The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol. 22 No. 5/May 2003


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Steam plant designated a landmark
Eddystone Station Unit #1 — a 325-megawatt, pulverized-coal-fired plant that pushed the technology of steam-electric generating plants — will become an ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark this month. The steam plant was the second U.S. steam-electric generating unit designed for the high temperatures and pressures of supercritical steam. Read more.

Engineers' role in Homeland Security to be eyed at Congress
The keynote session at the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition will address the role that engineers can play in enabling countries to establish and maintain a national level of homeland security. Read more.

Conference focuses on trends in nano engineering, commercialization
Advances and applications for nanotechnology in healthcare, fluidics and wireless communication are a few of the topics that will be covered during a conference at NYU's Stern School of Business in June. The meeting, ASME's Second Annual Nano Engineering and Investing Trends Conference, is being organized by the Society's Nanotechnology Institute in conjunction with NYU's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Read more.
ASME Fellows assume
key posts at NRC and NSF

Two members of ASME International have been named to leadership positions at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the National Science Foundation. Read more.

Advisor to Bush addresses IAB
ASME's Industry Advisory Board wrapped up its spring meeting on April 10 in Washington, D.C., where the group members had gathered to discuss "Technology Mining for Competitive Advantage." The keynote speech was delivered by John H. Marburger, III, who serves as President Bush's science advisor. Read more.

Five workshops will jump start ASME's Turbo Expo
and IJPGC events in Atlanta

Five workshops will be offered before ASME Turbo Expo and the International Joint Power Generation Conference get underway at Atlanta in June. The workshops will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 15 at the Omni Hotel. Read more.
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