Chairman's Message:

We are starting up the 2009-2010 ASME Centennial Section year with an exciting and interesting program on Sept 22. This program will be on Algae-Based Biofuels and will be presented by Rich Schoonover of the Solix corp. We hope you can participate.

We were very active in the 2008-09 year including the following: In October we held a dinner meeting on Wind Energy. The presentation was given by John Bleem of the Platte River Power Authority that provides wind energy to its customers. In the following months, we held tours of Value Plastics Co., the New Belgium Brewery and CPP Inc – a wind engineering consulting firm that has atmospheric wind tunnels and the Owens-Illinois glass plant in Windsor.

The Founder’s Day banquet held in March was a dinner meeting with a great presentation from Henry Obermeyer about Rocket Propelled Grenades – the technology and history. We had a good turnout of students and our professional members.

In other student section interactions, each year, we issue a request for proposals to our local student sections – at CSU and at the University of Wyoming. These RFP’s ask the students to submit proposals for funding of projects of their choice. Most often we receive proposals for funding to help with travel to the District E SPDC (Student Professional Development Conference), but other projects are eligible. The funding for these proposals ranges around $1000 each. This year we have also encouraged our student sections to attend the Student Leadership Seminar in Denver during October and we have offered to provide financial support for their attendance.

For the current year, we are considering a number of tours including Vestas and others. We will continue to pursue activities with ME students at the U of Wyoming and at CSU. Should you wish to suggest program topics or host a program, please contact me at: fred@engr.colostate.edu.

We are always seeking additional people to work with our leadership group to keep the Section operating smoothly. If you are interested in working with our leadership, please let me know. We look forward to another very active ASME year in the Centennial Section.

Thanks
Fred
F W Smith,PE, Chair
ASME Centennial Section

We present opportunities for mechanical engineers to network, support the field of mechanical engineering, understand local manufacturing, strengthen professional skills, and have fun.

Check out the ORIGINAL Section Charter Certificates from ASME Headquarters:

• Centennial Sub-Section Charter 1980 281 KB Acrobat PDF File.
• Centennial Section Charter 1980 185 KB Acrobat PDF File.