J. Andrew Baker, PE has been chosen as the 2006 winner of the Old Guard Early Career Engineer Essay Competition.

This competition, sponsored by The Old Guard, was developed to engage early career engineers in communicating advice and guidance based on their own personal/professional experiences and their relationship with ASME to new ME/MET graduates.

Currently, Mr. Baker is a structural engineer with The Boeing Company.  He graduated from Oklahoma State University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.  He has served ASME in many capacities, including Central Kansas Section Chair, Regional Representative for the Committee on Membership, and his most recent position as the Northern Plains Region Representative.

J. Andrew Baker provides valuable words of advice to our members just starting their engineering careers.

Click here to read J. Andrew Baker's winning essay, "Enhancng Your Career -The Value of ASME".

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