ASME NEWS Online -- May 2001

The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.20 No.5/May 2001

U.S. faces an energy crisis that may take take decades to fix
Energy policy was the focus of the IAB's spring meeting last month. Murkowski told the IAB that U.S. energy demand has outstripped supply, leading to blackouts in California, and threatening outages in parts of the Northeast this summer. Read more.

Nanotechnology to be
focus of Congress track
Nanotechnology will be an industry track this year during ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in November in New York. Read more.

HPV competition shows teamwork in motion

Eric Wang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada-Reno, has been involved with human powered vehicles since his undergraduate days in the late 1980s. Read More.

Awareness and inventory growing at ASME Digital Store

Since the door to ASME's Digital Store opened in March, 5,600 visits have been made to look at the merchandise — PDF files of more than 400 ASME Codes and Standards that can be purchased by visiting the Society's new Digital Store on ASME.ORG. Read more.

Singapore makes Student Design Competition part of coursework
In September, participation in the Student Design Competition became part of a required course for all mechanical engineering students attending the National University of Singapore — a first for any engineering department anywhere. The course, known as Introduction to Design, is taught by Francis Eng Hock Tay, an assistant professor and a member of ASME. Read More.

Career prospects abound at ASME Turbo Expo/IJPGC next month
ASME's next Career Fair will take place during the Turbo Expo/IJPGC next month in New Orleans. During the one-day event on June 5, reps from major companies will be onsite to talk with mechanical engineers about job opportunities. Read More.

At state, federal levels, ASME keeps the spotlight on K-12 education
Strengthening science, math, engineering and technology (SMET) education in U.S. grades K-12 continues to be the chief concern for ASME members at both the state and national levels, according to a survey of the membership last year. ASME's Board on Government Relations is continuing efforts to bring this issue to the attention of policymakers. Read more.