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Last updated 01/12/2004
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Tour Description For those who missed it, this is a repeat of the oversubscribed tour held in February, 2003. It showcases the development of a new kind of power in Pittsburgh. For many years Westinghouse Electric Corporation has been developing solid oxide fule cells (SOFC's). Now, Siemens-Westinghouse has picked up the technology and has developed natural gas powered fuel cells for central-station electric power generation. These fuel cells operate at high temperature, and the exhaust gases are used to power a gas turbine. The resulting combined cycle system has electrical efficiency in the 60% - 70% range. One demonstration plant has been built and is operating in California. Larger plants, in Canada and Germany, are under construction. Come and join us for a fascinating look at this new technology. The tour begins at the George Westinghouse Science and Technology Park in Churchill Borough, 801 Bldg. lobby area. Assembly and testing of components for the 300kW RWE plant is underway, and the tour will be able to see both the fuel cell pilot manufacturing facility and the generator assembly area. For more information on Siemens-Westinghouse SOFC technology, check out
the website: http://www.pg.siemens.com/en/fuelcells.
January Program 2
Tour Description: Kennametal Inc. aspires to be the premier tooling solutions supplier in the world, providing customers with a broad range of technologically advanced tools, tooling systems and engineering services aimed at improving customers' manufacturing competitiveness. Join us for a tour, informative program, and dinner on Tuesday, January 27th, 2004, at the Kennametal campus in Latrobe. The tour will feature Kennametal's Quentin C. McKenna Technology Center where most of the research and development efforts for the company are located. This building includes a complete pilot plant facility that showcases Kennametal's vertical integration capabilities for materials such as tungsten carbides and ceramics, showing the process from raw powders up through a product ready to cut the toughest metals, rock, or resist highly corrosive environments at extreme temperatures. The included program will highlight the new National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), operated by Kennametal Inc. The mission of NCDMM is to deliver state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions to key stakeholders to ensure the quality, affordability, maintainability, and rapid deployment of existing and yet-to-be developed defense systems through a collaborative effort between government, industrial, and academic organizations. Tours will start from the Kennametal Corporate Center lobby at about 3:30pm with the on-site dinner/program scheduled to begin at about 5pm. For more information on Kennametal, check out the website:
Annual Section Vote (Members Only) TIME TO VOTE FOR 2004-2005 SECTION NOMINATIONS The Nominations Committee have presented their candidates for the 2004-2005 Session . The following individuals have accepted their nominations for the respective offices listed for the next program year. Please exercise your opportunity to vote as a local section member. Douglas Koebler for Chair; Your Name and Member ID are required since voting is limited to members only. Please be sure to vote by February 20, 2004. You can mail or fax the ballot here or in the newsletter, or vote using the online ballot at http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh/ballot2004.htm. Every vote counts so please vote! Election results will be posted in the April Newsletter and on this web page.
Would You Like To Be A Pittsburgh Section Sponsor? If you sponsor ASME Pittsburgh, we will feature your company's products and services in our newsletter and capture the attention of 1500+ members to inform them of your company, or on this site and be on the WWW. For more information click here or contact anyone on the Executive Committee.
Message From the Chair Dear members: We are very excited to have gone to an all-electronic newsletter. This format allows a more timely dissemination of information, permits the use of color and embedded graphics, as well as hyperlinks, such as to our webpage: http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh. It also permits non-ASME members to access our newsletter and is available 24 hours a day. Most of all, it will save the Section money, which can be applied toward our programs and outreach activities. You may not be aware, but the ASME website, including past newsletters, is archived. As with the printed version of the newsletter, we will email a monthly reminder message that contains the basic text from the newsletter as well as the links to our homepage where you can download a typeset version of it from http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh/#newsletter . The downloadable newsletter is a pdf-file, which can be read and printed using the free Adobe Acrobat™ reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html. We will still offer newsletter sponsorhip opportunities at the same rates as the printed version: $300/full page, $180/half page, $95/quarter page, $70/eighth page, and $50/business card size. Our homepage is where you can find the latest information on news and events (including maps and directions to our meetings), information about keeping your profile current with ASME headquarters, contact information for the executive committee members, including how to become a member yourself, and some fun things as well. If you are not receiving emails from your Section, it is likely because ASME does not have a correct email address on file or you have requested not to receive emails from the Section. You can update your contact information at: http://members.asme.org/myasme/login/myasme.cfm or by calling ASME-International at 1-800-843-2763. Free web access can be found at most libraries and free personal email accounts can be created at http://www.hotmail.com or http://www.yahoo.com, among many others. We are delighted to bring you two January programs. The first is a repeat to the popular Seimens Westinghouse tour, which will be held on Wed January 14. An overview of the contruction of the tubular solid oxide fuel cells and combined fuel cell/gas turbine power plants will be presented. The second meeting will be a tour of Kennametal on Tuesday January 27, which will highlight the Quentin C. McKenna Technology Center on the Latrobe campus where most of the research and development efforts for the company are located. As usual, these programs are free, with the option of attending a group dinner for $25.00. For the rest of the year, look for tours of Otis-Spunkmeyer and Cutler-Hammer, a mock ASME regional student conference (RSC) meeting at Geneva College, and our awards banquet. We will also have a professional development seminar on finite element analysis sponsored by Algor, Inc. in mid-March. Please contact Mr. Al Bouvy (412-967-1900, abouvy@atschester.com) if you are interested in this seminar, which offers great value for a continuing education class. In retrospect, the November program given by Dr. Rubin Battino on: "The Genius of the Wright Brothers and the Construction of an Accurate Full-scale Replica of the 1903 Flyer" was fantastic. We also had a very successful professional development course taught this past December 12th on being a Project Management Professional. Given the popularity of this seminar, we will likely repeat it in the near future. Many thanks to those who organized and attended these events. Finally, included in this newsletter you will find the ballot for the 2004-2005 officers, which reflects a slate of very dedicated and capable individuals. Please take time from you busy schedules to vote and return your ballot to us. Hope to see you in the future. With Best Regards,
January Newsletter Read the latest ASME Pittsburgh Newsletter here (.pdf format - may take some time to load - please be patient) This month's featured articles include: *January Program Details Download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
In an effort to bring you the latest information and events in the most timely and cost effective way, ASME Pittsburgh will have our monthly newsletter in an all-electronic format beginning this month. If we have your e-mail address, you will have an abbreviated newsletter automatically sent to you. If not, then we highly encourage you to submit your e-mail address to receive the newsletter and latest information from us (see the next article below). Additionally, the newsletter is currently published well ahead of the delivered copy here on this website. All you have to do is browse our website at your convenience and you can find it here anytime. Previous newsletters will still be available on the Archives page. If you would like to have the newsletter in printed form, you can simply open the above link and use the print option on your browser. In addition to the newsletter, this
website will continue to have the latest information on monthly events,
tours, news, contact information, job postings, resources, archives, and
a host of other information to keep you informed.
Your E-Mail Address - The Key to ASME International Did you know that your e-mail address is the key to what's happening at ASME? By providing us with your current e-mail address, you can learn about events taking place in your local section, such as professional development courses, industry tours, section meetings, lectures, networking opportunities, and technical conferences. Updating your e-mail address online only takes a few minutes. To access your membership information, go to www.asme.org. Click on the "Members Only" tab to log onto this site. Be sure to have your member number on hand. After logging on to Members Only, select the "Change of Address and Information" link, located on the upper right-hand side of your screen. From this screen, you will be able to update your primary contact information. So don't miss out on all that ASME has to offer! If you have any questions about your membership information, contact InfoCentral at infocentral@asme.org.
Announcements Volunteers Needed for 2004 Future City Competition Across America, thousands of engineers annually volunteer to serve as mentors for students in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition(TM). A good number of these volunteers were from Western Pennsylvania, participating in the 2003 Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition. Past as well as new volunteers are needed again for the 2004 competition. Join in to help students get a better view of the world of engineering, to give something back to the community. Take that first step by volunteering some of your time to help the youth that may become tomorrow's engineer. Read the following release for more information, or contact Lori Rankin at 412-688-2093. ASME PGH Ballot for 2004-2005 Officers The ASME Pittsburgh Section is now holding elections for incoming officers for the July 2004-June 2005 Session. All current ASME members are able to vote. The electronic ballot is now available, with results announced in April. Be sure to vote! For more information on the Executive Committee visit our Committee page. And Now..............A Word
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Notices
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Upcoming Meetings The next Executive Committee meeting will be Friday, February 6, 2004 at 7:30 AM in Denny's Restaurant (map), 3980 Wm Penn Hwy, Monroeville, and is open to anyone interested. If you wish to attend, please contact Jeff Vipperman at 412-624-1643 or any member of the Executive Committee. (Meet some of the gang!) See the Calendar page for this year's programs.
Business Calendar The Pittsburgh Business Calendar publishes a calendar of events for the Pittsburgh business community. Click on the link for the full calendar of events. (http://www.businesscalendar.org/)
The Value of Your Membership Just Increased!! Take advantage of the New Discounted Dues Structure. If you have earned a baccalaureate degree or an advanced degree and have been out of school 4 years or less you can can save up to 60% on Member Dues. Check out the current member dues rates available at http://www.asme.org/member/info.html.
ASME International News The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Engineering - the magazine of the ASME
December 2003 marked the 100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight. A very very interesting paper discussing the mechanics of their flight can be found here. (in .pdf form - may take a few moments to load) Brainteasers ! A monthly mechanical engineering problem to test your knowledge or try your luck. A new problem every month. The possibilities are endless - kinematics, fluid mechanics, physics......! You never know what we'll throw at you next! This month's problem: A 1" steel rod which is 10" long is twisted to give 1° of rotation at the free end where the torque is applied. Assume that the modulus of rigidity to be 11 x 10^6 lb/in^2. Determine the torque required to produce 1° twist. (Hint: convert degrees to radians)
Recognizing our Fellow Members The Fellow Grade is the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Did you know there are 53 members in our Section who are Fellows? If you know any of them, please congratulate them on their achievement! Adnan Akay, Harvey Allen, Cristina Amon,
Edmund Appleby, John Barsom, Donald Burnham, Jonathan Cagan, Norman Chigier,
Minking Chyu, Ronald Coffield, Maria Comninou, Arthur Croll, Ellison Davison,
James Di Perna, David Dietrich, W. Doty, L. Ike Ezekoye, Martin Falk,
Jerry Griffin, Donald Griffin, Gus Holabeck, Charles Jones, Wilbur Kennicott,
William Lankford, Jack Maurer, Bertram Milleville, Jack Moore, William
O’Donnell, Leighton Orr, Fletcher Osterle, Sam Palusamy, William Purcell,
David Purdy, Arthur Rathbun, Stephen Roth, Wilfred Rouleau, Sunil Saigal,
George Saxon Sr.,Stanley Schaffer, Allen Selz, Patrick Smolinski, Alfred
Snow, Paul Steif, Theodore Stern, Remco Waszink, John Wesner, Jonathan
Wickert, Donald Wiebe, Bernard Winer, Savio Woo, Tse Chien Woo, Shi-Chune
Yao, Campbell Yates.
Voices of Innovation A new daily public radio program, "Voices of Innovation," launched by the American Association of Engineering Societies with generous support from ASME, features some 200 engineers in 2-minute programs that explore and celebrate the world of engineering. The program began airing in April 2002. To be considered for one of the programs, engineers need to submit a story idea form, which is available at www.voicesofinnovation.org.
E-Mentoring Program to Expand to Young Engineers The success of last year's program and the enthusiastic response of members wanting to become mentors has fueled the expansion of the e-Mentoring program. This program for student members is expanding to include mentoring services for engineers who have recently (5 years or less) graduated from engineering school. Young engineers can now benefit from the career advice of more seasoned engineers in their particular field of interest. Recent graduates may get even more benefit from a mentoring relationship, since they have some experience and may have more specific career questions. How does the program work? Students and young engineers (mentees) seeking a mentor choose from a database of names, which gives information about the mentor's background, experience and engineering specialty. Mentees are then asked to fill out an online application indicating their top three choices for mentors. The mentor requests are evaluated by ASME and matched on a first come, first served basis. Only members are eligible to participate in this program as a mentor or mentee. Anyone wishing to find a mentor or to volunteer to become a mentor for a student or young engineer member should visit the website at www.asme.org/ementoring. Volunteers can choose to mentor a student, a young engineer or both. Questions about the program should be addressed to Deidra Hackley, at hackleyd@asme.org.
Member Get a Member 2003-2004 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign - Invest in the Future of Mechanical Engineering! Recommend a paid new member during the 2003-2004 Member-Get-A-Member (MGAM) campaign and ASME will contribute 50% of their first year dues to scholarships for student members. Personally inviting a friend or colleague is straightforward and simple. At the same time, you will receive a Recognition for Volunteerism certificate of appreciation for 2 or more paid new members signifying your support of the mechanical engineering profession and its future. It's easy to recommend membership to your colleagues! New members will experience the benefits of ASME membership - technology transfer, access to a network of engineering experts, assistance with career advancement, leadership opportunities, and much more. For complete program details including a downloadable membership application, log onto http://www.asme.org/membershipdrive Your continued support of the Member-Get-A-Member Campaign is important to its success and we appreciate your time and dedication.
Nominations Needed for Young Engineers Award ASME International wants to give $5,000 plus a prepaid life membership to a young ASME member that has done an outstanding job in their profession, community, and the work of ASME. If you know someone who deserves to win this award, please nominate a young engineer for the Old Guard Young Engineers Award today! For more information, visit http://www.asme.org/cma/og/youngengineer.html .
Professional Development ASME PE & FE Review PE Exam Review Online Live- Live Instructor-led online course starting January 20, 2004 FE Exam Review Online- Instructor-led online course starting January 19, 2004 This course and other PE and FE review programs bring expert instruction to your home or office, while saving you the inconvenience, time, and money of formal classroom education. For details, visit: http://www.asme.org/education/disted/examprep.htm For questions on these or other ASME Distance Learning Products contact Thomas Kuehl at mailto:kuehlt@asme.org Professional Education Courses: Two new products are at the ASME PE and FE Exam Review
Center. New FE Workbook and CD-Rom and the PE Exam Review on DVD ASME Online Short Courses: New titles include Project Management and Advanced GD&T. Prefer training on CD-Rom? Go to http://www.asme.org/education/disted/computer.htm. New ASME Corporate Online Training Library: Meet all your mechanical engineering training needs in one economical package tailored to your company. Go to http://www.asme.org/education/disted/library.htm. Please continue responding to the online survey at http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh/pdsurvey.html. Future topics will be selected based on member input.
Public Affairs What's going on in Washington D.C.? Visit Government Relations , a weekly review of the latest legislative,regulatory, pollicies, and issues from Washington.
Updates Section E-mail List Moved The Section E-mail list has been moved from Listbot to YahooGroups. The Listbot service is no longer available. If you'd like to receive timely news from ASME International, job opportunities, events, etc., consider joining the Section e-mail list (simply send an e-mail to asmepghnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Instructions are also on http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh/joinlist.html)?
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2004 January 24, 2004: January 27, 2004: February 17, 2004: February 20-21, 2004: March 10, 2004: March 23, 2004: Renew your membership? Add your program ideas for next year? Send them to Jeff Vipperman. Consider getting involved with any of our activities? There are many ways, such as Industry Relations, Engineer's Week, Science Fair, Awards Banquet, web site, discussion list. Contact Jeff Vipperman . Consider signing up to be an e-Mentor? Make sure that your contact information is up to date? We will increasingly use electronic means to contact our members so please be sure your e-mail and fax numbers are accurate. Set up your e-mail alias? You can have a yourname@asme.org address that you can conveniently manage yourself. People will always be able to locate you, regardless of your work situation. Download
your ASME screensaver?
Show your interest in a Professional Development course by taking the survey? Think about articles, tips, brain teasers, news, how-to's, etc. you can contribute to our newsletter? Consider joining the Section e-mail list? Consider getting involved with the Executive Committee? You can get involved in any capacity. If you can contribute only one hour a week, we would be grateful for your time. Contact anyone in the committee.
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