The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol.27 No.9/September 2008




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Help Shape the Future of ASME
A proxy ballot, included in this month’s issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine, will let you to vote for the next ASME president as well as 10 other Society officers. Read more.

ASME Rock Band Debuts in Boston
Visitor to the Congress will get to witness the debut of a new rock band comprised of ASME volunteers and staff. Read more.
• New Seminar at Bioprocess Puerto Rico
• DAG Applications Due Nov. 10
• ‘Greater Good’ Campaign Launched
Grove City Team Hits the “Streets”
Members of the 2008 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge team from Grove City College in Pennsylvania represented ASME at the Summer Streets event in New York on Aug. 23. The program, which took place on three Saturdays last month, was described by its organizers as “part bike tour, part block party” and was conceived as a way to give residents “unprecedented access to the streets for exercise and exploration.”

Congress Features 450 Sessions
The meeting will take place from Oct. 31–Nov.6 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers and the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center.
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New Codes, Pubs, Events and Programs:
• NEW A17 FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS CD ROM
• ASME PRESS NEW RELEASES
• SEE MORE OF WHAT'S NEW AT ASME
'08 WISE Intern
Marc Santos, who served in Washington, D.C., as this summer’s WISE intern, authored an in-depth paper on energy and climate change. Read more.

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