The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol. 21 No. 12/December 2002
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The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol. 21 No. 12/December 2002 |
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Protection
against terror hinges on understanding risk, panelists find At
the IAB meeting, U.S. government representatives discuss enhancing security.
From left: Arden L. Bement, Jr., director of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology; James Caverly, deputy director of the Office of Energy Assurance
at the US Department of Energy; Peter Verga, a special assistant for Homeland
Security who directs the Department of Defense Homeland Security Task Force;
and Richard H. Wessman, P.E., director of the Incident Response Operations
at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Read
more.
New career tool for ASME members ASME.ORG's Career Center — an online resource that members can access to post resumes and search job listings, among other benefits — is now sporting some new employment services, courtesy of MyJobCoach Inc., an online Web site that offers career advice and coaching. Read more.
While engineers talk, a growing public listens and learns Every day, on radio stations across the United States, the public is learning about the value of engineering from some of the people most qualified to explain it — mechanical engineers. So far, more than 200 engineers have been interviewed for the new radio program, "Voices of Innovation," which was launched by the American Association of Engineering Societies in the spring to promote the engineering profession. The program runs daily on more than 65 public and commercial radio stations. During the two-minute feature, an engineer tells a story that explores and celebrates the world of engineering. Read more. |
Advances
in fuel cell technology will be subject of meeting in April The power of fuel cells and the capabilities of micro and minichannels will be the focus of a weeklong meeting during April in Rochester, N.Y. The first event of the meeting will be the International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, which is scheduled for April 21-23. Read more. Manual on protecting idled equipment new from ASME Press "Consensus for the Lay-up of Boilers, Turbines, Turbine Condensers and Auxiliary Equipment" is an updated manual for industries that frequently need to idle equipment. Read more.
Anticipation
 As hundreds of spectators looked on, 13 teams put their mechanical engineering abilities to the test during the final chapter of the 2002 ASME Student Design Competition during the Congress. Oregon State University of Corvallis, setting up their device here, won the contest. More on this event and full coverage of the Congress will be in next month's ASME NEWS. |
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