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ASME Section News 1
January, 2014
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E
1 E V E N T
2 November Speaker/chairs corner
3 E-Week program
4-5 Developing Delivery Drones
6 7-12
Events in picture
National Events.
Upcoming Events
Atlanta Section News
Drone image: Amazon.com
Developing Delivery Drones
Full Story on Page: 4.
Program of
activity on
page 3
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ASME Section News 2
rian Moore is a Principal Engineer at Georgia Power’s Forest Park Repair Shop with 11
years of experience. Before joining Georgia Power, Brain worked as Engineer, Quality
Manager, and Production Manager at Tampa Armature Works and Co-Op Engineer at
Progress Energy, which is now Duke Energy. He obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Florida and is a registered Professional Engineering in the state
of Georgia. Brain is a contributing author to numerous Large Electric Motors Users Group
(LEMUG) Applications Working Group Specifications, including being an author on the Electrical
Apparatus Service Association’s (EASA) Technical Services Committee.
Wally Houston P.E
This Month Speaker
Ch a i r s C o r n e r
Hello fellow members,
Hope everyone is safe and ready for some fun after the
dangerous snow and cold days…..
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ASME Section News 3
February 22th, 2014:
E-Week Event: Behind the Scenes tour of Gwinnett Arena and a
Gwinnett Gladiators Hockey Game
Join your ASME section in celebrating Engineer's Week with a
behind-the-scenes tour of Gwinnett Arena and a Gwinnett Gladiators hockey
game on Saturday, February 22, 2014.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased via ASME-Atlanta’s NEW
registration site
Registration closes (Feb. 13th, at 12PM ET)
When: Saturday, 22th February 2014, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Schedule breakup:
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Sign in
5:30 PM - 6:05 PM Behind the scenes tour of Gwinnett Arena
6:05 PM - 7:05 PM Social hour (dinner on your own)
7:05 PM - 9:00 PM Hockey Game
Where: Gwinnett Arena
Please park at Gwinnett Arena, located at
6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy
Duluth, GA 30097
https://maps.google.com/?q=6400+Sugarloaf+Pkwy+Duluth+GA+30097
Who should attend?
All are welcome so bring your family, friends, and anyone who wants to have fun celebrating E-Week!
E-Week 2014
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ASME Section News 4
Developing Delivery Drones January 2014
Drone image: Amazon.com
The swarm is coming. Thousands of insectoid, robotic, autonomous drones will soon fill our skies. But
instead of working en masse in some search-and-rescue operation, chasing down some otherwise
inaccessible enemy, or spying on previously remote hideouts, they’ll be heightening the world’s got-to-have-
it-now consumerism, hauling individual packages through the air from warehouse to doorstep.
In early December, a 60 Minutes feature on Amazon unveiled the company’s plans to deliver by drone. The
clip showed yellow boxes sliding down a conveyor belt into the ready clutches of an octocopter, which then
took off with a whine and a buzz, flew over fields to a comely neighborhood, descended to a driveway,
relinquished the package, and took off again. CEO Jeff Bezos suggested that real customers could be
receiving goods with such a service in five years or so.
While the news stoked anti-drone fires in various states (including Deer Trail, CO, the citizens of which are
soon to vote on whether or not to issue drone hunting licenses), those in the flying robotics community were
simply stoked.
“It’s similar to the venture that Google is making toward autonomous cars—a big company throwing a lot of
resources at solving a problem that’s been stewing around in the academic research community for a decade or two,”
says Matthew Spenko, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology who’s
designed his own crash-proof quadrotor. With all that stewing, those researchers have a pretty good bead on what
problems lie ahead for Amazon. “We can control these quadrotors in well controlled environments, we can do the
visual processing,” says Spenko. “It’s there, we can do it. But it’s going to take an engineering effort.”
Much of that effort is likely to come from the robotics company Kiva Systems, North Reading, MA, which
Amazon bought for $775 million last year. One of its co-founders, Raffaello D’Andrea, is a professor who
has pioneered what might be called aerobatic robotics. Days after the 60 Minutes piece aired, Kiva released a
video showing how their quadcopters can remain airborne after one of its propellers becomes inoperable.
D’Andrea says that safety is of the “utmost importance.”
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ASME Section News 5
Smart Software
The push for safety, and feasibility, and actuality, will
have little to do with hardware development. With off-the-
shelf systems (available through Amazon, of course),
amateur enthusiasts can already fly, spy, and land similar
quadrotors. “That’s the easy part,” says Spenko. “The hard
part is going to be the autonomy.” A robot trying to get to
a destination and back has to do all the things usually left
to humans. That means reading a map, adjusting for wind
and weather, making detours where necessary, dodging
moving objects.
“The software needs to be smart enough to say, ‘Hey this is a tree, this is a wire’—these are hard problems,”
says Ashutosh Saxena, a professor of computer science at Cornell who’s managed to make an autonomous
quadrotor that can navigate stairs indoors. “If you are trying to fly, and it’s fall and leaves are on the ground,
how would you figure out that it’s not trees on the ground, that it’s on the ground and you can land on it?”
asks Saxena.
Urban Setting
In a world where robots routinely catch balls hurled at them, the problem may seem entirely surmountable.
But as you move from clean controlled labs to busy ever-changing city streets, things get thornier. “People
on the street are not yellow objects,” says Saxena. “They look very different from each other, they don’t
follow Newtonian physics, they stoop and turn and jump randomly—that’s why people bump into each
other. How you see the environment and then take action, avoiding people, and try to fly in a busy street or
crowded city is more of a perception problem.” And it’s not likely to be solved with more power, faster
processors, or better sensors. It’s just a matter of making the robots smarter. “They can start deliveries in a
few places, but as soon as they extend to larger scenarios it’s not possible to make such programs. The
software isn’t capable yet.”
A shift from the idyllic, uncluttered suburbia featured in their video clip to the urban centers that contain the
vast number of customers Amazon hopes to reach by drone may require solutions beyond the technology.
“I’m thinking about the street that I live on,” says Spenko of his home in Chicago. “It very different from the
street in the Amazon video. We’re very tied together, with small landing areas, all sorts of urban canyons
where GPS would presumably die out. A four story duplex—I don’t think you could fly close to that.” To
get to such a home with current technological capabilities will mean altering laws and expectations. Perhaps
the drones will be allowed to land on rooftops, or, as one of Spenko’s students suggested, they could hitch
rides on local transportation and take to the air for a final short leg of their journey.
However tricky the hoops and hurdles the company will have to fly through and over, they’re not likely to
stymie the project. “Building up the whole system is a significant challenge,” says Saxena. “But these giants
like Amazon are good at doing that.”
Michael Abrams is an independent writer
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ASME Section News 6
Some Pictures from our Events
RuthAnn Bigley, from ASME, talked to attendees
about ASME.org, scholarships for students and she
distributed a survey for Members. — at Georgia
Institute of Technology.
Chair, Wally Houston, announces upcoming Section
opportunities. — at Georgia Institute of Technology.
TOP:
Camilo Aladro is the Product Manager
for the Industrial Division at Tekscan. He
specializes in tactile pressure measurement
for manufacturing, R&D, and quality
assurance. — at Georgia Institute of
Technology.
LEFT:
Connie Rimes (left), Director, presents
Camilo Aladro with a plaque in
appreciation for giving tonight's technical
presentation. — at Georgia Institute of
Technology.
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ASME Section News 7
Let’s Work Together for a Better ASME!
The engineering profession is changing in response to an increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Increased
technological opportunities and changing global demographics have transformed not only the way people interact with
information, association, and each other, but also what those relationships mean to them. Traditional modes of society
operation no longer adequately address these emerging needs and shifting expectations. To remain competitive and relevant,
and to preclude becoming obsolete, ASME must change to meet the challenges of this rapidly changing world.
ASME’s Board of Governors has adopted Pathway 2025, which represents a significant paradigm shift for the organization.
Key elements of Pathway 2025 are:
A unified Society brand (One ASME)
Increased strategic analysis to decide how to best use your limited resources
Minimization of risk to the Society
To align with Pathway 2025 and thereby support the Society’s direction, ASME needs to change. We need to better align the
strengths of our volunteers, staff, and other participants to improve existing products and programs, and create new
opportunities for engagement with interested people around the world.
What does this mean for you?
A brand new Sector will be formed, with the goal of providing subject matter and market expertise in developing new
products, improving existing content, and looking at new and better ways of delivering content.
All Sections are encouraged to increase their engagement on ASME.org, and will be offered new opportunities to
engage with programs, products, and services across ASME.
Instead of operating in silos, individuals and groups will be at the center of the new organization, and will clearly see
how they support One ASME. A flatter structure will provide more direct pathways for engagement, as well as an
increased understanding of ASME resources, products, and services.
To learn more, join the One ASME Group on ASME.org, or send your questions to [email protected].
Lead Today!! Shape Tomorrow!!
Run for ASME Office!
The 2014 Nominating Committee is seeking highly
qualified leaders to become ASME Society Officers.
Selection for the open positions below will take place
at the Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon from
June 8 – 10, 2014.
President (1)
Members-at-Large, Board of Governor (3)
Vice President of Education (1)
Vice President of Safety Codes and Standards (1)
Vice President of Conformity Assessment (1)
Vice President of International Gas Turbine Institute (1)
Vice President of Programs and Activities (1)
Vice President of Technical Communities (1)
Contact ASME Staff, RuthAnn Bigley, at
[email protected] for more information.
Don’t delay, run for office today!
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.
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ASME Section News 8
Come to Turbo Expo 2014, in Germany!
Now in its 59th year, ASME Turbo Expo is recognized as the must attend event for turbomachinery professionals. The
technical conference has a well-earned reputation for bringing together the best and brightest experts from around the world to
share the latest in turbine technology, research and development, and application in the following topic areas: gas turbines,
steam turbines, wind turbines, fans & blowers, solar brayton & rankine cycle and supercritical CO2. Turbo Expo offers
unrivalled networking opportunities with a dedicated and diverse trade show floor. The 3-day exhibition attracts the industry's
leading professionals and key decision makers, whose innovation and expertise are helping to shape the future of the
turbomachinery industry.
Plan now to join 3,000 gas turbine colleagues from around the world at ASME TURBO EXPO, ASME's premier gas turbine
technical congress and exposition, set for June 16-20, 2014, in Düsseldorf, at the CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf.
Turbo Expo 2014 highlights include:
A five-day Technical Congress that sets the world standard for gas turbine technology events
A three-day, premium exhibition of gas turbine products and services supported by leading companies in the industry
A dynamic keynote session featuring prominent industry leaders
A value-packed registration package that includes proceedings, access to all activities and abundant networking
opportunities, including receptions and daily lunches
In-depth workshops providing fundamental study on career development
Why YOU Should Come to Düsseldorf: Networking, Leading R&D, Industry Leaders, Targeted Leads, Fundamental Training,
High ROI, Career Development, Practical Application.
For more information, visit: http://www.asmeconferences.org/TE2014/
New for Turbo Expo 2014: Student Poster Session!
The ASME International Gas Turbine Institute is announcing the first ever Student Poster Session to take place at ASME
Turbo Expo 2014. Undergraduate and graduate/PhD students are invited to participate by submitting a poster for display in the
ASME Turbo Expo 2014 Exhibit Hall. A €500 check (approx. $822) will be awarded to the best poster in the undergraduate
student category and the graduate/PhD student category. All posters will be reviewed and approved through an abstract
submission process.
Poster Abstracts due March 1, 2014
Be sure to mark your calendars for the abstract deadline of March 1, 2014. More details regarding the submission requirements
will be coming soon. Please monitor the go.asme.org/IGTI website for upcoming announcements regarding the new Student
Poster Session. All students interested must be prepared to submit a short biography and verification of enrollment at their
University.
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ASME Section News 9
The ASME Digital Collection, now hosted on the
state-of-the-art Silverchair SCM6 online platform,
reflects ASME’s tradition of engineering excellence. It
is an authoritative, subscription based online reference
resource that spans the entire knowledge spectrum of
interest to the mechanical engineer and related
technical research communities. ASME’s Journals,
Conference Publications, and eBooks provide quality,
peer-reviewed engineering information. Users of The
ASME Digital Collection will benefit from:
New Taxonomy
Full Text and Taxonomic Search
New Topical Collections
Improved Usability, Information Discovery
and Ease of Reading
Enhanced Content Display and Tools
Personalization Capabilities
Mobile Optimization for All Web-Enabled
Phones and Tablets
Visit the ASME Digital Collection for all of your
mechanical engineering research needs.
http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
ASME Mentoring Program
Get valuable career advice from a mechanical
engineering professional!
The ASME Mentoring Program is designed to provide
rewarding experiences that both mentor and mentee can learn
and grow from. This is a unique opportunity for you to get
career-guiding advice from an engineering professional with
broader experience or more advanced skills. Benefit and
learn from their real-life expertise, while sharing your own
valuable insight and perspective!
Participating in the program is easy with our Web-based
platform, made available through a partnership with
WisdomShare™. Our targeted matching system will pair you
with someone who can provide anything from general advice
and a fresh point-of-view, to help identifying the right training
or niche in mechanical engineering, or even assistance with
finding a non-traditional career path.
The valuable insight you can gain by participating in the
ASME Mentoring Program can have a positive impact on
your career for years to come!
If you are ready for a most rewarding experience, please go
to: http://go.asme.org/mentoring to become an ASME
Mentor or Mentee.
Liberty Mutual offers discounts for auto and home insurance to ASME Members
Attention Members: Now you can get a special discounted rate on Auto and Home Insurance from a trusted Fortune
100 company. Find out more about this special member benefit from Liberty Mutual. Call 800-835-0894 or visit
www.libertymutual.com/asme. Please identify yourself as a member of ASME, group #113931.
Discounts and savings are available where state laws and regulations allow, and may vary by state. To the extent
permitted by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify.
In addition local Liberty Mutual representatives are also available to partner with ASME sections/chapters to
present the benefit program at section/chapter meetings, to offer programming such as defensive driving or to
sponsor local events. If you would like to be connected with your local Liberty Mutual representative, please
contact Susanne Prosser at 212-591-7040 or [email protected] at any time.
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ASME Section News 10
Benefit Spotlight: DEMAND Magazine Completes a Banner Year for New Benefits!
Dear Members, Happy New Year!
As I look forward to the coming year, I can’t help but reflect on how 2013 was a banner year for new ASME Member benefits,
culminating in the launch of ASME’s new DEMAND magazine! But first, here are just a few of the highlights of an exceptional
year:
In January, Mechanical Engineering, ASME’s award winning flagship monthly magazine was completely re-designed
and refocused with more interesting technical content, new authors and perspectives, enhanced interactivity and much
more. This exciting redesign has positioned ME as an essential resource for the next generation of mechanical engineers.
In February, we brought you ASME SmartBrief, a free daily e-newsletter delivering the latest engineering news stories in
an easy-to-read digest format. Response to ASME SmartBrief has been overwhelmingly positive, with more than 26,000
members subscribing to this invaluable news resource so far, with more signing-up every day.
In May, we launched Phase 2 of ASME.org, offering state-of-the-art social networking features designed to help you
connect, collaborate and share knowledge with other engineering professionals around the globe.
And today, ASME has another exciting new benefit that I’m very excited to share with you…
Introducing DEMAND, ASME Global Development Review, created and published in collaboration with Mechanical
Engineering magazine with reporting from Engineering for Change (EngineeringForChange.org). From the Publisher: DEMAND brings readers a unique mix of case studies, stories and original reports from contributing authors
that are leaders in their fields, adept at combining engineering rigor and practical experience. The premier issue tackles thematic
areas in global development such as energy, health and sanitation and includes applications from product design and technical
performance to distribution and evaluation modeling.
“This is a unique publication. We are shooting for the best of both worlds: DEMAND has a peer review component as well as a
general-interest editor’s touch. We hope that the content is inviting to readers who are involved in the developing world space
and also to those who are interested in the topics.
John Falcioni, DEMAND's Editorial Director and Editor in Chief of Mechanical Engineering Magazine.
“I am an ASME member and just read the 1st issue of DEMAND. Nicely done! The articles are clearly and relatively engagingly
written and have enough meat to be thought provoking.”
Drew Kissinger, ASME Member since 2000
In addition to the print edition that was shipped to you along with ME magazine, DEMAND is available for download as a free
application for Android tablets and the iPad. The app expands on the print version with additional content and sharp, interactive
graphics. We also invite you to visit DEMAND online at http://go.asme.org/DEMAND and join the conversation on the topics you
read about in the issue.
Warmest regards,
Mike Michael Kreisberg
Director, ASME Membership Development
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ASME Section News 13
Local Section News Job bulletin board
Mechanical Engineer, Alpharetta, GA:
We are seeking to hire a Mechanical Engineer (Design Engineer) with 5- 10 years of experience that will
be working as part of an interdisciplinary design team, carrying out the mechanical design of custom LCD
display modules. Areas of focus for this Mechanical Engineer will be concept creation, mechanical design
and documentation using Pro-Engineer Creo & Windchill, electronic packaging, thermal design and
analysis of cooling solutions, structural analysis, design for manufacturability and serviceability, BOM
creation, and manufacturing support. The Mechanical Engineer works in close collaboration with other
engineers (electrical, optical, systems, software, industrial), program managers, manufacturing associates,
and the executive staff to deliver cutting-edge products according to accelerated schedules. The work
environment is hands-on, dynamic, and fast-paced --- taking full advantage of a wide array of fabrication
and manufacturing capabilities existing under one roof. Experience with Pro-E (Creo), Windchill, EFD,
FEMAP are all a plus. BSME required. MSME is a plus.
Thermal Fluid Analysis-EFD experience and FEA analysis-FEMAP experience are both a big plus.
Intralink is the Pro-E cad library they are using—if the candidate is familiar with it, that would be another
plus. The ideal candidate would have some kind of sheet metal design experience, but they are open to
meeting candidates with other types of design experience. Candidate resumes should definitely show clearly
any of the above mentioned experience/knowledge.
This manufacturer has a high energy environment and they need a well-rounded Engineer who will get
involved (and not just want to sit in a cubicle and do their job.) Interaction with the VP of Engineering and
the Owner is very common.
Salary range is generally $60K to $75K/year or $27 to $35/hour, depending on candidate’s experience
(prefer 5 to 10 years of experience.) The pay ranges are flexible.
Hours-Regular 8 – 5, M-Fri with overtime occasionally.
Alpharetta, Georgia
Celeste Hoff, TSC, CSP Technical Recruiter
Selectek, Inc.
675 Mansell Road, Ste. 250
Roswell, GA 30076
o: 678-802-6618
f: 678-551-6528
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ASME Section News 14
ASME's New York headquarters has moved.
Our new address is:
Two Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
Newsletter Editor: Joy Adjorlolo
contact:
6782376458
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