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January 22 Program - Robert Morris University Tour
Program Description: At this meeting we will explore one of Pittsburgh's best kept secrets: Robert Morris University's Engineering Department. We will describe how we designed and launched in 1999 an engineering undergraduate program that matches local employers' needs. The mystery of how RMU achieved accreditation by the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the shortest amount of time possible will be exposed. The hands on curriculum for each of the Manufacturing, Software, Industrial and Mechanical (yes, RMU offers Mechanical!) undergraduate tracks will be unveiled. The answers to why all students are required to complete weekly labs for each of their engineering courses and must spend one semester interning with an engineering employer will be disclosed. For a brief time only, the doors to the Learning Factory laboratory facilities will be opened and you will be allowed to see for yourselves, the nefarious types of systems the RMU undergraduates can get their hands on for practicing Engineering. The exposé goes beyond undergraduate education. It will reveal the dark details of how professional engineers and scientists can prepare themselves for management roles in technical organizations with a Masters Degree in Engineering Management. (In fact, some members of ASME have already traveled this difficult path to a graduate degree and may be present to offer their shocking experiences.) You will hear the never-before-told story of how this program can be (and has been) customized for classified defense contracting organizations (and others) and delivered, during the dark of night, directly to their sites. The investigational reporting will not stop with traditional educational secrets, but will extend into the murky realm of industrial research, development and training. It will astound you to find out that, through the Center for Applied Research in Engineering and Science (Code named RMU-CARES), RMU has helped many local industries solve some of their most perplexing problems. Most recently CARES has launched the Direct Digital Manufacturing Technology Transfer Center, which secretly provides assistance to business and individuals in selecting and implementing rapid manufacturing technologies and materials. You will be made aware of little known, upcoming workshops and training sessions conducted on the RMU campus. These secrets, and possibly others, will be divulged by a clandestine group of faculty members who will surface from their underground offices deep within the recesses of the John Jay Center. Joe Iannelli, (only recently extracted from the Center of Aeronautical Research at the City University of London and brought to Pittsburgh to lead the RMU Engineering Department) will unveil his diabolical plans for the future. The director of graduate engineering programs, John Hayward, will not be teaching at an undisclosed location this evening and has grudgingly agreed to answer some of your questions about Engineering Management. Zbigniew Czajkiewicz will power down his hidden 3D Viper Si SLA System just long enough to give you a peek into RMU CARES. Come prepared for an evening of surprises!
January 30 Program - Lean Manufacturing Seminar
Program Description: Join the Pittsburgh ASME Section for a lesson in Lean Manufacturing. This seminar will introduce the participants to the fundamentals of Lean Manufacturing. Examples will be provided to illustrate how lean manufacturing principles can transform traditional manufacturing into modern advanced manufacturing enterprises with a specific focus on human aspects. Mr. Linton currently works for WESCO Distribution, Inc., www.wesco.com, as a Lean Facilitator.
January Newsletter Read the latest ASME Pittsburgh Newsletter here (in .pdf - may take a moment to load - please be patient) Featured articles include: Download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
The newsletter is currently published well ahead of the e-mail notice 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 via 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.
Message from the Chair Dear Members, Happy New Year! We hope that 2008 brings many wonderful opportunities to all of you. We at ASME Pittsburgh look forward to 2008 with several programs scheduled in January including a tour at Robert Morris University and a Lean Manufacturing Seminar. More information about these programs can be found in other parts of this newsletter and at their respective websites. In addition to these programs, we look forward to the chance to support a number of local events like the Future Cities Competition at the Carnegie Museum and Engineers Week at the Carnegie Science Center. Further information about the Future Cities Competition can be found in this newsletter, at our webpage (http://sections.asme.org/PGH/) and at the Future Cities website (www.futurecity.org). If you are interested in becoming more involved with the ASME Pittsburgh Section, please contact any Executive Committee Member or myself. Our next Executive Committee Meeting will be held on January 11th, at the Denny's in Monroeville beginning at 7:30 a.m. I hope that you'll be able to attend our January programs. Looking ahead to February, we will be supporting Engineers Week and in March we will be providing a seminar on March 12 from the Kreamer Connection. We hope to see you at this month's programs, and maybe at a future program as well. Sincerely,
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.
Future City Pittsburgh Volunteers Needed The Pittsburgh Region is beginning its eighth year in the National Future City Competition. The number of Middle Schools that have registered in the Pittsburgh Regional Competition has grown each year. The Competition's growth is testimony to the program's unique capacity to challenge students to learn and test new concepts related to engineering and city planning, to apply the mathematics and science they have already learned, to explore their imaginations about what our Cities will be like in the future, and to build an example of the result using ingenuity and their own hands. However, another important facet of the Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition that has allowed it to expand is the associated growth of a cadre of dedicated volunteers. Without volunteers, there would be no competition. Please, volunteer as a Presentation Aide or Judge. During November and December, judges will review the SimCity files, abstracts, and essays. On Saturday, January 19, 2008 the Pittsburgh Regional Competition will be held at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Based on past experience we anticipate that we will need more than 120 volunteers to fill the positions of Essay Judges, Disk Judges, Registrars, Model Movers, Room Manager/Timers, Score Keepers, Special Awards Judges, Presentation Judges, Exhibit Area Control Volunteers, Still and Video Camera Operators, and Public Relations Coordinators. Orientation Meetings for Presentation Aides and Judges will be held as needed in early January, with the goal of identifying all volunteers and making assignments by January 2, 2008. Please add Your Name to Our 2007-2008 Volunteers List. We welcome the help of anyone who is interested in volunteering his or her time. To qualify as a Presentation Judge, you must have judged before or have attended a Judge Orientation Meeting. If you are interested in registering as a volunteer for the 2008 Future City Competition please take a minute and fill out the VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM at: http://www.futurecitypittsburgh.org/futcityvolunteer_form.htm Volunteers will be contacted in November for SimCity judging, mid-December for essay judging, and early January for competition day. If you have any questions, call Bill Pruss at (412) 651-5304. If you wish to learn more about the program and roles of volunteers, take a look at our website's homepage, http://www.futurecitypittsburgh.org/
Notices Mark Your Calendars! Please join us for a weekend filled with LEARNING, FUN, COMPETITION,
and NETWORKING!!! More detailed information will be made available as the date draws nearer. See the Students Page for more information.
Upcoming Meetings The next Executive Committee meeting will be Friday , February 8, 2008 at 7:30 AM at Denny's Restaurant, 3980 Wm Penn Hwy, Monroeville , and is open to anyone interested. If you wish to attend, please contact Heather DeBiase at (412) 374-3975 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/
Some Technology Humor (true story): A former Canadian defense minister says the answer to concerns about climate change is technology from UFOs. He's demanding that governments worldwide use secret alien technology to replace fossil fuels and save the planet from global warming. Paul Hellyer served in the Canadian cabinet in the sixties. He tells the Ottawa Citizen that governments have alien technology they obtained from the crashes of UFOs. He says those spacecrafts were equipped with advanced fuel sources and propulsion systems that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuel within a generation. Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs! I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !! **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 If you missed our April 2004 tour of the Seward Power Plant, 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
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.
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* SECTION * January 19, 2008: January 22, 2008: January 30, 2008: February 8, 2008: February 15-16, 2008: March 12, 2008: **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 Heather DeBiase . 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 Heather DeBiase . 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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