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ASME Section News 1
October, 2013
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E
1 E V E N T
2 October Speaker/chairs corner
3 2013/2014 Calender
4 Member Profile
5-6 National Events.
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2013-6:00-9:00PM
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Monthly Speaker.
Dr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang received his PhD from Arizona State University in transmission electron
microscopy. He now is the Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering, Regents' Professor,
Engineering Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Nanostructure Characterization, at Georgia
Tech. Dr. Wang has made original and innovative contributions to the synthesis, discovery, characterization
and understanding of fundamental physical properties of oxide nanobelts and nanowires, as well as
applications of nanowires in energy sciences, electronics, optoelectronics and biological science. His
discovery and breakthroughs in developing nanogenerators establish the principle and technological road
map for harvesting mechanical energy from environment and biological systems for powering a personal
electronics. Details can be found at: http://www.nanoscience.gatech.edu/
Director, Center for Nanostructure
Characterization (CNC), Georgia Tech
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry,
Adjunct Professor of Electric and Computer
Engineering
Wally Houston P.E
Dr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang
Ch a i r s C o r n e r
Hello,
Welcome back from the Summer Holidays, hope you all had a good time, I
am glad to be the new chair and hope we bring you exciting activities this
year. The EC had several meetings to plan activities and tours for the New
Year, hope you enjoy all the fun and learn something new from our monthly
speakers.
I call on all members to sign up for a profile on ASME dot org and join the
Atlanta section, group.
Wally Houston
Chair
ASME- S e t t i n g t h e S t a n d a r d .
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Date Topic
Speaker
9-Sep Aerodynamics of Curve Ball Dr. LeRoy Alaway
14-Oct Nanotechnology Research Dr. Zhong Lin (Z.L.)
Wang
11-Nov Automation/Robotics and Food Processing TBD
9-Dec Super Soaker/ Battery Technology TBD
14-Dec PDH Seminar Non –Destructive Testing
Various, TBD
13-Jan Thin Film Tactile Pressure Camilo Aladro
Measurement System
10-Feb NDE Testing George Connolly
22-Feb Social event Gwinnett Gladiators
14-Mar Applied Technology Yamaha Engineer
Engineering at Yamaha
April Spsu Advances in 3D Printing
TBD
May Award Program
TBD
2013-2014 Calendar
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The editor: What is EPPD and how relevant is this division to our present
world?
Dr. Joshi: EPPD is Electronic &Photonic Packaging Division of ASME, has
been around for the past 20-25 years, and seeks to establish a harmonized
relationship between the use and research into Photonic packaging. As we
move to a new era in packaging and smart devices we are looking more into the
use of electronics and photonic technology in our designs.
The editor: What are your primary responsibilities as EPPD Chair? What are
some of the challenges that you see down the road as Chair of EPPD?
Dr. Joshi: Just like any other Divisions of ASME, the EPPD has a 5 member Executive Committee which
oversees the affairs of the Division with specific roles, the chair of the Division is responsible to monitoring
and controlling the day to day activities of the Division including but not limited to:
Prioritizing duties and activities.
Coordinate with the central sources of ASME on budgeting and financial activities.
Increase the membership base of the Divisions through seminars and conferences for both students
and graduates, just like what we just did with ASME Atlanta Section.
Develop mode linkages with other Divisions e.g. Applied Mechanics and Heat transfer Divisions for
joint activities.
International outreach.
Some of the challenges we have faced is how to start and continue growth in student’s participation, graduate
engineers and industrial participation.
The Editor: who is also the Section Advisor for the University of Mines in Tarkwa, Ghana, asked Dr. Joshi
how he can help increase membership in the University in Ghana.
Yogendra Joshi. P.h.D
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Dr. Joshi: The starting point in getting students involved is letting them select EPP Division as their
Technical Division when they are signing up for ASME, Once that is done a whole lot of opportunities will be
available, scholarships, mentorship, leadership experience, etc.
The editor: How can a member of ASME benefit from EPPD / what roles can one play?
Dr. Joshi: There are a lot of benefits in terms of students participation in EPPD,
organizational involvement of students include taking up roles in the Division to
increase the students organizational skills, and also roles in helping other students.
We have regular meetings at the IMECE where we discuss new developments in
heat transfer and other developments in this respect.
Technically students get the opportunity to present papers at our meeting during the
IMECE, they also get the chance to interrupt with engineers and build relationship
in mentorship.
The editor: How can industries in and around Atlanta benefit from EPPD? What
kind of industries? Can you name a few businesses?
Dr. Joshi: The vast amount of knowledge and research work by some of our
members can go a long way in helping industries to come out with new products
and it will help them implement cost effective models since research has been done
already. The interbank conference jointly organized by EPPD and IEEE is a
platform for industries to display their products and equally get suggestions from
members. Our Divisions work is directly related to companies that deal more into
electronics: cell phone, relays, microelectronics industries, space craft designs and
packaging companies.
Businesses like IBM, HP, GE, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens.
The editor: It is a great honor for our section to have you (one of the section
members) as an ASME Division Chair. How can the section help you in achieving
your objectives as EPPD Chair?
Dr. Joshi: Thank You, I have been hearing about ASME Atlanta Section but
haven’t had the chance to meet up the challenge, Just like what you allowed me to
do today I am really honored with the participation, regular platform to disseminate
the information about EPPD to increase membership.
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The editor: What does ASME mean to you? How long have you been associated with ASME? Were you a
member of ASME as a student? Where?
Dr. Joshi: ASME is one of the largest Engineering Society and I am very happy to be part of it, I have been a
member of ASME since my master’s degree level over 30 years now.
The editor: What other ASME positions have you held?
Dr. Joshi: I have been the Editor for the EPPD Journal for some time, Asst. Editor for the heat transfer
Division Newsletter.
The editor: Please list any ASME award recognition that you have received?
Dr. Joshi: Some of the ASME awards I received are the: ASME life time award, ASME Heat transfer Society
award.
It’s been a pleasure interviewing with you Dr. Joshi and I really appreciate your time and
answers, on behalf of ASME Atlanta Section I wish you all the best in your position.
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The Engineering for Change Webinar Series provides the
opportunity to learn from and interact with creative thinkers and
leaders who are developing new technologies and initiatives that
contribute to solving global development and humanitarian
engineering problems. This live, interactive, monthly series
promotes emerging ideas and connects a community of passionate
engineers who want to improve quality of life around the world. Attending is easy and free: register at least one hour before
each webinar and you’ll receive a participant link prior to the event. Can’t attend? View previously recorded webinars
online and on E4C’s YouTube channel. Visit www.engineeringforchange-webinars.org to learn more and register for the
next live event.
The ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems will be
held September 16-18, 2013 in Snowbird, Utah.
Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems by definition are intelligent, flexible systems that have
sentience and responsiveness to ever changing environments. The field has rapidly matured due to
synergistic interdisciplinary efforts across sectors of universities, government and industry. To continue the
high impact growth of this field and lead it into the future, the purpose of this conference is to assemble
world experts across engineering and scientific disciplines (mechanical, aerospace, electrical, materials, and
civil engineering, biology, physics chemistry, etc.) to actively discuss the latest breakthroughs in smart
materials, the cutting edge in adaptive structure applications and the recent advances in both new device
technologies and basic engineering research exploration.
To meet this goal, the conference is divided into symposia broadly ranging from basic research to applied
technological design and development to industrial and governmental integrated system and application
demonstrations. The symposia specifically are:
SYMP 1 Development and Characterization of Multifunctional Materials
SYMP 2 Mechanics & Behavior of Active Materials
SYMP 3 Modeling, Simulation and Control of Adaptive Systems
SYMP 4 Integrated System Design and Implementation
SYMP 5 Structural Health Monitoring
SYMP 6 Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems
SYMP 7 Energy Harvesting
SYMP 8 Student and Young Professional Development
For more information, see http://www.asmeconferences.org/smasis2013/
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