Upcoming Event

• The State of ASME
  Thursday, November 13, 2008

Newsletter Contents

• Chair's Corner
• Akron ASME Newsletter
• ASME Member Donations
• Akron ASME speakers needed in high schools
• ACESS Honors and Awards Banquet

Joint meeting with ASME-CAM

Want to know what is going on at the National and District level of ASME? Want to know what is new in ASME? Come join us at the 356th Fighter Group on November 13th for a joint meeting between the CAM and Akron Sections to get the answers. Tom Davis, our District Leader, will let us know what is happening at the national level (directions, priorities, activities, etc.) and within District B (Section activities, Student Section activities, etc.), as well as plans for the future of District B. This is your opportunity to hear firsthand what is happening within ASME and what it means to you. Tom will also be asking for your ideas to help make District B better and provide you with more value for your membership.

Hello! Welcome back from the Summer Break. I hope everyone had a good summer. I look forward continuing our Akron Section, ASME history of good activities, with meetings, tours, and seminars that interest you, our members. Your suggestions are needed, as we go forward, planning activities for the 2008-2009 year ahead.

Our next activity will be Thur., Sept. 4th, Akron/CAM ASME Sopwith Triplane MAPS mtg. It should be a really interesting program! In October, we will have a dinner / tour, at Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland, Thurs. Oct. 16th. It should be an enjoyable evening, with discussions on Veggie Powered Vehicles, Recycling, Energy Designs for buildings and how GLBC has put those "Green" ideas into practice.

My aim is to make your membership in ASME, and Akron Section in particular, as rewarding as possible, with these goals in mind:

• Activities & Tours that are FUN & INTERESTING.
• Opportunities to meet other Engineers & like minded folks, for networking, and building relationships.
• Strengthening the links between the Akron Univ. Student Section ASME with our Senior Section ASME.
• A place to get CPD hours, for maintaining your PE license.

Please call or e-mail me, or others on our board, with YOUR ideas, for meetings, tours, and topics for training.

Thanks!

Mark Burrows
2008-2009 Section Chair, Akron ASME
burrowsm2@asme.org
330-208-5737 (cell)
330-342-0899 (home)

As you probably know by now, due to cost considerations, Akron ASME has had to stop mailing hardcopy newsletters. So, it becomes increasingly important that we have a correct email address for you.

If we have an incorrect email address for you and you have not received an email notice regarding our newsletter, please email Matt Pruszynski at matt@americashobbyhouse.com with your correct email address. You will get periodic notices from him announcing:

1. upcoming events;
2. updating of our Akron ASME website;
3. posting of our updated newsletter to that website as an Adobe Acrobat *.pdf for your viewing, printing, and/or download.

Please let me (Brent Sisler, 330-836-9238 or marybrentsisler@cs.com) know if this does not work for you. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we move to this new paperless regime.

Thank you to all of the Akron ASME members who donated to our Section by selecting the "Local Section" suggested (voluntary) contribution when renewing their 2007-2008 ASME membership. These donations are very much appreciated!!

The Akron Section of ASME is about to begin a project to put engineers in contact with area high school students. A need that has been made known to us is that the amount of graduating high-school students going on to study science and engineering is down in the Akron area.

Akron ASME is attempting to develop a pool of engineers that would be willing and able to go to a school for anywhere from a half hour to a couple of hours, based on their schedule, and speak to high school classes. The format is anything from an informal talk with a science classroom to a PowerPoint presentation to a group of students enrolled in science classes.

We have a new "What is a Mechanical Engineer?" brochure from national ASME that makes such a visit very easy for someone willing to go into the schools. We have hundreds of copies on hand, ready to give to you. We have it as a *.pdf, too, if you'd like to take a look.

If you would be interested in getting involved with this program and helping educate students about science and engineering fields, please contact Cara Adams at caraadams302@yahoo.com.

Thanks for considering it!