American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Washington, D.C., Section

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, September 9, 2008: The National Capital Land Transportation Committee (LTC) will have its next meeting - the guest speaker is John Rhodes, who will speaking about the Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel.
• Thursday, September 11, 2008: ASME Washington DC Embassy Reception at the Embassy of Estonia. For details, please see the August, 2008, Newsletter.

Newsletter

• August, 2008, Newsletter
• Newsletter archive

Design Engineering Division Government Relations Committee

The ASME Design Engineering Division (DED) is seeking an ASME member to serve on its Government Relations Committee. The primary responsibility is to prepare an annual report to the DED on legislation and other government actions that impact mechanical engineers, specifically those in design. Anyone interested should contact Shapour Azarm, the DED Executive Committee chair, at azarm@umd.edu.

Contact Information

• Washington, D.C., Section Executive Committee
• Andrea Gironda, section secretary: agironda@verizon.net or 703-489-9503.

Online Resources from ASME

• ASME.ORG, the home page of ASME International
• ASMENEWS, the Online Newspaper of ASME
• Mechanical Engineering Magazine
• ME Today, for new engineers and engineers 30 and under.
• FasTrack, and online e-zine for young engineers.
• ASME Student Center

Roster of Landmarks

ASME has published an online Roster of Landmarks that includes interesting sites in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Student Chapters

The following student chapters are active in the Washington, D.C., area.

• Catholic University of America
• George Washington University
• Howard University
• University of Maryland

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Visit the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers web site, which describes their activites and has other useful information.