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ASC
ASC may refer to: Educational institutions * Anglican Schools Commission, Australia * Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines * Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia * Alfred State College, Alfred, New York Organizations Australia * Australian Securities Commission, now Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) * Australian Singing Competition * Australian Sports Commission * ASC Pty Ltd (former Australian Submarine Corporation), a naval shipbuilder * ASC Shipbuilding established by ASC Pty Ltd but now a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia Canada * Advertising Standards Canada * ''Agence spatiale canadienne'', the Canadian Space Agency * Alberta Securities Commission * Association des Scouts du Canada United Kingdom * Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland, former trade union * Army Service Corps, the name of the Royal Army Service Corps between 1870 and 1918 * Association of Speakers Clubs, a group o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASC Pty Ltd
ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and maintenance of the fleet operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the construction of three s for the RAN with the first delivered in mid-2017. History The Australian Submarine Corporation was formed when Kockums (designer of the ) became part of a joint venture with the Australian branch of Chicago Bridge & Iron, Wormald International, and the Australian Industry Development Corporation to construct the six vessels. The ASC construction facility was established on previously undeveloped land on the bank of the Port River, at Osborne, South Australia.Jones, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 244 Work on the site began on 29 June 1987, and it was opened in November 1989.Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', p. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASC Shipbuilding
ASC Shipbuilding, formerly the shipbuilding division of ASC Pty Ltd, is a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia and will remain a subsidiary for the duration of the contract to build the ''Hunter'' class frigates. It was structurally separated from ASC Pty Ltd in December 2018 and became a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia. In 2021 it was renamed as BAE Systems Maritime Australia. History ASC Shipbuilding had been one of the wholly owned subsidiary companies owned by ASC Pty Ltd, and had been involved in the construction of the Air Warfare Destroyer and Offshore Patrol Vessel projects under ASC's lead role. To establish ASC Shipbuilding a number of assets and obligations were transferred from ASC Group. These included a new company named ''ASC OPV Shipbuilder Pty Ltd'' which has direct responsibility for completing the Offshore Patrol Vessel contract to build the first two ''Arafura''-class ships under licence from Luerssen Australia. Some employees were moved between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred State College
Alfred State College (ASC, SUNY Alfred, SUNY Alfred State) is a public college in Alfred (village), New York, Alfred, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The college, formerly the Technical College at Alfred, offers a wide variety of majors in both 4-year bachelor's degrees or 2-year associate. It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is a member of the Rochester Area Colleges consortium. History Both Alfred University and Alfred State have their roots in an early teaching college called the Alfred Select School. The school was visionary in its equal opportunity policy. In 1908 President Boothe C. Davis of Alfred University persuaded the New York State legislature to locate the New York State School of Agriculture at the Alfred University Campus; the resulting allocation of $75,000 for three buildings, a farm, livestock, and machinery would set plans for the school in motion. In 1937, The School of Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Society Of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of cinematography and gather a wide range of cinematographers to discuss techniques and ideas and to advocate for motion pictures as a type of art form. Currently, the president of the ASC is Stephen Lighthill. Members use the post-nominal letters "ASC". On the 1920 film titled ''Sand'', cinematographer Joseph H. August, who was an original member of the ASC, became the first individual to have the "ASC" appear after his name on the onscreen credit. Only film cinematographers and special effect supervisors can become an ASC member. Basic requirements include being a director of photography for a minimum five out of the last eight years, having a high professional reputation and being recommended by three active or retired ASC members. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeronautical Systems Center
The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) is an inactivated Air Force product center that designed, developed and delivered weapon systems and capabilities for U.S. Air Force, other U.S. military, allied and coalition-partner warfighters. ASC managed 420 Air Force, joint and international aircraft acquisition programs and related projects; executed an annual budget of $19 billion and employed a workforce of more than 11,000 people located at Wright-Patterson Air Force base and 38 other locations worldwide. ASC's portfolio included capabilities in fighter/attack, long-range strike, reconnaissance, mobility, agile combat support, special operations forces, training, unmanned aircraft systems, human systems integration and installation support. ASC was deactivated during a July 20, 2012 ceremony held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. History Early Aviation The Airplane Engineering Department, precursor of ASC, was first established under the U.S. Army's Aviation Section, U.S. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airflow Sciences Corporation
{{Short description, Organization Airflow Sciences Corporation (ASC) is an engineering consulting company based in Livonia, Michigan, USA that specializes in the design and optimization of equipment and processes involving flow, heat transfer, combustion, and mass transfer. Engineering techniques include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling, experimental laboratory testing, and field measurements at client sites. ASC works for a wide range of industries world-wide, including power generation, manufacturing, aerospace, HVAC, food processing, biomedical, pollution control, oil & gas, rail, legal, and automotive. In addition to engineering consulting, ASC has test equipment divisionthat manufactures flow measurement equipment such as data loggers, pressure/flow/temperature instrumentation, wind tunnels, and online flow systems. ASC is the parent company of Azore Software, LLC, which develops and sells the commercial simulation softwarAzoreCFD This advanced polyhedral-based CF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Shakespeare Center
The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) is a regional theatre company located in Staunton, Virginia, that focuses on the plays of William Shakespeare; his contemporaries Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Christopher Marlowe; and works related to Shakespeare, like James Goldman's ''The Lion in Winter'' and Bob Carlton's ''Return to the Forbidden Planet.'' The ASC is notable for its theatre, the Blackfriars Playhouse, the world's first recreation of the original indoor Blackfriars Theatre in London that was demolished in 1655. As a theater company, the ASC hosts performances by two rotating ensembles of 16 different titles in 5 distinct seasons, 52 weeks a year, at its Blackfriars Playhouse, as well as hosting a regional travelling company, ASC on Tour. The ASC also provides a year-round laboratory for students and scholars through education programming in Staunton and on the road. History Shenandoah Shakespeare EXPRESS The American Shakespeare Center was founded as the Shen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Signal Corporation
American Signal Corporation (ASC) is an outdoor warning siren and mass notification company in the United States. ASC was founded in 1942 as Biersach and Niedermeyer (B&N). After performing poorly, the company reformed as The Alerting Communicators of America (ACA) in 1967 and expanded the line of warning systems they produced. In 1992, ACA went bankrupt and was bought and reformed as the American Signal Corporation. History The company began as Biersach and Niedermeyer Co. in 1873 as a metal fabricating operation based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, concerns surfaced that the public should be notified in the event of air attacks. The United States Department of the Army granted the company a contract to manufacture outdoor warning sirens, and in 1942, the company began production of over 2,000 sirens to be installed throughout the Pacific Theater for American troops and Air Bases. The need for these outdoor warnings increased during the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Society For Cybernetics
The American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) is an American non-profit scholastic organization for the advancement of cybernetics as a science , a discipline, a meta-discipline and the promotion of cybernetics as basis for an interdisciplinary discourse. The society does this by developing and applying cybernetics’ concepts which are presented and published via its conferences and peer-reviewed publications. As a meta-discipline, it creates bridges between disciplines, philosophies, sciences, and arts. The ASC is a full member of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR). In order to do so it holds conferences and seminars, and maintains contacts with cyberneticians and organizations for cybernetics in other countries. Further activities of the ASC are: * ASC Glossary on Cybernetics and Systems Theory * Disciplinary Matrices in Cybernetics and Systems Science [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Schools Commission
The Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) was established in 1985, following the passage of a resolution by the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Perth Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. It was given the role of creating affordable Christian education in the Anglican tradition, and accessible to the disadvantaged and children with disabilities. Since its establishment, the group has founded or acquired nine schools, initially in Western Australia. Each school is known as an "Anglican Community School" or "Anglican School" which is included in their name. However the Commission does not control the member schools, but rather each school has its own constitution, and is governed by its own School Council drawn from Church, parent and community sources. Instead, the ASC lays down policies and procedures in a wide range of areas, most of which relate to educational and management issues. Since 1998, Anglican schools in New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Society Of Criminology
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate scholarly research, with members working in many disciplines and on different levels in the fields of criminal justice and criminology. The Society and its members also seek to strengthen the role of research in the formulation of public policy. To further these goals, the Society holds an annual meeting that attracts some 4,000+ attendees from roughly 40 countries. History Perhaps as early as 1932, former Berkeley, California police officer and then San Jose State College Professor William A. Wiltberger began to bring together a group of individuals on a sporadic basis to informally discuss contemporary law enforcement issues. It appears that the bulk of those involved in these discussions had either taken classes from August Vollmer at the University of California, Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASC X9
__FORCETOC__ The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for developing voluntary open consensus standards for the financial services industry in the U.S. ASC X9 is the USA Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Technical Committee on Financial Services ISO/TC 68 under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), of Geneva, Switzerland, and submits X9 American National Standards to the international committee to be considered for adoption as international standards or ISO standards.https://share.ansi.org/Shared%20Documents/Standards%20Activities/International%20Standardization/ISO/US%20TAGs%20to%20ISO/ISOTAG_March2017.pdf , Page 41, List of SDOs that operate TAGS for ANSI Membership in ASC X9 is open to all U.S. domiciled companies and organizations in the financial services industry. Domestic Role The Accredited Standards Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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