Multi-society conference to look at energy conversion engineering

ASME and five other engineering organizations will hold the 36th Annual Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference from July 29 to Aug. 2 at the Westin Hotel in Savannah, Ga.

The conference is sponsored by ASME International, as well as by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Nuclear Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

"Energy Technologies Beyond Traditional Boundaries" is the event's theme. It will include more than 40 technical sessions and over 200 technical paper presentations. Areas to be covered during the meeting include aerospace power systems and technologies, conversion technologies, electrochemical technologies, environmental impact, energy systems, policy impact on energy, renewable energy sources and ther-mal management.

The event will also feature six panel sessions, including a plenary session on the morning of July 30 with Rita Bajura and Don McConnell. Bajura, an ASME member, is director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory. McConnell is associate laboratory director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Full conference registration is $460 for ASME members and cooperating societies, $600 for nonmembers. One-day registration is $280 for members, $340 for others.

ASME retired Life Members and nonmember students may register for $25. There is no charge for ASME student members or for guests or spouses of paid registrants. There will be an additional fee of $50 and $20 for on-site full-conference and one-day registrations, respectively.

For more information, visit www. asme.org/conf/iecec01; or call (800) 843-2763 or (973) 882-1167, e-mail: infocentral@asme.org.

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