From ASME President Gene Feigel

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I added this for anyone that didn't get the email - JRY
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Dear ASME Member,

ASME has a new focus. As many of you may already know, in recent years ASME has experienced stagnant sales of its products and services, a reduction of its financial reserves, decreasing participation by members and others in its programs and activities, declining corporate support and declining membership, particularly among engineers under age 40. These trends, which could no longer be ignored, led to the recent reorganization of ASME. The changes, approved by the Board of Governors in June, will improve ASME's viability and allow it to concentrate on its core assets: providing knowledge, community and advocacy to mechanical engineers.

Moving forward, leadership in all Sectors is in place and is working out the last organizational decisions that will enable us to direct our resources to the challenges ahead. With ASME's strategic focus on key market areas - young engineers, industrial companies, government entities - along with the determination to address the global practice of engineering and to generate new sources of revenue to support ASME's mission, I am confident that we have positioned the Society for long-term success.

I encourage your continued participation in ASME's mission through the channels familiar to you and through new opportunities such as our Communities of Practice. We will keep you informed, through ASME.org and through our publications, on how we are meeting the challenges we face. Thank you for your continued support in making ASME a premier organization for all engineers.

Sincerely,
Gene Feigel
ASME President 2005-2006

Another ASME related blog

I just setup another ASME related blog.  This one is for the Volunteer Orientation Leadership and Training Academy, VOLT Academy for short.  Click here to check it out.  The blog is there so the VOLT Academy Planning Committee can keep everyone up-to-date on what’s going on.  It allows anyone to post and comment on other posts.  

I think blogs can be effectively utilized to disseminate large amounts of ASME goings on that right now get put in a folder somewhere and then summarized when it’s time to publish a newsletter or write an article for ASME News.  

Maybe there’s a better way…a blog!

What's it mean to be a YEC in ASME?

YEC - Young Engineer Correspondent
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
YEC + ASME = see below

1. Educate and enable young engineers to hold young engineer events.

2. Educate and enable young engineers to organize groups of young engineers at the local level.

3. Ensure that 1 & 2 increase the number of ASME related opportunities for young engineers at the local level, increase the number of young engineers in ASME, and increase the penetration of ASME within their workplace.

4. Provide a consistent feedback mechanism from young engineers to ASME leadership to include new and innovative ideas for young engineer centric events, successful young engineer focused activities and campaigns, and support needs from ASME staff and leaders.
Use the YEC Online Reporting Tool.

5. Identify a pipeline of young engineers to fill volunteer positions while encouraging ASME to expand young engineer leadership opportunities.

Any question - email me at youngj921@asme.org

Planned Design and Analysis Track at IMECE 2005

Wow! Here's some exciting news for any YE's attending Congress in November. Mr. Jack Whitehead is organizing a Design and Analysis track. In a nutshell, it's going to be five sessions of actual design, analysis, and modelling lessons learned. This is just the kind of information any young design engineer should be looking for.

For the Technical Program Overview Click Here! Check back often for updates as Jack is working on the speakers.

The details aren't worked out yet, but if you'll be at Congress, and you're a design engineer, don't miss this track!

The Young Engineer Forum at IMECE 2005

OK. This is blatant ASME propaganda, but it's YE related and I'm all for advertising it. The announcement was borrowed from the ASME Section News (September 2005). I'll give it back, I promise!

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SAVE THE DATE!
ASME’s 25th Young Engineer’s Forum

Tips for Career Success: Refine your skills and present yourself professionally

Nov. 6, 2005
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels, Orlando, FL
7 am – 5 pm
Registration: $45 in advance, $50 onsite

At the 2005 Young Engineer’s Forum you can:

· Find out what you didn’t learn in engineering school – and what to do about it now
· Get tips on how to ace an interview
· Talk to executives about the future of their industries
· Realize your dream of starting your own business venture
· Learn to communicate better with management
· Discover your inner ‘networker’
· Spruce up your resume

And much more…

For a complete program, including registration information, visit www.asme.org/yef
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Pic from Lights of Liberty Tour

Another building on the tour. Not real trees!

Pic from Lights of Liberty Tour

You can get more info on the tour at http://anniversary.asme.org/2005landmarks3.shtml. This photo was taken during the tour. This is not a done up building with billowy drapes. It is acutally a slide projection on one of the historic buildings around the Liberty Bell area. Very cool!

Lights of Liberty Tour

Boy can Howard Berkof plan some after hours activities. While at the Summer Annual Meeting, Howard hooked up a group of us on the Lights of Liberty Tour. The tour was really interesting. Basically, it is an audio tour of the historic Liberty Bell area in Philadelphia. Check out the other two photos, taken during the tour.

Ben Franklin

Here's a picture of Big Ben Franklin from inside the Franklin Institute.

A number of us attended the dedication of the Sellers' Screw Thread Standard at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The dedication was held during the ASME Summer Annual Meeting.
Check out this link to learn more http://anniversary.asme.org/2005landmarks3.shtml