May 2014

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

2 Low Cost Prosthetic wins 8th IShow

2 Future ME Career Development Video Series

3 ASME Digital Collection

3 Belle Isle Turbine Redesignated

4 ASME First Clarke Scholarship Recipients

6 2014 Advanced Design & Manufacturing

 

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Have a Great Summer! June 11 5:30 p.m. – End of Season Celebration, Shuey’s Restaurant, Shueyville IAWe have wrapped up another successful season and it’s time to get together for a relaxing evening before we break for summer!

ASME will provide burgers and Fries.

Thank you for being part of another great season! Even if you haven’t been able to be a part of this year’s events, this would be a great opportunity for you to come out and meet your local ASME leaders and get to know more about the group.

AgendaEat, Relax, and Visit with friends old and new!

RSVP Deadline: Monday, June 9Ryan Legge: rlegge@kinze.com or (319) 329-1686

Addresshttp://www.shueyslounge.com/1158 Club RD NEShueyville, IA

Directions from I-380: Take the Shueyville exit (Exit 10) Turn east onto 120th Street and go

approx 1 mile. Turn Left (North) onto Club Rd NE Shuey’s will be on your right after about

500 yards.

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Let’s Work Together for a Better ASME!

The engineering profession is changing in response to an increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Increased technological opportunities and changing global demographics have transformed not only the way people interact with information, association, and each other, but also what those relationships mean to them. Traditional modes of society operation no longer adequately address these emerging needs and shifting expectations. To remain competitive and relevant, and to preclude becoming obsolete, ASME must change to meet the challenges of this rapidly changing world.

ASME’s Board of Governors has adopted Pathway 2025, which represents a significant paradigm shift for the organization. Key elements of Pathway 2025 are:

A unified Society brand (One ASME) Increased strategic analysis to decide how to best use your limited resources Minimization of risk to the Society

To align with Pathway 2025 and thereby support the Society’s direction, ASME needs to change. We need to better align the strengths of our volunteers, staff, and other participants to improve existing products and programs, and create new opportunities for engagement with interested people around the world.

What does this mean for you? A brand new Sector will be formed, with the goal of providing subject matter and market expertise in developing new

products, improving existing content, and looking at new and better ways of delivering content. All Sections are encouraged to increase their engagement on ASME.org, and will be offered new opportunities to

engage with programs, products, and services across ASME. Instead of operating in silos, individuals and groups will be at the center of the new organization, and will clearly see

how they support One ASME. A flatter structure will provide more direct pathways for engagement, as well as an increased understanding of ASME resources, products, and services.

To learn more, join the One ASME Group on ASME.org, or send your questions to oneasme@asme.org.

ASME FutureME Career Development Video Series!

The FutureME Career Development Video Series covers career development topics that give early career engineers the opportunity to learn from featured experts and professionals while exploring relevant technical concepts, industry trends and workplace development issues. This online series also provide insight into career path guidance, network building, and steps in career advancement and management allowing for professional and personal growth. The video series covers important topics like Starting a Career, Sustainable Energy, Engineering Safety, Entrepreneurship, Business Practices, Global Humanitarianism, and Manufacturing.Watch, Share, Comment and Rate our videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ASMEFutureME or on www.asme.org

Low Cost Prosthetic wins 8th Annual IShow

A low-cost, mass-producible prosthetic limb developed by a team of student from the University of Massachusetts Lowell topped seven competing universities to win the 8th Annual ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow) at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Sponsored by the ASME Foundation, the IShow provides teams of graduate and undergraduate students with the chance to present products they have developed to a panel of judges consisting of successful innovators, industry experts, tech start-up leaders and intellectual property specialists. The three most innovative and practical ideas are awarded $50,000 in seed funding.

The UMass Lowell team, called Nonspec, won the top prize for developing an artificial limb that was affordable, aimed for use in developing countries. It was designed to “grow” in pediatric patients, requiring fewer replacements as the child matures.

Rice University (Team BiliQant - $15,000) and the University of Hawaii (SmarTummy - $10,000) filled out the top slots.

For more information, visit ASME News: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/news/asme-news/massachusetts-team-wins-2014-innovation-showcase

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The ASME Digital Collection, now hosted on the state-of-the-art Silverchair SCM6 online platform, reflects ASME’s tradition of engineering excellence. It is an authoritative, subscription based online reference resource that spans the entire knowledge spectrum of interest to the mechanical engineer and related technical research communities. ASME’s Journals, Conference Publications, and eBooks provide quality, peer-reviewed engineering information. Users of The ASME Digital Collection will benefit from:

New Taxonomy

Full Text and Taxonomic Search

New Topical Collections

Improved Usability, Information Discovery and Ease of Reading

Enhanced Content Display and Tools

Personalization Capabilities

Mobile Optimization for All Web-Enabled Phones and Tablets

Visit the ASME Digital Collection for all of your mechanical engineering research needs.

http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org

Great news! ASME WorkSmartSM has upgraded to a new platform.

The new platform includes smarter search functionality and an answer-centric user interface that reflects how customers use ASME WorkSmart. The emphasis is on helping you to find answers quickly and efficiently. For more information, please visit: go.asme.org/WorkSmart

Display Your ASME Pride with a Framed Membership Certificate

Let others know you are a member of the most respected professional mechanical engineering organization in the world by displaying a handsome, framed ASME membership certificate in your office or home. Membership certificates are now available in three styles: 1) encased in an elegant, contemporary beveled-edge glass frame; 2) mounted under Lucite on a classic walnut-colored hardwood plaque; or 3) as a basic, ready-to-frame certificate in a certificate holder. Visit http://go.asme.org/MembershipCertificate to order your certificate now.

Belle Isle Turbine Redesignated in Greenville

(l-r: Sandra Kolvick, Greenville Section chair, John Blanton, History & Heritage chair, and John Lammas, VP, PowerGen Engineering, GE Power & Water)

The Belle Isle Turbine, recognized as the first to be used for electric utility, was redesignated as an ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in a ceremony held at GE Power and Water headquarters in Greenville, S.C.

The Belle Isle was originally granted landmark status at a ceremony in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1984, but was relocated to its current home in 2013. Its status recognizes the turbine’s significance in the creation of a reliable power generation industry in the United States. The plaque states that the Belle Isle “represents the transformation of the early aircraft gas turbine in which engines seldom ran more than 10 hours at a stretch, into a lifelong prime mover.

For more information, visit:https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/100-belle-isle-gas-turbine

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The ASME Auxiliary and the ASME Foundation are pleased to present the 2014 FIRST Clarke Scholarship Recipients.

Mentoring a FIRST Robotics team is a very rewarding and invigorating activity.  Mentors, teachers, and spectators alike are simply awestruck by the creativity and passion students have as they build and compete with their robots.

Please consider mentoring a team next year. Go to USFIRST.org for more information.

Name High School College PlansJames Bateman, Team #7842 Ashbury School Madison, Ala. Auburn UniversityFletcher Blue, #3824 Hardi Valley Academy Knoxville, Tenn. Johns Hopkins UniversityJoseph Diamond, #4251 Metro Early College HS, Columbus, Ohio MITMatthew Gorton, #1533 The Early College and Guiford, Greensboro, N.C. NC State UniversityBrian Hillenbran, #2002 Veritas Classical Christina, Newberg, Ore. Rose Hulman UniversityAdeline Longstreth, #2485 Francis Parker School, San Diego, Calif. Georgia Institute of TechnologyDerek Moore, #1539 Clover HS, Clover, S.C. Clemson UniversityAlexander Nie, #2647 North HS, Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona StateRobert Nogaj, #2081 Peoria Notre Dame HS, Peoria, Ill. University of DaytonTitus Shumaker, #2137 Oxford HS, Oxford, MI Kettering UniversityJoshua Smith, #1977 Loveland High School, Loveland, Colo. Colorado State UniversityMarcus Thompson, #4534 Topsail HS, Hampstead, N.C. Univ. of North Carolina, AshevilleKaia Williams, #4944 Palisade High School, Palisade, Colo. University of Rochester

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