Aviva Bieler named ASME's New Face of Engineering for 2007

ASME member Aviva T. Bieler, a mechanical engineer at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has been selected by ASME as its representative for the 2007 New Faces of Engineering program. The 15 engineering societies and organizations sponsoring the program announced their picks during Engineers Week 2007, which occurred Feb. 18–24.

Aviva T. Bieler, ASME's New Face of Engineering for 2007

New Faces of Engineering is an international recognition project intended to promote the accomplishments and contributions of young engineers, 30 years of age or younger, while creating awareness of the resulting impact that engineers have on our daily lives. Bieler and the 14 other New Faces representatives were featured in a full-page ad in USA Today that ran during Engineers Week.

Each year, nominations are submitted by the sponsoring societies and government agencies of Engineers Week to recognize outstanding engineering talent and achievement. Bieler, a resident of New York City, was selected from a group of four ASME New Faces finalists who were nominated to represent the Society in 2007.

After graduating from Cooper Union in 2002, Bieler has worked for the Port Authority as an associate engineer developing air-conditioning and smoke control systems for the station platforms at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. She is also currently involved with the design of the tunnel ventilation system for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) line.

Bieler has also given back to the community by participating in the Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Mentor program. Created in 1994 to introduce high school students to career opportunities in industry, Bieler shares her enthusiasm for design engineering by serving as a team leader to students of the ACE chapter in Newark, N.J.

Among other community activities she also helps coordinate events for "Introduce a Girl to Engineering," an Engineers Week program that is designed to create awareness of the many career opportunities women can have in the engineering and technology professions.

ASME is a member of the Engineers Week steering committee and served as co-chair of E-Week 2005.

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