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ASME's Summer Annual Meeting begins this Saturday,
June 17 (6/15/06)
ASME's Summer Annual Meeting, where
the Society's incoming officers are inaugurated and retiring officers
are acknowledged for their past efforts, is this week. The meeting
will be held in San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel
from June 17–22.
During the Summer Annual Meeting, ASME members convene throughout
the week to nominate next year's officers and to discuss the affairs
of the Society. There are no technical sessions.
The event's Opening Reception takes place on Sunday, June 18, from
6–7 p.m. in Imperial Ballroom A on the hotel's Ballroom Level.
The meeting will also include a new workshop, "Inspire Innovation:
Engineering in the Classroom," on Tuesday, June 20, from 8
a.m. until noon. The workshop, which is funded by the United Engineering
Foundation, was jointly organized by ASME, the American Society
of Civil Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.
To find out more about the Summer Annual Meeting, visit www.asmeconferences.org/sam06.
Member Beth A. Winkelstein honored by ASME for
her contributions to bioengineering
Beth A. Winkelstein, a resident of
Philadelphia and an assistant professor of bioengineering at the
University of Pennsylvania, has been selected as the latest recipient
of ASME's Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award.
Winkelstein, an ASME member since 1997, is being recognized for
outstanding bioengineering research, particularly current efforts
to identify biomechanical determinants for prolonged painful responses.
The award, which was established in 1985, recognizes a young investigator
who is committed to pursuing research in bioengineering and has
demonstrated significant potential to make substantial contributions
to the field of bioengineering. It will be presented to Winkelstein
during the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference to be held on Amelia
Island, Fla., June 21–25.
Winkelstein joined the faculty at Penn in 2002 after completing
a post-doctoral fellowship in the Departments of Anesthesiology
and Pharmacology/Toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover,
N.H. In addition to serving as an assistant professor of bioengineering,
she also holds an appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Her research interests include spine biomechanics, understanding
mechanisms of painful neck injuries, mechanical and cellular mechanisms
of pain onset and persistence, central nervous system neuroimmune
responses of pain, and defining the relationship between tissue
injury mechanics and the physiology of pain. She has published more
than 25 full-length scientific papers, 36 scientific abstracts,
and six book chapters. She has served as primary research mentor
for 27 undergraduate and graduate students, and medical fellows.
Winkelstein has been involved in organizing technical sessions for
Bioengineering Division meetings, and served as chair of the Skeletal
Injury Biomechanics session at the 2003 summer meeting and co-organizer
of the Ph.D. Paper Competition at the 2006 summer meeting. She is
also a reviewer for the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
Register today for the Nano Training Bootcamp
You have less than a month to register
for ASME's Nano Training Bootcamp, which will be held from July
10–14 at the Continuing Education Center at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
The Bootcamp will feature hands-on instruction at a nano fabrication
and characterization facility, plus an optional tour of a particle
technology laboratory. The event is sponsored by Mechanical Engineering
magazine, Small Times Media and Buchanan Ingersoll LLP, with support
from the Minnesota High Tech Association and the National Nanotechnology
Infrastructure Network.
Bootcamp sessions will include "Micro and Nano Fabrication,"
"Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale Physics," "Scanning
Probe Microscopy," "Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy,"
"A Discussion on IP Issues in Nanotech," and "Electronic
Devices."
Other sessions will include "Introduction to Statistical Mechanics,"
"Thermal Properties of Materials," "Soft and Imprint
Lithography," and "Thermoelectric Devices."
Registration for the Nano Bootcamp is $1,595 for members of ASME
and participating professional societies and $1,995 for the general
public. Members of government agencies may attend the Bootcamp for
$995. Students may register for $595.
To register or to find out more about the event, contact ASME Information
Central, (800) 843-2763 or (973) 882-1170, and mention program code
"NB6."
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