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Last updated 09/18/2004
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October 7- Solid Works Professional Development Seminar
Program Description: We would like to invite you to attend TriMech Solutions SolidWorks 2005 Hands-on Workshop at the Trimech Pittsburgh office. SolidWorks 3D modeling software offers the most advanced innovations
available to help manufacturing companies collapse their engineering processes
while closely integrating it with the sales and manufacturing sides of
the business. You should attend this session if you are And with SolidWorks software, you'll discover ways to share and collaborate on product designs, share data with users of other CAD solutions, integrate with add-on solutions- everything you need to save time and become more productive. Plus, with familiar Windows features like drag-and-drop, point-and-click, and cut-and-paste, you'll find SolidWorks a snap to learn and use. See for yourself why SolidWorks is the standard in powerful 3D modeling software. For more information, visit www.trimech.com/solutions.
October 12 - Student Mixer We would like to invite you to attend the annual Student mixer at the University of Pittsburgh, Benedum Hall and meet the engineers of tomorrow. We will have introductions and than break down into small groups to discuss engineering and the future goals of the students. For more information, please visit the Upcoming Events page.
ASME Pittsburgh Announces the 2004 - 2005 Officers The ASME Pittsburgh Executive Committee is proud to announce the incoming Officers for the 2004 - 2005 Session. They will serve a 1-year term from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. Chair - Doug Koebler The following Directors were also elected for a 3 year term: Al Bouvy, Frank Faron, Bill Spohn, and Jeff Vipperman. Anyone wishing to become involved with the Executive Committee, please contact Doug Koebler at (412) 826-5204 or any member of the Executive Committee.
Message From The Chair Dear Members, During the summer, the Executive Committee has been meeting to plan the activities for the coming year. This year, things got started a month early with a joint activity with IEEE in August. Dr. Ron Hira, Ph.D., P.E. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, discussed Offshore Outsourcing and Engineering Employment. In September we have planned a tour to the Packaging Corp of America. PCA is a world-class manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging, located in the Strip District. The October meeting is our annual Student Mixer. We usually like to have members in various fields of employment: design, sales, education, management, from small start-ups and large companies, to attend and interact with the students. The students ask a lot of questions and we treat with pizza. In November we are planning an ASME distinguished lecture by Dr Steven Nichols from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Nichols supports the commercialization of the knowledge base of The University of Texas at Austin and supervises the activities of the Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property. His talk is on Technology Commercialization, Entrepreneurship and Professional Responsibility.Moving into next year, we plan to support the Future Cities Competition in January, National Engineers Week in February as well as the Science Fair and the Rube Goldberg Contest. Many of these events need volunteers to judge the students, or to participate in activities with the students. Over the past couple of years we built speed racers out of pop cans, rubber bands and a pipe cleaner for the Engineers week activity. We are always looking for a good tour or a subject that interests the membership. We are also hoping to have a couple of Professional Development courses this year; have any suggested topics? As always we invite you to participate, through suggestions, by getting involved in the executive committee and/or by attending the events. Hope to see you, best regards Doug Koebler, Chair
Annual Awards Banquet Well Attended The 2004 Annual Banquet was well attended as we honored our 2003-2004 Engineer-of-the-Year and Industry-of-the-Year. This has always been a special opportunity to honor those who have served the Mechanical Engineering community of Pittsburgh with distinction. We also honored student winners from Future Cities and the Regional Student Science Fair, and special guest Special Agent Knights from the FBI gave an excellent presentation on the direction of the organization and skills needed by potential new hires. Science Award Winners: Zachary Scherer and Chris Hruska Future Cities Winners: Student Awards: Industry of the Year: Union Switch & Signal Engineer of the Year: Steve Tritch, President and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company Special Guest: Mahesh Aggarwal, Ph.D., Vice President, ASME Region V Incoming Officers 2004-2005: Congratulations to all the winners !!
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.
September Newsletter Read the latest ASME Pittsburgh Newsletter here (in .pdf - may take a moment to load - please be patient) This month's featured articles include: Download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
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 Future City Mentors Needed ! The Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) in conjunction with the Carnegie Science Center will present the 6th Annual Future City Competition in the Pittsburgh area. It is a national program sponsored by the engineering community to promote technological literacy and engineering to middle school students. The Competition asks middle school students to create their city on computer using SimCity 3000, build a 3-D model of the city, and write an essay - all in the hopes of winning the regional competition in January and an all-expense-paid trip to the National Finals in Washington, D.C. in February. In 2004, more than 30,000 students from 1,100 schools in 33 regions participated in Future City, the largest engineering education program in the country. Our own Pittsburgh regional team from Riverview Junior/Senior High School, mentored by Bill Brooks of Brooks Fire Protection Engineering, captured the 2004 National championship! More volunteer engineer mentors are needed for this fun, worthwhile program. Each volunteer engineer mentor works with seventh and eighth-graders, in a team of three students, and their teacher, helping to guide the youngsters through the rigors of building a functioning city. Engineers generally devote only 20 - 40 hours to the project over the period from October to January. Part time mentors are also needed. This year's Pittsburgh Regional Competition will be held at the Carnegie Music Hall on Saturday, January 15, 2005. For more information on volunteering as an engineer mentor for the 2005 Future City Competition, please contact Werner Loehlein, Pittsburgh Future City Mentor Coordinator, loehlein@usace.army.mil (412-395-7363) or visit our website at futurecitypittsburgh.org. And Now..............A Word
From Our Sponsor!!!!...............
Notices Our website address has changed! It is now http://sections.asme.org/PGH.
Please change your bookmark !!
In the News We just received the news that one of our alums, John Swanson will receive the Fritz medal. This Medal is "referred to as the highest award in the engineering profession" and is given by the American Associate of Engineering Societies. The Medal will be awarded on May 3, 2004 at the Great Hall of the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC. To give a feel for the prestige of this award, previous recipients have
included: Gordon E. Moore, Daniel C. Drucker,Kenneth A. Roe, David Packard, Igor Ivan Sikorsky, Stephen D. Bechtel, Theodore Von Karman, Charles F. Kettering, David Watson Taylor, Herbert Clark Hoover, Guglielmo Marconi, Orville Wright, Gen. George W. Goethals, Alfred Nobel, Thomas Alva Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Westinghouse, Lord Kelvin. For a complete list, and more information, see: http://www.aaes.org/communications/john_fritz_medal.asp
Upcoming Meetings The next Executive Committee meeting will be on October 8, 2004 at 7:30 AM at Denny's Restaurant (map), 3980 Wm Penn Hwy, Monroeville,, and is open to anyone interested. If you wish to attend, please contact Doug Koebler at (412) 826-5204 or any member of the Executive Committee. (Meet some of the gang!) See the Calendar page for this year's upcoming 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) **Alternative fuels blocked by national policy? 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 (something different): A bomber is flying at a constant horizontal velocity of 240 miles per
hour at an elevation of 10,000 feet toward a point directly above it's
target. At what angle of sight should the bomb be released to strike the
target ?
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 2004-2005 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 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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* SECTION * October 7, 2004: October 12, 2004: November 16, 2004: December 11, 2004:
**For more details on these and additional
upcoming events, visit the Upcoming
Events page** Renew your membership? Add your program ideas for next year? Send them to Doug Koebler. 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 Doug Koebler . 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
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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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