CE Tooling is a hidden treasure of high-tech manufacturing located right here in the Las Vegas Valley.  They make tools and  accessories for other industrial manufacturer’s around the world.  This tour will be a great way to gain new insight into several metal working operations you have probably never seen in person.  The highlight of the tour will probably be their Wire and Sinker EDM machines – very cool tech.  Of course they also have one of the largest machine shops in Nevada to go along with their numerous EDM’s.

RSVP is not required, but please send a message to Bill Bruninga (bill@adv-en.com) if you intend to attend to help us get a general head count. Guests are welcome and encouraged.

- Another exciting event here in Southern Nevada brought to you by the ASME Silver State Section.

“I am proud to be a member of ASME because the society provides a wealth of knowledge and opportunities for professional growth in every field of the engineering and scientific world. It gives us the opportunity to explore modern tools that were not available when we, the wiser/mature guys and girls, graduated university, allowing us to re-map our dreams and careers to modern, actual goals.” — Iris Florea, ASME Member since 1997

Dear Members,                                                                                                                   

I don’t know about you, but the older I get the more I want to know.  Every day I find myself asking questions about an increasing variety of subjects, and I feel fortunate that I have the internet to help with the answers. Sometimes I wonder if the internet is the impetus for my intellectual curiosity, or just the tool that lets me satisfy my need to learn more.  It’s a bit like the age old chicken and egg question, so I suppose I’ll never really know that answer!

If you share my desire for knowledge transfer and continuous learning, ASME is a virtual treasure trove of technical information – and we stand at the ready to pass along this wisdom to our members and the global mechanical engineering community.  ASME provides a multitude of webinars, podcasts, online courses and other on-demand learning opportunities for our members – many of which are available at no cost. Here are just a few of our free upcoming programs and resources (click each headline to learn more):

Emerging Technology Webinars. Each month, ASME delivers a free webinar on a different emerging technology topic. The next webinar is on April 3^rd titled “Energy-Water Nexus of Transportation”. http://www.asme.org/products/courses/the-energy-water-nexus-of-transportation—webinar

Nanotechnology Education Series. ASME’s highly popular nanotechnology education series of podcasts are available for download anytime, 24/7. http://nano.asme.org

Standards and Certification Courses. Interested in learning more about the standards and certification process?  ASME offers a free self-study Assessment Based Course which is designed to be taken at your convenience, whenever your schedule allows. http://www.asme.org/products/courses/asme-standards

Mechanical Engineering magazine webinars. Moderated by Editor-in-Chief John Falcioni, ME magazine hosts a series of live webinars on a variety of subjects. The recently conducted March 2012 webinar “Conjugating Heat Transfer Simulations” is available for download for the next 90 days.

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Embedded ASME Podcasts. ASME.org features free embedded podcasts that you can listen to directly from the web – no need to download!  This month’s feature is from the bioengineering field and is titled “Using Microfluidics to Diagnose HIV.” http://www.asme.org/kb/news—articles/media/2012/03/podcast-microfluidics-health-hiv-diagnostic-device

To find out more about these webinars and podcasts or to learn about other ASME offerings, please visit www.asme.org and start exploring today. The site has been fully redesigned and includes a sophisticated search function to help you find just what you need, right when you need it!

As always, thank you for your continued loyalty to ASME and for your support of the engineering profession. Please feel free to drop me a line at membership@asme.org and let me know how we can enhance your experience. I hope you’ll agree that ASME Membership is more important than ever to your professional career.

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 and other advice from an engineering professional with broader experience or more advanced skills. Benefit and learn from your Mentor’s 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 based on your personal preferences with a Mentor who can provide anything from general advice to a fresh point-of-view. Someone who can help identify the right training or niche in mechanical engineering, or even assist 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 and your life for years to come!

If you are ready for a most rewarding experience, please see: http://go.asme.org/mentoring  to become an ASME Mentor or Mentee.

Early Career Technical Conference
The Twelfth Annual Technical Conference ECTC 2012

November 2-3, 2012
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In today’s competitive engineering job market, in keeping with ASME’s mission of “promoting and enhancing the technical competency,” ECTC 2012 is a forum for enabling early-career engineers, graduate and undergraduate students to develop their “technical credentials” in line with their choice of engineering discipline.

ECTC 2012 helps develop written and verbal skills, teamwork, integrated thinking, and interdisciplinary skills with demonstrated technical performance to stand out among their peers.

Recognizing today’s Engineering Market Place and the impact of globalization, ECTC 2012 would be open to allied disciplines that overlap with Mechanical Engineering. For more information, see http://districts.asme.org/DistrictF/ECTC/.

There is no charge to attend the ASME 2012 Annual Meeting. See:
http://events.asme.org/AnnualMeeting12/Registration.cfm