Sam Y. Zamrik

Sam Yusuf Zamrik (born 1932) is a Syrian/American mechanical and consulting engineer, and Emeritus Professor at Pennsylvania State University and expert in the field of high pressure technology, and fracture mechanics.

He is more generally known as former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007-08.

He started his studies at the University of Texas, where he obtained his BA in Mathematics in 1955, and his BSc in 1957.

In 2007-2008 he served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Zamrik was awarded the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division's Robert M. McGrattan Literature Award in 1991; the Central Pennsylvania Section's Outstanding Mechanical Engineer of the Year Award in 1992; the ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal in 1996;[2] and the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2006.