ASME NEWS Online -- August 2001

The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.20 No.8/August 2001

Continuing Education Institute offers new programs
Two new alliances were added last month to the growing list of educational and professional development offerings that are available through ASME's Continuing Education Institute. Read more.

Chair of ASME nanotech advisory board named
Arun Majumdar will chair the advisory board of the newly formed ASME Nanotechnology Institute. Majumdar also served as a member of the ASME Nanotechnology Steering Committee. The advisory board will replace the steering committee. Read more.

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code updated
The newly revised , 28-volume 2001 edition of ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is now available. Read More.

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Nano panelist sees molecular electronics as next step toward smaller, cheaper, faster devices

Nanotechnology will enable manufacturers to build devices at the next level of smaller, faster, cheaper, according to a member of the keynote panel on nanotechnology that will lead off the technical sessions at this year's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in New York in November. The Congress will take place from November 11 to 16. Read more.

Early bird catches the computer system
The reward for paying your ASME dues bill early is the chance to win one of several customized computer systems. Read More.

Recruit a member; contribute to a new scholarship for engineering students
Half of the first year's ASME membership dues for every recruit who joins the Society as a new, dues-paid member from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, will be donated to ASME's Scholarship Fund to help qualified student members finance their mechanical engineering education. Recruit more than one new member in order to secure the future of the profession! Read More.