ASME Congress to Feature Engineering for Global Development Keynote and Forum

ASME Congress to Feature Engineering for international Development Keynote and Forum ASME Congress to Feature Engineering for Global Development Keynote and Forum ASME Congress to Feature Engineering for Global Development Keynote and ForumOver the past several years, the engineering of affordable, appropriate and sustainable solutions for the developing world - or Engineering for Global Development (EGD) - has become a critical area of concern for both the engineering profession and for ASME. From co-founding the Engineering for Change partnership to establishing an EGD programs area within the Society, ASME is committed to fostering the research and collaboration necessary to improve the quality of life in the worlds poorest communities. For that reason, Engineering for Global Development has been selected as the theme of the 2014 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Montreal, Canada. The 2014 Congress will take place from Nov. 14-20 at the Pala is des Congres convention center in downtown Montreal. The Congress will feature a full day of EGD-related programming on Monday, Nov. 17, starting with a special opening session and keynote that will lead into a three-part EGD Forum continuing throughout the afternoon. The opening session keynote, which will be presented as part of ASMEs successful Decision Point Dialogue series, will feature social entrepreneurs and representatives from industry and academia discussing the various issues associated with bringing appropriate technologies to underserved communities - and the crucial role engineers play in this process. The session will address such topics as economic trends in emerging markets, funding mechanisms in social ventures, engineering rigor within the user-centric design process, and cultivating partnerships with industry. John Hockenberry will be the moderator for the Engineering for Global Development opening keynote session at the 2014 Congress in Mon treal. Panelists for this special keynote session, to take place from 800 a.m.-930 a.m., will include Paul Polak, founder and chief executive officer of Windhorse International and Paul Polak Enterprises Bryan Willson, hochschulprof of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, founder of the universitys Engines and Energy Conversion Lab and co-director of the Energy Institute and Shyam Rajan, chief technology officer for GE Healthcare India. The keynote will be moderated by award-winning journalist John Hockenberry, host of National Public Radios The Takeaway, as well as the moderator for second ASME Decision Point Dialogues event that took place in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. A continental breakfast will be served prior to the opening session, from 730 a.m.-800 a.m. The EGD Forum, encompassing three informative sessions for those who would like to learn more on the topic, will follow the keynote session. The Forum sessions are intended to dig deeper into topics introduced during the keynote session using case studies and discussions that illustrate the basic concepts of global development, including the user-centric design process, cultural challenges, field testing of working prototypes, and the critical roles academia, industry and local communities play in ensuring success in the EGD space. The first session, Case Studies in Global Development from 945 p.m.-1130 a.m., will cover EGDs opportunities for the entrepreneur, the positive social impact engineers can make in the developing world, and first-hand accounts of what to expect when bringing technologies to these emerging markets. Lyle Ruppert, principal systems engineer at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., will join panelists from the breakfast keynote as a presenter for this session. (From left) Paul Polak of Windhorse International and Paul Polak Enterprises, Shyam Rajan from GE Healthcare, and Bryan Willson of Colorado State University will be the p anelists for the Congress keynote session, which will be presented as part of the ASME Decision Point Dialogues series. From 100 p.m.-245 p.m., a second Forum session, The Rise of Research in Engineering for Global Development, will focus on the research being conducted at universities and the need for more researchers and students to get involved in EGD. The speakers at this session - including Amos Winter, assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2010 ASME Innovation Showcase, Nathan Johnson, assistant professor at Arizona State University, Benjamin Linder, associate professor at Olin College, and Annica Wayman, program manager at the United States Agency for International Development - will discuss the ever-evolving design process, educational models, EGD curriculum development, their personal successes and failures, as well as the need for larger research grants and better funding mechanisms to ensure the progress of EGD. Closing out the day will be the Aligning Global Development with an Academic Career session, which will offer academic administrators the opportunity to discuss EGDs growing interest within the millennial generation, its role and value within academia, and how to establish the tenure track to encourage more researchers to pursue EGD. Among the speakers at this session, which will be presented in a town hall format from 300 p.m.-445 p.m., will be Gary Dirks, professor at Arizona State University and director of the universitys Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Gang Chen, professor and head of MITs department of mechanical engineering and William J. Wepfer, Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. School Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech and ASME senior vice president, Public Affairs and Outreach. For more details on the Engineering for Global Development sessions and the rest of the 2014 ASME Congress program, visit asmeconferences.org/Congress2014. For information on registration rat es and to register, visit asmeconferences.org/Congress2014/ConfRegistration.cfm.

August 2018 Jobs Report Summary

August 2018 Jobs Report SummaryAugust 2018 Jobs Report SummaryEmployers added 201,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That marks the 95th consecutive month of job growth in the United States. Job gains have totaled more than 1.6 million so far this year, and they have averaged 185,000 per month over the past three months.These sectors added the fruchtwein jobs in AugustEducation and health services 53,000 jobs addedProfessional and business services 53,000 jobs addedConstruction 23,000 jobs addedWholesale trade 22,400 jobs addedTransportation and warehousing 20,200 jobs addedAugust unemployment rateThe unemployment rate held steady in August, at 3.9 percent. The unemployment rate for college-degreed workers who are 25 or older - the most in-demand group of professionals - edged down slightly to 2.1 percent from 2.2 percent in July.What employers need to knowIn this job market, employers need to do all they can to speed the time to hire, or they ma y struggle to staff open roles. research shows that 57 percent of job seekers lose interest in a position when the hiring process takes too long.Salary negotiation is often one of the biggest drags on getting a candidate to sign on the dotted line. So, you must be well-prepared to enter behauptung discussions with potential hires and quickly reach a fair deal that leaves you both feeling satisfied.Expect in-demand talent to come to the table ready to talk numbers with you. Use resources like Robert Halfs annual Salary Guides to make sure youre aware of the current pay range for a particular position in your city. The guides can also help you determine when you need to sweeten the deal to account for hard-to-find skills or certifications.While youre at it, consider reviewing the salaries for your existing staff A survey by found that almost half of U.S. workers feel they are underpaid. You dont want to risk losing valued team members, many of whom no doubt recognize that they have op tions in the current hiring environment.GET YOUR GUIDEWhat job seekers need to knowIf you have in-demand skills and experience, the current hiring market is probably brimming with job opportunities for you. The BLS reports that, at the end of June, more than 6.7 million jobs in the United States were waiting to be filled. Employers are having a hard time finding enough skilled talent to hire.Because of these dynamics, you may find youre in the drivers seat when you enter salary negotiations with a potential employer. Dont hesitate to push your advantage. But keep in mind that youll be much more successful at getting what you want from these discussions if you come prepared. Take time to research current and emerging salary trends for your job, skills and local area. (Robert Halfs Salary Calculator is a great tool to get that process started.)CALCULATE YOUR SALARYAlso, read up on salary negotiation tips. Here are two quick onesBe honest about your needs and expectations.And be willin g to state a specific number or range.These strategies will help you and the hiring manager to figure out quickly if youre on the same page - or if you can eventually get there. If not, you can both decide whether it makes sense to keep moving forward with the hiring process.

My Engineers Notebook Hope Duntoye

My Engineers Notebook Hope Duntoye My Engineers Notebook Hope Duntoye My Engineers Notebook Hope DuntoyeHope Duntoye, an ASME member from Lagos, Nigeria, has nine years of experience in various industries, with more than fur of those years spent in the energy sector. As an assistant consultant at the Lagos office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), he consulted for industry clients on performance improvement as well as systems and process assurance services. Hope joined Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria in Port Harcurt in November 2011 as a production engineer. In July 2014, he welches transferred to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. in Lagos, where he currently works as a mechanical supervisor on the Bonga floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility. As mechanical supervisor, Hope leads a team that ensures the maintenance integrity and reliability of the facilitys turbines, pumps, compressors, gas engines, heat exchangers and other mecha nical equipment. He was a member of the 2014-2015 class of the ASME Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE), and was selected by ASME to attend the ASME Leadership Training Conference in St. Louis in 2013 as an early career delegate. Hope received a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Lagos in Nigeria in 2006, and is currently completing work on an M.B.A. at Robert Gordon University in Scotland.Hope DuntoyeWhats inside your engineers notebook?My engineers notebook contains the various challenges concerning mechanical equipment and process reliability Ive encountered on the FPSO. It contains new things I learn on a daily grund about overcoming the challenges of oil and gas production in the deepwater environment. It also contains some leadership tips I pick up on a daily basis from my discussions with top management staff in Shell.Whose notebook would you most like to peek into? Why?There are a lot of great achievers whose n otebooks I would like to see, but I choose Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton for now. I consider them to be the greatest scientists of all time and would really want to understand how they put their ideas to paper. I want to understand what inspired them and how some of their theories really started out. I would want to see the great work of these people in its original form.How and when did you know you wanted to become an engineer?I started feeling that I wanted to become an engineer when I was young I just didnt think I would become a mechanical engineer. I have always loved mathematics from primary school days and I always excelled in it. One day I spoke to my parents and grandmother about my love for road construction and I was told that the people constructing them were civil engineers. So I felt I wanted to be one. I also liked taking apart and trying to fix our electronics when I was young. Some I could fix, some other I spoilt completely. So, I then thought I would like to study electrical and electronics engineering. In my senior secondary school days, I started learning about other science courses like physics. Eventually, I chose to study mechanical engineering at one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, the University of Lagos.ASME Past President Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb (right) and 2014-2015 ASME Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE) intern Hope Duntoye at the 2014 ASME Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore.Whats the most exciting project youve ever worked on?An exciting project for me was leading more than 20 colleagues to carry out root cause analysis (RCA) on a failed electric heater bundle in a non-associated gas plant. The RCA was able to identify the root causes of the failure and adequate solutions were proposed and implemented. This was important because the heater bundle was part of a glycol regeneration process in the plant. If glycol is not regenerated because of the failed heater bundle, it will bec ome uneconomical to treat the gas. And if the gas is not treated, it will lead to gas deferment or asset integrity damage to the pipeline transporting the gas. Any disruption of gas production would have a negative impact on the Nigerian economy, as oil and gas currently accounts for more than 90 percent of Nigerias export revenue.What do you think youd be doing if you hadnt become an engineer?I started out my career consulting for PwC, one of the Big 4 professional services firms, where I acquired a detailed understanding of processes by providing performance improvement services and systems and process assurance services to top industry clients. So, if I werent working as an engineer today, I would be happy providing professional services such as management consulting or systems and process assurance.Whats your favorite activity when youre not working?I think its very important to continue learning and acquiring knowledge. So when Im not working, Im probably studying or reading t rying to get a better understanding of things. I also love driving, swimming and playing the piano.Was there a book or a movie that piqued your interest in science or inspired you to become an engineer?There really wasnt any movie or book that piqued my interest in engineering. But after I started studying engineering in the university, I saw a movie titled 21, and loved the way some simple concepts in science were discussed in it. I also saw the movie 3 Idiots after school and again liked how the conventional way of studying engineering was challenged in it.Hope Duntoye presenting a mini-talk to early career engineers at the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Montreal, Canada.Who are your heroes, either within the engineering profession or in the rest of your life?My late brother will always be my hero. Although our parents are still alive, he played the fatherly role in order to ease the burden on our parents. He was a trusted, selfless perso n who I wish had lived longer. He was deeply religious, and was moral, diligent and caring. He encouraged me to take my studies seriously since I was young. God used him and my parents to motivate me to be where I am today.Whats the most meaningful or rewarding aspect of being connected to engineering?One of my lecturers would always say, When a doctor prescribes the wrong drug, one person dies. But if an engineer builds a failed bridge, hundreds of people will likely die from the collapse depending on the size and location of the bridge. The most meaningful aspect of being connected to engineering is that we pragmatically apply scientific theories and watch as our designs translate into projects that influence lives around the world.What does ASME mean to you?ASME has meant different things to me at different stages of my life. When I was in the university, I saw ASME as simply a codes and standard society. In the last four years since joining ASME, I have found other interesting t hings the Society has to offer, such as the opportunities for early career engineers to develop and participate in programs like ECLIPSE and the opportunity to network in an organization that is as truly diverse and inclusive as ASME.The most meaningful aspect of being connected to engineering is that we pragmatically apply scientific theories and watch as our designs translate into projects that influence lives around the world.Hope Duntoye