President-elect Shoup focuses on philanthropy with a planned gift to the Society
The Archimedes Club provides recognition to friends of ASME who have made a planned gift to the ASME Foundation.

Applications for Strategic Priorities Grants due next month
The purpose of the new fund is to ensure that ASME has consistent annual new program development.

EWeek co-chairs hold Congressional briefing
ASME, through its partnership with the Society of Women Engineers, assisted in the development of the content for the briefing as well as logistics for the session, which took place on Feb. 21.

ASME.ORG now powered by Vivísimo search engine
Last month, ASME launched its new search engine, which uses Vivísimo Velocity as its enterprise search platform.

Deadlines approach for ASME award nominations
The winners of 11 ASME awards will be determined in the coming months.

RPI's Shirley Ann Jackson receives ASME President's Award
The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and current president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received the prestigious ASME President's Award during a ceremony on March 1.

Distinguished ASME member wins award to pursue research in Germany
Gary Koopmann, an ASME Fellow who served on the editorial staff of the Society's Applied Mechanics Reviews for six years, has received the Humboldt Award for Senior US Scientists honoring lifelong scientific achievement.