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The International Journal of Conformity Assessment
IJCA Table of Contents
Editorial Team and Review Board......................................................................................................page 5
Message from IAS President............................................................................................................page 6
2022 | Volume 1, Issue 1
Policy Board -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Editorial Review Board -----------------------------------------------------------------------
• Craig Joss, Ph.D., PE, Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Drexel
University and Technical Manager
at Applied Infrastructure, LLC,
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
• Prof. Antonio Nanni, Head of Dept.
of Civil & Arch. Engineering,
University of Miami, USA
From the IJCA Executive Editor’s Desk.............................................................................................page 7
• David S. Nelson, Ph.D., University of
Southern California (USC), CEO QPS
LLC, USA
Section A
• Max Porter, Ph.D., Professor
Emeritus at Iowa State University
and President of Porter Engineering,
USA
The Cladding Problem: Establishing and Assessing Safe Building Envelopes
By Abhishek Chhabra...................................................................................................................page 9
Verification Study of Food Packaging Materials Recoverable Through
Composting and Biodegradation
By A.V. Chandrajith....................................................................................................................page 13
Mathematical Methods Used to Affirm Fairness, Validity, Reliability, and
General Performance of Examinations Used for Personnel Certification Complying
to ISO/IEC 17024 Standard Requirements
By Osman Vural, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, and David S. Nelson..........................................page 21
Governance of Knowledge in Management Systems Applications
By Tolga Aktas...........................................................................................................................page 40
Section B
Historical Understandings of International Conformity Assessment Systems
By William T. Fiske.......................................................................................................................page 46
Leveraging Quality Management Systems to Prevent Product Liabilities
By Gilbert Gong...........................................................................................................................page 51
Competence Versus Qualification in Personnel Certification Programs
By Dr. George J. Anastasopoulos...............................................................................................page 60
• Chuck Ramani, Chairman, Built
Environment Services & Technology,
LLC, USA
• Hatem Seliem, Ph.D., Department of
Civil Engineering, Helwan University,
Egypt
• Peter Unger, MSc Engineering,
George Washington University and
President at International Quality
Excellence in Infrastructure Systems
(IQEIS), USA
• Bora Gencturk, Ph.D., Department of
Civil Engineering, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles,
USA
• Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos, Ph.D.,
Department of Medical Physics,
Medical School, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Greece
• Emil Hazarian, Ph.D., Metrologist,
College of Extended & International
Education, California State
University, Dominguez Hills, USA
• Evren Meltem Toygar, Ph.D.,
Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University,
Turkey
• George A. Papadantonakis, Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry, University
of Illinois at Chicago, USA
• Wang Wah Wong, MSc Food
Science and MSc Env Mgt Reading
University, UK, and University of
Hong Kong, Professor of Practice
• George Sakellion, Ph.D., Doctor of
Medicine, Anaesthetics and ITU, East
Suffolk and North Essex Foundation
NHS Trust (ESNEFT) – Colchester
General Hospital, UK
Executive Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. George Anastasopoulos
• Gilbert Gong, Ph.D., Professor at
Inha University and President at
Global Personnel Certification (GPC),
Korea
Social Media Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Greg West
Editorial Team ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Harry Makam – IJCA Secretariat, IAS
• Laura Uraine – Editorial Coordinator,
IAS
• Mahir Vural – Technical Intern, IAS
• Alberto Herrera – Editorial Advisor,
IAS
• Erica Bender – Editor, Elevated
Expressions by Erica
• Tania Blancas – Graphic Designer,
IAS
• Lo Yiu Tommy, Ph.D., Department of
Architecture and Civil Engineering,
City University of Hong Kong and
President at Hong Kong Institution
of Certified Auditors (HKICA), Hong
Kong
• Mohamed Zaki, Ph.D., Department
of Civil Engineering, Housing and
Building National Research Center
(HBRC), Egypt
• Nuh Yalcin, Ph.D., Gebze Technical
University, Physics, Electronics,
Material Science and CEO at
Consept Europe Kft, Turkey
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• Panayiotis Tsanakas, Ph.D.,
Department of Computer
Engineering, National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
• Paulo Alexandre Costa Araújo
Sampaio, Department of Production
and Systems Engineering, University
of Minho, Portugal
• Samir Chauhan, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) and President at
Sensocal, Inc., USA
• Shaurav Alam, Ph.D., Department
of Civil Engineering, Construction
Engineering Technology, Trenchless
Technology Center, Louisiana Tech
University, USA
• Tony Francis, Ph.D., University
of Utah and President at SAW
Environmental, USA
• Venkatesh Thuppil, Ph.D., St
John’s National Academy of Health
Sciences and CEO/Director at
Foundation for Quality, India
All members of the Editorial Board
have identified their affiliated
institutions or organizations, along
with the corresponding country or
geographic region. IAS remains neutral
regarding any jurisdictional claims.
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