Electricity surrounds 2002 Congress, jolting attendance to a five-year high
The debut of the newly launched R&D Expo attracted a record number of people to the exhibit hall in the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

Nano Institute invites extended participation
The institute plans to organize committees that will concentrate on different aspects of the nanotechnology field.

Early detection, diagnosis is a new health benefit available to members
ASME is now offering members and their extended family affordable and painless health screenings that can help determine who is at risk for life-threatening vascular diseases.

Enhanced Fellow nomination process is streamlined to hasten approval
Eleven categories were consolidated into nine categories to assist the initiators in clarifying significant engineering achievement for their Fellow candidates.

ASME Code interpretations available online
ASME has contracted with several vendors to offer searchable online databases of interpretations of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

ASME member appointed to a new national biomedical advisory council
Frank C.P. Yin, an ASME Fellow, is one of 10 engineers and scientists who accepted appointments to serve on the council. NACBIB meets for the first time later this month.

To recognize achievement, nominations are needed
Each year ASME honors the members of the engineering profession by bestowing as many as 64 awards for distinguished achievement.