Survey says: Journals, codes and magazine are tops with online visitors
The results from the recent ASME.ORG online survey are in and according to the participants, Journals and Periodicals, Codes and Standards Products, and Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online were cited as their three most-valued sections of ASME's Web site

Former ASME President Nickell among new NAE members
Last month, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) released its list of 64 new members and nine foreign associates. Among the new NAE members were four ASME members, including Robert E. Nickell, a former ASME president and current member of the Mechanical Engineering magazine Editorial Advisory Board.

Deadline for ASME/FIRST scholarship applications extended
ASME members who are planning to nominate a FIRST team member for an ASME Foundation/FIRST Clarke Scholarship have a few extra days to do so.

Wind farm tour energizes ASME Idaho section
More than 200 people — primarily ASME members and their families — took part in a wind farm tour last summer that was sponsored by the ASME Idaho Section. That's an impressive turnout, particularly when you consider that the section usually averages about 225 members.

Aviva Bieler named 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.

E-Library Web quiz ends March 19
If you haven't taken one of the two online quizzes yet, now is the perfect time to do so.

Planned gift from Mary Evans Stowell Thompson to benefit students
Mary Evans Stowell Thompson, one of the founding members of the Archimedes Club, left the ASME Foundation one of the largest gifts it has received to date in order to establish a scholarship fund in her husband's name to benefit mechanical engineering students.

New ASME Press books look at manufacturing engineering, cost-driven design
Manufacturing engineering optimization and cost-driven design are the subjects of two new books that have just been released by ASME Press.