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February Newsletter Read the latest ASME Pittsburgh Newsletter here (in .pdf - may take a moment to load - please be patient) Featured articles include: Download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
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Message from the Chair Dear Members, Whew! This newsletter is a little late, so I apologize for that. However, it gives me a chance to wish all of you well as you dig out from the snowstorm that hit southwestern PA and the mid-Atlantic states. I hope that the disruption to your lives and schedules is not severe, and I hope that all of you are safe and sound. The 2010 Future Cities Competition at the Carnegie Museum was fun and was well attended. Congratulation to this year's overall winner: St. Bede School. Also, congratulations to the winner of the most effective moveable part sponsored by ASME PIttsburgh Section: Fort Cherry Junior / Senior High School. More information about the rest of the winners can be found later in the newsletter. Best wishes are extended to St. Bede School because they now move on to Washington, D.C. for the National Competition that is part of Engineers Week 2010. While St. Bede School won't be here in Pittsburgh for that week, the locals will continue to be active by supporting the 2010 Engineers Week Event at the Carnegie Science Center. We hope that you can take part or at least stop in at the Carnegie Science Center to check out the hard work that went into the displays. Further info about this event can be found on the front page of the newsletter. Just a reminder. If you wish to become involved with the ASME Pittsburgh Section, please contact Ron Kalnas at rskalnas@earthlink.net or any member of the Executive Committee. We look forward to hearing from you! Lastly, on a sad note, I want to note the passing of Board of Directors
Member Thomas (Rip) Curran on January 21, 2010. He was a special person
and was a long-time participant and strong supporter of the ASME. He will
be sorely missed. More at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-curran-rip&pid=138774595
Ron Kalnas ASME Pittsburgh Chair 2009 – 2010 rskalnas@earthlink.net
Your E-Mail Address - The Key to ASME International Did you know that your e-mail address is the key to what's happening at ASME? By providing us with your current e-mail address, you can learn about events taking place in your local section, such as professional development courses, industry tours, section meetings, lectures, networking opportunities, and technical conferences. Updating your e-mail address online only takes a few minutes. To access your membership information, go to www.asme.org. Click on the "Members Only" tab to log onto this site. Be sure to have your member number on hand. After logging on to Members Only, select the "Change of Address and Information" link, located on the upper right-hand side of your screen. From this screen, you will be able to update your primary contact information. So don't miss out on all that ASME has to offer! If you have any questions about your membership information, contact InfoCentral at infocentral@asme.org.
ENGINEERING MENTORS NEEDED Engineering mentors are needed for ChemFest, Future Cities, and National Engineering Week for various projects through the Propel Charter Schools. Your help is greatly appreciated! If you can help these students, please contact the following: Mike Evans Laura Davis Kelly Britcher Pamela Sanders Carol D. Schoemer, Coordinator WE WANT YOUR HELP! ASME Pittsburgh would like your input on future Professional Development Programs that we offer to you, the members of ASME Pittsburgh! So, please take a few minutes and complete the following 7 question survey on possible programs we can offer you at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jJqD8Vo5_2ftNAPblGjXBusA_3d_3d
Notices FIRST Robotic Regional Competition One event in which the ASME Pittsburgh Section is becoming more involved is the FIRST Robotics Competition. The vision of FIRST is best stated by its founder, Dean Kamen: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes." The mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. The competition consists of student teams whose goal is to conceive, manufacture, and demonstrate through competition their robotic solutions to a technical problem. The students are mentored by a team of adults consisting of professionals and technical people. Regional competitions are held that feed into the championship event. This year's championship will be held in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA on April 15-17, 2010. However, to get there, the local team will have to survive the Pittsburgh Regional competition on March 12-13, 2010 at the Petersen Event Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. We hope that you can attend the Regional Competition! For more information about FIRST, please see the website at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/ May Event - Boltech Mannings Tour For tour and sign-up details, see the Upcoming Events Page. June Event - ASME Annual Meeting ASME Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2010 This year's Annual Meeting of the ASME will be held in Pittsburgh, PA at the Omni William Penn Hotel. The planning is in the early stages, so stage tuned for more information as it becomes available. One of the main events during the meeting is the Innovation Showcase (IShow). Student teams are invited to apply for a spot. March 5 is the deadline to apply and participate in the competition, which provides teams of undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to present their innovative product ideas to a panel of experts for an opportunity to win seed money to bring their inventions to market. For more information on the ASME IShow, visit www.asme.org/Communities/Entrepreneur/Innovation_Showcase_IShow.cfm, or contact Patti Jo Snyder, (202) 785-7387, e-mail SnyderP@asme.org.
Future Cities Competition Results The 2009-2010 Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition™ was held on January 16, 2010 at Carnegie Music Hall. Read the results on Page 3 of the February Newsletter.
Upcoming Meetings The next Executive Committee meeting will be Friday, February 12, 2009 at 7:30 AM at Denny's Monroeville. If you wish to attend, please contact Ron Kalnas at (412) 825-8994 or any member of the Executive Committee. See the Calendar page for the year's upcoming programs.
Business Calendar The Pittsburgh Business Calendar publishes a calendar of events for the Pittsburgh business community. Click on the link for the full calendar of events. (http://www.businesscalendar.org/) You can also check out the ESWP techniCALENDAR for upcoming events at: http://www.eswp.com/techniCALENDAR/the_calendar.htm
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ASME International News and Periodicals ME Magazine: http://www.memagazine.org/ ASME News: http://www.asmenews.org/
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Some Technology Humor (true story): A former Canadian defense minister says the answer to concerns about climate change is technology from UFOs. He's demanding that governments worldwide use secret alien technology to replace fossil fuels and save the planet from global warming. Paul Hellyer served in the Canadian cabinet in the sixties. He tells the Ottawa Citizen that governments have alien technology they obtained from the crashes of UFOs. He says those spacecrafts were equipped with advanced fuel sources and propulsion systems that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuel within a generation. Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs! I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !! **ASME's Mechanical Engineering Magazine periodically contains the new supplement Engineering Management. Current and would-be managers can turn to this supplement to pick up some of those skills needed in today's work environment. Go to the links below: July '04: http://www.memagazine.org/emjuly04/index.html November '04: http://www.memagazine.org/emnov04/index.html March '05: http://www.memagazine.org/emmar05/index.html July '05 http://www.memagazine.org/emjuly05/index.html
A new daily public radio program, "Voices of Innovation," launched by the American Association of Engineering Societies with generous support from ASME, features some 200 engineers in 2-minute programs that explore and celebrate the world of engineering. The program began airing in April 2002. To be considered for one of the programs, engineers need to submit a story idea form, which is available at www.voicesofinnovation.org.
E-Mentoring Program to Expand to Young Engineers The success of last year's program and the enthusiastic response of members wanting to become mentors has fueled the expansion of the e-Mentoring program. This program for student members is expanding to include mentoring services for engineers who have recently (5 years or less) graduated from engineering school. Young engineers can now benefit from the career advice of more seasoned engineers in their particular field of interest. Recent graduates may get even more benefit from a mentoring relationship, since they have some experience and may have more specific career questions. How does the program work? Students and young engineers (mentees) seeking a mentor choose from a database of names, which gives information about the mentor's background, experience and engineering specialty. Mentees are then asked to fill out an online application indicating their top three choices for mentors. The mentor requests are evaluated by ASME and matched on a first come, first served basis. Only members are eligible to participate in this program as a mentor or mentee. Anyone wishing to find a mentor or to volunteer to become a mentor for a student or young engineer member should visit the website at www.asme.org/ementoring. Volunteers can choose to mentor a student, a young engineer or both. Questions about the program should be addressed to Deidra Hackley, at hackleyd@asme.org.
Nominations Needed for Young Engineers Award ASME International wants to give $5,000 plus a prepaid life membership to a young ASME member that has done an outstanding job in their profession, community, and the work of ASME. If you know someone who deserves to win this award, please nominate a young engineer for the Old Guard Young Engineers Award today! For more information, visit http://www.asme.org/cma/og/youngengineer.html .
Professional Development Professional Education Courses: Two new products are at the ASME PE and FE Exam Review
Center. New FE Workbook and CD-Rom and the PE Exam Review on DVD Prefer training on CD-Rom? Go to http://www.asme.org/education/disted/computer.htm. New ASME Corporate Online Training Library: Meet all your mechanical engineering training needs in one economical package tailored to your company. Go to http://www.asme.org/education/disted/library.htm. Please continue responding to the online survey at http://www.asme.org/sections/pgh/pdsurvey.html. Future topics will be selected based on member input.
Public Affairs What's going on in Washington D.C.? Visit Government Relations , a weekly review of the latest legislative,regulatory, pollicies, and issues from Washington.
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* SECTION * February 14-20, 2010 March TBD, 2010 March 12-13, 2010 May 19, 2010 June 5-8, 2010 **For more details on these and additional
upcoming events, visit the Upcoming
Events page** Renew your membership? Add your program ideas for next year? Send them to Ron Kalnas. Consider getting involved with any of our activities? There are many ways, such as Industry Relations, Engineer's Week, Science Fair, Awards Banquet, web site, discussion list. Contact Ron Kalnas. Consider signing up to be an e-Mentor? Make sure that your contact information is up to date? We will increasingly use electronic means to contact our members so please be sure your e-mail and fax numbers are accurate. Set up your e-mail alias? You can have a yourname@asme.org address that you can conveniently manage yourself. People will always be able to locate you, regardless of your work situation. Download
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Show your interest in a Professional Development course by taking the survey? Think about articles, tips, brain teasers, news, how-to's, etc. you can contribute to our newsletter? Consider joining the Section e-mail list? Consider getting involved with the Executive Committee? You can get involved in any capacity. If you can contribute only one hour a week, we would be grateful for your time. Contact anyone in the committee.
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