ASME Technical Dinner
Thursday, Apr. 21, 2005
Students Present! Deployable Satellite Boom & Solar Powered Water Pumping Station
& ASME 25, 35, and 50 Year Member Awards Ceremony
This month we are having our students present their projects - one from SCU and one from SJSU. They were nominated by their schools as some of the best! We will also be giving out awards to our 25, 35, and 50 year members. Come and support the students and our long-term members!
Presentation #1 Deployable Satellite Boom Developed for QuakeFinder, LLC. By Mary Klenk
The purpose of this project is to develop a single deployable satellite arm that will extend a 3 axis magnetometer approximately 3-4 meters away from a small micro-satellite. The boom must be made of non-ferrous materials, have a non-motorized deployment, and be rigid after deployment. The design must collapse into a chassis approximately 1/3 of a cubic meter and the boom and chassis must weigh less than 20 kg.
Mary Klenk is currently finishing her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at San Jose State University with a focus in both the design and thermal concentrations and is a member of Pi Tau Sigma, the honorary mechanical engineering fraternity. She has interned for over a year with QuakeFinder, LLC., who is currently sponsoring her senior project in the development of a deployable satellite boom. In the fall, Mary will be continuing her education and will be attending the Mechanical Engineering graduate program at San Jose State University.
Presentation #2 Solar Powered Water Pumping Station for El Salvador by Mike Downing
Sustainable development in developing countries has been a hot topic in recent engineering literature [ASME Magazine Feb. '05 issue]. A member of a Santa Clara University Mechanical Engineering senior design team will be presenting a project to design a solar powered water pumping station for the fresh water infrastructure for an island community in El Salvador. The focus of the presentation will be background on the community, the design team's approach to solve the problem, and highlights of their engineering analysis along with remaining steps to complete the project.
Mike Downing is a senior working towards a BS in Mechanical Engineering. His academic interests include mathematical modeling and FEA applied to heat transfer and structures problems. His personal interests include backpacking, photography, and snowboarding. Mike is pursuing a career in product development.
6:30 p.m. Registration
7:00 p.m. Dinner: Roast Beef or Ravioli with wild mushrooms
8:00 p.m. Guest speaker
8:45 p.m. Awards Ceremony for 25, 35, and 50 year members
$25 ASME Members / $15 Students / $30 Non-members (+ $5 without RSVP)
RSVP: Elise Engelhardt
engelhardte@asme.org r online
http://www.acteva.com/go/asmescvs
Please RSVP by Monday 4/18 at 4pm
with dinner selection if possible though walk-ins can normally be accommodated.
Location: The PRIME Hotel Sunnyvale (formerly The Wyndham), 1300 Chesapeake Terrace, Sunnyvale
Directions: Take 101 to Lawrence North and go over 237; Just after the overpass, turn left at Baylands Park/Moffet Park; then turn left into Caribbean Corporate Center. Hotel is at the end of the driveway.
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