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Mark Lower Announced as General Meeting Speaker

Print Date: 10/3/2024 12:14:30 PM

Lower to present: ‘Facts and Myths About Pressure Testing’

The National Board welcomes Mark Lower as a General Session speaker for the 92nd General Meeting on May 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Mr. Lower, who also spoke at the 90th General Meeting in New Orleans, is program manager at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For over 30 years, he has worked in operations and energy-related R&D, with more than 20 years of experience with ASME Code in design, analysis, and fabrication of pressure equipment.

Mr. Lower has performed accident investigations for the US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and authored several papers on pressure safety.

Mr. Lower serves as the vice chair of the BPV VIII Standards Committee and is a member of other Section VIII committees. He is a member of the National Board Advisory Committee representing boiler and pressure vessel users.

He also earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee and is an ASME Fellow.

General Meeting information is available HERE.