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Tom Loughlin
Selected ASME Executive Director (3/18/08)
The Board of Governors of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) named Thomas G. Loughlin
the Society’s next executive director. Loughlin, ASME’s
deputy executive director and second assistant treasurer, will succeed
current executive director Virgil R. Carter, who will retire on
July 2.
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Thomas G. Loughlin
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Loughlin, 46, joined the ASME staff in 1993 as director of Member
Services. In that role, he supervised such membership growth and
retention programs as Member Get a Member, the Automatic Student
Upgrade, the Financial Passport, and the Online Jobs Database.
In 1997 Loughlin was promoted to managing director of Member Affairs,
where he oversaw the initiatives of ASME’s membership departments,
including Member Services, and Regional Operations. Three years
later, as managing director of Special Projects, Loughlin supervised
the Society’s e-commerce activity, including the launch of
ASME’s online Digital Store.
From 2001–2005 Loughlin served as managing director of Engineering.
Noteworthy, in this role, he helped with ASME’s Continuity
and Change reorganization initiative, which involved an assessment
of the Society that contributed to a new organizational design.
In 2005 Loughlin was promoted to his current position as deputy
executive director. In this role, Loughlin helps manage the Balanced
Scorecard system, which addresses the Society’s strategic and
operational goals. Additionally, he manages ASME’s Engineering
& Technology Enterprise area, which includes ASME’s cornerstone
sectors of Knowledge & Community, Institutes, Codes & Standards,
and Centers.
Loughlin, a certified association executive, received his bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College in 1983.
He holds five U.S. patents, and was named winner of the American
Society of Association Executive’s Keystone Award for Excellence
in Membership. In addition to his work with ASME, Loughlin is also
active in a number of organizations including the American Society
of Association Executives, the Council on Engineering & Scientific
Executives, the National Outdoor Leadership School, the New York
Society of Association Executives, and Engineers Without Borders.
Loughlin, who lives in New Jersey, is married and has two daughters.
ASME Convenes Global Summit on Engineering’s
Future
ASME is holding a Global Summit on
the Future of Engineering from April 16–18 in Washington, D.C.
The two-day meeting, which is by invitation only, is designed to
engage global engineering community leaders in a dialogue about
trends and issues likely to shape mechanical engineering over the
next 20 years.
ASME is inviting engineering leaders from around the world to help
articulate a global vision for the future of mechanical engineering.
The Summit, which will take place at the National Academy of Sciences
in Washington, is also expected to provide attendees with insight
into ASME’s vision, mission, strategic planning, and its membership.
Scheduled speakers for the event include James Johnson Duderstadt
of the University of Michigan; Deborah L. Grubbe, vice president
of process safety for BP plc; M.J. Prieto Laffargue, former executive
vice president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations;
Rohit Talwar, award-winning futurist, entrepreneur and advisor;
Charles M. Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering
and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Miguel Angel Yadarola from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina;
and L.U. Yongxiang, vice-chairman of the National People’s
Congress and president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A Summit meeting report will be developed for distribution after
the Summit.
For more information on the Global Summit, visit
www.asmeconferences.org/asmeglobalsummit/
index.cfm.
Deadline for the ASME Auxiliary-FIRST Clarke
Scholarship is March 20
The deadline to submit nominations
for this year's ASME Auxiliary-FIRST Clarke Scholarships is March
20. The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who
are active in the FIRST Robotics Competition and who plan to enroll
full-time in an ABET-accredited mechanical engineering program in
fall 2008.
The program is intended to recognize and reward students whose FIRST
experience has inspired an interest in pursuing an engineering career.
The ASME Foundation and the Auxiliary will award a total of 10 $5,000
scholarships to high school seniors who are active on FIRST teams.
Candidates for the scholarship are nominated by ASME members, ASME
Auxiliary members, or student members who are also active with FIRST.
These scholarships cover the first year of study in an accredited
mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology program.
Winners will be announced at the FIRST National Championship, to
be held April 17–19 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
To find out more about the ASME Auxiliary-FIRST Clarke Scholarship,
or to nominate a student for the award, visit www.asme.org/Education/College/FinancialAid/
Auxiliary_FIRST_Clarke.cfm.
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