Honors Assembly Highlights the Achievements of the Profession...

Honors Assembly Highlights the Achievements of the Profession... Honors Assembly Highlights the Achievements of the Profession... Honors Assembly Highlights the Achievements of the Professions FinestOct. 20, 2017 Adrian BejanThe careers and achievements of eight of leaders of the engineering profession including Adrian Bejan, Ph.D., Paul D. Edwards, John Staehlin, P.E., and Evelyn N. Wang, Ph.D. will be highlighted next month at the annual ASME Honors Assembly, to be held during the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2017) in Tampa, Fla. The ceremony, which is open to all IMECE attendees, will take distributionspolitik Monday, Nov. 6, from 630 p.m. to 730 p.m. at the Tampa Convention Center.Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, will be presented the Ralph Coats Roe Medal during the event. The medal, which welches established in 1972, recognizes an outstanding contribution toward a better public understanding and appreciation of the engineers worth to contemporary society. As winner of this years award, Dr. Bejan will also deliver the Ralph Coats Roe Medal Lecture at IMECE on Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 800 a.m. to 945 a.m.Bejan, an ASME Honorary Member and Fellow, is being honored for permanent contributions to the public appreciation of the pivotal role of engineering in an advanced society through outstanding accomplishments as an engineering scientist and educator, renowned communicator, and prolific writer. A member of the Duke University faculty since 1984, Bejans research focuses on thermodynamics, applied physics, constructal law, and design and evolution in nature. He is also the author or co-author of 30 books and 630 peer-reviewed journal articles.In addition to having been named an Honorary Member and Fellow, Bejan is the recipient of a number of Society awards, including Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the James Harry Potter Gold Medal, the Heat Tran sfer Memorial Award Science, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, and the Edward F. Obert Award. He also received the Max Jakob Memorial Award from ASMEs Heat Transfer Division and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Paul D. EdwardsPaul Edwards, vice president and construction manager for ASME programs at WECTEC Global Project Services Inc. in Canton, Mass., will receive ASME Standards Certifications most prestigious award the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal during this years Honors Assembly. The award, which was established in 1976 as the Codes and Standards Medal, was renamed in 1996 to pay tribute to the memory and extraordinary contributions of Green, a dedicated supporter of industrial standards and longtime employee of the Society.Edwards is being recognized for championing ASME Standards and Certification efforts, most notably the development of new products and programs including the CA-1 StandardConformity As sessment Requirements standard and the Parts (PRT) Certification Program, as well as for his contributions to and leadership of numerous ASME technical and conformity assessment committees. At his company, WECTEC, Edwards is responsible for the overall management of the firms ASME Section IPower Boilers and Section VIIIPressure Vessels certification activities, and for technical program development, welding program support, and coordination of ASME Section IIIRules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components and Section XIRules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components activities.An ASME Fellow, Edwards has served on more than 20 different ASME committees, held seven officer positions, and participated on both the Board on Conformity Assessment and Council on Standards and Certification during his 34 years as a Codes and Standards volunteer. In appreciation of his codes and standards work for the Society, he received a Certificate of Appreciation for his boiler and pressure vessel accreditation efforts and an ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2001 and 2002, respectively.A third honoree, John Staehlin, president emeritus of Volunteers for Medical Engineering (now known as V-LINC) in Baltimore, Md., will receive the Hoover Medal at the ceremony. The medal, which was established in 1929, honors the civic and humanitarian achievements of engineers, and is presented to an engineer whose professional achievements and personal endeavors have advanced the well-being of humankind. The Hoover Medal is administered by a board representing ASME, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and IEEE. John StaehlinStaehlin, an ASME member, is being honored for founding a not-for-profit volunteer organization to create special-purpose assistive devices that enable the physically disabled to achieve greater independence and improve their quali ty of life. An inventor and innovator with a career spanning more than 60 years, Staehlin has more than 200 invention disclosures and 33 patents. The main focus of his early work was on inventions for such defense programs as the F-16 fighter aircraft, AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) and the B-1B bomber programs.Staehlin started Volunteers for Medical Engineering in 1982 to try to address problems encountered by people living with disabilities. In 2010, the company merged with Learning Independence Through Computers (LINC) and became V-LINC. In 1992, he received the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, which is presented to an engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering 20 years or more following graduation with a baccalaureate degree. Evelyn N. WangEvelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor in the mechanical engineering department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be presented the Gustus L. Larson Memorial A ward at the Honors Assembly. Established in 1974, the award honors Gustus L. Larson, Fellow and founder of Pi Tau Sigma, and is given to an engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering within 10 to 20 years following graduation.Dr. Wang, who has been an MIT faculty member for 10 years, is the associate director of the Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion (S3TEC) Center and an associate director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratory. Her research program combines fundamental studies of micro/nanoscale heat and mass transport processes with the development of novel engineered structures to create innovative solutions in thermal management, energy and water-harvesting systems.Wang, who is an ASME Fellow, was the chair of the 2017 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (ICNMM) and co-chair of ICNMM in 2016. She is a reviewer for the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and serves on the Heat Transfer D ivisions K-9 Nanoscale Transport Phenomena Committee. In addition to the award she is receiving this year, Wang also received the Societys Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer in 2012 and the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Divisions 2016 Women in Engineering Award.For more information on the Honors Assembly and the special events scheduled to take place at IMECE 2017, visit go.asme.org/IMECE.

11 Work-at-home Jobs You Can Do [Freelancing]

11 Work-at-home Jobs You Can Do Freelancing11 Work-at-home Jobs You Can Do 11 Work-at-home Jobs You Can DoThe rapid development of technology has led to significant changes in every aspect of life including our working environment.We are no longer limited by location - many job tasks can be completed on the computer from the other side of the planet. In recent years, we have witnessed companies outsourcing work to faraway distances and anything, besides work done, doesnt matter.While businesses gain financial profits by contracting projects out to external enterprises, they are also looking for freelancers for particular positions.These jobs are suitable for students, stay-at-home moms and dads, and everyone who doesnt like going to the sekretariat every morning. Moreover, these positions will look great on your resume.Benefits of Work-at-home JobsThere are quite many pluses in work-at-home jobs. Keeping the work/family balance,saving money and time on traveling to and from the offic e, and working in a less stressful environment are just some of the advantages of remote jobs. According to a survey, the home-based staff is more productive than office workers.There are also a few health benefits of working from home- reducing back problems caused by sitting in an office from 9 to 5, increased the ability to go for necessary doctors appointments, and lower stress levels contribute to the overall physical and mental health of employees.How to Find a Work-at-home Job?There are many websites where you can find work-at-home jobs. Among the most popular ones are upwork.com, freelancer.com, jooble.org and simplyhired.com.Other job searching platforms are also likely to offer remote positions - by typing search words like remote and work-at-home, you can check if there is anything you can apply for.If you are already interested in working from home, check the list with eleven work-at-home jobs you can choose from with average hourly rate and satisfaction ratings accordin g to PayScale.Beware of ScamUnfortunately, as in many other fields, some people want to earn easy money. Scammers create false job postings and ask applicants to pay a fee for applying for a particular job. This is why you should be very careful and only trust websites with established credibility and free of charge application process.You can read reviews online and contact the company if a posting sounds too good to be true.We wish you good luck with finding the best work-at-home jobIn case you need to update your resumeto apply for new jobs/projects, you can try Novorsums free resume

Tips for Writing Faster on a Newsroom Deadline

Tips for Writing Faster on a Newsroom DeadlineTips for Writing Faster on a Newsroom DeadlineHow to write faster on a nachrichtenroom deadline is the skill that news reporters must master in order to advance in their careers. Miss too many deadlines and youll be writing a media resume as you head to the unemployment line. Plan Your News Story As youre leaving the newsroom to cover a story, use the time in the car to plan what you want to say. Sure, youre not even on the scene of the huge fire, news conference or ribbon cutting, but you already know something about the story or else you wouldnt be going. Try to get the focus of your story down to one sentence. That will be the basis for writing the lead, whether youre trying to come up with something for a TV news anchor to say or youre trying to write headlines for the web. Think About the Visuals Shooting great video used to only apply to television news. Today, newspaper reporters and web journalists are often required to br ing back video to go with their stories. Thats why you should think about what viewers or readers will landsee along with your words. Considering what will make the most compelling visual images will help you get started with your writing. One of the top 10 tips for TV news writing is to write to your video that is, to say something about what viewers are seeing, rather than going off on an unrelated tangent. Conduct Focused Interviews If youre in a rush while on the scene of a news story, you can save time when conducting interviews if you know what you want to ask and stick to that. Otherwise, youll easily fall victim to a rambling interview that you wont have time to review or use in your story. These TV interview tips can apply to all media. Get the facts quickly, ask the necessary follow-ups and stop. Develop the self-discipline to know when an interview is over so that youll save precious writing time. Conducting an interview in a combative news situation presents its own challenges that can eat into your time. Even then, the same planning beforehand will pay off because youll know exactly what you must get out of the interview and can cut it off before it veers off into an unwanted direction. Produce a Focused Story You already thought of your lead sentence, so now comes writing the rest of your story. Some basic writing tricks can help you write faster. Think in groups of threes the three points your interview made, the three parts of the issue youre covering, the three reasons why your story matters to people at home. These items construct the backbone for your story. Then you write to fill in the gaps. Check out unterstellung specific tips on writing crime stories, writing political stories or writing retail business stories. No matter what type of deadline you face, avoid making critical errors in your writing. Your boss would undoubtedly rather have you miss a deadline than being hit with a lawsuit because of your rushed reporting. Avo id the Obstacles That Will Slow You Down Some aspects of news gathering and writing can put you at a standstill. Plan for these issues so that you can avoid them. One is forgetting to get all the information you need at the scene, meeting or interview location. You return to your desk and suddenly remember a key question you forgot to ask. Often that happens as you start writing a sentence then realize you cant finish it because an important fact is missing. Working fast doesnt mean to get yourself into such a frenzy that you miss steps. Its far easier to ask a police investigator on the scene what type of gun was used in a robbery than to try to make phone calls later, only to find out the investigator went to lunch and your deadline is just minutes away. Take a few minutes before you leave the location of your story to ask yourself if you have everything you need. Make a mental checklist, or even a written one, so that you can mark off all of the essential elements you have to ha ve video, interviews, and fact-verification. Prepare for the Follow-ups Writing faster usually means leaving out related, but unnecessary parts of the story. Many of those parts would make for excellent follow-up stories for the coming days. Knowing that you can always report on these aspects of the story in the future makes it easier to leave them out of your initial report. Itll be easier to fight the temptation to simply dump every bit of information into the computer and then face a struggle of getting it all organized. The parts of your story that need further investigation or confirmation can often wait for when you have time. As long as you can accurately report the basic facts, you can publish a story. Writing faster news stories will be a skill that youll constantly work on throughout your career. Sometimes you have an entire day to develop a perfectly-executed news story, sometimes you have only minutes. Be ready for both situations and youll have success.