• Akron ASME Student Papers Night
  Thursday, March 13, 2008

Future Meetings and Events

• Wind Technology
  Thursday, March 13, 2008
• Address Energy Concerns with Engineering & Chemistry Approaches
  Thursday, March 20, 2008
• Akron ASME Industry Expo
  Tuesday, April 08, 2008
• A Tour of the City of Orrville's Power Plant
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Please join us at our ASME Akron Section March Member Meeting on March 13th, 2008 at the University of Akron Martin Center as we support our student section members in preparation for the ASME Old Guard Competition against the other schools in our region. As in the past, our local University of Akron student section is in the running for the National Championship among ASME Student Sections. This meeting is always a great opportunity for our Senior Section Members to have input as to which students will represent the University of Akron at the ASME Regional Student Conference. The top finishers locally will compete against over 30 Mechanical Engineering Colleges in our region in the Old Guard Student Technical Papers Competition with the winners competing nationally at the ASME Winter annual Meeting (WAM). Our Akron Student Section has represented our area with national recognition for many years and this meeting will help ensure that this tradition will continue.

We expect University of Akron Mechanical Engineering student presentations on the following topics:

• Design, Manufacture & Testing of a Heated Toilet Seat
• Design of a CNC Foam Cutting Tool
• Design of an Air-Powered Industrial Door

In addition, we have invited the Akron Public Schools Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Pre-Engineering students and instructors from Firestone and Garfield High Schools to come, have dinner with us, and bring their project displays. We may or may not have time for them to "present", in addition to "display", depending upon the number and time duration of the University presentations (which necessarily take precedence, since those students will be preparing for ASME regional competition, and we need to give them input).

From Garfield, we might hear "Engineering Problems for the 21st Century". From Firestone, it might be "Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Potential for Oil Eating Bacteria" (static display only), "Incorporation of Sodium Benzoate into green anti-fouling ship coatings" (static display and possible presentation), "Using sunflowers to reclaim land contaminated with heavy metals" (static display and possible presentation).

Please come enjoy the evening with us!

ASME CAM Section Dinner Meeting-March Program

Creation of electrical energy from Wind has become a significant portion of energy portfolios for man of the electric producers, municipalities, and countries around the world. The development of wind turbines to perform this task as optimally as possble has become the focus of inventors, universities, research centers, and major corporations all around the world. The turbines are taking on colossal proportions, and as they grow larger by the year in mega-watt production, swept area,a nd height, the wind farmers who purchase and use these machines expect them to provide low cost electron production and with high reliaility. Many of the wintage designs have ended with high cost failures early in the life of the turbine, destroying the financial payback; so the race is on to discover the optimum wind turbine design that will make the production of electricty from wind as competitive as possible. This presentation will present some of these latest developments in wind tubine architecture, and will also present some of the latest bearing and power transmission products under development at the Timken Company, aimed at improving the performance and reliability of these mega-machines.

Presented by Dr. Steven Chuang

A Joint meeting of ACESS member societies

The American Chemical Society, Akron Section
Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies

The Akron ASME Industry Expo is our April ASME Meeting organized to highlight our local industry. It is the time for networking, socializing and fun.

This meeting brings together our sponsors, local industry representatives, our Akron Section ASME members, ASME members of other sections, members of other technical societies, and technical students from local colleges.

Industry representatives will showcase their products and capabilities in an informal trade show type environment to the approximately 120 engineers and students from our area. This is a great way to make contacts, and you may solve your technical challenges. Engineering, Manufacturing, and Support companies will be present.

The Akron Section will introduce the incoming board members who will serve you during the 2008-2009 year. Meet the people who work to provide the services of the section. Talk to the board members about how the Akron Section may serve you. Suggest a meeting topic you may want to here about, a company the membership may tour, or a lecture you or your company may desire. Be sure to give at least one board member your E-mail address to be assured you remain well informed. The Akron Section is here to support you.

Catch-up with members you haven't seen for a while. Our April meeting bringing industry, members and students together is a proven success. This is always one of our most heavily attended meetings. Enjoy a dinner provided by the section with cooperation of Industry.

The Akron Section thanks all the companies who are supporting our section now and throughout the past.

1. Limited to first fifty (50) people to reserve.
2. Must pre-register by deadline below. No "walk-in's" permitted.
3. Not handicapped-accessible.
4. Minimum of 18 years of age.
5. No open-toed shoes or sandals. This is a coal-fired power plant. Despite the plant's attention to reasonable cleanliness, it is an intrinsically dirty environment. So, please wear old clothes that can be easily washed.
6. The noise level in the power plant is very loud. Ear plugs will be issued.

Orrville has been generating electricity since 1917. Today, Orrville has 4 operating boilers: two stokers, a Riley and a Babcock & Wilcox, and 2 pulverized coal units by Combustion Engineering. The Babcock & Wilcox boiler was built in 1957 and is capable of producing 160,000 lbs. of steam per hour. There are three operating generators: a 1960 Allis Chalmers 22 MVA unit, and two 1940 Westinghouse 31.25 MVA units.

For your own safety, and for the safety of power plant personnel, please observe the following:

1. Do not enter any area marked off with yellow caution tape.
2. Do not touch any equipment unless expressly permitted to do so.
3. Hard hats and safety glasses are required, and will be issued for the tour. If you wear prescription glasses, please ensure that they are safety rated or can accommodate safety glasses to be placed over them.