Placing emphasis on all class work, not just the engineering classes, can help nurture and grow a well-rounded engineer.

Learn more ways to be productive when looking for a job with Alvah Parker, JobCoach Work/Life Coach with ASME.

Four out of five workers say they've been a victim of micromanagement. But what does the term really mean?

By aligning yourself with your boss, rather than concentrating on the hierarchy, you can effectively pursue both of your best interests.

Did you know the most common undergraduate degree among S&P 500 CEOs is Engineering? Learn more about the research… "Data provided by Spencer Stuart. © 2005 Spencer Stuart. All rights reserved."

Achieving goals can bring you one step closer to happiness, opportunity and security.

You've finished your engineering degree, landed your first job (or two) and may be wondering what's next. Where do you want your career to go?

Learning to compare job offers in terms that include--but are not limited to--your salary.

A writer, entrepreneur, and an academic share the benefit of their experience all having one thing in common: an education in Engineering.

Helen LaVan, Ph.D. of DePaul University and Rose Ann Pastor of Kensington International, discuss the value of establishing a successful network.

Industry executives discuss what the next generation of engineers will need to achieve career success.

If only the best way to get ahead were to buckle down and work harder.

Learn what it takes to be a highly successful person.

Learn about organizational culture, and why is it important.

Alaina M. Pizzo, Systems Design Engineer, Philips Medical Systems reveals different models to be an effective communicator that can help you acheive your career goals faster and avoid common pitfalls.

Learn how to approach a colleague to work with you on a project or to support your idea in some way.

Some researchers suggest that "breakthroughs" can actually hinder the problem-solving process.

Jerry S. Wilson and Ira Blumenthal discuss creating Your Most Successful Self.

Wm. Nathan Sneller, P.E discusses how early career engineers are weathering the down economy.

The job you get is directly proportional to the time you invested to find it.

Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman talks about how change is effecting the workplace.

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

This is an opportunity for ASME trainers, presenters, and facilitators to rehearse, receive peer review and develop a plan for improving their presentation and facilitation skills.

Industry experts discuss and provide tips on how to apply it to your own career.

Take four grads, one winning business plan, and a scheme to make current run more evenly—it's all business.

An early career engineer's personal career perceptive and experience: A Path to Project Engineering

The opportunities that came my way and the experiences I have had at this early stage have assured me that the decision to choose engineering had set me up for very exciting career possibilities.

ASME highlights the career of an emerging early career engineer.

An Associate Research Engineer for Nike, Amy Emiko Gishifu discusses daily life at her job, her passion for sports, and networking.

Anoosh Eric Sharghi, an Integrated Project Lead at Raytheon, talks about technology and the weather, corporate community, and his passion for figuring out how things work.

Susan Lee is the Lead Hardware Engineer for the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) at NASA Ames Research Center in California.

Jason is a senior engineering at Westinghouse Electric Company.

Steven Maughan is an PC Air engineering manager at FMC Technologies Inc.

Leanne Lisien is a Senior Engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Company, in the field of nuclear technology.

Andrew Detar is a Mechanical Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company.

An engineer, lecturer, active ASME volunteer, and the 2007 ASME Old Guard Early Career Award recipient.

Profiled early-career engineers from Asia, Africa and Latin America share their challenges and triumphs on the job.

Jennifer Jewers talks about her design engineering career and Henderson Engineers, Inc.

ASME celebrates the accomplishments of the New Face of Engineering 2008: Annmarie Connor.

Dr. Eric J. Ruggiero has experienced a broad range of accomplishments in just a short period of time in his engineering career.

The Old Guard Early Career Award recognizes three early-career engineers that have been consistently involved in their profession, communities and within ASME.

A group of early career engineers from industry and academia talk about their engineering careers and experience.

Jeremy A. Palmer, Ph.D., P.E.. Principal Member Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, reflects on the value of ASME in his winning essay.

ASME honors the GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY with the FRANK VON FLUE Award.

Gabriel A. Silva, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of California, is honored for her outstanding bioengineering research.

In a recent interview with Cassandra Dugal, Chain Program Manager at TSP, in Houston Texas, we got the opportunity to learn about the fasteners industry and her perspective as an engineer.

Receiving a Bachelors and Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University Katie enjoys a career in the medical device industry.

The New Faces of Engineering program strives to promote the accomplishments of early career engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society.

Sarah shares her experiences working at Clipper Windpower Technology in Denver Colorado as a Validation Test Engineer.

Michael L. Simmons wins the Arthur L. Williston Medal for his paper on Sustaianable Energy.

An early career engineer's perspective for starting a career in field engineering.

The foundation of a good budget will help you have a financially secure future.

One of the key issues in finding the best advisor is discovering someone who has business acumen. This article further discusses financial issues, giving advice.

The right Financial Advisor can be as critical to your ability to retire as having a great doctor. The five most important qualities in a financial advisor are related herein.

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

According to a new report from NACE, engineers are pulling down the highest starting salaries, with mechanical engineers ranking 7th among highest-earning majors.

Author Dan Slater, president of manufacturing performance at RWD Technologies, explores the question: "Does quality trump productivity?"

ASME’s Energy Grand Challenge focuses on achieving a sustainable and diverse national and global energy system/environment.

Senior engineers from MTU, Pratt & Whitney and NASA’s Glenn Research Center talked about their organizations and shared their own perspectives on global engineering.

Gauri Nath depicts what it means to be an engineer in India.

A senior-level Director from American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation talk about the process.

Despite concerns, those with a bent toward science, technology and engineering still have large opportunities for well-paying and satisfying jobs in America and throughout the rest of the world.

With input from people around the world, an international group of leading technological thinkers was asked to identify the "Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century."

What if you could go to work each morning knowing that your efforts would help people lead healthier and longer lives?

Developing a clean energy economy could hold many opportunities for engineering students and early career engineers interested in working in the energy field.

With the increased awareness and felling of duty to the environment, more consumers are opting for green products.

Engineers at all levels in organizations need to adapt quickly to change and "work smart" Effective delegation is a critical skill..

The authors of Beyond Juggling look at alternate strategies (alternating, outsourcing, bundling, techflexing, and simplifying) for managing multiple responsibilities simultaneously.

Following the examples set by Myrtle Potter and Thomas Van Essen, the best way to teach is through stories and setting an example. The most successful leader must naturally be a good teacher

If you lack motivation at work, use these simple tips to reenergize yourself when faced with a dull, boring, impossible, or thankless project!

Global competition on all levels of the business community means that businesses – large and small -are increasingly obliged to think in innovative ways to stay ahead in the marketplace.

Brian Tracy, management and leadership expert, discuss the importance for managing your time.

Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman, an executive coach, discusses cultural differences in communicating effectively.

Sue Dyer is president of OrgMetrics discusses successful partnering.

Dr.Carol Kinsey Goman discusses how individuals are the root of organizational change.

Tough decisions must be made in the everyday activities in our chosen profession, which challenge our understanding and application of our Codes of Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice.

Sometimes motivation is forced upon us, thrusting us into the “un-comfort zone.” Whether we sink or swim depends on how we respond to the situation. How do you react during a crisis?

A true visionary is someone who recognizes a need or opportunity and, regardless of conventional wisdom and skeptics, does something about it.

Roger Connors and Tom Smith of Partners in Leadership, LLC explores what it means to be “held accountable?”

Rudolf Melik covers the importance for Project prioritization and the selection process.

As leaders exit the workforce, companies can prepare for a more secure future through strategic onboarding programs and succession planning of skilled workers.

The only thing you can be sure of is that you’re going to make mistakes. How you handle them will largely determine your success as a leader.

Leslie G. Ungar compares Fortune 500 companies management teams with lessons learned from Disney’s Eight Below.

A panel of users of technology, from developers of the tools, and analysts share best practices and lessons learned in the area of Product Lifecycle Management.

Forrest W. Breyfogle III discuss various processes for organizational improvements.

Michelle LaBrosse discuss the essentials for Project Management.

Micromanagers get a bad rap, but some situations call for hands-on management. The trick is knowing when to step back and when to step in...

Commenting on employees' accomplishments costs you nothing, yet it can yield huge dividends.

ASME/Engineers Without Borders volunteers onsite in Thailand.

A compiled diverse list of sites, from museums to bridges, theme parks to trains, in order to encompass the widest range of the engineering spectrum for fall travel.

Many inventions are conceived by employee engineers when they are employed. The employee engineer should understand the principles governing ownership and patent rights.

Only ten percent of women pursue engineering as a profession and six percent represent mechanical engineering. So, Why would a woman choose mechanical engineering?

The ASME Old Guard, in conjunction with The Committee on Early Career Development, announces two new programs to encourage young engineers to become more involved in their profession.

Racing teams on the NASCAR circuit are finding ways to be more technologically competitive on and off the racetrack though engineering.

To handle booming maritime traffic and massive ships, a $5.25 billion waterway project is underway to expand and modernize the Panama Canal.

The five-finger discount is all too common in almost every workplace.

The 2,000-foot, corkscrew-designed Chicago Spire may well be one of the most impressive engineering feats of 2007.

If you are ready to make a difference in your career and want to gain leadership experience with high-level ASME professionals, you are ready for ECLIPSE!

Whatever your interests and passions are, there’s a place for you at ASME.

Although museums are most often associated with art and history there are many museums, dedicated to science, engineering and other technology.

Developed to provide a sense of community connecting engineering professionals and post-graduate engineering students to ASME technical divisions,industry and universities.

MIT students design nano Manipulators with the capability to manipulate with six degrees of freedom.

Article on designing and building a motorized aircraft towbar.

Are you preparing to begin your capstone design project? Professor Ronald Rorrer provides valuable information and tips on getting started on the right foot!

The ASME Ementoring program is an online mentoring program designed especially for student members of ASME. The program is free to all student members and totally email driven.

The Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program is a nine-week summer program allows interns to examine the intersection of technology and public policy.

ASME's 2008 Student Design Competition challenged teams of engineering students to design and construct window-washing prototypes (Winrobos) to clean the outside of windows remotely.

The Old Guard Video Presentation Competition is an exclusive program for ASME Districts and Student Members outside of North America

Purdue University students are working on an 'exoskeleton' for dogs -- a type of brace they hope can help older canines struggling with hip problems.

Ever wonder about the merits of the modern tootbrush? Well one of Kyle Sembera's professors did. The result is this paper by Sembera!

Learn how several ASME student sections use creativity to raise themselves above the din of other campus organizations to boost membership and participation.

A Chilling Experience

ASME hosts several student competitions and activities in which you can get involved and “get your hands dirty” – figuratively and literally.

In just two weeks, ASME’s top performers in the International Student Design and Oral Presentation Competitions will convene in Florida to compete for top honors.

Over the last weekend in September, students from across Latin America convened to demonstrate their human powered vehicle designs, where they were joined by a surprise VIP guest.

Technical papers, authored by graduate and undergraduate students, are invited in all areas relevant to the activities of the PVPD Technical Committees.

Ehsan Azimi from Iran was the first Internation participant in the Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition. Find out more about his experience.

The 2007 ASME Scholarship winners are featured in this article.

ASME Graduate Teaching Fellow, Gavin Garner teaches Advanced Mechatronics at the University of Virginia.

Feature article on selected 2008 ASME Scholarship winners.

From a photography enthusiast to a musical composer, the winners of the 2009 ASME scholarships possess a unique set of talents to complement their profiles as engineering students.

ETHOS assists in the development and production of bricks and brick stoves in the local communities of developing countries.

Engineers Without Borders-USA brought participants from the Colorado University’s Engineering for Developing Communities to the village of Muramba to examine a failed water system.

The ASME Energy Grand Challenge supports it's members and the energy sector in benefiting humankind.

Engineers invent methods to simulate failure, in order to improve their product and better prevent actual failures in real life.

Tomorrow’s machine tools will take the drudgery out of working with them.

Learn how best-in-class firms respond to the challenges of design reuse.

In the face of increased challenges in recent years, global design strategies have matured significantly.

Researchers have made some incredible advances across a range of materials -- metals, plastics, paper, composites and more -- enabling today's designers to take advantage of super-strong materials.

An Interview with Adrian Slywotzky, Co-author of How to Grow When Markets Don't.

Dr. Steven Nesbit, P.E. and Ryan McGinnis explore "How to increase your club velocity" in their golf swing study.

ASME Government Relations held a congressional briefings to inform Members of Congress about an alternative fuel source: Green Gaosline.

Dr. Larry P. Walker describes the scientific and engineering challenges involved in biofuel development.

R.C. Hendricks and D.M. Bushnell from NASA discuss alternative fueling in Aviation and their research.

The word mechatronics originated in Japan around 1970 to describe the integration of mechanical and electronic components in consumer products.

From life sciences to materials science; nanoscale methods are being employed to push the boundaries of traditional research.

A group of engineers discuss the art of successful product development as much as on the tools the engineer uses.

ASME Performance Test Codes (PTCs) provide rules and procedures for planning, preparing, executing and reporting performance tests.

ASME Committee on Cranes for Nuclear Facilities creates a new code mandating cranes in plants for added safety.

Learn about ASME Standard Y14.5M-1994, Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires conformance with certain ASME Codes and Standards. Here is background as to how and why the relevant codes and standards evolved.

A Look at ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

In theory, at least, sources of energy that don't emit pollution or greenhouse gases should be greeted enthusiastically by people concerned with the health of the environment.

A high level discussion of activities and programs happening globally to counteract shrinking fossil fuel reservoirs.

Policy and investing in technology will help secure and develop alternative sources for clean energy.