ASME to hold first-ever joint Caucus briefing

Melissa Murray
ASME Government Relations

On April 6, ASME will hold the first-ever joint House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus/House Research and Development Caucus briefing. The meeting will address the National Science Foundation's "Science and Engineering Indicators 2006" report and its STEM education-related companion piece, "America's Pressing Challenge — Building a Stronger Foundation."

ASME was approached to sponsor this briefing through its role on both the House R&D Caucus Advisory Committee and the House STEM Education Caucus Steering Committee (the Caucus Web sites are www.researchcaucus.org and www.stemedcaucus.org, respectively).

The primary briefing speakers will be two National Science Board (NSB) members, Steven Beering and Jo Anne Vasquez. Beering chairs the NSB Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Indicators and will discuss the "Indicators 2006" report, while Vasquez, the first K-12 teacher to serve on the NSB, will discuss the companion piece.

Marc Goldsmith, vice president of the ASME Center for Public Awareness, will serve as the moderator, and Reps. Vernon Ehlers. R-Mich., Rush Holt, D-N.J., and Judy Biggert, R-Ill., are slated to speak.

This briefing is made possible through a grant from the United Engineering Foundation, and is being co-sponsored by the following multidisciplinary organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Chemical Society; the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA; the Johns Hopkins University, Center for Educational Outreach; the Museum of Science, Boston; the National Science Teachers Association; the Society of Women Engineers; and the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education.

For more information about this briefing, please contact Melissa Murray, Government Relations representative, at murraym@asme.org.

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