April 2009 Issue - Volume 11

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April 2009 - Volume 11

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In The News

Economic Recovery Bill Enhances the Nation's Technological and Scientific Edge

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provide new hope that science and engineering will reclaim its rightful place in the global economy. « Read more...

Human Factor Engineering: Designing for the User

A group of engineers discuss the art of successful product development as much as on the tools engineers uses and pose the question "Is there beginning of the design process?"
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Global Licensing of Intellectual Property

Maggy Bailly, Attorney, Bailly Law Firm discuss intellectual property transfer in the global market.

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ENGINEERING QUOTE
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Edison

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In This Issue

• Economic Recovery Bill Enhances the Nation's Technological and Scientific Edge

• Human Factor Engineering Designing for the User

• Global Licensing of Intellectual Property

• Mechatronic System Design

• Pakistan UAV Project

• Global Trends and Best Practices in Mechatronics Product Lifecycle

• Katie Portale Karmelek, Product Development Engineer, TDC Medical Inc.

• Engineering Management Certification: Leverage Your Career Development

• Perfectly Imperfect Leadership

• Leadership Lessons form the "Leader of the Pack"

• Following a Technical Career Path

• Translation of Nanotechnology into Products

• Regulating Medical Devices: Two Views of the Balance of Risk and Benefits

• Prototype Medical Device Wins 2008 ASME IShow

Industry Spotlight: Mechatronics

February 2009 - Pushing A Gear • Mechatronic System Design: An Academic
The word mechatronics originated in Japan around 1970 to describe the integration of mechanical and electronic components in consumer products. Today it has come to mean multidisciplinary systems engineering and it has never been more important. « read more...

• Pakistan UAV Project
In Pakistan, an earnest effort is being made to develop unmanned aerial vehicles and bring them at par with the advanced UAV squadrons of the developed countries. « read more...

• Global Trends and Best Practices in Mechatronics Product Lifecycle Management
The design and manufacture of modern electromechanical products engages a wide range of disciplines as products mature from concept to delivery and support. « read more...

Engineer Spotlight

April 2009 - Katie Portale Karmelek portrait • Katie Portale Karmelek, Product Development Engineer, TDC Medical Inc.

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Management Perspectives

• Engineering Management Certification: Leverage Your Career Development
• Perfectly Imperfect Leadership
• Leadership Lessons from the “Leader of the Pack”
• Following a Technical Career Path Video File

Emerging Technologies

• Translation of Nanotechnology into Products Video File

• Regulating Medical Devices: Two Views of the Balance of Risk and Benefits
• Prototype Medical Device Wins 2008 ASME IShow

ASME Info

• 2009 Annual Meeting JW Marriott, Palm Desert California, June 13 2009 - June 17 2009
• Old Guard Early Career Engineer Essay Competition

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Editor:
Cheryl Hasan

Video Production:
Jim McGregor, Kemi Oluwanifise

Committee on Early Career Development:
Jen Jewers (Chair), Mechanical Designer, Henderson Engineers Inc. • Aaron Ryan, Engineer, Pella Corporation • Loretta C.H. McHugh, Quality Engineer, Henke Sass Wolf of America • Julie Maupin, Engineer, Gas Technology Institute • Brian Gin, Mechanical Engineer, NAT-Seattle • Eduardo Barrientos, Graduate Student, Penn State University • Ruth Tan, Innovation Planning Manager, Unilever Canada • Meredith Caldwell, Engineer III, Southern Nuclear Operating Company • Robert Camp,Graduate Student, PhD trainee with the IGERT Nanomedicine Center at Northeastern University, Extracelluar Matrix Engineering Research Lab (EMERL) • Dr. Eric Ruggiero, Mechanical Engineer, Performance Technologies Lab, GE Global Research • Scott Waters, Student, University of Nevada/Reno • Fawad Kiramat, Asst. Maintenance Engineer, MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas Co. B.V.

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