The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.23 No. 11/November 2004
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The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.23 No. 11/November 2004 |
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Road to China paved with opportunity
for ASME ASME's 125th, EWeek celebrated ASME members are making plans to celebrate two significant events next year: ASME's 125th anniversary and Engineers Week, which ASME will co-host with BP p.l.c. Read More. |
ASME Congress panel to discuss challenges facing manufacturing Three panelists will address the challenges facing today's manufacturers from a federal policy perspective. One of those panelists will be Al Frink, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services. Frink and the other speakers at the panel session will provide their own analysis of manufacturing's major hurdles and their professional insights on what policies will work to reinvigorate U.S. manufacturing. Session topics will include this administration's agenda for manufacturing competitiveness, prospects for policy initiatives on Capitol Hill, and proposals for advancing US manufacturing. Read More. |
New board unites
ASME student sections Engineered art goes mainstream
 The computer-controlled water jets that enable a five-minute fountain show outside the Bellagio in Las Vegas were featured in an article that appeared in Mechanical Engineering magazine in July 2001. The article explained the mechanical efforts involved in using fountains to create fluid sculptures and, starting next month, will be used by the Brooklyn Museum in a Web-based pocket PC wireless tour that will be handed out at the visitors' desk. |
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The bonds
between China's engineering community and ASME grew stronger in September
when agreements on joint conferences, a faculty exchange program, and
the training and marketing of the Society's Engineering Management Certification
International became official. While in China to sign two agreements and
two Memoranda of Understanding, ASME's president and executive director
also had discussions with several societies regarding joint membership,
standards harmonization and nanotechnology. 