Two top ASME division conferences are combined; AIChE joins

Edison Aulestia
Engineering Programs

For the first time next year, two major ASME conferences are joining forces with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to launch one event.

The 2004 ASME Heat Transfer and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference will represent a combination of ASME's Heat Transfer Summer Conference, ASME's Fluids Engineering Summer Conference and the meeting of the AIChE transport and energy processes
division.

The conferences and divisions will meet under one roof from July 11-15, 2004, at the Westin Charlotte and Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.

ASME's conferences typically address issues facing the aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, energy and nuclear industries, among others.

At the 2004 meeting, the exchange of technical information will occur in the following areas: Energy Systems, Industrial Equipment, Computational and Numerical Methods, Multi-Phase Phenomena, Manufacturing Processes and Instrumentation, Biotechnology, Electronic Systems, Nanotechnology, Theory and Fundamental Research, and Education.

AIChE's concentration is in the areas of energy transport research, energy conversions, heat transfer applications, and emerging technology to develop processes and to design and operate plants to make useful products.

Engineers who are involved in the safe and environmentally sound manufacture, use and disposal of chemical products will be featured during the joint event.

This single, merged event will feature technical presentations, tutorials, workshops, interactive panel discussions and courses. All together, 12 conference tracks and more than 70 sessions will be presented.

These presentations will cover the energy, automotive, aerospace and biotechnology markets. More than 800 research leaders and technical experts will participate as speakers or panelists during the combined conference sessions.

There will be ample opportunities to network with these experts. The event will bring together people from all over the world to gather and exchange information, and to establish business contacts.

Attendees of these conferences and division meetings have historically come from many technical areas and diverse job functions.

Approximately 45 percent of the attendees come from aerospace, automotive and energy industries; 48 percent come from design, product and process engineering, quality, and plant maintenance; 31 percent are in corporate management, consulting and engineering. Seventy percent live in the U.S.; the remaining 30 percent live in a variety of countries.

Companies that are interested in exhibiting products and services should contact Kim Punter at (212) 591-8258.

Details of the ASME Heat Transfer and Fluids Engineering Conference are available at www.asmeconferences.org/HTFED04.

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