Buying products online is
now faster
Last month, improved programming and implementation of a new server
enabled ASME to decrease the time it takes to search for documents by
3,000 percent.
ASME expands its role in movement
toward global homeland security
As the issue of homeland security has become a global concern, ASME
is expanding its role in enabling homeland security to embrace other
countries where maintaining similar concerns is a priority.
Industry asks for a code to guide
3-D modeling; ASME answers
ASME's Codes and Standards Department is getting ready to release a
new standard, which will be the first global guide to modeling on computer
in 3-D.
ASME urges DOD to increase funding
In a statement to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee
on Defense, Dennis Achgill, vice president of ASME's Board on Government
Relations, urged setting aside 3 percent of the total DOD budget for
the department's core Science and Technology programs in fiscal year
2004.
Society offers its members a
tool to protect them against identity theft
The Federal Bureau of Investigation cites identity theft as the fastest-growing
white-collar crime in the United States.
FIRST challenges inventiveness
Hundreds of ASME member supported the four-month annual event.
East meets West in 2003 HPV
The HPV challenge involves teams competing in several events while scoring
points along the way.
Video
explains how to communicate successfully with legislators
The dos and don'ts that will lead to effective communication with legislators
are outlined in a tape that was produced by ASME's Government Relations
Department.
Scholarship is planned in memory
of ASME Fellow William (Doc) Cooper
ASME is exploring the creation of a one-time scholarship to honor William
Eugene (Doc) Cooper, 79, an ASME Fellow who was active in Codes and
Standards for many years. He died in April in Lexington, Mass., where
he lived.
Techniques for heat exchangers
"Heat Exchanger Engineering Techniques: Process, Air Conditioning
and Electronic Systems" addresses criteria for units that must
be built, assembled, shipped, and installed.
ASME division offers guidance
on design for application of international standard to ball and roller
bearings
A design guide prepared by the ASME Tribology Division's Technical Committee
is currently available.