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April Event - Organizational Change Presentation "Making Change Work: Practical Tools for Overcoming Human Resistance to Change"
Program Description: This session will provide the attendees with immediately applicable tools and practices designed to facilitate organization-wide acceptance of change initiatives. Too often managers (particularly technically-focused managers) spend too much time on the technical details of a large-scale project, and not enough on the common "human" aspects. Unfortunately, this is where most changes fail, at great cost to well-meaning and dedicated individuals responsible for introducing the change. This session will discuss a practical model for engaging support for change and a range of directly-applicable tools, and review some real-world case studies. It is based on a book by the same name written by the presenter and published by Quality Press. This presentation has received international acclaim. Don't miss a hands-on, real-world program with immediate practical applications. Brien Palmer is a Managing Partner of InterLINK Management Consulting (www.InterLINKBusiness.com). He has 25 years of experience helping clients achieve significant performance gains in a variety of business settings, including manufacturing, public utilities, construction, and the service industries. He is Chair of the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Society for Quality (www. ASQPGH.org), and president and co-founder of CoREM, the Council on Realizing Excellence in Management (www.CoREM.org).
May Event - Annual Awards Banquet
Program Description: Come and join us to honor our 2006 Engineer-of-the-Year, Dr. David Shaw of Geneva College, and Industry-of-the-Year, McKesson Automation, Inc. Our speaker, Justin Driscoll of the Pittsburgh High Technology Council and author of the book: "The 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Graduated" will talk about innovation and technical success. The awards banquet is always a special opportunity to honor those who have served the Mechanical Engineering community of Pittsburgh with distinction. We will also recognize the achievement of several undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Geneva College. Our student winners from Future Cities and the Pittsburgh Regional Student Science Fair will also be acknowledged. The Hot Metal Grille, our venue for the evening is locally owned and operated and celebrates the engineering history of the region. Come to enjoy the atmosphere or bring the entire family - everyone is welcome!
April 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.
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ALGOR Announces Expansion Plan and Future Hiring PITTSBURGH, PA - January 3, 2006 - ALGOR, Inc. announced that it has hired the architectural firm of Next Architecture to expand its O'Hara Township world headquarters to accommodate additional staffing planned this year. The expansion will take place in phases, beginning with upgrades to the existing facility. The construction firm of A. Martini & Co., Inc. has been selected to perform the work in the first phase. The company is planning to complete the expansion, which will provide about 50 percent more working space, by the end of 2006. According to CEO Michael Bussler, "We are hiring for both our ALGOR engineering software company and our Inecom Entertainment Company." Both are divisions of the parent company - ALGOR, Inc. "Overall corporate growth was over 12 percent last year and we anticipate even higher for 2006," said Bussler. Bussler added, "To respond to emerging global opportunities for our core engineering software, which is used by both the largest companies and the smallest firms to speed up their product design process while improving quality and lowering costs, we are hiring in several areas. These areas include sales, marketing and software development. "Geographically, we are expanding our software operation into the Pacific Rim for the first time and we are strengthening our existing European connections. Additionally, we are seeing an increase in demand for our engineering products domestically. "Another factor which will fuel growth in 2006 is FEMPRO, a new product being launched at this time, which will enable ALGOR software to add value to engineering software produced by competing companies. "At the Inecom division, where sales have increased by fifty percent in 2005, we are hiring to expand our marketing reach. Additionally, we are seeking third-party partners to augment our captive production capacity and produce more titles to feed our expanding network of retail partners. These partners include Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Borders, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Target and more. "An important factor in the growth of the entertainment division was the September release of the Gene Wilder-narrated EXPO - Magic of the White City. This product exceeded our initial sales forecasts and we expect it to continue to do well. "Planned releases for 2006 include Horses of Gettysburg, which is narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell, director of the very successful Gods and Generals. Mr. Maxwell also appears in a 25-minute on-screen interview about filmmaking. In addition, we plan to release a significant feature documentary in November, Minutes of World War I. Another project in the works involves utilization of footage from the making of Gods and Generals under license from Turner Enterprises, Inc.," concluded Bussler. To accommodate growth in both divisions, ALGOR plans to hire additional staffing for its infrastructure, including its information technology department. In addition, the company plans to begin selling computer software that it has developed for image processing and Internet web page development. The names of companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, visit http://www.ALGOR.com or contact: Julie Halapchuk, ALGOR, Inc., 1.412.967.2700.
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.
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Notices FE Exam Review Courses sponsored by IEEE The Pittsburgh PES/IAS Chapter in partnership with Penn State New Ken is sponsoring an FE review course starting in April. Participants in this program will be prepared to take the FE exam in October. For more information, see the IEEE Newsletter here.
Happy Anniversary to Local ASME Members! 50 Years: 44 Years: 43 Years: 40 Years: 39 Years: 38 Years: 37 Years: 25 Years: A special congratulations to our Executive Committee's own:
Upcoming Meetings The next Executive Committee meeting will be the Summer Planning Meeting on TBD, and is open to anyone interested. If you wish to attend, please contact Lori Rankin at (412) 688-2093 or any member of the Executive Committee. (Meet some of the gang!) See the Calendar page for the 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/) You can also check out the ESWP techniCALENDAR for upcoming events at: http://www.eswp.com/techniCALENDAR/the_calendar.htm
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 and Periodicals ME Magazine: http://www.memagazine.org/ ASME News: http://www.asmenews.org/
ASME Connections: http://www.asme.org/About/Connections/ ASME Press Releases: http://www.asme.org/NewsPublicPolicy/PressReleases/
Engineering Shortage Article @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05320/607304.stm **ASME's Mechanical Engineering Magazine periodically contains the new supplement Engineering Management. Current and would-be managers can turn to this supplement to pick up some of those skills needed in today's work environment. Go to the links below: July '04: http://www.memagazine.org/emjuly04/index.html November '04: http://www.memagazine.org/emnov04/index.html March '05: http://www.memagazine.org/emmar05/index.html July '05 http://www.memagazine.org/emjuly05/index.html Rand Corporation said that your home computer would look like this in 2004. Take a look here to see if your computer really looks like their prediction. If you missed our April 2004 tour of the Seward Power Plant tour, you missed a remarkable event. But you can still take the virtual tour here!! www.reliant.com/files/450457_Seward_Tour_and_Dedication.pps Learn to make really cool paper airplanes!! Visit ASME's Airplane Archive at: http://www.asme.org/events/flight/paperarchive.shtml?URL=www.asme.org "Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." - Socrates 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 easy) A 2" length of steel bar is elongated to a length of 2.010"
at which time the diameter changed from 0.5050" to 0.5042".
Calculate Poisson's Ratio of this material.
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.
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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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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