ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National Board
ASME Past President Receives Safety Medal from the National Board
May 20, 2016
The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors recently honored Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, Eng., past president of ASME, for her decades of service ensuring public safety through the development and promotion of codes and standards. Kotb, a longtime National Board member representing Québec, Canada, received the Board’s prestigious Safety Medal at a ceremony held May 9 during the National Board’s General Meeting in Kissimmee, Fla.
Kotb, who served as ASME’s 132nd president in 2013-2014, was nominated for the award in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of boiler and pressure vessel safety by enforcement of codes, laws and regulations for the safe construction, installation and repairs of boilers and pressure vessels and through her service on many National Board and ASME committees. Kotb’s nomination was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees at its meeting in February.
The Safety Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the National Board, honors distinguished contributors to professional organizations related to the boiler and pressure vessel industry. Candidates must have participated in National Board activities for at least 15 years and served at least one term on the National Board’s Board of Trustees, the National Board Advisory Committee, a National Board committee or task group, or a nationally recognized standards committee or subcommittee.
A native of Cairo, Egypt, Kotb is a resident of Montreal and a licensed engineer in Québec. She recently retired as head of the Pressure Vessels Technical Division for Régie du bâtiment du Québec, a board established by the Québec government to ensure the quality and safety of buildings and systems, including safety programs within the field of pressure vessels.
Kotb has been a longtime, active volunteer with both the National Board and ASME. She served as a National Board member representing Québec from 1989 until 2015 and as member-at-large of the organization’s Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1993. In addition to her term as ASME president, Kotb, an ASME member for more than 20 years, has served the Society as Board of Governors member from 2008 to 2011 and vice president of Conformity Assessment from 2003 to 2006. She also served as chair of the ASME Presidential Task Force on Uniform (Financial) Reporting and chair of the Québec Section, as well as a member of the ASME Committee on Governance and Strategy, the Council on Codes and Standards, the Engineering for Change (E4C) LLC Management Committee, ASME’s Engineering for Global Development Committee, and the Committee on Ethical Standards and Review. She was the recipient of ASME’s Dedicated Service Award in 2008 and the Canadian Standards Association Award of Merit in 2003.
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