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Manufacturers focus R&D spending on materials technology, experts will tell Turbo Expo crowd
Using ceramics and advanced composite materials in gas turbines is improving aerodynamics and engine efficiencies as well as reducing equipment maintenance costs, according to current and former executives in the power industry who will speak June 6–9 at ASME Turbo Expo 2005 in Reno, Nev.

Symposium attendees learn that U.S. competitiveness lags
Some 175 people attended the ASME-sponsored Engineering R&D Symposium last month in Washington, D.C., to see an impressive group of speakers from government, industry and academia. The symposium was co-sponsored by 16 other scientific and engineering societies.

Microchannels and minichannels conference set for next month
ASME's Third International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels will be held at the University of Toronto June 13–15.

ASME business meeting in Philly
The next ASME business meeting will take place June 14 during the Summer Annual Meeting at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown in Philadelphia.