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Engineers to address Hurricane Katrina and the future of New Orleans
In the wake of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a professor of mechanical engineering at Tulane University does not want the disastrous event to slip from the national consciousness.

Executive Director's term extended
Late last month, the ASME Board of Governors voted to extend the employment agreement of Executive Director Virgil R. Carter through July 2, 2008. This is the date Carter has announced as his retirement from association management.

ASME Fellow Charles Vest named sole candidate for NAE presidency
Vest is a mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the school's president emeritus. He is also a Fellow of ASME.

Congressional briefing focuses on need for more women in the STEM workforce
On Sept. 26, ASME's Center for Public Awareness and Center for Leadership and Diversity co-sponsored a Congressional briefing convened by the Society of Women Engineers on the need for more women and diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

New leadership opportunity for early career engineers
The ECLIPSE (Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering) initiative is a new leadership development opportunity for ASME members who have served in the workforce for three to 10 years since receiving their engineering degrees.

The 'Generous Nation' campaign and the ASME Foundation
Last month, the Advertising Council, well known for its pro bono campaigns for nonprofit causes, launched a "Generous Nation" campaign to stimulate giving to favorite charities.