Congress 2005 coverage:

• President discusses ASME's new business model during State of Society Address
In his State of the Society speech, ASME President Richard E. (Gene) Feigel said the work of reorganizing the Society remains an ongoing process, but that ASME's finances have shown an early improvement.

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• Engineers honored for outstanding achievements
At a 90-minute Honors Assembly, 10 top honorees, including the president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co. and a former White House chief of staff, received awards.

• Society ponders its role during emergencies
In light of recent natural disasters and various acts of terrorism throughout the world, a special session was convened here during the Society's annual Congress and Exposition aimed at identifying ideas for the role ASME should play when such tragic instances occur.

• New Orleans team takes top honors at Student Design Competition
The design challenge for this year's ASME Student Design Competition was to build a bulk material transporter that could travel up and down a set of stairs and deliver the most rice into a container within 10 minutes' time.

Diversity Forum focuses on engineering education
The forum, sponsored by ASME's Center for Leadership and Diversity, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers, marked the third Congress diversity forum in as many years.

Deadlines for two Old Guard contests fall in March
Two competitions for young practicing engineers, both sponsored by the ASME Old Guard Committee, have deadlines of March 1, 2006.

Standard for portable power tools is updated
An updated version of the B107.4 standard for portable power tools is now available from ASME Codes and Standards.

Three new ASME Press books offer problem-solving, technical writing guidance
Three new publications from ASME Press focus on subjects ranging from solving technical engineering problems to writing technical reports.