ASME NEWS Online -- July 2001

The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.20 No.7/July 2001

New institute to expand learning opportunities
The Continuing Education Institute, which opens this month, was created by ASME to better serve the career needs of members and other technical professionals. Read more.

ASME.ORG's new face
Twelve months after ASME.ORG got its first facelift, it's time for another one. The changes that are being made to ASME.ORG reflect a shift toward meeting customer needs and away from the ASME Web site's previous internal, organizational structure. Read More.

Turbo Expo and IJPGC together in the Big Easy
Last month's 46th annual ASME International Gas Turbine Institute's Turbo Expo marked the first time the exposition was co-located with the ASME's International Joint Power Conference. Read More.

Nanotechnology Institute to focus on molecular devices
ASME's Board of Governors has approved Development Funding for a virtual institute — a clearinghouse for the Society's nanotechnology related activities. Read more.

Early bird gets the computer
The reward for paying your ASME dues bill early is the chance to win a custom computer system. Read more.

President Bush's visit is more than a fish tale

When he began work at the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. in 1987, Marshall Kaiser never guessed that he would be guiding the president of the United States around the Safe Harbor hydroelectric power plant. Read more.

Weiblen becomes 120th president
At the President's Dinner last month, new ASME President William A. Weiblen, P.E. sought to position the Society for the challenges of this new century by explaining how its ability to manage change will be the key to its future success. Read more.

Skemp is ASME's president-nominee
At ASME's Summer Annual Meeting in New Orleans last month, the Nominating Committee chose Susan H. Skemp as ASME's president-nominee. Read More.

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