ASME contingent to visit Argentina this month

A cross-departmental team of Society staff members — representing areas including ASME Codes and Standards, Continuing Education, Engineering Management Certification, and Education — will head south to Argentina later this month to spread the word about ASME products and services to representatives from Latin and South American industry, academia and government.

The group — Amy Bentow and Tom Perry from ASME Education, Michael Michaud and John Milian from Institutes, Jackie Oppenheim from Continuing Education, James Ramirez from Codes and Standards, and Heather Santa Maria from Engineering Management Certification — will be traveling to Buenos Aires from Oct. 22–26.

The contingent will visit Centro Argentino de Ingeniería in Buenos Aires, where they will meet with the Argentinian delegation to discuss the country's participation in ASME code development activities, the creation of a Codes and Standards Delegate Program and International Interest Review Group (IIRG), the Committee on ASME C&S in Spanish, and other ASME Codes and Standards activities in South America, according to James Ramirez, manager, Codes and Standards Technology Development.

Part of the visit will also focus on ASME Global Training initiatives, covering such topics as how the Latin American Global Provider structure for ASME Continuing Education Institute programs works, who the Global Providers are and which geographic areas they cover, and who the authorized CEI instructors are in those areas and what they teach.

Members of the international Global Providers network expected to attend include Maria Isabel Barrios, Peru; Carlos Lasarte, Venezuela; Omar Linares, Bolivia; Dennis Mora, Costa Rica; and Miller Rodriguez, Colombia. Also invited are Marcelo D. Fernández and Guillermo LeFosse of Argentina, and Jesus Esquivel and Ruben Rollino of Mexico.

Other continuing education-related discussions will address introducing Spanish-language versions of ASME courses, including the Engineering Management Certification International (EMCI) examination training classes. EMCI, a certification program for assessing and guaranteeing competence in engineering management, was established in conjunction with ASME, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

"We want to concentrate on getting the Global Providers together to talk about the logistics and rollout of the new EMCI courses to prepare for the EMCI exam," said Jackie Oppenheim, director for ASME Continuing Education. "So now, the whole package — the EMCI exam, the EMCI Body of Knowledge, and the study courses — will be available in Spanish."

Tom Perry, director, Education and Professional Development, said the group will also meet with university leaders from Argentina to discuss topics such as establishing a department heads network in Latin and South America, the Human Powered Vehicle Competition that was just launched in Venezuela, and their participation in the upcoming Mechanical Engineering Education department heads conference, to be held next April in Galveston, Texas.

For more information on the EMCI program, visit www.engineeringcertification.org/About/EMCI.cfm.

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