, food and beverage, industrial products, consumer products, and healthcare sectors. Its clients include Nestlé S.A., Kraft Foods, General Mills, Dow Chemical Company, ExxonMobil, BP, Pfizer, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Electrolux, and Waxman Industries. Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Burr Ridge, Illinois with an additional office in St. Louis, Missouri.

Revenue Assurance considers Corporate Social Responsibility to be an integral part of our strategy for both internal operations and our interaction with clients and customers. It is particularly important that in our communications with the public we are seen to be courteous, professional and responsible. Not least as we regularly act as representatives for our clients. Revenue Assurance provides debt management and recovery services for utility firms. The company, which is part of infrastructure support firm Spice, caters strictly to utility customers in the gas, water, electricity and telecom sectors. Revenue Assurance analyzes its customer's accounts to identify and then collect unbilled debts or correct erroneous charges.

Julius H. Cohn founded J.H. Cohn on this business philosophy: “If you do your best to serve faithfully your community, your clients, and your associates, success will most surely follow.” This philosophy continues to be the hallmark of J.H. Cohn today. Through events held by the J.H. Cohn Foundation, Cohn for Kids supports children in need, from young children to college students. We pride ourselves on rolling up our sleeves for worthy causes and have to date raised more than $1 million. The four Cohn for Kids supported organizations are the New Jersey, Metro New York, Hudson Valley, and Connecticut chapters Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, and the Medhen Orphan Relief Effort (M.O.R.E.).

Alverno College is a four-year, liberal arts, independent, Catholic college for women, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chartered in 1887 by the School Sisters of St. Francis, the college offers weekday undergraduate programs and Alverno on the Weekend undergraduate programs for women, as well as graduate programs for women and men. This nationally renowned institution is heralded as an innovative leader in pedagogy, and has received international acclaim as a pioneer in developing a measurable, outcome-focused curriculum in which the individual student can grow as a learner. The School Sisters of St. Francis are the founders and sponsors of the college. Inspired by the Franciscan tradition, Alverno College embodies many of the tenets of the School Sisters in its mission to educate and serve a variety of communities. Service to the community, improving society by addressing educational needs, and working for social justice, especially for women, are core components of both the founding order and the college. Alverno College and the School Sisters of St. Francis continue to work together to ensure opportunities for growth, learning and a better quality of life in their community.

Mistras Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide proprietary, technology-enabled non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial, and public infrastructure worldwide. It offers traditional NDT services, such as mechanical integrity services and tank inspection; and advanced NDT services, including automated ultrasonic phased array inspection, guided ultrasonic long wave testing, and advanced infrared inspection. The company’s software solutions comprise PCMS enterprise software that enables the user to design and develop asset integrity management plans; and application-based software, such as Advanced Data Analysis Pattern Recognition & Neural Networks Software, Acoustic Emission (AE) Software Platform, Loose Parts Monitoring Software, and Automated UT and Imaging Analysis Software. Mistras Group also provides various technology packages, such as TANKPAC that tests to monitor for emissions resulting from active corrosion of the tested infrastructure; MONPAC, an AE system that evaluates the condition of metal pressure systems and tanks; VPAC, which estimates valve leakage; and PowerPAC that detects and locates partial discharge in power transformers by utilizing AE. In addition, the company designs and manufactures AE sensors, instruments, and turn-key systems used for the monitoring and testing of materials, pressure components, processes, and structures; ultrasonic equipments; and vibration sensing products. It serves customers in the oil and gas, power generation and transmission, public infrastructure, chemicals, aerospace and defense, transportation, primary metals and metalworking, pharmaceuticals, and food processing industries. The company, formerly known as Mistras Holdings Corp., was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.

New Editions Consulting isn't the Wizard of Oz, but it does work behind the scenes for the government cause. It provides a slew of contract services to federal clients, including conference and event planning, IT programming, marketing and outreach, research and policy analysis, and training. But what really sets this small firm apart is that one-third of its staff has a disability, which gives it expertise in educating public agencies on disability issues. Clients include the US Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs. Private sector and institutional clients include Booz Allen Hamilton and Johns Hopkins University.

Today, more than ever, gaining a competitive edge. Whether globally, nationally or locally — requires technological advantage combined with the flexible human skills to put the technology to work. TDM Technical Services provides the best human resources available, on an as needed contract basis. From one or two CAD designers or structures engineers, to a complete team of software specialists or manufacturing personnel, TDM has the depth of talent and experience to give your organization the flexibility and technological expertise that are so necessary to stay competitive. Since the 1960’s, TDM has served many of the world’s leading corporations, providing a comprehensive range of contract personnel for short-term and longer assignments, both on site and in our own facilities. We give clients access to the top technical talent available, without the high overhead costs associated with hiring permanent staff for projects or temporary overload situations. At TDM we draw from a specialized pool of resources, specifically our Aerospace Division, Industrial Division and our IT Division.

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) surged 23 places to 124th among the world’s top universities, according to The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) 2009 survey. “The mission of CityU is to provide professional education with equal emphasis on teaching and research, to nurture and develop the talents of students and to create applicable knowledge in order to support social and economic advancement. The steady rise in the ranking shows that we need to make more efforts to unlock University potential and comprehensively enhance the quality of academic programmes, teaching and research for the realisation of educational goals, ” Professor Kuo said.

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