Focus on early career engineers

Benedict Bahner
ASME News Online

CHICAGO — More than 70 students and young engineers took part in the two-day Early Career Forum held here during ASME's International Congress and Exposition last month.

The forum featured a keynote speech, "Leaders and Their Teachable Points of View," by Joseph Ahearn, senior vice president of technical service provider CH2M HILL, and the workshop "Envisioning the Future of Engineering," by Todd Allen, manager of international internship programs at Johnson & Johnson.

The two-day Early Career Forum featured a keynote, a workshop and several panel sessions.

The forum also included a panel discussion, "What Can I Do With My Engineering Degree," featuring panelists Larry Dickinson, Jeff Dinski, and Laura Wojcik, plus, on the following day, four panel sessions covering management skills, global competitiveness, engineering advocacy and the future of engineering.

Two visitors to the Congress's first Career Fair take a look at what NASA is offering.

More than 250 early career engineers attended the Congress's first-ever Career Fair, where they were given the opportunity to meet industry representatives and discuss opportunities at their companies, other career issues, and new technologies. Attendees also had the opportunity to meet with recruiters from area graduate schools as well as representatives from other engineering organizations. Career Fair exhibitors included Boeing, GE, NASA, ThomasNet.com and Toyota.

back to news & features