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1 Atlanta Section News October, 2013 Upcoming Event Join the Atlanta ASME Community for a chance to win $50 at our October meeting! 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 Monday October 14 th MaRC Auditorium Georgia Tech 813 Ferst Dr, Atl /2014 Calender 4 Member Profile 5-6 National Events. ASME Section News 1

2 Monthly Speaker. Dr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang Director, Center for Nanostructure Characterization (CNC), Georgia Tech Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Adjunct Professor of Electric and Computer Engineering 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: C h a i r s C o r n e r Wally Houston P.E 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. ASME Section News 2

3 Calendar 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 14-Dec Super Soaker/ Battery Technology PDH Seminar Non Destructive Testing TBD 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 ASME Section News 3

4 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 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. Yogendra Joshi. P.h.D 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. ASME Section News 4

5 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. ASME Section News 5

6 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. ASME Section News 6

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8 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 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 ASME Section News 8

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10 Local Section News Job bulletin board This space is left intentionally for future Job posting. Members are requested to furnish the newsletter editor for openings in their companies or those they found interesting for other members. Intentionally left empty ASME's New York headquarters has moved. Our new address is: Two Park Avenue New York, NY Newsletter Editor: Joy Adjorlolo contact: ASME Atlanta Section, ASME Section News 10