The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.21 No.5/May 2002
New executive director named
Virgil R. Carter, FAIA, will succeed David L. Belden, Ph.D., P.E., as exec-utive director and chief op-erating officer of ASME International. Read more.

Training puts world of Codes and Standards within reach
The launch of 10 courses on ASME Codes in Latin America in the fall is part of an initiative by the Con-tinuing Education Institute to make the code more glo-bally accessible to working engineers. Read More.

ASME to manage technical content of Manufacturing Week
For the first time, ASME will organize and manage the entire technical conference of National Manufacturing Week 2003. Org-anization of the technical portion of the conference is already under way. Potential topic areas include e-manufacturing, nanotechnology and fuel cells. ASME is taking over management of the event's technical content from Reed Exhibition Companies, which will continue to run the Manufacturing Week exhibits. Read more.

June nanotech conference looks at investments and financial opportunities
ASME's Nanotechnology Institute is jointly presenting the conference with NanoSig, a promotional organization for corporations, entrepreneurs, investors, labs and service providers interested in the nanotechnology field. Read more.

Nano conference speakers to focus on applications
Two highly respected scientists will highlight ASME's Integrated Nanosystems 2002: Design, Syn-thesis and Applications confer-ence, from Sept. 18-20 in Berkeley, Calif. Harvard University's George Whitesides and Mildred Dresselhaus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be the keynote speakers at the event. Both keynoters have won the Na-tional Medal of Science. Read more.


If engineers speak, millions will listen
Engineers have begun answering the call to contribute to The Voices of Innovation project, which will begin airing two-minute radio spots about engineering on Public Radio stations in September. Read More.

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