Steering committee organized to support anti-terrorist effort
The new Homeland Security Steering Committee was formed by the Council on Public Affairs and the Industry Advisory Board at the Summer Annual Meeting in June.

Spruce Goose alights on list of ASME Historic Landmarks
The Howard Hughes Flying Boat, better known as the Spruce Goose, is once again standing before the public in full glory at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Ore.

ASME Turbo Expo in Amsterdam attracts more than 3,000 attendees
The exposition featured 239 booths of gas turbine products and services; the technical Congress had a record 620 refereed papers.

ASME conducting a salary survey
An online salary survey is being conducted of ASME members who are working full-time in the United States for non-government agencies.

Three Honorary Members are named
Three individuals were named Honorary Members of ASME at the Summer Annual Meeting in June.

Scholarship is a product of ASME and Heim Foundation collaboration

The initiative will take the form of a scholarship for a student pursuing a graduate degree in mechanical engineering with career aspirations in the field of space exploration.

Success of first-year-free offer leads to expansion of student program
The overall growth of new student members and their retention have been so high that an ASME program offering first-year-free membership to engineering students has been expanded a second time to include a total of 49 schools.

A century of service
In June, three long-time members of the ASME staff retired, collectively representing more than a century of service.