SFSU
ASME Spring 2004:: EVENTS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Engineering
Banquet
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2004
Time: 6pm - 11pm
Location: Sinbads, Pier 2, San Francisco
Brief Overview: Time for students to socialize with a lot of fun activities that are still being determined. Check back for more information.
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, engrsab@sfsu.edu for more information.
ASME
2004 Crab Feed
Date: Thrusday, March 18, 2004
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Location: Hearst Mining Building at Cal Berkeley
Brief
Overview: The speaker for our event will be Dr. Richard Dasher.
He will be speaking on the topic of "The impact of Nanotechnologies on
Univesity-Industry Innovation Systems." Richard B. Dasher is concurrently
Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center (USATMC)
and Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems (CIS), which are
education and research
centers in the Stanford University School ofEngineering.
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu for more information.
The
Art of Welding
Date: Every Friday 10am to 12pm
Location: SCI 251
Brief Overview: Come learn some of the basics of welding with ASME's own Vice- Chair Ari Harding.
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu for more information.
ASME
Region IX Student Conference
Date: March 26 - 27, 2004
Location: University of Southern California
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu for more information.
SFSU
Engineers' Week
Date: Monday-Friday, February 23-27, 2004
Location: SFSU Campus
Outline:
Monday: ASME Tour of NUMMI, IEEE Seminar 1-2 SCI 256
Tuesday: Geodesic Dome in quad. Weather dependent.
Wednesday: ASCE Meeting 1-2 SCI 113, ASME Seminar 1-2 SCI 164, SHPE Seminar 2-3 SCI 256
Thursday: SWE Discussion Panel 1-2 SCI 256
Friday: Robot Day in Jack Adams Hall 10-2, Learning to Weld with ASME Vice-Chair Ari 10-12 SCI 251
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, engrsab@sfsu.edu for more information.
ASME
International General Assembly
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2004
Location: DoubleTree Hotel, Berkeley Marina in Berkeley, California
Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
Brief Overview : ASME's Continuity and Change initiative is progressing according to plan. At their November 16 meeting during ASME's 2003 Congress in Washington, D.C. the Board of Governors approved a preliminary plan intended to solidify ASME's position as a knowledge-based, market-focused, learning organization. The preliminary plan incorporates the combined recommendations of the Balanced Scorecard project, the Board's strategic planning work and the strategic marketing study. Come and give your feedback to the professional board at the assembly.
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu for more information. You may also browse the related link, http://www.asme.org/change
ASME General Body Meeting
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Location: SCI 256
Time: 1 p.m.
Come hear about the events for the semester!! Competitions, Engineers' Week, Engineering Banquet.
Contact: Email Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu for more information.
Tour
of the Solano County Wind Energy Project
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2004
Location: Montezuma Hills, Solano CountyA
Brief Overview : Fifteen new wind turbines began producing an additional 10 megawatts of electricity for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) customers in the spring of 2003. The wind turbines, located in the Montezuma Hills in Solano County near Rio Vista, each climb 241 feet above the ground and have rotor-and-blade assemblies with diameters of 150 feet. The next phase will be 85 megawatts by mid-2006.
Contact: Email rborman@smud.org for reservations and further information.
United
Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) TOUR
Date: Monday, February 23, 2004
Location: 45500 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Contact: Please let Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu know if you are planning on attending. Students will need to leave campus no later than 12:00 p.m. The tour is for 22 students. Spots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.
ASME SEMINAR
"State of the Heart – An Update on Mechanical Circulatory Support
(Ventricular Assist Devices-VADs)"
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Location: Scott's, Jack London Square (HARBOR VIEW B Dinning Area), 2 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Contact: Reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis. RSVP by Friday, January 16, 2003 via email at rsvp@asme.org or call ASME SF section's voice mail at (415) 721-4478. Menu Choices (Please choose one): Grilled Salmon alla bella or Chicken Piccata; entrée comes with a house salad, dessert, and tea or coffee. Include your name, number of guests and entree choice. Please also let Rochelle Underwood, asme@sfsu.edu know if you are planning on attending.
Speaker: Phillip J. Miller, World Heart, Inc. Phillip J. Miller is the Director of Biomedical Engineering at WorldHeart, Incorporated, Oakland, CA. With a background in mechanical engineering (MIT and UC Berkeley), he has been involved in the development of the Novacor VAD almost from its inception.